Samantha Brennan

@samanthabrennan.bsky.social

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Philosopher, feminist, ethicist, cyclist.
Dean of Arts, University of Guelph.
My Erdős number is 3.
My pronouns are she/her.🌈

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Samantha Jane Brennan is a British-born philosopher and scholar of women's studies who is currently dean of the College of Arts and faculty member in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Guelph. She was previously a professor in the Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research at Western University, Canada. Brennan was Department Chair of Philosophy at Western from 2002 to 2007, and 2008–2011. She is a past president of the Canadian Philosophical Association (2017–18). .. more

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Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · Nov 12

For new followers: My main bluesky themes are the College of Arts at Guelph where I'm Dean, philosophy (my home academic discipline), feminism and fitness (connected to my book and blog), and all things bike-related.

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 8h

They're also launching a show, The Queer Print Project: Body Language, at the Art Gallery of Guelph opening January 22.

artgalleryofguelph.ca/exhibition/q...

Queer Print Project: Body Language - AGG

artgalleryofguelph.ca

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 8h

In light of recent events, today seems like a good day for my Anxious Rabbits against Fascism t-shirt. Thanks to the Queer Print Club, artnotshame.org/queer-print-.... They're co-led by Anna Gaby-Trotz of our School of Fine Art and Music in the College of Arts at the University of Guelph.

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 10h

Canadians have to be much more involved in our country's political future.

youtu.be/TqoNBsnV6pY?...

‘Canadians have to be much more engaged’ in country’s political future, former affairs minister says

YouTube video by CTV News

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Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 10h

Renee Good’s Murder was Misogyny

We cannot ignore the distinctively gendered dynamics of this—and much other—fascist violence

katemanne.substack.com/p/renee-good...

Renee Good’s Murder was Misogyny

We cannot ignore the distinctively gendered dynamics of this—and much other—fascist violence

katemanne.substack.com

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 21h

Canada could be hit hardest by U.S. political upheaval, report warns

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Canada could be hit hardest by U.S. political upheaval, report warns

A new global risk assessment is warning that no country would be more “profoundly affected” by a political upheaval in the U.S. than Canada.

www.ctvnews.ca

Reposted by Samantha Brennan

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Just think for a moment about how absurd this is. People fought remote school during a pandemic, but now it is necessary (and it is!) to cope with the actions of the federal government.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis school system says it will offer families remote learning amid federal immigration enforcement in the city.

Reposted by Samantha Brennan

Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 1d

The anti-ICE backlash matches a broader decrease in support for Trump’s immigration agenda.

Support for abolishing ICE hits a a new high

Americans have turned sharply against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and say it too often resorts to violence

www.gelliottmorris.com

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.

They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.

Stop the lies.

Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org

religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...

Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening

On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that: If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...

religiondispatches.org

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Samantha Brennan

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

In the last month there have been increased signs of pushback, including a very important one in Trump v. Illinois. But between the Venezuela attack and its aftermath, and ICE now just murdering protestors, it seems to me that things are getting worse faster overall.

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans, Smith, Samantha Brennan

Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

The rage that has to exist in the average Minnesotan to watch someone stuck on an icy hill and STAND BY AND TAUNT THEM

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

This morning in Minneapolis, an ICE vehicle got stuck on an icy hill in a residential neighborhood. Agents had to push the vehicles out, some almost slipping in the ice themselves.

Reposted by David S. Cohen, Daniel W. Drezner, Smith , and 3 more David S. Cohen, Daniel W. Drezner, Smith, Samantha Brennan, Monisha Bajaj, Jesse R. Lasky

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

This morning in Minneapolis, an ICE vehicle got stuck on an icy hill in a residential neighborhood. Agents had to push the vehicles out, some almost slipping in the ice themselves.

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 1d

@thestar.com What's up with your gift links? I click on the gift link but it doesn't work.

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 1d

Very frustrating.

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 1d

Argh!

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Graeme Bayliss @gbayliss.bsky.social · 1d

Jason Stanley is one of three Yale profs who left Trumpland to teach at U of T. In his first op-ed for @thestar.com, he says Canadians need to wake up and smell the fascism: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

I left Trump’s America last year to teach in Canada. I didn’t expect this from Canadians

During my short time here, I have encountered a shocking level of naïveté about what is happening in the United States.

www.thestar.com

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 1d

try this, www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

I left Trump’s America last year to teach in Canada. I didn’t expect this from Canadians

During my short time here, I have encountered a shocking level of naïveté about what is happening in the United States.

www.thestar.com

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, let me try again. Rats.

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a gift link to the Jason Stanley piece, which says Canadians are naive about American fascism.

The United States is no longer a friend to Canada, but a threat.

(How worried am I? I have even looked up voluntary military service, but I'm too old.)

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

www.thestar.com

Reposted by Samantha Brennan

Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian unemployment stable at 8.2% but youth (15-24) unemployment now up to 13.3%.

Not quite early 1990s levels, but things haven't been this bad for this long for over 30 years.

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 1d

Jason Stanley on Canadian naivety about what's happening in the United States

The United States is no longer our friend. It's a threat and must be treated as such.

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

I left Trump’s America to teach in Canada last year. I didn’t expect this from Canadians

During my short time here, I have encountered a shocking level of naïveté about what is happening in the United States.

www.thestar.com

Reposted by Samantha Brennan

Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 1d

TIL that 67% of German undergraduate students take longer than three years to finish their three-year degree programs (In Canada, 55% or so take longer than four years to finish a four-year program)

So toss on-time completion on the pile of things that free tuition doesn't necessarily make better.

Reposted by Jacob T. Levy, Samantha Brennan, Kristina McElheran

Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 1d

I'm sorry, help me out here, but did this dingus go public about his event being "cancelled" when it was never booked in the first place? You don't get to INVITE YOURSELF to a university and proclaim it a free speech issue! www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/con...

Conservative MP accuses students of free speech attack after campus event cancelled

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Garnett Genuis accused a student group at York University of attacking free speech after he was denied permission to hold an event there — but the

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

Reposted by Will Jennings, Jacob T. Levy, Samantha Brennan , and 1 more Will Jennings, Jacob T. Levy, Samantha Brennan, Charles T. Mathewes

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

"YouGov has ICE at 39% favorable, 52% unfavorable...But this top line really understates the intensity of public backlash to ICE and its tactics. In February 2025, just 19% of Americans held a strongly unfavorable view of ICE. Today, 40% do."

open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...

Support for abolishing ICE hits a a new high

Americans have turned sharply against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and say it too often resorts to violence

open.substack.com

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Mark D. White , and 1 more Anna O. Law, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Mark D. White, Samantha Brennan

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 13th birthday to the most essential artwork of the current era, @kcg.bsky.social ‘s “This is fine,” to all those who celebrate.

Reposted by Samantha Brennan

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

The greatest danger to the world is the president of the USA.

Patrick Bijsmans @patrickbijsmans.bsky.social · 1d

Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”

“I don’t need international law,” he added.

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Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Steve Peers, Jonathan Wolff, Amir Attaran , and 5 more Steve Peers, Jonathan Wolff, Amir Attaran, Silvia Secchi, Jacob T. Levy, Samantha Brennan, Simon Lester, Olivier Mannoni

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

unspeakably pathetic stuff from Trump here as he says he'd be honored to accept María Corina Machado's Nobel Prize if she wants to give it up to him

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 1d

Portland leaders and Oregon lawmakers demand ICE leave city after immigration agents shoot two people

www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Portland leaders and Oregon lawmakers demand ICE leave city after immigration agents shoot two people – live

Condition of victims unknown; shooting comes one day after an ICE agent killed US citizen in Minneapolis

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Samantha Brennan

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

MAGA’s defense of Renee Nicole Good’s death sits uncomfortably with the White House’s defense of January 6 rioters, Jonathan Chait argues. theatln.tc/0SMiwqqn

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. federal agents shot two people in Portland, police say

www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

U.S. federal agents shot two people in Portland, police say

U.S. federal agents shot two people in Portland, police said Thursday afternoon, urging the local community to remain calm after heightened tensions following a separate shooting a day earlier in Minn...

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