Toronto Canada/Sydney Australia. Activist, author, researcher, Professor Emerita, University of Toronto helenlenskyj.ca
My next book: *THE QUEST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SPORT*
Emerald Publishing, 2025
Helen Jefferson Lenskyj is a Canadian sociologist and historian. Born and raised in Australia, she did graduate studies at the University of Toronto, where she then became a professor. A scholar of Olympic studies, she wrote several sport history books such as Out of Bounds: Women, Sport and Sexuality (1986), Olympic Industry Resistance (2008), Sexual Diversity and the Sochi 2014 Olympics (2014), and Gender, Athletes' Rights, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (2018), as well as an autobiography called A Lot to Learn (2005). .. more
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"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
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Win or lose (probably win) the University and UCP would hate to have their dirty laundry aired in public. So do it.
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So I've written to University President Bill Flanagan, warning him of the legal risks. Because the University may need suing.
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“Americans too lazy to learn Spanish”
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No medical protocols.
No real medical care.
No nurse on site when I visited.
No beds. No real blankets. Extremely cold temperatures. Minimal food.
These conditions are inhumane and unacceptable.
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Democracy dies in oligarchy.
1 gestapo had body cam ... Martinez has said in court that it shows an officer shouting "do something b--"
The gestapo who shot her, in a group text: "I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."
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@drryanstorr.bsky.social and @kristiallain.bsky.social join @johannamellis.bsky.social and @annaposbergh.bsky.social to discuss the cultural significance of the show *Heated Rivalry.*
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— The Nation
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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Who believes anything Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller or Trump might say about what has just happened in Minneapolis?
They no longer have any credibility. That should be clear by now.
They lie like they breathe.
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Good, love that.
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