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White men must really be feeling under threat.....

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They must be cutting their feet on all that broken glass from the ceiling that women crashed through in the last few decades.

That "Me Too" movement was a stinger too.

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🤣

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Kamala said we are not going back. But Trump is trying everything to make us go back. I, and the women I know, are not going back. It won’t be easy to fight but we must.

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Never thought I would see the day that women’s equality campaign would be halted BY OUR GOVERNMENT

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So, in regard to the colleges, where are today's activists? Where are those who, like in the 1960's, stood up and stood out? And were then joined by multitudes of others, of all backgrounds, to speak out - no, SHOUT OUT!! - about the ridiculousness of what was happening all around them? If you were part of that movement, are you working to encourage the youth of today to get up, and get out there? Hell, back then, the professors were some of the LEADERS of the anti-government movement. What are today's professors doing? What are they saying? Where is everyone??

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A week ago, nearly 2000 students rallied at Ohio University to protest the elimination of programs that support students from historically oppressed groups. I was there as a supportive professor, and a number of my colleagues were, too. I chose not to speak at the open mic because this was an event organized by the students and it seemed right their voices should be centered.

I’ve been carving off bits of class time to keep students updated on what’s happening with regard to the ongoing coup in Washington. I know I’m not the only prof doing this. I don’t enjoy the protections of tenure because I was hired into a teaching-intensive role where tenure is not an option. But I’m not willing to be cowed.

At my school, faculty have worked really hard on a union drive over the past two years, which culminated in voting this past week. I assume we will succeed. But SB 1 will kneecap us by removing our ability to strike.

Faculty now need to find ways to organize ourselves against the threat we’re facing at both of state and federal levels. It’s trickier than you might think, because any communications using our university email are subject to FOIA. I already know of one instance where this has been used to harass a justice-oriented program on my campus.

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That is both wonderful and discouraging. First on the negative: you have pointed out perhaps the greatest failure of our time; the failure of our media. I’m in Cleveland, just a relatively short distance north, and this is the first I’ve heard of this. One would think, under today’s circumstances, this would have been a lead story.

On the positive side, I am SO proud of you, your faculty compatriots, and especially the students. Ohioans of my age group have special respect for Ohio U, Kent State, and Wilberforce as fearless voices speaking on the right side of social justice.

I hope you have a local chapter of groups such as Indivisible, MoveOn, and RFS, where you and your students can find even more ways to stand up for our future and our Democracy. And I hope your actions spread to other universities across our state, and country.

Please keep us, and Mr. Pepper, advised of your needs. We’re all in this together, and together we will overcome this dark chapter.

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I just fired off a shame note to Gov. DeWine's office, reminding him that women are half the population and this is getting ridiculous. He should have some damn courage since he's retiring.

I also told him that one of the wingnut GOP politicians suggested that the US have a "Mens' Health Day."

Yep.

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Doesn’t an environment free of race, color, or national origin discrimination ALLOW for the celebration of those differences not prohibit it?

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Of course not. Because only the achievements of white males are worth celebrating.

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In Afganistan it is illegal for women to HEAR EACH OTHERSV THE. How long before that is the Law of THIS LAND?

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I teach at Ohio University and we have reason to believe that the university plans to shut down all of the diversity programming immediately when SB 1 becomes law.

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They could solve the problem by just selecting white straight males. Then they wouldn’t need to worry about it anymore.

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Aren't all these collegiate actions in and of themselves discriminatory?

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Colleges are themselves discriminatory because they are selective. Therefore they must go.

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I am disgusted by how our state has been completely taken over.

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