Seriously, not that it should matter, but many *really excellent* students who were such a joy to teach. Thinking about them right now, and how hard they worked to succeed and give back to their communities. They deserve so much better.

Actually incredible how distinctive it looks? Gotta be one of the prettier tinamous.

Also, I wouldn’t usually say this, but- share this, don’t just like and move on! Or someone else’s post to this effect, or make your own, its not about me of course.

Better yet, share what you’re going to do (or maybe what you already do). The institutions don’t care about us. We need each other.

And yes obviously this applies across the biological sciences! This was a planned attack and its not the first time - if there isn't *something* in your class that would be enough of an excuse to dox an instructor you're probably not teaching a very good biology class tbh.

The broader academic freedom discussion is absolutely critically important too but having it divorced from the power dynamics at play here is absurd. Yes tenure protections are under attack, but grad workers have none of that (unless its in a union contract).

Graduate workers don't typically have the same institutional protections for academic freedom that tenured professors do. Obviously the latter are under attack as well, but I think its essential to emphasize that this was an attack pretty clearly targeted at a trans graduate instructor.

I understand why faculty in Texas are unwilling to risk trying to exercise wildcat labor power in the face of an anti-labor state. In Illinois faculty have lots of power to use if they’re willing to be brave. Students will, I expect, stand with you. But you are going to have to be the leaders.

For the record, the graduate students are all getting charged these fees too. You know, a population well known for engaging with college sports and with lots of disposable income.

And *right* after we’d negotiated a set amount of fee relief in our contract, too.