annameier.bsky.social
Union organizer; recovering academic | Your loud queer aunt š³ļøāš she/her | posts in English & German | itinerant Midwesterner | annameier.substack.com
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And maybe youāll say this isnāt the moment to criticize institutions under attackābut it is the exact moment for us to reimagine what those institutions can be. Let us go beyond saving what already exists to insisting on building something better. /fin
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Iām thinking about dissertation chairs/supervisors/PIs who exploit, harm, and discriminate against their international students. Iām thinking about all-too-familiar patterns of overwork & mistreatment where departments choose to protect abusers and look the other way. 2/
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For those who were not subjected to the UK press (and government) lauding the Cass Review, here's that fun piece of recent transphobia.
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FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS, COURT FINDS THAT HER CONTINUED DETENTION CANNOT STAND.
BAIL IS NECESSARY TO MAKE HABEAS REMEDY EFFECTIVE.
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Oh my God:
RĆ¼meysa ĆztĆ¼rk suffers an asthma attack during her own hearing, must excuse herself from the room where sheās appearing virtually, just as an asthma expert is testifying about her condition and symptoms.
Weāre in hell.
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I'm running on fumes this week so I don't have time to write a nuanced analysis of the BfV's listing of the AfD as "extremist" & why that's both significant & not, but a friendly reminder to look at Germany holistically & critically rather than a shining example of a political reckoning.
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You can make a word for "white supremacy" in German & have it be intelligible, but it's awkward and generally not doneāpeople just say "Nazi."
White supremacy as a power structure? Forget about it. ("Anna, was this weird to navigate as an ethnographer of German natsec?" Yes, yes it was.)
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Tufts students, faculty, staff, alums, parents, and more can still sign our petition demanding a pause to restructuring efforts and immediate consultation with faculty. Help us reach 500 signatures!
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(I mean I can; it's called white supremacy; and also my brain simply refuses to process past a certain point)