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The Silent University is an autonomous platform for academics who cannot share their knowledge due to their status of residence, because their degrees are not recognized or regaining access to #academia is blocked for other reasons. It is a solidary school by and for #refugees, asylum seekers and #migrants. It tries to make apparent the systemic failure and the loss of skills and knowledge through the silencing process of people seeking asylum
#SilentUniversity #education
https://tsu-orientationprogram.kunstverein.de/the-silent-university
#SilentUniversity #education
https://tsu-orientationprogram.kunstverein.de/the-silent-university
CarveHerName#OnThisDay, 13 Jan 1972, Bernice Gera wins her discrimination case against the National Association of Baseball Leagues for refusing her contract on the ground women could not be baseball umpires.
She resigns after her first game as an umpire, citing the level of harassment she received on and off the field.
#WomenInHistory #Baseball
#History #Histodons #FlashbackFriday
#OnThisDay, 13 Jan 1976, Sarah Caldwell takes up the baton the New York Met Opera, becoming the first woman to conduct an opera there.
#WomenInHistory #WomenInOpera #History #Histodons #FlashbackFriday
it's old news but I'm working on something and encountered it again:
Brown bears engage in fellatio. They kept the roles of provider and receiver in the act, it remained unchanged throughout, and the behaviour itself became highly ritualized.
It's funny to me that Polish scientists made this discovery thanks to the homophobic government's money. On the other hand, they say that it's "abnormal" so maybe it's money well spent 🙄.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/zoo.21137
Jim Richardson"The oil giant Exxon privately “predicted global warming correctly and skilfully” only to then spend decades publicly rubbishing such science in order to protect its core business, new research has found …
"Armed with this knowledge, Exxon embarked upon a lengthy campaign to downplay or discredit what its own scientists had confirmed."
#Exxon #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Ecocide
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/12/exxon-climate-change-global-warming-research
the history of obstetrics is just men, state (men) and church (men) trying to control women's lives, bodies, freedom and education.
#Medicine #WomensRights
#Medicine #WomensRights
only 32% of Polish women aged 18 to 45 want to have children. it was 41% in 2017.
you want more citizens? give us support and abortions!
#Poland #WomensRights
conservatives: women don't want children. they're selfish!
2 women in a relationship *really want to have a child*
conservatives: not like this!
The case revolves around a television freelancer who was effectively fired after he published a Christmas song on YouTube that promoted tolerance towards same-sex couples.
#Poland #LGBTQ
https://www.dw.com/en/ecj-rules-against-polish-workplace-lgbtq-discrimination/a-64360606
#Poland #LGBTQ
https://www.dw.com/en/ecj-rules-against-polish-workplace-lgbtq-discrimination/a-64360606
