Not the Only One

It's actually incredible how yt academics will use Indigenous peoples, risking their cultural safety for their own monetary benefit but as soon as you call it out, they'll cower and try to turn others against you. It's almost like they don't give a shit about culture or mob 🤔 / X

I have a similar policy. I won't speak on an all-white panel, unless we're talking about how to be better white people or something. When I get invited to speak, the first thing I ask is "who else is on the panel?" If it doesn't include at least half BIR* people then I tell them I'll join them when it does, or I'll pass. I'm slowly getting enough of a reputation as a speaker that this is having more of an effect when I do it - they know people will enjoy hearing me speak, so they make sure...

A student-led report into the experiences of University of Melbourne students has found more than two-thirds of students surveyed have experienced casual racism. Only five of Australia's 41 universities ask students about their experiences of racism in some form, an ABC analysis has found.

Socialism programs were even extremely popular in the US in the 1930s-1950s. Because Jim Crow laws and other racist structures allowed them to exclude Black people from receiving the benefits. Once the Supreme Court and Civil Rights Act made it illegal to exclude Black people from receiving public services, racist whites decided they'd rather side with the wealthy. They would rather all public welfare programs be eliminated entirely rather than to see any Black people receive an ounce of help...

Who says a profile pic needs a smile? Not me. As a woman trying to build a writing career in the utter bullshit that is the tech world, putting on a friendly grin doesn’t feel right. It certainly doesn’t feel real. I’m not about coming off as unfriendly. Believe me, I've got a vibrant spirit and a wicked sense of humour. But too often, women feel squeezed into boxes - expected to soften our talent with feminine charm, pleasantness, and perpetual cheer.

In a sane world, this track record of misogyny and violent machismo would be enough to ensure Trump has no chance of coming anywhere near the White House ever again. But we are not living in a sane world.

Editor's Note: The following is the transcript of the speech given by the Kyiv Independent's defense reporter Illia Ponomarenko at the annual meeting organized by the Raam Op Rusland think tank, in Amsterdam, on Oct. 25. For republication, reach out

I'm talking about all of the misogyny crap today because folks keep speaking for me and saying I'm one of Fedi's big boosters. It's true, I do prefer this place to corporate driven social media. But I want to be abundantly clear, I don't feel welcome here. Not really. I get garbage sent my way that would give you therapy bills. And largely, as a quirk of decentralization, most of you won't ever see it. Fedi is like being gaslit, every time I use it. And I need to flipping say that.