Bridget Keown

@SevenPaperclips
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I teach Gender & Science @ Pitt. I research the First World War, Gender, & Trauma. Also, AIDS activism. A loyal friend to Garden Gnomes. Boston. ADHD. Opinions mine.
“I suggest that what Friedersdorf sees as failure, is instead his own inability to recognize the power and resilience of white supremacy, and its hold on the institution of American law enforcement.”

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Tonight is difficult. And before things go too far I want to be clear about why we're here. Why does police violence continue? Black people and movements are not responsible for ending the violent manifestations of white supremacy. White people are.
https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/a-response-to-conor-friedersdorf?utm_source=twitter&sd=pf

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SIfill_/status/1619165800828649473

A Response to Conor Friedersdorf

When White America Offloads its Failures on to Civil Rights Movements

Sherrilyn’s Newsletter

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In January 2023, someone at the Virginia Department of Education decided to delete "fascism" from state standards of learning for history and social studies. 1/9

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Gillis_BJ/status/1620176121571704834

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“In January 2023, someone at the Virginia Department of Education decided to delete "fascism" from state standards of learning for history and social studies. 1/9”

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The fact that so many people have tried to get me to do Pilates "to help with stress," but NEVER told me it was developed as exercises for German POWs & as rehabilitation for wounded #WWI vets? That just feels like a betrayal.

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Lots of gay going on in this photo 🏳️‍🌈

“The Love Between St. Brigid & Darlughdach” by @[email protected]

One of my favourite submissions to @[email protected]’s open call this year. #StBrigidsDay

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“Lots of gay going on in this photo 🏳️‍🌈 “The Love Between St. Brigid & Darlughdach” by @cammck77 One of my favourite submissions to @HerstoryIreland’s open call this year. #StBrigidsDay”

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Do you need another excuse to buy some books? If so, then know that you can support the @[email protected] by shipping with the link below! 📚 📚 (stack of books emoji)

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Another great update: we have sold over 1,000 books with @[email protected]
Thank you for your support to us and with indie bookstores! You can continue to support by purchasing books and doing good in the book community by shopping here: https://bookshop.org/shop/hcpunion

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/hcpunion/status/1618976909148422145

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Another great update: we have sold over 1,000 books with @[email protected]
Thank you for your support to us and with indie bookstores! You can continue to support by purchasing books and doing good in the book community by shopping here: https://bookshop.org/shop/hcpunion

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/hcpunion/status/1618976909148422145

My Lolita & Taylor Swift class is in a room w/ very diffused lighting. While setting up today, I overheard 2 students complaining that it was dark outside & dark inside. Says one student, “If this class wasn’t so interesting, I’d be asleep in like, five minutes.”
WINNING!! 😆
Standing in solidarity w/ @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], & all those demanding better from Harvard & academia as a whole. Heartbroken that the most vulnerable are once again forced to protect themselves.
No More “Again” https://nursingclio.org/2022/02/15/no-more-again/ via
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No More “Again”

I start with a confession. In 2018, I wrote a piece for Nursing Clio titled “It’s Not You, It’s Me: #MeToo in Academia,” detailing an abuse of power by a professor for whom I worked as a TA. I stat…

Nursing Clio

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“We don’t want to be taught by someone who has still not been held accountable for or made amends for their sexual misconduct. If you agree, please join us in walking out of this classroom”

today, for the second time, Harvard students walked out of John Comaroff’s classroom. https://twitter.com/liliakilburn/status/1567530288485376000

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LiliaKilburn/status/1618042298599870464

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““We don’t want to be taught by someone who has still not accounted for or made amends for their sexual misconduct. If you feel similarly, please join me in walking out of this classroom.” and then everyone left John Comaroff’s class.”

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