Farida Begum
@faridabegum.bsky.social
Historian of South Asia and Gender. Interested in all things women, cats, and Bollywood. Brooklynite in Wyoming.
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My latest for @truthout.org:
“Trump’s executive order to defund schools that allow students to investigate history he disagrees with is not only immoral — it’s illegal…Yet as the right escalates its war on history, the Democratic Party has refused to mount a meaningful defense…” #TeachTruth
“Trump’s executive order to defund schools that allow students to investigate history he disagrees with is not only immoral — it’s illegal…Yet as the right escalates its war on history, the Democratic Party has refused to mount a meaningful defense…” #TeachTruth
Trump wants education to become indoctrination, and the Democratic Party isn’t fighting back. But we can.
Trump’s Goal of Burying History Won’t Work If Teachers Refuse to Stop Teaching
Trump wants education to become indoctrination, and the Democratic Party isn’t fighting back. But we can.
truthout.org
February 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My latest for @truthout.org:
“Trump’s executive order to defund schools that allow students to investigate history he disagrees with is not only immoral — it’s illegal…Yet as the right escalates its war on history, the Democratic Party has refused to mount a meaningful defense…” #TeachTruth
“Trump’s executive order to defund schools that allow students to investigate history he disagrees with is not only immoral — it’s illegal…Yet as the right escalates its war on history, the Democratic Party has refused to mount a meaningful defense…” #TeachTruth
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If you have (or are) a student interested in pursuing grad school in History, the University of Wyoming has a funded MA! We do not require the GRE and applications are due March 1. I am happy to answer any questions. More on applying here: www.uwyo.edu/history/grad...
Applying to M.A. in History
www.uwyo.edu
January 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If you have (or are) a student interested in pursuing grad school in History, the University of Wyoming has a funded MA! We do not require the GRE and applications are due March 1. I am happy to answer any questions. More on applying here: www.uwyo.edu/history/grad...
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For the umpteenth time:
There are twice as many cis white women in the United States as there are Black, Muslim, Arab, trans, Indigenous, and Jewish Americans...COMBINED.
And cis white women voted for Trump.
Blaming marginalized people isn't just racist. It's bad math.
There are twice as many cis white women in the United States as there are Black, Muslim, Arab, trans, Indigenous, and Jewish Americans...COMBINED.
And cis white women voted for Trump.
Blaming marginalized people isn't just racist. It's bad math.
imani barbarin and alice wong are being dogpiled bc vote blue no matter who have decided two disabled women of color are singularly responsible for the democrats losing so add illogical eugenicist trash to the mix as well
post inauguration i'm seeing a fresh wave of liberals blaming the election outcome on any marginalized community they can imagine and all i can say is that shit is evil, evil lives inside your heart
January 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For the umpteenth time:
There are twice as many cis white women in the United States as there are Black, Muslim, Arab, trans, Indigenous, and Jewish Americans...COMBINED.
And cis white women voted for Trump.
Blaming marginalized people isn't just racist. It's bad math.
There are twice as many cis white women in the United States as there are Black, Muslim, Arab, trans, Indigenous, and Jewish Americans...COMBINED.
And cis white women voted for Trump.
Blaming marginalized people isn't just racist. It's bad math.
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The Air Force is stripping Tuskegee Airmen lessons from basic training curriculum because of our White supremacist government.
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
January 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The Air Force is stripping Tuskegee Airmen lessons from basic training curriculum because of our White supremacist government.
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
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That means all clinical trials are halted.
Meaning people are literally going to die.
Meaning people are literally going to die.
Heard from inside the National Cancer Institute, part of NIH — travel through April is canceled. Purchasing with government card is frozen. All public comms are off limits. Can’t even submit abstracts to future meetings. Can’t submit *manuscripts* for publication. All hiring activity frozen. Fuck.
January 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
That means all clinical trials are halted.
Meaning people are literally going to die.
Meaning people are literally going to die.
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For all my #BookSky friends that are trying to move away from the Bezos infrastructure, just a reminder that Goodreads is owned by him through Nash Holdings.
Clicks are currency friends
@thestorygraph.com is a Black Woman founded company
www.womenwhocode.com/blog/world-b...
Clicks are currency friends
@thestorygraph.com is a Black Woman founded company
www.womenwhocode.com/blog/world-b...
Women Who Code - Empowering women to excel in tech careers
Women Who Code is on a mission to empower diverse women to excel in technology careers. We support engineers, developers, data scientists, architects, designers and other technologists with the resour...
www.womenwhocode.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
For all my #BookSky friends that are trying to move away from the Bezos infrastructure, just a reminder that Goodreads is owned by him through Nash Holdings.
Clicks are currency friends
@thestorygraph.com is a Black Woman founded company
www.womenwhocode.com/blog/world-b...
Clicks are currency friends
@thestorygraph.com is a Black Woman founded company
www.womenwhocode.com/blog/world-b...
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"Harvard University has laid off its staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying the direct descendants of those enslaved by Harvard affiliates."
Harvard just fired me and all of my colleagues. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Outsources Program to Identify Descendants of Those Enslaved by University Affiliates, Lays Off Internal Staff | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard University has laid off staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying direct descendants of ...
www.thecrimson.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Harvard University has laid off its staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying the direct descendants of those enslaved by Harvard affiliates."