For @academicaunties.com , @aadita.bsky.social & I chat about the difficulties of supporting projects that break academic norms even in interdisciplinary environments. We also talk abt research undertaken outside the academy & why it can be more cutting edge! www.academicaunties.com/episodes/col...

We just taped an episode of @academicaunties.com about white women + white feminism. (Need to provide the usual disclaimers here that ofc we all have white women friends, not all white women are performative in their allyship etc.) It will be 🔥

On our latest episode, we take a break from academic seriousness and get into @tungohan.bsky.social 's guilty pleasure: The Summer I Turned Pretty. Listen wherever you get your podcast! www.academicaunties.com/episodes/the...

NEW EPISODE! @tungohan.bsky.social and Carrianne Leung talk about the energy we bring into the classroom, with students who are coping with realities of fascism, genocide, climate catastrophe, and the uncertainties of AI. Listen on your favourite podcast app: academicaunties.captivate.fm

I recently discovered the @academicaunties.com podcast ❤️🔥💪. Many thanks to @tungohan.bsky.social and the production team for their work. I particularly recommend this episode on academic freedom and Palestine - initially aired in Nov, 2023 but sadly still very relevant 😥 pca.st/episode/ce5b...

Psst…we’re back! Our first episode of season 6 (!) drops tomorrow. @tungohan.bsky.social speaks to Dr. Carrieanne Leung about the energy we bring as the school year returns, and carving a space for joy amidst the dark times we find ourselves in.

We had the honour of speaking with Sheila back in 2022, who reminded us that being a scientist means taking sides. She never stopped fighting for what was right. We will miss you 💔 www.thestar.com/news/gta/she...

Can't believe we're done with @academicaunties.com this season! Elisha Lim & I talk about why relationship building is crucial when organizing, the culture shock we faced when entering academia & the generative possibilities of using AI as activists! www.academicaunties.com/episodes/org... /1

Rümeysa Öztürk spoke briefly at a press conference held when she arrived at Logan Airport tonight. "My dear professor and lab mates are here today. I just want to highlight that. ... My advisor sent my dissertation proposal to the prison. My lab mates have been reading me books on the phone."

Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

UPDATE: Judge Sessions just entered a written order reaffirming his earlier order that Ozturk be immediately released without travel restrictions. Order implies that, as of 4:50 p.m. ET, Ozturk had not yet been released.

Johnson talks about how well she knows Ozturk. Office down the hall, social events, text messages, etc. She communicates w/ her frequently. On screen, Ozturk coughs.

University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards. It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.

The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology. If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.

NEW: A coalition of students from more than 15 law schools across the country have signed a pledge not to work for any firm that “gives in to Trump administration demands…” Signatories include students from Harvard, Georgetown, University of Chicago, UT-Austin… docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Authoritarian capture of the university system by a rightwing state government using the state house end of session as cover should be massive news.

Wow—15 international students at the University of Central Florida have had their visas revoked as a result of the school's signed partnership with ICE. One was detained. Literally handed over to immigration cops by their own university. Despicable.

They is why we can’t fund government by donation. It make us a slave to the wealthy.

jeez this is bleak www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Here's a copy of an NSF grant termination notice that went out today. "NSF is issuing this termination to protect the interests of the government pursuant...on the basis that they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities." Not subject to appeal. #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Lest we forget…what is past is indeed prologue. theconversation.com/universities...

BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech. The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.

This is terrible news. For Mahmoud Khalil and for all of us.

🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

Consequences? For MY actions???? etc. etc.

🚨 Scoop: At least 8 students at Arizona State University have had their student visas revoked in recent days. Meanwhile University of Arizona advises international students to carry copies of passports/visas at all times. azluminaria.org/2025/04/02/e...

As universities increasingly make decisions that make their students less safe and that compromise academic freedom, I hope their alumni remember that they can do something about it -- through their voices, their actions, and their wallets.

NEW: The Trump administration pulled funding for research to protect pregnant women from domestic violence, citing it as a “DEI” initiative.

Pleasantly surprised that CBC’s Front Burner podcast ran this uncompromising and principled interview with @illdottore.bsky.social about the situation at Columbia and beyond www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...

We’re still working on this week’s episode so stay tuned. We talk about WTF is happening in the US and the attacks on academics from all fronts.

They keep kidnapping LEGAL RESIDENTS and throwing them in ICE prisons in Louisiana because they believe they'll get more favorable decisions for Trump under the 5th Circuit's jurisdiction (which has mostly Republican appointed judges).

“A lot of what’s hitting the elite schools now echoes a blueprint set out by red states.“

Please boycott my country and tell US airlines that you won’t waste money on a ticket to nowhere. Make the airlines lobby the administration to end this fascist madness. They will scream loudly when their lucrative international revenue dries up.

Grifters who rebranded themselves as DEI experts despite having zero research on race, gender & "diversity" politics when there was tons of DEI funding are now rebranding again to pivot away from DEI. I think now we'll really see who's really with us & who are just performative allies. #feministskya

With the backlash to DEI, Angie Beeman& I talk about the difference between performative DEI & one that centres an analysis of race. We also talk about targeted racial harassment, liberal white supremacy and the importance of accomplices. www.academicaunties.com/episodes/dei... #feministsky

Wouldn’t be surprised if they start detaining more academics. This is part of Trump’s plan to destroy higher ed. As the Khalil case shows being in a blue state is no protection. University administrators are not prepared to defend their students, faculty, and staff, & some will be actively complicit

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

The details are disturbing. It basically looks like a kidnapping. They even got his legal status wrong but proceeded to detain him anyway. The agents didn’t even identify themselves at first and refused to show a warrant. His wife is 8 months pregnant

Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States

Finally catching up on the latest podcast and it's scary how the situation at York is similar to what is going on at ANU, including the involvement of Nous consulting group

Latest from the newsletter! Read about how management consultants are influencing universities in really problematic ways. #AcademicSky

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Do this now: Check if your university / college participates in UniForum. It might seem like a simple "benchmarking" initiative or a survey, but actually appears is an initiative run by a shady management consultant firm, resulting in million dollar contracts and the shuttering of programs.

I don't have words for the -- censorious, fascist racist overreach happening here, besides ABSOLUTELY THE FUCK NOT IN MY NAME

It’s not just American companies that are ditching DEI, said Michelle Grocholsky, CEO of DEI consulting firm Empowered. “Canadian companies are doing it quietly, which is not surprising — it’s a very Canadian thing to do.”

WGSJ Statement on York University’s Suspension of New Admissions of 1st Year Majors to Undergraduate Programs Please see our full statement on our webiste: wgsj.ca/2025/02/19/s...

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