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Wayne Martino

@waynejm.bsky.social
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Professor Equity and Social Justice Education, Western University Canada. queer and trans studies: www.edu.uwo.ca/about/faculty-profil…

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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Trump administration launches digital EDI reporting line www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
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Trump Admin Rigged Rules to Hunt Down and Fire DEI Staff in ‘Unlawful’ Purge: Lawsuit - Inquisitr News
A lawsuit alleges the Trump administration rigged agency rules to purge federal employees linked to DEI or LGBTQ advocacy, using a series of executive orders as cover.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
glad that more people are looking back at HERO and how it was the real genesis of anti trans laws
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
On January 13, the Supreme Court is going to hear arguments over state laws targeting transgender girls in sports. This from @pablo.show and @motherjones.com is a great explainer on why the right-wing legal movement needs this issue to push trans people out of public life altogether
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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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Online misogyny seeping into classrooms in 'frightening' ways, teachers and experts say | CBC News
A Dalhousie researcher has found misogynistic comments from students are disrupting  learning environments as teachers deal with degrading remarks and male-supremacist sentiments.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
In the 1980s, American fascists tried to turn Idaho into a white Christian nationalist homeland for “refugees” from American multi-racial democracy and religious pluralism. One such community was called “Aryan Nations.” So this tracks perfectly . www.idahostatesman.com/news/politic...
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Expedited South African refugees to resettle in Idaho under Trump order
South Africa is Elon Musk’s home nation. The white refugees from there got preferential treatment from the Trump administration.
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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Yes. Policing gender isn't just about us trans ppl. It's actually primarily focused on controlling women, both cis and trans, because gender is a *power* construct in addition to being a binary. The point of breaking down the binary is to deflate and destroy that power to make us all more free.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
A Florida high school teacher has been fired for using a student's chosen name instead of their deadname, a first under a 2023 law signed by Ron DeSantis. “She is a beloved teacher that changed her students’ lives” said one parent leading a petition with 7,400 signatures demanding her reinstatement
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Florida teacher loses job for calling student by preferred name
It’s the first known dismissal stemming from the conservative campaign to limit schools' recognition of transgender identity.
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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Florida’s DOGE agency asks university faculty to hand over research url:https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2025/04/10/floridas-doge-agency-asks-university-faculty-hand-over-research/
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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence @tvce.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence invites you to apply to present at our first annual Symposium on 8th July: www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/tra... Deadline for submissions 28th April #AcademicSky 🌈🎓 #Conference #OpenCall #Symposium #Opportunity #Queer #LGBTQIA2S+ #LGBT
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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence (TVCE) 1st Annual Symposium
Guildhall School of Music and Drama is delighted to announced that on the 8th July, in collaboration with the Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence [TVCE], the De-Centre for Socially Engaged Practice an...
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Theeere it is
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Musk Retweets ‘Hitler Didn’t Murder Millions’ Message Amid Ongoing Nazi Controversy
Musk and Tesla have faced heightened criticism since the billionaire made a gesture likened to a Nazi salute during an inaugural event in January.
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Philip Baldwin @philipcbaldwin.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
“We must stand together, challenge disinformation, and dismantle the political agendas driving this global assault on trans rights.” – Jude Guaitamacchi #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.gaytimes.com/originals/ju...
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Jude Guaitamacchi on challenging disinformation, political agendas and uniting for trans rights
Jude Guaitamacchi speaks with Philip Baldwin about challenging political agendas, the importance of representation, and uniting allies for trans rights.
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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
There are numerous reasons why Trump and his government’s pervasive blathering about turning Canada into the “51st state” shouldn’t be dismissed as a “Madman Theory”-negotiating tactic, or as performative MAGA trolling. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump's Threat To Take Over Canada Is a Scandal
Trump keeps threatening to annex Canada. Americans would never accept such talk from another country.
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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
wouldn't be surprised if this turned out to be RFK Jr's attempt to pull a "Cass review" for vaccinations – one that winds up not finding any evidence of actual harm, but which is presented in such a way that anti-vaxxers will confidently & relentlessly point to it as some kind of "smoking gun"...
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Trans people have long warned that most of the victims of anti-trans laws and policies would be cis women and girls who don't have the "right look."
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
UK Prime Minister Starmer hugs Zelensky as he welcomes him to 10 Downing Street. This is how you welcome the leader of the free world.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/02/2025
relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Brutal.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
How many times last year were we lectured by pundits not to call Trump a fascist? The “very serious people” said it was a categorical error & a tactical mistake. They are still doing it. It’s not “the economy, stupid”—this is straight-up evil. How many people will die before they change their tune?
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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Trans and nonbinary students’ accounts of schooling: on epistemic witnessing, trans livability and the failure of the school cistem doi.org/10.1080/0159...
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Trans and nonbinary students’ accounts of schooling: on epistemic witnessing, trans livability and the failure of the school cistem
In this paper, we draw on accounts of trans and nonbinary youth we interviewed as part of a larger study on supporting gender diversity in schools. Our study is informed by an approach to epistemic...
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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
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U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website
The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights. Later, the Q+ also disappeared.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Yesterday — YESTERDAY — JD Vance visited Dachau and said it drove home “what unspeakable evil was committed and why we should be committed to ensuring it never happens again.” Today he met with AfD?? He made a mockery of his visit to Dachau. Disgusting. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Vance meets with leader of far-right German party, exports MAGA message
The vice president delivered a scolding speech advocating that Europe move over to accommodate the rising anti-migration, nationalist voices they have sought to block from power.
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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
A must-read from the always-perceptive @michellegoldberg.bsky.social
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Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com · 13/02/2025
After reports circulated Wednesday night of the State Department's intent to purchase Tesla vehicles, the document was edited, at 9:12 p.m., and now says the federal contract is for $400 million worth of "armored electric vehicles," but the word "Tesla" was removed. www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
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Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas
That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White Ho...
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Gender is such an immutable, natural binary that we have to enforce it with the full power of the state.
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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Hegseth Uses His First Town Hall to Attack Diversity www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
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Hegseth Uses His First Town Hall to Attack Diversity
The defense secretary, speaking to the Pentagon work force, defended his “unconventional approaches” to an audience that included women and people of color.
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Sarah Rieger @sarahcrgr.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
CBC's Fifth Estate has traced a wide web of anti-LGBT hate working to censor or close down libraries in Canada to a right-wing U.S. movement
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A shadow war on libraries
Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.
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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Remember the Cass Report, which supposedly "followed the science" on trans kids health? The huge York University epidemiology study on which it was based has finally been published, and it contradicts many of the report's conclusions. By @gidmk.bsky.social. gidmk.substack.com/p/gender-dys...
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Gender Dysphoria, Children, And Moral Panics
What new data from the UK shows about trans children
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/02/2025
i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that *actual racism and discrimination* divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunist
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Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing
Many Democrats and activists are rallying to defend diversity programs, but others say they distract from deeper efforts to address inequality.
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Nature @nature.com · 04/02/2025
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has mandated that all scientific manuscripts produced by its researchers that are under review at a journal be withdrawn so that certain language relating to gender can be stripped from them. go.nature.com/40YJGp4
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US health agency seeks to cut gender-related terms from scientific papers
The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention follows an executive order from president Donald Trump, and applies to research not yet published.
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Kelly McGahey @kellymcgahey.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This was a hell of a speech. #CanadaSky #CndPoli #tariffs #CanadaStrong
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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
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Inside the University of Alberta’s move away from equity, diversity and inclusion - University Affairs
Motivations for the decision are being debated by members of the university community.
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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The purge is here. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Alberta pension manager fires 19 employees, including DEI program lead
The company’s board of directors and chief executive officer were fired in November by Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner
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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Trump’s ‘Flood the Zone’ Strategy Leaves Opponents Gasping in Outrage www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...
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Trump’s ‘Flood the Zone’ Strategy Leaves Opponents Gasping in Outrage
A deliberate effort by the president and his team to roll out an unceasing flow of initiatives has knocked his rivals off balance in the first days of the new administration.
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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
This has nothing to do with “neutrality” and everything to do with homophobia and racism. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Why some Canadian towns are seeing pushes to keep crosswalks white, let certain flags fly | CBC News
More citizen-led organizations across Canada are fighting for neutral public spaces, where crosswalks are white and there are limitations on the types of flags municipalities can fly.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
With Poilievre seeing his lead in the polls shrinking against the Liberals he's falling back on attacking Trans rights to shore up support #TransRights #Canada #PierrePoliievre #LGBTQ #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/01...
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Poilievre Scored Political Points on Trans Rights. At What Cost? | The Tyee
The Conservative leader’s response in a TV interview heightened fears for trans people.
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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This says everything. When she stood up to Trump asking for humility and compassion, she spoke for Matthew and all of us. I’m sure he was smiling.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
‘It perpetuates hatred’: Alberta LGBTQ2S+ community ‘disheartened’ by Poilievre comments on gender www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti... Me: "...it’s clear he’s trying to align himself with that MAGA sentiment about gender." "It’s a dog whistle."
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‘It perpetuates hatred’: Alberta LGBTQ2S+ community ‘disheartened’ by Poilievre comments on gender
Alberta’s LGBTQ2S+ community says it’s “disheartened” by recent comments on gender by Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Yes. One public system for everyone. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
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It’s time to end public funding for Catholic schools in Ontario
Separate schools in the province are a dusty relic of the past
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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
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“I’m only aware of two”: Poilievre hits back at reporter over U.S. gender policy question
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre flipped a question back onto a news reporter when the journalist asked him about his stance on gender ideology in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s first m...
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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Trump executive order declaring only ‘two sexes’ gets the biology wrong, scientists say www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/t... via @statnews.com
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Trump executive order declaring only ‘two sexes’ gets the biology wrong, scientists say
Trump executive order declaring two sexes defies decades of research into how human bodies grow and develop
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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
essay re-up of the day: “Gender Ideology” Is a Conspiracy Theory on Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/gender-ide... & Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/gender-ideol...
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“Gender Ideology” Is a Conspiracy Theory
In a recent essay, The Cass Review, WPATH Files, and the Perpetual Debate over Gender-Affirming Care, I made the case that “gender ideology” is a conspiracy theory.
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Trump's Political Alchemy @freqskeets.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Debunking Myths About Trans People & Restrooms (& other “sexual predator” tropes) youtu.be/nK41ePuOmzY?... via #YouTube @juliaserano.bsky.social #LGBT #LGBTQ+ #TransRightsAreHumanRights #RestroomBills #BathroomBills
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Debunking Myths About Trans People & Restrooms (& other “sexual predator” tropes)
YouTube video by Julia Serano
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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 07/01/2025
20 Trans & Non-Binary Books To Read in 2025 From chilling trans horror to non-binary romance & genderfluid fantasy, here's our list of 20 trans & non-binary books to keep an eye out for in 2025. Read more here: www.proud-geek.co.uk/post/20-tran... #queerbooks #transbooks #nonbinarybooks #booksky
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20 Trans & Non-Binary Books To Read in 2025
From chilling trans horror to non-binary romance and genderfluid fantasy, here are 20 trans and non-binary books to read in 2025.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/01/2025
this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
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You Blamed DEI for Hurting Your Career. Now What?
For people who pin their failures on diversity, corporate America’s DEI retreat removes a barrier—or maybe an excuse.
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
just a reminder that despite somewhat dismal sales numbers, people who've read my book said they found it important and clarifying, and emotionally resonant, and thoughtful, and well-written. and i hope you'll consider buying it as we move into the era it describes: bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
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Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America a book by Talia Lavin
Esquire Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 The acclaimed author of Culture Warlords investigates the rise of the Christian Right over the last half-century that lays out the grim vision evangelicals are en...
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Wayne Martino @waynejm.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Special Issue: The politics of transgender and nonbinary education, research and praxis: Reflecting on questions of epistemic justice www.tandfonline.com/toc/cdis20/c...
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Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
The politics of transgender and nonbinary education, research and praxis: Reflecting on questions of epistemic justice. Volume 45, Issue 5-6 of Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
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