Iona Italia, PhD
š®š³š¬š§ š¦š·Parsi. šš½ Writer, editor, translator, tango dancer @AreoMagazine; @joinpersuasion; @LetterWiki. Podcast: patreon.com/twofortea
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āTwo for Tea with Iona Italia and Helen Pluckrose: 56 - Jonathan Church - White Fragility on Apple Podcasts
āShow Two for Tea with Iona Italia and Helen Pluckrose, Ep 56 - Jonathan Church - White Fragility - May 24, 2020
'Close to 100% accuracy': Helsinki airport uses sniffer dogs to detect Covid
Researchers running Helsinki pilot scheme say dogs can identify virus in seconds
University students: 'Why have they sent us here?'
Students caught up in a spate of Covid outbreaks questioned why university residences were allowed to open.
The Complex Roots of Black Conservatism
Few fixtures on Americaās political and cultural scene tell us more about the perilous state of our racial discourse than the phenomenon of black conservatism. While virtually every other confluencā¦
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Iona Italia, PhD
This is a very eloquent summary of the reasons why some black intellectuals go against the grain. By @SalmonKromeDome for @AreoMagazine. Honourable mentions: @GlennLoury, @coldxman, @thomaschattwill. Dishonourable mention: @RealCandaceO.
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The Death of Hannah Fizer | Dissent Magazine
Black people suffer disproportionately from police violence. But white skin does not provide immunity.
Black Lives Matter and the Mechanics of Conformity - Quillette
The death of George Floyd in May, circulated in a bystanderās excruciating video clip, reignited furious and sometimes violent protests demanding reforms to address police brutality against ethnic minorities. According to the Center for Police...
Adjunct Instructors, Class and Power in American Higher Education
Two recent stories involving adjunct instructors have made clear something that most of us in higher education have known for a long time: most Americans, whether college graduates or not, have absā¦
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Iona Italia, PhD
For all the posturing about social justice, academia remains one of the most egregiously unjust, exploitative, hierarchical working environments in the west.
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Extend the furlough scheme for those who need its most
I've signed the petition calling on the government to extend the furlough scheme so that no one is without much needed support during this crisis. Will you add your name?
How Sport Can Reduce Racism: An Irish Case Study
Most people would probably agree that we should aspire to live in a world in which race matters lessāperhaps even, as Sam Harris has suggested, becoming as inconsequential as oneās hair colour.
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Iona Italia, PhD
I especially enjoyed this heartwarming paean to universal liberal humanism & to Irishness (an identity that can be embraced by all).
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Bring Vix's Husband Home, organized by Cath Frizzell
Please help bring home a much loved husband and father, whose sudden passing abroad has left thā¦ Cath Frizzell needs your support for Bring Vix's Husband Home
Mental Health and Homicide: Progressive Ideology Meets Political Expediency
Mentally disturbed people commit over a hundred homicides every year in Britain. In simplified reasoning, the motives for such killings are beyond comprehensionāto a court of justice and perhaps toā¦
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Iona Italia, PhD
The implications of the racial bean counting mentality & the woke view that language choices caa chhnge reality have disturbing implications for psychiatry.
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The Tyranny of Fragility: How Alexis De Tocqueville Foretold the Rise of Victimhood Culture
I know of no country in which, for the most part, independence of thought and true freedom of expression are so diminished as in America ā¦ In America, the majority traces a tremendous circle aroundā¦
Iona Italia, PhD
The problem with the Culture Wars is that they are low on high culture. Which is one of several reasons why I especially loved this article we just put out at @AreoMagazine, by @samuelveissiere.
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Yang Speaks: Coming April 27th
Andrew Yang launches his new weekly podcast Yang Speaks.
Help us bring Stu home, organized by Tiy Page
Sorry if this is blunt but I'm really at a loss for words.
This morning we found out that Stu chose toā¦ Tiy Page needs your support for Help us bring Stu home
Shining Life Children's Trust
Shining Life Children's Trust is a small charity which helps to improve the lives of children
disadvantaged by poverty in Sri Lanka
Iona Italia, PhD
I'm going on a 21km (13 mile) sponsored walk again tomorrow, in Epping Forest for shininglife.org, a Sri Lankan š±š° children's charity my housemate J. has worked for here & in Lanka for decades. If you feel like doing a good deed today, drop them a donation (I gave Ā£20).
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Grad student admits lying about being black, resigns teaching position
āI have let guesses about my ancestry become answers I wanted but couldnāt prove,ā the University of Wisconsin-Madison grad student said.
NASA Missions Spy First Possible āSurvivorā Planet Hugging White Dwarf
An international team of astronomers using NASAās Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and retired Spitzer Space Telescope has reported what may be the first intact planet found closely orbiting a white dwarf, the dense leftover of a...
David Hume Tower: A Tale of Quiet and Shameful Erasure
In July, I spoke at aĀ debateĀ hosted by the Black Ed movement, a group that seeks racial justice at the University of Edinburgh, where I study. The debate concerned aĀ petition created by my fellow sā¦
Iona Italia, PhD
Oh no. I accidentally published the unedited draft of @DJtotheS's article on the renaming of the David Hume Tower. Apologies, Daniel! Have just rectified that. I am a klutz with technology at times. cc @AreoMagazine
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