#Critique

I just can’t. Government claiming it’ll defend free speech & stop “cancel culture”... by stifling academic freedom & defunding research that’s “political” 1/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/02/13/exclusive-uni
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(1) Something like nine/ten years or so (I should look at that email) -- I sought help from a #kidlit agent turned editor with a manuscript (agree it was horrible
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Going to keep posting this, because your help is still needed! 1$ go a long way so even a small donation will make a big impact. Need a query or
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Someone asked me what the response had been to the man that asked me this question, but in the particular incident I was thinking about when I wrote this tweet
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The way the Right has seized on "postmodernism" in "academia" as this massive... thing... is so dissonant with my experiences as an academic. I learned about various postmodern/poststructural theories, foolishly
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Since many people seem to believe I’m confused for simultaneously supporting both neoliberalism and paleoconservatism, I’ll use this thread to clarify my position. Liberalism (and neoliberalism to a certain extent)
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97% of CCP provincial leaders are male?https://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/features/pretty-lady-cadres-china - excellent piece by @shenlulushenI’d add, patriarchal governance is reinforced by authoritarianism.It silences feminist
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It occurs to me mulling on stories gone by, why are we surprised that Chibnall lent into the family of the security guard that dies in TWWFTE? Or Angstrom &
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[41th Thread: Is wishing non-muslims prohibited in Islam?]The objective of this thread is to review critically the mainstream opinion on the prohibition of wishing non-muslims on their festivals, in particular
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A short about Ursula von der Leyen - not least in response to critique of me labelling her a "second rate" politician earlier"Second rate" is not quite right. Perhaps
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1/7 Un thread pour évoquer le #COVID__19 en Israël et son traitement médiatique. Au tout début de la pandémie, grâce à des mesures drastiques (lock-out national, fermeture hermétique des frontières),
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I think one of the main factors why the younger progressive American politicians like aoc are so well liked by their cohort is the same reason the older generations can't
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There are not neat analogies to Western politics for Hong Kong's movement. So many tropes & binaries Westerners take for granted — East vs. West, left vs. right, capitalism vs.
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We really need to talk about the term “gatekeeping” in #socialwork #fieldeducation. @CSocialWorkEd @SWCARES2 I had never heard this term prior to when I started working in field education. When
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In a time of crisis, protect the brand from by minimising legal, financial + reputational damage. That usually begins with a holding statement as part of a broader PR offensive
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Okay, I've been thinking about this and I think part of it is my stance and thinking on art and artists has changed. 1/https://twitter.com/miyukijane/status/1361916354098421764 When I was younger, with the
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