You know me for covering academic abuse, but Dance Magazine just published another side of my work. 🔗 Feature: buff.ly/en31opR 🔗 Project: myvicki.com 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

Hey all, I’m on a bit of a hiatus from cleaning data at academicabuse.com. The stories come so fast, it’s admittedly hard to keep up!

If a student is struggling, the university asks: Why aren’t they working harder? But the real question is: Why isn’t the system working better? 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾‍🔬 👩🏼‍🔬 👩🏾‍🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd

Academia loves asking for proof. Proof of abuse. Proof of discrimination. Proof your pain is valid. But when it’s time to hold institutions accountable? Suddenly, testimony isn’t enough. 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾‍🔬 👩🏼‍🔬 👩🏾‍🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PhDChat

In the ‘real world,’ abusers get fired. In academia, they get tenure. 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾‍🔬 👩🏼‍🔬 👩🏾‍🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd

Disgusting. buff.ly/wvt9hbY 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

UNIVERSITIES = CORPORATE BUREAUCRACIES 📈 Admin salaries rise 📉 Teaching budgets shrink 🎓 Students pay the price If universities really valued education, why does admin expansion outpace faculty hiring? 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾‍🔬 👩🏼‍🔬 👩🏾‍🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PhDChat

I've so been there. Have you? buff.ly/PkbQb4Z 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

The more prestigious the school, the harder it is to hold them accountable. 💡 What if universities had to disclose abuse cases like they do employment rates? 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾‍🔬 👩🏼‍🔬 👩🏾‍🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd

🎉 Academia Starter Packs by state to help you connect! . 💞 Share and comment to be added. NY: buff.ly/40lwl8H MORE Below!🧵 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #AddToBlackEduSky #FeministSky

Finally, my memoir on academic sexual harassment and misconduct, blackmail, and retaliation across 7 colleges is now available. @timeshighered.bsky.social theburnlist.shop 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

People think staying silent keeps them safe. But how many “quiet survivors” have been protected by their silence? Institutions thrive on people believing they have no choice. 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾‍🔬 👩🏼‍🔬 👩🏾‍🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PhDChat

Over 5K stories on academic abuse on the data dashboard already. I knew it was a big problem, but evidence keeps piling up. Especially in the U.S. buff.ly/eRyMjdc 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

No more silence! buff.ly/puHZG2Z 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

A harrowing account, with evidence included. buff.ly/kuUEGdK 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

UNIVERSITIES = CORPORATIONS Students = Revenue Adjuncts = Disposable Labor Admin = Profit-Driven Executives The only ones thriving are the ones in power. 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾‍🔬 👩🏼‍🔬 👩🏾‍🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd

Brock University volleyball coach ousted for sexual misconduct. AND STAY OUT. buff.ly/JA8HYUy 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

Mozambican organisations demand “zero tolerance” for sexual harassment, noting that six out of ten female university students are targeted by lecturers. buff.ly/tSXEtKA 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

Swedish study reveals what we all already knew about harassment, power, and gatekeeping in academia. Is anyone listening? buff.ly/IgZvvRw 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

How early admissions contribute to inequity www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/b...

A great resource for those in UK Higher Education wonkhe.com 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

Not everyone can fight institutions head-on. But every whispered warning, shared resource, and quiet act of defiance chips away at the system. Resistance isn’t always loud—but it’s always there. 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾‍🔬 👩🏼‍🔬 👩🏾‍🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PhDChat

Congrats to the grads who won protections against discrimination and harassment. Keep fighting RAPUP and GET-UP! buff.ly/eHsoKl3 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

Funding cuts are tough. But what about students forced out by debt? Victims pushed out by retaliation? Faculty driven out by exploitation? What’s your take? What’s the top crisis in higher ed? 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾‍🔬 👩🏼‍🔬 👩🏾‍🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PhDChat

So excited… my memoir chronicling abuse across 7 universities is coming soon! preorder: theburnlist.shop 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd

Meanwhile, in Pakistan, Gomal University still unsafe: buff.ly/HFOk5II 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

Diversity doesn’t lower quality. Gatekeeping does. When the same voices dominate academia, we don’t get excellence—we get elitism. 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾‍🔬 👩🏼‍🔬 👩🏾‍🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd

Gender discrimination lawsuit against Harvard University buff.ly/oyXwJoG 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

Join me in reading "On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence" buff.ly/2fo4f9x 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

128 faculty signed a no-confidence letter, and four individuals are suing University of Virginia Health for alleged fraud and retaliation. buff.ly/v8V02wq 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

Landmark victory against California State University. buff.ly/mgZt2WI 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

I waited 20 years to file a complaint. Had I known then what I know now, I would have complained at the beginning. Here's why. See comments below. 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾‍🔬 👩🏼‍🔬 👩🏾‍🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat

“Academia should prepare you for the real world” is just code for normalizing exploitation. Why are unpaid labor, toxic hierarchies, and abuse considered preparation instead of problems to fix? 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾‍🔬 👩🏼‍🔬 👩🏾‍🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat

University of Maryland Eastern Shore professor speaking out on discrimination and plagiarism. buff.ly/nOZHG8X 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

Anyone else's head spinning yet from all the culture wars in higher ed? buff.ly/sOZHbfo 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

A professor sues Rowan University, claiming her pay was slashed by 30% and her office moved to a storage closet after she expressed her desire to retire. buff.ly/f6335VQ 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

Students stand up against hypocrisy at Northern Michigan University buff.ly/jY579VO 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

University of Northern Iowa prof sues, alleging admin waged a coordinated campaign to falsely “frame” her while subjecting her to gender-based discrimination. buff.ly/O4PJVyI 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... #edusky #academicsky

A must read! This epitomizes how bringing university complaints is often David vs. Goliath. buff.ly/5g6TTxR 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

"the university locked him out of campus buildings and removed him from the campus directory in retaliation..." Read more at: buff.ly/elAHcSB 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

Good morning! It's Saturday. What are we doing to take care of ourselves? Me - gaming, Hollow Knight: Silksong 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

Morning #PhDDailyThought: You’re allowed to ask for help — even if you’re afraid it makes you look weak. It doesn’t. #AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky

WonkHE survey: "My organisation takes my wellbeing seriously." Only 39.7% of academics agreed. Meditation apps whilst cutting staff and demanding 60-hour weeks isn't wellbeing. It's box-ticking. If you're one of the 60% who don't feel supported, you're not alone. #AcademicSkyUK

The impact of PhD studies on mental health - A longitudinal population study PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard. But surely not *this* hard? #AcademicSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

2400+ entries in SafeSport Centralized Disciplinary Database. You're not alone! Centralized Disciplinary Database: buff.ly/U25OKe4 SafeSport toolkit: buff.ly/CFkBGtJ 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #BlackEduSky #FeministSky

Shame on University of Kentucky! And good riddance Lars Jorgensen. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle... 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #AddToBlackEduSky #FeministSky

Good on the California Faculty Association for standing up to academic tyrants. buff.ly/vZvdAxY 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #AddToBlackEduSky #FeministSky

🎉 Academia Starter Packs by state to help you connect! . 💞 Share and comment to be added. NY: buff.ly/40lwl8H MORE Below!🧵 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #AddToBlackEduSky #FeministSky

Behind-the-scenes writing about the coercive abuse I experienced from a professor in grad school. Coming 10/12. Subscribe to theburnlist.substack.com to get access. 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #AddToBlackEduSky #FeministSky