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The bad essay was an attack on trans people, turned in to be graded by a trans person, with an obvious intention of getting the trans person removed. The trans person has been suspended during the investigation.
Just more bigoted GOP grift.
Just more bigoted GOP grift.
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The bad essay was an attack on trans people, turned in to be graded by a trans person, with an obvious intention of getting the trans person removed. The trans person has been suspended during the investigation.
Just more bigoted GOP grift.
Just more bigoted GOP grift.
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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Fantastic writer, thinker, journalist
Hey, so, I've been fired. Now that I'm unemployed like the other half of Bluesky, if anyone knows of work for a writer, reporter, or nonprofit grants manager, I'd be much obliged. You all know where to find me.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Fantastic writer, thinker, journalist
If you don’t hire Zach you’re a fucking clown.
Hey, so, I've been fired. Now that I'm unemployed like the other half of Bluesky, if anyone knows of work for a writer, reporter, or nonprofit grants manager, I'd be much obliged. You all know where to find me.
December 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you don’t hire Zach you’re a fucking clown.
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Hey, so, I've been fired. Now that I'm unemployed like the other half of Bluesky, if anyone knows of work for a writer, reporter, or nonprofit grants manager, I'd be much obliged. You all know where to find me.
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Hey, so, I've been fired. Now that I'm unemployed like the other half of Bluesky, if anyone knows of work for a writer, reporter, or nonprofit grants manager, I'd be much obliged. You all know where to find me.
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We are back at the bargaining table! And it's been FIVE months.
There is no time but the present, @transequality.bsky.social
Let's Negotiate!
There is no time but the present, @transequality.bsky.social
Let's Negotiate!
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
We are back at the bargaining table! And it's been FIVE months.
There is no time but the present, @transequality.bsky.social
Let's Negotiate!
There is no time but the present, @transequality.bsky.social
Let's Negotiate!
You don’t gotta band it to elitist white cis dudes who clutch their pearls whenever a trans woman has the nerve to speak plainly and bluntly in criticizing them.
It’s feigned moral outrage. It’s giving “good heavens”. It’s giving “they’re disrupting the opera”.
It’s feigned moral outrage. It’s giving “good heavens”. It’s giving “they’re disrupting the opera”.
December 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
You don’t gotta band it to elitist white cis dudes who clutch their pearls whenever a trans woman has the nerve to speak plainly and bluntly in criticizing them.
It’s feigned moral outrage. It’s giving “good heavens”. It’s giving “they’re disrupting the opera”.
It’s feigned moral outrage. It’s giving “good heavens”. It’s giving “they’re disrupting the opera”.
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"I'll always defend trans rights but this tranny is speaking to me in a nasty tone, because i was defending transphobia, and that is disappointing by her"
Always liked Parker, so this nastiness is rather disappointing.
I’ll always defend trans rights as I have all my career. But I also believe in the First Amendment’s protecting people being wrong.
And that’s where my engagement will respectfully end for the day.
I’ll always defend trans rights as I have all my career. But I also believe in the First Amendment’s protecting people being wrong.
And that’s where my engagement will respectfully end for the day.
Here's what this is actually about, dumbass
December 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"I'll always defend trans rights but this tranny is speaking to me in a nasty tone, because i was defending transphobia, and that is disappointing by her"
Nah…. Better to dissect her every move and action and obfuscate the clear role transphobia plays in this situation, because it’s easier to just criticize a trans femme than to actually engage in tangible support or effective advocacy.
Here’s a novel idea: what if we discussed how to support the TA while she’s going through this. How do we help an academic worker who is being institutionally thrown under the bus and actively harassed for doing her job because of who she is?
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Nah…. Better to dissect her every move and action and obfuscate the clear role transphobia plays in this situation, because it’s easier to just criticize a trans femme than to actually engage in tangible support or effective advocacy.
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ngl it really sucks how hard people are working to make harry potter revival happen
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
ngl it really sucks how hard people are working to make harry potter revival happen
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A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
When I was a TA, despite how much of a shithead my prof was, he would throw elbows and burn buildings down to make sure i was protected and safe.
If any individual is to be blamed or criticized in these situations it's the prof/advisor who is supposed to support the TA.
If any individual is to be blamed or criticized in these situations it's the prof/advisor who is supposed to support the TA.
While I was TAing during my first MA, we were tasked with solo teaching a couple sections a semester. Our advisor encouraged us to bring these types of situations (really any situation we didn't know how to handle) to her to resolve. We were students still learning, & our tenured profs protected us
If you are a chair of a department or supervise grad students, it might be important to collaborate with your colleagues on ways to strategize when a "problem essay" comes down the pike. It's one small way of protecting each other.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
When I was a TA, despite how much of a shithead my prof was, he would throw elbows and burn buildings down to make sure i was protected and safe.
If any individual is to be blamed or criticized in these situations it's the prof/advisor who is supposed to support the TA.
If any individual is to be blamed or criticized in these situations it's the prof/advisor who is supposed to support the TA.
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I'm too exhausted to be angry, so depression it is.
Elon Musk: "You know, I've generally found that when I get involved in politics, it ends up badly."
Interviewer: "Do you think that's true for all businessmen?"
Musk: "Yeah, probably. Yeah. Yeah. Um, yeah."
Interviewer: "Do you think that's true for all businessmen?"
Musk: "Yeah, probably. Yeah. Yeah. Um, yeah."
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I'm too exhausted to be angry, so depression it is.
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I don't know too much about sports, but I will tell you that the loss of trans people from academics is going to **** America up. If you do not have empathy, at least let your self-preservation kick in and hold the line now.
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I don't know too much about sports, but I will tell you that the loss of trans people from academics is going to **** America up. If you do not have empathy, at least let your self-preservation kick in and hold the line now.
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The people currently in power who keep capitulating to fascists do not realize that eventually there will be no one else to throw under the bus. Looking like the people terrorizing others won't protect you from them when there are no others left.
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The people currently in power who keep capitulating to fascists do not realize that eventually there will be no one else to throw under the bus. Looking like the people terrorizing others won't protect you from them when there are no others left.
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For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
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And to be fair, things have been pushed to this point because very few cis people of prominence had the backs of trans people when and where this all started--with sports.
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
And to be fair, things have been pushed to this point because very few cis people of prominence had the backs of trans people when and where this all started--with sports.
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Bigots were allowed to gain a foothold and launched themselves right from one arena to the next. All while people like Newsom dragged their feet and discussed "both sides" with fascists.
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Bigots were allowed to gain a foothold and launched themselves right from one arena to the next. All while people like Newsom dragged their feet and discussed "both sides" with fascists.
💯Absolutely. When trans folks demanded bolder support under "sunnier" skies, we were called whiners, alarmist, entitled, all manner of things...even by our kin, for claiming we were "entitled" to be defended at any point before the most dire and grim moments.
And to be fair, things have been pushed to this point because very few cis people of prominence had the backs of trans people when and where this all started--with sports.
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
💯Absolutely. When trans folks demanded bolder support under "sunnier" skies, we were called whiners, alarmist, entitled, all manner of things...even by our kin, for claiming we were "entitled" to be defended at any point before the most dire and grim moments.
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Disgruntled and incompetent members of the majority are used to push members of the minority from the public sphere. "Religion" is currently being used to push trans people out of academic life. It's akin to the crusade against critical race theory to rid spaces of black academics.
If you're only focused on the actions of the trans TA and not the systems of academic oppression and the anti-trans hate machine, regardless of whatever justification you bring to it, I will think you a deeply unserious person when it comes to actually defending trans people.
December 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Disgruntled and incompetent members of the majority are used to push members of the minority from the public sphere. "Religion" is currently being used to push trans people out of academic life. It's akin to the crusade against critical race theory to rid spaces of black academics.
If you're only focused on the actions of the trans TA and not the systems of academic oppression and the anti-trans hate machine, regardless of whatever justification you bring to it, I will think you a deeply unserious person when it comes to actually defending trans people.
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If you're only focused on the actions of the trans TA and not the systems of academic oppression and the anti-trans hate machine, regardless of whatever justification you bring to it, I will think you a deeply unserious person when it comes to actually defending trans people.
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A lot of people are ignoring how the TA who was targeted (who is Trans) gave the 0 grade but the professor (who is Cis) reviewed and confirmed.
This isn't some rogue Grad student who attacked a student. This was a TA doing her job who has become the latest victim of right-wing transphobic hatred.
This isn't some rogue Grad student who attacked a student. This was a TA doing her job who has become the latest victim of right-wing transphobic hatred.
*sigh* it is simultaneously true that 0/25 is probably too harsh a grade AND that if you are going balls to the wall to complain about the difference between a 0 and a F (say, 12-15), you are missing the forest for the trees. the suspension/investigation is the far more important issue.
Always liked Parker, so this nastiness is rather disappointing.
I’ll always defend trans rights as I have all my career. But I also believe in the First Amendment’s protecting people being wrong.
And that’s where my engagement will respectfully end for the day.
I’ll always defend trans rights as I have all my career. But I also believe in the First Amendment’s protecting people being wrong.
And that’s where my engagement will respectfully end for the day.
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A lot of people are ignoring how the TA who was targeted (who is Trans) gave the 0 grade but the professor (who is Cis) reviewed and confirmed.
This isn't some rogue Grad student who attacked a student. This was a TA doing her job who has become the latest victim of right-wing transphobic hatred.
This isn't some rogue Grad student who attacked a student. This was a TA doing her job who has become the latest victim of right-wing transphobic hatred.
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we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
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[trans people fired from all federal jobs]
[trans people fired from all military jobs]
[trans people fired from jobs everywhere]
[cis people fired for being accused of being trans]
[cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist]
[trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi]
liberal:
[trans people fired from all military jobs]
[trans people fired from jobs everywhere]
[cis people fired for being accused of being trans]
[cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist]
[trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi]
liberal:
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
[trans people fired from all federal jobs]
[trans people fired from all military jobs]
[trans people fired from jobs everywhere]
[cis people fired for being accused of being trans]
[cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist]
[trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi]
liberal:
[trans people fired from all military jobs]
[trans people fired from jobs everywhere]
[cis people fired for being accused of being trans]
[cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist]
[trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi]
liberal:
What a sense of humor
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
What a sense of humor