Settler in the UK. Anarchist & decolonisation. Researcher, teacher, speaker & writer. Two Row Treaty. Dogs. https://nitter.cf/t.co/xdpOt2xsJu. He/him. Personal account.
Leicester, England
Joined March 2010
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We were on a podcast! Huge thanks to Gillian and Zalfa for having us on to talk about settler colonialism and borders.
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So Americans, can interest you in this new, fascinating idea called “anarchism”?
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Being an academic means experiencing the heartbreak of being rejected by your true love repeated in new and interesting ways for several decades.
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Good morning! I am currently on the job market - academic or otherwise - and am grateful for either news of hires, or interest in training and development by myself and Emma Lowman.
We will be in Canada from this week until the spring. Get in touch if you’d like to work with us!
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Suffering from the success of your PhD thesis is next-level academia. Imagine your biggest problem being too many people wanting to read it. This is the academic version of going platinum.
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To be fair, Hockey Canada probably didn’t expect any negative repercussions for choosing a suboptimal team as they’re not used to there being any consequences for their actions.
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ALT Germany, 1935. A German man in a bow tie and bowler hat reads a newsspaper to another German man and says "shit, looks like they got the socialists." he reads more "...AND the freakin' trade unionists? The Jews too?" The man crumples up the newspaper and says "wow that's a lot of people. He points to himself and says "they won't get me though. I'm too awesome." A mustachioed man next to him nods in agreement.
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Nationalizing parts of our economy, converting federal buildings PP wants to sell to profiteers to social housing. Livable disability and seniors pensions, not tied to the DTC or spousal income to help combat gendered violence, proportional representation, public postal banking.
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oooooh yeah this definitely happened, if there’s one thing the UK acting industry HATES it is posh white people with double barrelled surnames. they’re pariahs in the industry I tell you. you couldn’t make fleabag today
At 17 years old, I gave up on becoming an actor despite then being in one of the best drama schools in the UK because 85% of the casting calls my agent received stipulated, "Caucasian's need not apply."
Not "Black actors wanted" or "Latin actors wanted" but "Caucasian's need not apply."
That is to say "All auditions welcome except from white people."
I knew I wasn't going to get anywhere, even if I could hone my skill to a competitive level. I knew then that the stories of the near future were not going to be about the white working class or ancient Britons or knights and their princesses.
Being an actor is the first job I ever wanted - from 4 years old I did nothing else.
I switched for 10 years to directing. But the tide has risen higher still and I find all grants and opportunities exclusively for "BAME people."
I am good at what I do. I have won awards and worked at one of the best theatres in the country. I offer insight and poetic depth with my skill. But I am white and say that men are not women and therefore merit does not enter into the calculation.
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no offense but why would anyone take parenting advice from someone who very clearly raised the worst person to ever live
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“An article you say? The university must have paid you big bucks for this one I bet?”
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1/6 🧵Thanks (I think) for this review of global.oup.com/academic/prod…
Unfortunately it contains some fairly egregious misrepresentations.
Somehow it's taken many years, but I'm happy to finally make my American debut in the @dcexaminer with a review of @aljhlester's new edited volume about the legacies of the British Empire (the title is not mine!) washingtonexaminer.com/magaz…
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I'll never forget the scene in the documentary of the 2002 coup attempt against Chavez where a bunch of wealthy people gather in a villa and are like "make sure you're all keeping an eye on your servants"
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Today the Premier announced his new solution to homelessness is to issue fines up to $10k and prison sentences up to 6 months. I guess putting people in jail is the Premier's new housing plan? We should all be outraged by this. #HamOnt youtube.com/live/k6jjG93rFug.
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has there ever been a more smarmy, smug politician than wes streeting?
his response, as well as being word salad, completely side steps the very real pain, anger and fear faced by trans kids and their parents up and down the country in favour of being condescending. awful man.
Continuing the blanket ban on puberty blockers is a worrying decision.
The same medication continues to be used safely by young people for other reasons. By relying on the reason for prescription, is this simply discrimination against our #trans youth? 👇 #TransKidsMatter
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When is a Voluntary Severance Scheme not voluntary? When you are called to a meeting, told your name will probably be on the list, and there's messaging that the payout for forced redundancy will be lower. (Not me, and not my department, but happening.) @SheffieldUCU
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The President elect of the United States of America even joking about the annexation of Canada is an assault on our sovereignty.
Fuck everyone in the US who jokes or laughs at this. This isn't fucking funny.
As a Canadian, I am not fucking laughing.
Fuck you.
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An elderly First Nations man had his braids cut off in an Edmonton hospital. A Cree Alberta doctor says stronger action needs to be taken to prevent racist braid cutting. James Makokis says it should be considered assault.
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