Kait

PhD candidate in Lit & Culture lookin’ at American narratives of hysterectomy w/r/t temporality + embodied social identity. | she/her

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

@cinnotomon Grabbed a veggie peeler the wrong way and peeled part of my thumb. I had to use the wound clotting powder 😅

[michael wave @michael___wave]

there is no disease that has been beaten by shame. in the case of hiv a lot of people worked tirelessly and thanklessly to actively refuse shame. shame does not develop vaccinations, shame does not support communities, shame did not create modern sexual health care

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

💪🏼 Time’s Up, Pay Up

[Michael Sainato @msainat1]

Over 6,000 academic student workers at the University of Washington have set a strike date for a fair contract on May 14

[Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine @ColumbiaSJP]

A statement from the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on opportunists entering our space.

[CondimentRaccoon @CondimentRaccoo]

A recipe for advanced chefs.

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

@tothemoonbrit Said as I get ready to go to MY number one, T Mobile Park 😛

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

@tothemoonbrit Absolutely insane that Dodger Stadium is anywhere near the top. It’s basically dirty piss-soaked concrete lol

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

@DJESReborn @LDBurnett https://t.co/TxYiZ98e7m). From the journal of folklore research!

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

@mchav97 She’s 2020 Boxxy

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

@mchav97 I independently verify this based on your text messages immediately following watching it

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

A few quarters back we were doing a genre exercise and my students categorized Third Eye Blind as “classic rock” 😩

[misshawaii @berlinblackout]

A dj on the local college radio station was like “I found a bunch of my dad’s old cds and made a mix for today” and played the shins, the pixies, modest mouse, death cab, postal service and the strokes

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

@mchav97 This is actually vitally important

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

It’s like sorry your nephew was a big fish in a little pond lol

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

ouuuuuuu, generic white boy with generic HS accomplishments didn’t get into a prestigious school? Of course this lady’s only explanation has gotta be “woke gatekeeping.” My students at state schools have similar stats to this, and often even better.

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

Anyway I always have to laugh at the comments on this type of post, which are inevitably a bunch of white gen X/boomer cuspers who haven’t been anywhere near a college campus in decades unironically going “it’s so unfair to be discriminated against for the color of my skin 😔”

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

@tothemoonbrit I do not know the artist or title but that country (being generous w that description) song that’s like “gotta little dirt on mah boot”

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

@skybuilder1944 It’s “elicit,” and you’re welcome to leave a 10para review for the education

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

@PopSarah @billiewhiteclaw As well, “female” is frequently associated with incel type dudes who use it with the intent to dehumanize women. And as well, often used by racists to dehumanize women of color. There are lots of reasons the word has gained a negative connotation.

[Kait @Gul_DuKait]

@PopSarah @billiewhiteclaw I’m not attaching shame to language; I’m just answering your original question about why some people interpret the use of “female” as transphobic. That’s not to say it is always the case that “female” is transphobic, just that certain people deploy it with transphobic intent.