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This is a new low, even by @ucu standards. We call on @ucu to take action against the branch committee who clearly are unfit for office. In this message they've confirmed their opposition to academic freedom and to representing all members. #IStandWithKathleenStock
We further call on academics at @SussexUni and on @ucu members to condemn this statement. Even if you don't agree with @Docstockk's views, the next ideology that presents itself as unassailable on campus may be less to your taste. Academic freedom matters.
The statement from Sussex's @ucu branch is an authoritarian edict about what academics can and can't say in their teaching and research, dressed up in the clothes of corporate EDI. It has nothing to do with equality - it's misogynistic thought policing. #IStandWithKathleenStock
Does Kathleen Stock's presence on @SussexUni campus give trans and nonbinary students reason to feel unsafe? Let's look at the evidence:
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Back in 2018, @docstockk emailed her Philosophy students, to reassure them on this very point. She said:
"I make a practice of using preferred pronouns and names. I would never discriminate against any student for any aspect of their identity, including being trans."
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"I make a practice of using preferred pronouns and names. I would never discriminate against any student for any aspect of their identity, including being trans."
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From the same email:
"I am not transphobic. I stress in several places in my writing that all trans people share legal rights to be free of violence, discrimination, and harm."
You can see the whole thing here: medium.com/@kathleenstock…
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"I am not transphobic. I stress in several places in my writing that all trans people share legal rights to be free of violence, discrimination, and harm."
You can see the whole thing here: medium.com/@kathleenstock…
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