Catherine M. Appert

Catholic Church to excommunicate priests for following new US state law The Justice Department is investigating whether the new law violated the First Amendment.

just gonna bookmark this link for when family wonders why I don’t and won’t fuck with Catholicism

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I hate it here.

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GUEST ROOM | The Sound of Silence: On Music, Politics and Belonging at Cornell In a Guest Column, Catherine Appert, Associate Professor of Music and Sound Studies, responds to the cancellation of Kehlani’s Slope Day performance. She argues that Kehlani’s very existence, their ve...

On Cornell cancelling Kehlani www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...

“Not MY autism” is doing the same ableist work his words are

We can and should reject RFK’s eugenicist ramblings without erasing the existence of profoundly autistic people.

"These are kids who will never pay taxes," Kennedy declared. "They'll never hold a job. Theyl never play baseball. They'Il never write a poem. They'll never go out " on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted. We have to recognize doing this to our children. we are

RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is

Rally held at Cornell for Momodou Taal amid lawsuit against Trump Taal claims an unidentified federal officer approached his home.

“We have academic freedom & freedom of speech on this campus!”

Hundreds of Cornell students, staff & supporters held an emergency rally today for Momodou Taal, a Ph.D. student suing Donald Trump over the constitutionality of targeting students for protected speech.

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Love this. Have Also recently been getting back into embroidery, after years off, via random uncharted projects!

GUEST ROOM | Cornell Faculty Urge Acceptance of March 11 Contract Proposal The Cornell Daily Sun - Independent Since 1880.

Good lord. www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...

“autism makes you do Nazism” was not on my Trump inauguration 2.0 bingo card. Bffr.

Thanked a student for masking in class today and the reply “thank you for making it a safe space to” was an important reminder of our students’ limited agency to protect themselves without compromising their studies.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Your Body, Admin’s Choice: Protest, Sexual Assault and the Contradictions of Campus Discipline Ultimately, Cornell’s rush to suspend nonviolent protesters and its sluggish approach to sexual harassment and assault are simply two sides of the same coin. Both betray the administration's disintere...

Feeling my inner killjoy these days

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Got to my first conference in a very long time, thanks to an institutional commitment to accessibility (now let’s get that going individually, co-attendees!). Heard some incredible work, connected with great people, wish I could stay through the end. #2024asa

Cornell’s handling of a new course on Gaza could preview campus Israel battles under Trump - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The Ivy League school's president shares his concerns about a course on Israel and Palestine, as schools everywhere prepare for pushback from the government.

Y’all need to start paying attention. Next up: gender and sexuality studies, ethnic studies . . . www.jta.org/2024/11/11/u...

I don’t know who needs to hear this but if you’re a card-carrying member of an academic society, the correct pronoun for discussing said society’s shitty pseudo-inclusive policies is “we” not “they.”

Waiting for liberals to realize they’ve been “your body, my choice”-ing disabled/chronically ill folks and children for the past several years.