As URI faculty associated with sport studies, we want to briefly weigh in on what Dr. Hughes’ gets wrong about the relations between sport, gender, and power in her controversial essay, “Fantasy Worlds on the Political Right and Left: QAnon and Trans-Sex Beliefs.” Sports have long been key spaces in the struggle for social justice….
Good morning my lovable ladybugs. How are my sweet baby bean sprouts doing on this fine spring day? By now, I am sure you all know about my obsession with breakfast a.k.a. the best meal of the day. Sorry, that is not up for debate! However, what IS up for debate is what food for…
On February 28th, URI Professor Donna Hughes published an online opinion piece that claimed to rely on “science and medicine” to cast judgement on trans people and the communities who support them. Condemning trans people as victims of what she refers to as a “trans-sex fantasy” led by a sinister “gender identity movement,” Hughes equates…
Two weeks ago, I interviewed members of the Asian Student Association and the Multicultural Student Services Center about the recent spike in hate crimes towards Asian Americans. Some two weeks later, after President Biden called these attacks “un-American,” a domestic terrorist went on a killing spree and killed six Asian women because of his disgusting…
Howdy my handsome heartthrobs. How are we doing this lovely day? Are we feeling our seasonal affective disorder seeping out of our auras as the sun warms our bare skin for this first time in forever? Hear me out: I have a theory that seasonal depression goes away because for us bipedal primates residing on…
Dear Editor, Trans people are people, period. Full stop. Trans people are beautiful, real, diverse, incredible, fabulous people. And at the University of Rhode Island, we have a thriving community of trans and nonbinary students. Moreover, we have a broader LGBTQ+ and ally community that loves and supports our entire family. Family. As LGBTQ+ folkx,…
Happy March my beautiful tree branches, blowing in these extremely strong gusts of wind. I hope you all are surviving this week’s rudely cold weather, especially after last week being tauntingly warm. I have to give it up to March, however, for being so consistent with their cruel jokes. As we all know, March 2020…
Hello, good morning, and how are everyone’s existential crises going today? Have you dyed your hair any bright colors as of recently? Cut yourself a shag? Booked any trips for the summer? Reworked your 10-year life plan? Stared at the ceiling for 12 hours straight? I can keep going, but you get the point. Do…
College is a hard adjustment for everybody, no matter how great it seems on social media. When you add a pandemic and decide to not arrive on campus until the second semester, now college seems like an isolating new environment with no easy way to make connections. I am a part of this small segment…
Concern must be raised about the University’s recent comments on the website Campus Reform regarding Professor Erik Loomis and his tweet about racism in AI software, particularly Assistant Director of Media Relations Dave Lavallee’s comment, according to the publication, that Loomis “does not have the right to make such unsubstantiated claims in the context of…