I am writing in response to Donna Hughes’ recent articles and statements about the transgender community. Dear URI Community, I am a transgender student at URI, and I am afraid for my future. All around the country right now, states are suddenly proposing legislation that would restrict trans people’s ability to medically transition and ability…
I am writing in response to recent works by Professor Donna M. Hughes, specifically her letter to the editor in the Good Five Cent Cigar. In this letter, Dr. Hughes paints transgender people as victims of a diabolical scheme to convince them to undergo medical procedures. She writes, “There is very big funding behind the…
Zoom Fatigue: Introducing student burnout on a whole new level. Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. As the pandemic soars, students and colleagues continue to log onto Zoom, but the recent rise in video-chat communication has led to burnout and consequences in users. As a first-year university student, the pandemic has had quite an effect on my…
It’s easy to attack and dismiss what an author wrote when you misquote or distort what was said. It’s called creating a strawman. The falsified version of what was allegedly said is then easily attacked and dismissed. It’s much harder to discuss a topic when the author’s statements are accurately quoted. In February, I wrote…
Top o’ the mornin’ to y’all. How is everyone’s lovely first full week of warm and sunny weather going? Technically, I am writing this prior to experiencing the rest of the week so the predicted weather and statement above may not be entirely accurate, but speaking it into existence, right? Now that the days are…
With regards to the ‘trans’ controversy: Prof. Hughes has every right to speak her mind both personally and academically. That is what the First Amendment is all about, and what tenure protects in academia. It is unfortunate that many on the left feel that in order to make a point the ‘opposition’ must be silenced….
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…