PLEASE! ‘Come For’ Us!
There’s a laughably pathetic piece of nonsense making the rounds right now – emanating from one of the usual pits of transexterminationistic insanity. I have no intention of linking to it, but this is the beginning of it: First they came for Janice Raymond and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t an academic. One doesn’t really need to be an expert on the Holocaust (or even Godwin’s Law for that matter) to see where its headed, but the supporting cast includes Mary Daly, Norah Vincent and the usual professional martyr lot (including the newest inductees.) The Onion would be proud. Martin Niemöller? Not so much. Was her academic career ever impeded in any way, shape or form by her espousement of transexterminationism? Far To the contrary from what I’ve been able to see; when last I checked she profited from it handsomely and is still doing so. I’m not
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Community significance
“PLEASE! ‘Come For’ Us!” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to law and civil rights, while also engaging science, evidence, and expertise. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
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“PLEASE! ‘Come For’ Us!” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with law and civil rights. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for science, evidence, and expertise.
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Themes
- 1Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life100%
- 2Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication53%
- 3History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication27%
- 4Labor, economics, and institutionsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life27%
Academic framing
- 1100%
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Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history468
- Community and organizing300
- Public policy and governance165
- Education and youth151
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization146
- Culture, identity, and representation145
- Labor, economics, and institutions136
- Family and relationships130
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse119
- History, archives, and memory117
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Rani Baker
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Kelley Winters
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Admin
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Marian
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
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