Catherine M. Appert
@catappstrophic.bsky.social
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feminist/scholar, master emailer, seriously over the ableism of it all. have pronouns will travel.
just gonna bookmark this link for when family wonders why I don’t and won’t fuck with Catholicism
www.newsweek.com/catholic-chu...
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Catholic Church to excommunicate priests for following new US state law
The Justice Department is investigating whether the new law violated the First Amendment.
https://www.newsweek.com/catholic-church-excommunicate-priests-following-new-us-state-law-2069039
7 months ago
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I hate it here.
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Conference explores post-Covid-19 global health biopolitics
A conference May 5-7, “The Biopolitics of Global Health After Covid-19,” will combine biopolitical and anthropological inquiry to spark a cross-disciplinary dialogue about (post-) pandemic discourses ...
https://as.cornell.edu/news/conference-explores-post-covid-19-global-health-biopolitics
7 months ago
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On Cornell cancelling Kehlani
www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...
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GUEST ROOM | The Sound of Silence: On Music, Politics and Belonging at Cornell
In a Guest Column, Catherine Appert, Associate Professor of Music and Sound Studies, responds to the cancellation of Kehlani’s Slope Day performance. She argues that Kehlani’s very existence, their ve...
https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/04/guest-room-the-sound-of-silence-on-music-politics-and-belonging-at-cornell
8 months ago
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We can and should reject RFK’s eugenicist ramblings without erasing the existence of profoundly autistic people.
8 months ago
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Gillian Branstetter
8 months ago
RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
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AAUP
9 months ago
“We have academic freedom & freedom of speech on this campus!” Hundreds of Cornell students, staff & supporters held an emergency rally today for Momodou Taal, a Ph.D. student suing Donald Trump over the constitutionality of targeting students for protected speech.
www.wbng.com/2025/03/20/r...
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Rally held at Cornell for Momodou Taal amid lawsuit against Trump
Taal claims an unidentified federal officer approached his home.
https://www.wbng.com/2025/03/20/rally-held-cornell-momodou-taal-amid-lawsuit-against-trump/
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Good lord.
www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...
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GUEST ROOM | Cornell Faculty Urge Acceptance of March 11 Contract Proposal
The Cornell Daily Sun - Independent Since 1880.
https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/03/guest-room-cornell-faculty-urge-acceptance-of-march-11-contract-proposal
9 months ago
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“autism makes you do Nazism” was not on my Trump inauguration 2.0 bingo card. Bffr.
11 months ago
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Thanked a student for masking in class today and the reply “thank you for making it a safe space to” was an important reminder of our students’ limited agency to protect themselves without compromising their studies.
11 months ago
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Feeling my inner killjoy these days
cornellsun.com/2024/12/02/l...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Your Body, Admin’s Choice: Protest, Sexual Assault and the Contradictions of Campus Discipline
Ultimately, Cornell’s rush to suspend nonviolent protesters and its sluggish approach to sexual harassment and assault are simply two sides of the same coin. Both betray the administration's disintere...
https://cornellsun.com/2024/12/02/letter-to-the-editor-your-body-admins-choice-protest-sexual-assault-and-the-contradictions-of-campus-discipline/
about 1 year ago
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Got to my first conference in a very long time, thanks to an institutional commitment to accessibility (now let’s get that going individually, co-attendees!). Heard some incredible work, connected with great people, wish I could stay through the end.
#2024asa
about 1 year ago
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Y’all need to start paying attention. Next up: gender and sexuality studies, ethnic studies . . .
www.jta.org/2024/11/11/u...
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Cornell’s handling of a new course on Gaza could preview campus Israel battles under Trump - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The Ivy League school's president shares his concerns about a course on Israel and Palestine, as schools everywhere prepare for pushback from the government.
https://www.jta.org/2024/11/11/united-states/cornells-handling-of-a-new-course-on-gaza-could-preview-campus-israel-battles-under-trump
about 1 year ago
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but if you’re a card-carrying member of an academic society, the correct pronoun for discussing said society’s shitty pseudo-inclusive policies is “we” not “they.”
about 1 year ago
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Waiting for liberals to realize they’ve been “your body, my choice”-ing disabled/chronically ill folks and children for the past several years.
about 1 year ago
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