Absolutely delighted to be presenting the keynote for the EDI week, Weds 2 Feb on my research on minority ethnic academics in higher education @UCalgary@MalindaSmith#race#equity#socialjustice
https://t.co/nhzDjYNriQ
'The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt'. Bertrand Russell.
Though I may now be seen as middle class, I will never forget where I came from - I am the proud daughter of immigrants, my parents worked in manual labour in factories and had fees been introduced I would never have gone to my local post-1992 uni.
Never forget your roots.
40% of #sustainability claims found to be #Greenwashing!
A 2021 review found that 40% of green claims made online could be misleading consumers by:
👉 being too vague
👉 Using their own certifications instead of accredited schemes
👉 Hiding information
https://t.co/yhqN1LkUX9
I am rubbish at communicating about my podcast @breakinbinaries but its perhaps the most "me" project ive got to do in recent years, & though its been almost a year hiatus & i am *so* tired & 0 capacity, I just want to say truly thank you to all who've engaged with it! Jzk <3
My @FeministTheory article is officially out in the world, it’s about the politics of academic presenting, ableism & the challenge of enfolding the liveliness of political commitments into formats https://t.co/3x8Afm8KBe
Had an amazing time talking about the conversations *we* want to have about hijab for this project 💫Hijab On/Webcam Off💫- you can submit ur own voicenotes to our podcast or just listen/read to how we want to move beyond secular epistemologies and terminologies about our worlds!
For bell hooks @WritersofColour Thanks to all our contributors for these beautiful reflections & for showing how bell’s love & love for bell travels & shapes https://t.co/VOHBsWif8m
Sociology should be a compulsory subject for all students, at all levels. It teaches you to be critical, to interrogate and to challenge the status quo #Sociology#criticalthinking#analytical