Amy Flowerree

TTU AAUP Chapter - Our Work AAUP ISSUES

A clearheaded call for academic freedom, transparency, and treating each other with dignity, from the aaup: www.ttuaaup.com/our-work

"Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."

Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities Advocacy groups say the new state law, presidential executive order and gubernatorial letter Tedd Mitchell cited do not prohibit classroom discussions of particular LGBTQ+ identities.

And here it is: www.texastribune.org/2025/09/26/t...

Headline is misleading. The "guidance" was "follow the law" with no statement as to how this applies to anything. And if the EOs applied to how I teach, you think they could have figured it out in the last *nine* months.

Core Values Angelo State’s Core Values unite us in our journey as we continue to build a values-based culture for the students, faculty and staff of the Ram Family.

Not aligning well with the core values of the university: www.angelo.edu/about-asu/co...

Core Values Angelo State’s Core Values unite us in our journey as we continue to build a values-based culture for the students, faculty and staff of the Ram Family.

One of the "core values" of Angelo State, "Be transparent in motive, communication, and action."
www.angelo.edu/about-asu/co...

Emerging and concerning story at a university closely connected to TTU

Core Values Angelo State’s Core Values unite us in our journey as we continue to build a values-based culture for the students, faculty and staff of the Ram Family.

What is really fascinating is to read this in light of the "core values" of Angelo State: www.angelo.edu/about-asu/co...

One might think just reading the values of the university aloud in class is enough to run a foul of the implicit policies!

The Apology especially seems apt.

It is a children's literature course

Video of clash over gender-identity content in Texas A&M children’s lit class leads to firings After the video fueled outrage, two college leaders were removed from their administrative roles for approving plans to teach content inconsistent with the course’s published description.

www.texastribune.org/2025/09/08/t...

Remember when there was all this concern about free speech on college campuses?

This sounds great! A thorny issue.

You probably already know this, but there's a fair amount of discussion on how conspiracy communities (like qanon) are LARPing. Your thesis suggests that the line between LARPing and "real life" can be very thin, which is what I think too after following qanon and talking with those in the community

A. K. Flowerree, Interpretation Under Oppression: Charity is Not Enough - PhilPapers According to the Principle of Charity, we ought to interpret each other charitably. That is, we ought to adopt the interpretation that shows the interpreted person in the best light. The ...

This is all I've published so far: philpapers.org/rec/FLOIUO, and it's exploratory comments at the end.

The general line is that interpretation needs to involve perspective taking.

Do you think fiction (movies, novels, etc) is more like role playing or interpersonal engagement?

Nice! In my own work I suggest this as a remedy to various problems in social disagreement and interpretation. It's an old idea (going back to kant at least) but it would be nice to cite more current stuff in support!

This is so cool! Do you take up whether imaginative contagion could be a catalyst for moral growth? Coming to appreciate morally good views one didn't previously hold?

I’m watching a live stream

Child psychologists have been saying for decades that screen time is very bad for children but who cares because some disruptor with investment capital and an Instagram campaign said "I will subsidize this for you so it will be cheaper than the underpaid teacher you currently have" 🤦‍♀️

Some things flourish in Texas ♥️

Great writing reflections from Nguyen!

I like this!

First peach harvest

I was so proud of Lubbock!

Thank you for sharing this with us. The loss is immeasurable, and they will not be forgotten by those whose lives they touched (including mine). Sending love and condolences to you. ♥️♥️♥️

Thank you for this. I have had the privilege of working with many Iranian students over the years, and I am horrified that anyone would be cavalier about the destruction and loss of life (even given very important criticism of the regime).

LLMs are less like Jeopardy contestants (who “win” if they get the right answer) and more like Family Feud contestants (who “win” if they guess the most popular answer).

How Did We Fare on COVID-19? - Boston Review To restore public trust and prepare for the next pandemic, we need a reckoning with the U.S. experience—what worked, and what didn’t.

@bostonreview.bsky.social just published a Forum on a recent (critical) post-mortem of US COVID policy, with responses from me and @cailinmeister.bsky.social, along with @adamjkucharski.bsky.social, Adam Gaffney, and @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social. V. interesting!

www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-di...

Absolutely!

The country really has pushed tourism! I've twice had a free long layover in Lisbon courtesy of Air Portugal. I enjoyed it, but I can see how it would flood the downtown and push out locals.

I see somebody not being serious, but it ain't these protesters.

Anecdotally, I can say that our two job searches saw lower than usual numbers of female applicants, and several promising (f) candidates withdraw at the interview stage. And I'm aware of several candidates who didn't apply because of roe and the political climate (our deadline was pre election).