There’s a long history of folks not crediting or citing properly the work created by women & people of color, esp women of color. Theft of ideas & words are so common that wealthy white men have failed upwards with impunity for centuries. www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/...
Inadequately citing or entirely omitting the scholarship of women and people of color reflects the larger problem of entrenched marginalization in the academy, write 12 women scholars.
This research shows that rich countries are responsible for massive deforestation embodied in their consumption. On a per capita basis, Canada is responsible for 15x more deforestation than China, the USA is responsible for 40x more deforestation than India, etc. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This news is particularly sad & resonant during #16DaysOfActivism against #GenderBasedViolencewww.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Employees making clothes for fast-fashion brands have been demonstrating against a new minimum salary of £92 a month
"Women throughout history have always gathered to resist in the name of life & love. Now, as money & power steer us on a path towards total climate & ecological collapse, protests... are a rational response to the greatest crime humanity has ever faced" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Letter says government pushing ahead with new fossil fuel projects while criminalising activists who raise alarm
Important analysis of planetary resource destruction by the polluter elite & the growing carbon inequality. Nice to be quoted alongside some fellow scholars I respect. #geosky#climateskyhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/22/who-are-polluter-elite-how-can-we-tackle-carbon-inequality
Is capitalism the problem? Experts weigh in on ways to address the great carbon divide
As we approach a month until Christmas, I have entered the I HAVE TOO MUCH WORK TO DO BEFORE 2024 ARGHHHH stage of the year.
How has it become easier to sort out flight cancellation issues with an airline via X than on their own website? Worrying
The state of this country. 34 children have died in Temporary Accommodation (TA). Most of them were babies under the age of 1. The govt. must at a minimum provide cots (!) I can't believe we even have to ask for this. Sign the petition: tinyurl.com/bdzxs22a
Please sign our petition to help us reduce the risk of child death in Temporary Accommodation by providing cots to infants.