Special Wednesday Podcast Drop: #MeTooPhD

This week, the Ivory Tower Boiler Room’s special Wednesday podcast-episode deals with the difficult but necessary subject of #MeToo cases at the university. Our guest, Dr. Helana Darwin–author, mother, award-winning scholar, qualitative research specialist–has entrusted us with her story of abuse at the hands of her own dissertation advisor. Dr. Darwin is currently writing aContinue reading “Special Wednesday Podcast Drop: #MeTooPhD”

A Note for Readers and Listeners #MeTooPhD

Dear All: This afternoon, we’re going to be airing an episode of the podcast that comes with trigger warnings. If you yourself are a survivor of sexual abuse or assault or a related trauma, we welcome you to listen, but recognize it may be too much. If you are not, we thank you for beingContinue reading “A Note for Readers and Listeners #MeTooPhD”

Mass-Grave found in Canada Dates from only about 45 Years Ago

By Adam Katz It gives me little pleasure to write this article, but I could not see failing to respond. Throughout most of the 20th century, Canada ran “Residential Schools” meant to deprive the aboriginal population of their culture. Yesterday, Friday, May 28, 2021, a mass grave was found beneath one of those schools. ThisContinue reading “Mass-Grave found in Canada Dates from only about 45 Years Ago”