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Ruth De Souza

@desouzarn.bsky.social

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She/her. Critical RN. PhD, FACN. Editorial Board JAN. Cultural Safety in health and in the arts. Diasporic Goan via East Africa and Aotearoa on Bunurong country. Gardening, reading, surfing and cooking. Free Palestine. Podcaster http://www.ruthdesouza.com

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · Apr 10

Hey new followers, thanks for joining me. Check out my podcast which might give you an idea of my intellectual interests and commitments www.buzzsprout.com/1798765

Birthing and Justice with Dr Ruth De Souza

Childbirth is supposed to be empowering, but for many birthing people it is not. For Indigenous women, immigrant women and women of colour, birthing within the western healthcare system can be anythin...

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 6d

“The transition of human activities on to surveillance platforms means that truth and falsehood, fact and rumour, become mere data points of equal value.”https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/02/critique-pure-stupidity-understanding-donald-trump-2

Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 12d

“Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather than a problem of desire (or the material conditions that shape desire).” www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

Claire Wilmot | Fascistic Dream Machines

Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather...

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 12d

Yes!

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12d

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

I hope it makes it to Australia. My primary schooling was in Nairobi.

Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 14d

I saw this in the cinema recently and it’s brilliant. About Kenyan ghostwriters and the epidemic of cheating among students in rich countries. Nuanced, thoughtful and enraging. You can catch it on uk tv tonight 10pm, channel 4
#academicsky
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“I don’t want passive viewing”: how The Shadow Scholars goes inside the academic cheating industry

Eloise King’s debut documentary explores the hidden world of Kenya’s ‘shadow scholars’ – ghostwriters powering a global academic industry. Ahead of screenings in cinemas and on Channel 4, she joined u...

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

I hope it makes it to Australia. My primary schooling was in Nairobi.

Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

Gosh, I hope this makes it to Australia. My primary school education was in Nairobi.

Norway's king and queen faced a serious accusation on Netflix – here's why Norwegians rushed to defend them | Shazia Majid

Their son-in-law said they were ‘ignorant of racism’, but immigrant families like mine know how baseless that charge is, says Norwegian journalist Shazia Majid

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

This is chilling. www.texastribune.org/2025/09/19/t...

How a secret recording of a gender identity lecture upended Texas A&M

Officials have struggled to detail the exact reasons for the A&M professor’s termination, citing a technical issue with her course description. Faculty say the move was politically motivated.

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

“The sense of male victimhood is widespread...38% of men in their 20s believed women face serious discrimination in society, 79% believed men do. Seventy per cent of men in their 30s saw themselves as victims of gender discrimination.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...?

‘Men don’t know why they became unhappy’: the toxic gender war dividing South Korea

Toxic masculinity is a global phenomenon, but nowhere is it more virulent than in this hypermodern, connected society. What can other countries learn from this ‘ground zero’ of misogyny?

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

“...the activist group Moms for Liberty has found a MAGA way of naming the practice: it described the call for denunciation of teachers for DEI activism as ‘putting power back in the hands of parents’. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Sheila Fitzpatrick · Diary: Two Cultures of Denunciation

Among the difficulties of talking about denunciation is that there are so many words for it, along with sharply opposed...

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

"This is the road to totalitarianism, and it does not end with one man losing his television show" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Constitution Protects Jimmy Kimmel’s Mistake

Free speech is under assault.

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

This is an absolutely brilliant piece connecting grief for CK with faith, survival, and misplaced allegiance in Pasifika communities.
marliwesley.substack.com/p/when-pasif...

When Pasifika Weep for Empire

What our grief for Charlie Kirk exposes about faith, survival, and misplaced allegiance

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

"Just as the genocide in Gaza shatters the illusions of international law and liberal democracy, it has shattered the previously long-held belief in the radicality of art institutions.” hyperallergic.com/1040816/the-...

The Twisted Logic of Documenta’s “Artistic Freedom”

The consensus of the German art world is aligned with the status quo of the State of Israel: Anything goes, except Palestine.

hyperallergic.com

Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

Worth a read.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-re...

The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review

Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

As a disabled wahine Māori, I see how our systems deliberately keep people poor. You struggle to get healthcare or disability support; face racism and ableism at school or work; and you have fewer chances to connect with culture, which affects mental health". thespinoff.co.nz/books/25-09-...

‘Poverty in Aotearoa is not accidental’: How our systems deliberately keep people poor

All of this is avoidable – so how do we fix what's broken?

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

“A tiny state that’s willing to fight two mighty ones in court simultaneously allows the Mandovi’s degradation. The offshore casinos that dot the river’s promenade don’t just signal an “enclosure of the commons.” theprint.in/opinion/shou...

Should Goa share Mhadei waters? A living river can’t be divided like property

Asking Goa to give up 4% of a river’s flow to help parched districts seems reasonable, moral. But it masks a deeper ethical problem: who bears the burden of the ‘greater common good’?

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 14d

ladies if he’s a matador that is a huge red flag

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 17d

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.

This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.

From me for @rollingstone.com:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13d

Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism—and in the process, have become Israel's most important American allies.

@kieraevebutler.bsky.social reports on God's "blank check."

God's "blank check": Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism

Evangelicals have become Israel's most important American allies.

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

Hurray x

Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

Let me know if you make it to Melbourne! Dinner is on me xx

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 24d

"As members of institutions committed to health equity, we write with moral urgency in response to the devastation inflicted on civilians in Gaza since October, 2023.1 We cannot remain silent in the face of the unfolding genocide carried out by the Israeli Government."

Gaza and the collapse of public health: a call for action

As members of institutions committed to health equity, we write with moral urgency in response to the devastation inflicted on civilians in Gaza since October, 2023.1 We cannot remain silent in the fa...

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

“We encourage students to “critically engage with systems of power,” & we celebrate academic freedom as foundational to our purpose. Yet when faced with a case of genocide – documented by international bodies, witnessed daily in the media, & devastating in its scale – many universities fall silent”.

Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 21d

Every single word of this

Read it!!

wonkhe.com/blogs/gaza-h...

Gaza, higher education, and the ethics of institutional neutrality

Institutions are wary of speaking about Israel's actions in Gaza, but that silence has consequences, argues Aneeza Pervez

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

Are you heading back to Australia? Hoping so x

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Ruth De Souza @desouzarn.bsky.social · 13d

Awwww

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 13d

Adding this post to the thread:

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14d

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

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