Leana van der Merwe

Senior Lecturer in Art History, reading literatures, art, landscapes & gardens in the postcolony. PhD from @qmulsed

[SpeakOutSister @speakoutsister]

Women make up more than half the population. They are not a "special interest".

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

The protestors were not sent to jail for damaging artworks

They were sent to jail for PRETENDING TO damage artworks

[hooks bot @hooksbot]

bell hooks: "We have to constantly critique imperialist white supremacist patriarchal culture because it is normalized by mass media and rendered unproblematic.”

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

THIS WINS THE DAY!!!! https://t.co/Lk2PJeFByd

[Heather Chacon @wickettred]

Sometimes I wish that academia realized support (for students, faculty, and staff) could look like giving people time to rest rather than calling another meeting or planning an event.

[Bolu Babalola @BeeBabs]

It's devastating and genuinely unbearable to process

[Jason, ex Inferis @benedictsred]

I’ve never used a semicolon with 100% confidence.

[stacy wangui @_bomb_digidy]

This one has a target audience. It’s a large number of men on here that need to read this at least hourly everyday.

[Dr. Mia Brett @QueenMab87]

Are we all schrodingers woman until we get genetic gender testing done now?

[Kat Tenbarge is on Bluesky @kattenbarge]

The idea that c!s men pretend to be women to abuse women is an obfuscation. C!s men abuse women every day without consequences. The idea that they need to do something to “get away with it” is harmful to abuse victims, and that is often the point

[Leana van der Merwe @leanavdm]

@jvitak Tote bag, water bottle, notebook, coffee voucher

[Leana van der Merwe @leanavdm]

@aliciaandrz @chronicle I was employed on several part-time teaching contracts when both my girls were born and only secured a tenure track job when my youngest was four. With every birth I lost my job and had to start over again. Luckily I had wonderful mentors who looked out for me and supported me.

[Leana van der Merwe @leanavdm]

@DrPragyaAgarwal This is so sweet 🥰

[Leana van der Merwe @leanavdm]

@Hosmeriana Love it!