Suki Xiao

Activism; Queering. Feminist, dedicated to revealing&fighting against gender-based violence &racism in instituions and our daily life. (she/they)

[Suki Xiao @SociSqx]

My co-supervisor Sinikka Elliott is missing. Please share this and anyone with Salt Spring Island contacts please reach out to them and share this. This is such devastating news and I am still in state of shock. Hoping she returns home safe 🙏🙏🙏

[Suki Xiao @SociSqx]

25 organizations call for release of 4 young women activists arrested in Beijing for participating peaceful white paper protests. Group of Chinese feminists also call for joint signature here: https://t.co/8SQTkQVYcy

[PEN America @PENamerica]

On #InternationalWomensDay, PEN America @pen_int and 23 other groups call for the release of 4 female protesters arrested in Beijing. These women are being persecuted for their free expression and should be released immediately and unconditionally. https://t.co/IqoS1KLWAt

[ARTICLE 19 @article19org]

Today on #IWD2023, ARTICLE 19 joins @PENamerica and 23 other groups in calling on #China to release 4 female protesters arrested in Beijing.

We call on authorities to free all other ‘blank paper’ protesters and to end its crackdown on free expression
https://t.co/LJCNRTReOM

[Suki Xiao @SociSqx]

“Love is an act of will, both an intention and an action.” & “There can be no love without justice.”

She taught me that love is a choice & an action. She left the light of radical, feminist love in us.

“We yearn to end the pervasive lovelessness.” We shall.

[Suki Xiao @SociSqx]

“I saw in theory then a location for healing.” - bell hooks

This is so heartbreaking. Mourning the profound, forever loss of #bellhooks 💔🖤🙏 Rest In Peace, Rest in power.

[Black Women's Studies Association @blkwomenstudies]

BWSA is saddened to learn of the passing of bell hooks, a prolific Black feminist writer, educator, and intellectual. She reminds us that "Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust." We honor her legacy with love. Rest in power.

[Billie Jean King @BillieJeanKing]

I applaud Steve Simon & the @WTA leadership for taking a strong stand on defending human rights in China & around the world. The WTA is on the right side of history in supporting our players.

This is another reason why women’s tennis is the leader in women’s sports.

[Suki Xiao @SociSqx]

#FreePengShuai #metoo Shame on IOC!

[wta @WTA]

"With the full support of the WTA Board of Directors, I am announcing the immediate suspension of all WTA tournaments in China, including Hong Kong."

[Dorothy E Smith @DrDorothyESmith]

I am please to announce my new book with Alison, 'Simply Institutional Ethnography: Creating a Sociology for People', which will be published by @utpress. Please find the link in my bio to pre-order the book today! #InstitutionalEthnography

[Sarah Bowen @sarahkbowen1]

This article was led by my colleague and friend @SinikkaElliott, who died in May 2021. She really cared about this work and hoped that our research could contribute to more just, equitable social policies and a food system where everyone has enough.

[Suki Xiao @SociSqx]

#whereisPengShuai #MeToo deeply concerning

[wta @WTA]

Statement by Steve Simon, WTA Chairman & CEO:

The statement released today by Chinese state media concerning Peng Shuai only raises my concerns as to her safety and whereabouts. Peng Shuai must be allowed to speak freely, without coercion or intimidation from any source.

[wta @WTA]

Statement from Steve Simon, Chairman & CEO, WTA

WTA seeks full, fair and transparent investigation into sexual assault allegations against former Chinese leader and also calls for end of censorship against Peng Shuai.

[Suki Xiao @SociSqx]

“I know that for someone of your eminence, Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, you’ve said that you’re not afraid,” Ms. Peng wrote in her post, “but even if it’s just me, like an egg hitting a rock, or a moth to the flame, courting self-destruction, I’ll tell the truth about you.” #metoo

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Peng Shuai, the tennis star, publicly accused a former vice premier of China, Zhang Gaoli, of sexual assault. The allegation takes the country’s #MeToo movement to the top echelons of the Communist Party for the first time. https://t.co/Z2EwtHD8DE

[Emily Feng 冯哲芸 @EmilyZFeng]

So quickly are social media posts being censored on Chinese sites about this that people are resorting to using #tennis and #melon (meaning drama) in Chinese to talk about this... both terms are trending on Weibo now.

[Emily Feng 冯哲芸 @EmilyZFeng]

Unverified post from Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, taken down from Weibo within minutes, in which she claims (again unverified) that she was assaulted by former Vice premier Zhang Gaoli, before willingly becoming his mistress. Highest public #MeToo allegation in China

[Made in China Journal @MIC_Journal]

On the day in which Xianzi’s #MeToo landmark case suffers a setback in court, here is an essay where she discusses the predicament in which victims of sexual harassment and the activists who support them find themselves in in China. https://t.co/oAZSN4wbdG

[ASA Sociology @ASAnews]

Just Released: ASA has issued a letter requesting several policy actions to protect Afghans who are most vulnerable under Taliban rule, including women seeking educational opportunities & scholars advocating for democracy & civil & human rights.
https://t.co/tt1U68D1e2

[Stonewall @stonewalluk]

LGBTQ+ Afghans have endured routine discrimination, abuse & persecution, including by the state. With the Taliban in power we expect this situation to deteriorate further, including the potential for a return to active enforcement of the laws that prohibit same sex relationships.