Clay Routledge
Prof, writer, scientist/ studies cognitive & motivational processes of meaning-making/ fighting groupthink in higher ed/ fitness & garage dojo enthusiast
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Struggles With Depression Lead to Polynesian-Inspired Kiakahi
WSJ 13h 1 tweets
Hawaii’s culture and natural beauty led Jeff Ammerman to Kiakahi, an intense Polynesian-inspired workout.
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Clay Routledge As a fitness enthusiast who sees physical activity as an important part of mental health, I love this kind of stuff.  13h ago
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It's not sexist to accept that biology affects behaviour | Simon Baron-Cohen
the Guardian 13h 1 tweets
Simon Baron-Cohen: Biological determinism has been attacked for underpinning gender stereotypes but this is to misunderstand our work
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Our best is our worst
Epigraphic! 13h 1 tweets
When God saw fit to create a being of wants and of faculties with which to satisfy them, he at the same time decreed that that being should be subject to pain an suffering; for without pain and suf…
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Why Are Middle Eastern Girls Crushing Boys in School?
The Atlantic 2d 5 tweets
A case study in motivation, mixed messages, and the condition of boys everywhere.
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Clay Routledge A very fascinating article exploring why boys are falling behind in school all over the world.  14h ago
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Inside the Madness at Evergreen State
WSJ 31h 6 tweets
The school denies it is a racially hostile work environment, but internal emails belie that assertion.
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Clay Routledge A taste of how nuts things are at Evergreen. Should serve as a warning for the rest of us in academia.  29h ago
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Students Aren't The Only Ones Who Don't Understand Free Speech
Forbes 29h 0 tweets
Everyone likes to point out that students don't understand the First Amendment. But the problem runs deeper.
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Clay Routledge Students Aren't The Only Ones Who Don't Understand Free Speech  29h ago
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The Academic Reason Why There Are So Few Conservatives in Academia
WPDeveloper — Shattering Paradigms 29h 1 tweets
It seems that about every six months or so I see an article arguing that the political or religious disparities in academia haves little to do with bias and much to do with self-selection.
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Clay Routledge Good post discussing some of the evidence for bias against conservative scholars in academia.  30h ago
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Douglas Todd: Men do well in science and tech, but lag elsewhere
Vancouver Sun 30h 1 tweets
It’s assumed that men generally do well in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, collectively known as STEM.In light of this, high-profile efforts are usually aimed …
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Antiracism, Our Flawed New Religion
John McWhorter — The Daily Beast 12d 2 tweets
Opposition to racism used to be a political stance. Now it has every marking of a religion, with both good and deleterious effects on American society.
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Clay Routledge I missed this piece somehow. As I say, religiosity isn't really in decline. Religious mind remains active, searching.  38h ago
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Third World Quarterly publishes "The Case for Colonialism" leading to censorship demands
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion 2d 1 tweets
Demands for retraction, to fire the journal editors, even to fire author and to revoke his PhD.
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Northwestern Investigated Laura Kipnis Again for Violating Title IX with Her Opinions
Robby Soave — Reason.com 2d 2 tweets
"So she was investigated for writing about being investigated for writing about being investigated?"
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Modern-age outrage: slavery
Economist Espresso 4d 2 tweets
​At least 40m people around the world are modern slaves and about 152m children are labourers,
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BREAKING: Laura Kipnis’ second ‘Title IX inquisition’
FIRE 3d 4 tweets
Today, Jeannie Suk Gersen reports for The New Yorker that Kipnis was the subject of yet another Northwestern Title IX investigation earlier this year — this time for writing “Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus,”
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Schools are banning best friends to protect students' feelings
Business Insider 3d 2 tweets
The trend of banning best friends has been growing for years, as psychologists and parents argue large friend groups put kids on a better path for life.
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Clay Routledge Schools ban best friends. Have we learned nothing from failed social engineering like the self-esteem movement?  3d ago
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Laura Kipnis’s Endless Trial by Title IX
The New Yorker 3d 14 tweets
Students and educators now live in a world where expressing an opinion about sexual harassment can be sincerely perceived as sexual harassment.
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Clay Routledge First rule of Title IX is you do not talk about Title IX. Second rule of Title IX is you DO NOT talk about Title IX.  3d ago
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Gender- and race-based ticket pricing in Canada
Jerry Coyne — Why Evolution Is True 3d 1 tweets
According to yesterday’s Toronto Sun, some Canadian filmmakers are charging people different amounts of money for tickets to see their productions, with the charges based on both race (a soci…
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Clay Routledge Filmmakers use "justice pricing" for movie tickets. Not at all insulting to women and minorities.  3d ago
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Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Politics of Contempt
Jason Riley — WSJ 4d 1 tweets
The polemicist attributes Trump’s election to ‘white supremacy,’ and liberals can’t get enough.
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"Hidden History of Fargo" ~ "Feminism and Free Speech"
News.prairiepublic.org 3d 1 tweets
Danielle Teigen has written the " Hidden History of Fargo ," a collection of interesting stories that reflect the interesting history, not only of Fargo,
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'We need more officers like you': Fargo police officer's good...
Inforum.com 3d 1 tweets
FARGO -- A Fargo police officer's good deed did not go unnoticed Tuesday, Sept. 19 as an onlooker snapped a photo and posted it on Facebook, where it has since gone viral. The Facebook post from Cass Mundy, of Fargo, to the Fargo Police Department's
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Clay Routledge An act of kindness from a officer.  4d ago
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Higher Ed’s Latest Taboo Is ‘Bourgeois Norms’
Heather Mac Donald — WSJ 4d 5 tweets
An op-ed praising 1950s values provokes another campus meltdown— from the deans on down.
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Clay Routledge The absurd war on viewpoint diversity in American academia continues.  4d ago