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Durham Uni Philosophers' struggle with reality

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Charliethefeminist · 02/09/2018 12:27

Has anyone seen what's going down there? They've sacked the PhilSoc ed for knowing women don't have dicks, and replaced him (?) with someone who thinks they do.

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Zeugma · 02/09/2018 13:04

Did anyone see the Guardian (but of course) review yesterday? I’m just catching up with it. Kwame Anthony Appiah on ‘Rethinking Identity’ and holding up Caitlyn Jenner and Alex Drummond as trailblazers.

FFS.

No mention of biology. No mention of the erasure of women. It’s all a fascinating intellectual exercise. Meanwhile, in the real world....

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Charliethefeminist · 02/09/2018 13:03

Any of us could take him in a one on one debate. Any of us.

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Charliethefeminist · 02/09/2018 13:01

He thinks he's brave? Lol

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Charliethefeminist · 02/09/2018 13:01

so in order to remain employed in the philosophy department you need to have failed biology?

Yes, and logic and semantics

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OrchidInTheSun · 02/09/2018 12:59

That Sebastian bloke has tweeted that transphobes are trying to get him sacked but he's being brave and standing strong. The irony that he sacked someone for wrongthink doesn't seem to have occurred to him

Mrbatmun · 02/09/2018 12:49

How ironic that the journal is called 'Critique'!

NameChangedAgain18 · 02/09/2018 12:48

How long until this madness spreads to science departments? At a meeting we had at work about changes to our employment rights, a Professor who works on a drug which only works on women expressed concern at TRAs and how they could be successful in trying to get her sacked if we didn’t have the level of protection we currently do.

carceralfeminist · 02/09/2018 12:44

For retweeting "women don't have penises."

Absolutely absurd.

NameChangedAgain18 · 02/09/2018 12:43

Universities need to start suspending students who threaten the practice of free speech and of academic research that these institutions are legally required to uphold. These people don’t belong in universities. They can stick to their safe space in mummy and daddy’s four-bed detached in Guildford (let’s face it, most of the kids spouting this gender nonsense are egocentric, middle-class brats).

There does seem to be a major problem with young academics in Philosophy at the moment. Dogma seems to have replaced critical thinking.

carceralfeminist · 02/09/2018 12:42

It's the same chap who had to resign from the Humanists, right?

AngryAttackKittens · 02/09/2018 12:41

So in order to remain employed in the philosophy department you need to have failed biology?

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Charliethefeminist · 02/09/2018 12:38

twitter.com/FeministRoar/status/1034869460631474176?s=19 hope this link works - you need to follow through to the brilliant Louis from Feminist Roar.

Are they mad? All Philosophers from now on should do an extended logic module and nothing else for the first whole term. Nothing else will tackle this inept, uncritical, nonsensical, illiterate faith among young Philosophers that this has any traction at all.

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Labradoodliedoodoo · 02/09/2018 12:34

ridiculous

GandalfsWrinklyHat · 02/09/2018 12:31

Phiosophers are professional day dreamers, i view everything they write through that lens.

AnduinsGirl · 02/09/2018 12:31

As someone who studied within the Philosophy dept. at Durham years ago, this makes me sad - I'd be interested to find out more about this.

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Charliethefeminist · 02/09/2018 12:28

Yeah, it's the Asst Ed to correct my own OP. Here are some twitter screenshots.

Durham Uni Philosophers' struggle with reality
Durham Uni Philosophers' struggle with reality
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