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Category Archives: Academia
Microaggression: “Donald Trump 2016” in Chalk
At Emory University, someone wrote “Donald Trump 2016” in chalk on some surfaces where students do such things, and it’s triggered a Microaggression Investigation™ by the school’s President. Here is the entirety of the President’s official response to this sensitivity … Continue reading
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The Higher Shamelessness
In “The Higher Shamelessness” Wilfred McClay discusses how BLM campus activists, working on the back of the giant behemoth of Political Correctness, is actually, given the 40-year dominance of liberal theoretical pieties being taught on said campuses, is a natural … Continue reading
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Unsafe Spaces
William Voegeli has a long piece analyzing P.C. run amok on college campuses (“Unsafe Spaces“). From the piece is this alarming poll finding: A 2015 Pew Research Survey about the government’s role regarding “statements that are offensive to minority groups” … Continue reading
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Top 10 Replicated Findings From Behavioral Genetics
Can’t we do something to squelch this type of research? It’s harmful! We need Safe Spaces! From Perspectives on Psychological Science: ABSTRACT: In the context of current concerns about replication in psychological science, we describe 10 findings from behavioral genetic … Continue reading
CFP: Chapter Proposals for “Transecology: Transgender Perspectives on the Environment”
Once in a while, I’ll plan to post a current CFP, to showcase the navel-gazing lunacy that is the humanities today, 95% academic postmodernism… still limping along: Vakoch / California Institute of Integral Studies contact email: dvakoch@ciis.edu Chapter proposals are … Continue reading
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PCC: Whiteness History Month
WaPo has a brief piece on planned events for “Whiteness History Month” at Portland Community College in Oregon. The focus will be a pomo-sounding, white-guilt-laden project in April called “Whiteness History Month: Context, Consequences, and Change”. WaPo has a great … Continue reading
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FBI Investigating Kent State Prof for ISIS Link
From CBS: The FBI is investigating a professor at Kent State University for allegedly having ties to terrorism, CBS affiliate WOIO reports. Citing an FBI source, WOIO reports that a joint terrorism task force has been investigating Julio Pino for … Continue reading
Gettin’ Meta With Martin
Given that MLK himself plagiarized as a graduate student, what an appropriate way for Mr. Whitaker to celebrate the modern day martyr: A history professor at Arizona State University who was demoted last year following an inquiry into plagiarism accusations … Continue reading
Free Speech = A Political Weapon
Some ideas are so terrifying they can only be the product of navel-gazing, utopian academics. “When Free Speech Becomes a Political Weapon” is by Kate Manne, assistant professor of philosophy at Cornell University, and Jason Stanley, professor of philosophy at … Continue reading
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Amherst Uprising’s List
Here is Amherst Uprising’s list of demands to the incredibly oppressive atmosphere that is Amherst College, in the redneck town of Amherst, MA: President Martin must issue a statement of apology to students, alumni and former students, faculty, administration and … Continue reading
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