Mary Kelly 🍉🏳️⚧️
@ecphory.bsky.social
she/her
trans and queer 🍉🏳️⚧️
trans and queer 🍉🏳️⚧️
Seven years out from starting transition, and the contrast for me is sharp. It's where my life began, and everything before was just time spent in the waiting room. I'm sure it will be the same for you.
(also thanks for convincing me to watch Symphogear)
(also thanks for convincing me to watch Symphogear)
December 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Seven years out from starting transition, and the contrast for me is sharp. It's where my life began, and everything before was just time spent in the waiting room. I'm sure it will be the same for you.
(also thanks for convincing me to watch Symphogear)
(also thanks for convincing me to watch Symphogear)
Reposted by Mary Kelly 🍉🏳️⚧️
Frame: the humanities are an unprofitable burden to universities
Negation: actually many depts make money, students with humanities degrees do very well
Kirby: IT'S AN IDEOLOGICAL ATTACK. Even if it's profitable they don't want people asking questions about society or imagining alternatives
Negation: actually many depts make money, students with humanities degrees do very well
Kirby: IT'S AN IDEOLOGICAL ATTACK. Even if it's profitable they don't want people asking questions about society or imagining alternatives
My humanities dept was relevant. Majors were up. Courses were 100% enrolled. Revenue positive, GE serving, etc etc. We were still eliminated.
The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.
The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.
'For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it. Indeed, the most useful lesson the humanities have to offer today is a profoundly countercultural one: Difficulty is good, an end in its own right.' 2/2
December 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Frame: the humanities are an unprofitable burden to universities
Negation: actually many depts make money, students with humanities degrees do very well
Kirby: IT'S AN IDEOLOGICAL ATTACK. Even if it's profitable they don't want people asking questions about society or imagining alternatives
Negation: actually many depts make money, students with humanities degrees do very well
Kirby: IT'S AN IDEOLOGICAL ATTACK. Even if it's profitable they don't want people asking questions about society or imagining alternatives