4 WoC FACULTY WERE PUSHED OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER’S SCHOOL OF EDUCATION.
I recognize that our “silence will not protect us” (Lorde 1977)
Here is our response to hold the School to task:
https://t.co/ZNsHg6QA52
The replies to this is one of the reasons why Conservative art doesn't really thrive. The point of this film is the slow running apocalypse of a society collapsing in on itself being confronted right at the end with a new apocalypse. Yet conservatives take it as a savior ending.
The ideal version of me
reads a lot.
has phenomenal sex
Loves deeply
travels 4 times a year
hosts dinner parties
writes
sleeps enough
curates art
owns a book bar
Knows when to walk away
gives grounded and sincere apologies
my therapist said smthg that shifted in me today.
“you are a person who researches and analyzes before making judgments, yes? Why would you decide to handle yourself in negative self talk without taking that idea to trial? What evidence do you have that you *insert neg. talk”
I think the thing I hate most about the overuse and misunderstanding of the phrase “late stage capitalism” is the assumption that the state will collapse on its own. It will not. It will claw for its life until we intentionally steal away our lives back.
The contrast highlights a selective approach to accountability: documentation and “proof” is treated as essential when applied to marginalized folks, but objectionable when it is used to scrutinize those with power or proximity to it.
Many of the same voices that have historically demanded strict documentation, proof of status, and “papers” from undocumented individuals are now framing demands for transparency and evidence in relation to a child sex trafficking ring as an overreach or violation.