Ryan D'Souza
@brownmunda.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Pittsburgh, PA. Thinking about postcolonialism.
A millennial. A pessimist.
A millennial. A pessimist.
So, the Pope is anti-DEI, huh.
October 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
So, the Pope is anti-DEI, huh.
Fuck TikTok. Watch Jersey Shore.
October 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Fuck TikTok. Watch Jersey Shore.
The academic equivalent of the Instagram black square is organizing a conference panel.
October 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The academic equivalent of the Instagram black square is organizing a conference panel.
Martinelli earned himself a forever mention in those 'Respect Football Moments #"
October 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Martinelli earned himself a forever mention in those 'Respect Football Moments #"
The U.S. has moved on from chai tea to matcha and that summarizes the anti-Indian sentiments.
August 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The U.S. has moved on from chai tea to matcha and that summarizes the anti-Indian sentiments.
Rhetoric gets boring fast. But when it hits. Uff.
June 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Rhetoric gets boring fast. But when it hits. Uff.
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Viewing disability and sickness as punishment to people we don't like is a hallmark of eugenics.
June 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Viewing disability and sickness as punishment to people we don't like is a hallmark of eugenics.
Reposted by Ryan D'Souza
pretending pedigree and patronage don't play a big role in the higher education industry does a major disservice to the next generation of workers.
May 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
pretending pedigree and patronage don't play a big role in the higher education industry does a major disservice to the next generation of workers.
Reposted by Ryan D'Souza
been saying this for like 3 years now, the core constituency of the "manosphere" is not Gen Z or teenage boys, it is 35-55 year old dudes who wish they were still teenage boys
How do famous right-wing influencers actually poll with young men in 2025?
Rogan: 27% favorable, 35% unfavorable, 45% don't know/never heard of
Theo Von: 21% fav, 16% unfav, 55% dk
Andrew Tate: 12% fav, 47% unfav, 36% dk
Source: iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/5...
Rogan: 27% favorable, 35% unfavorable, 45% don't know/never heard of
Theo Von: 21% fav, 16% unfav, 55% dk
Andrew Tate: 12% fav, 47% unfav, 36% dk
Source: iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/5...
50th Edition - Spring 2025
A new national poll from the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School reveals a generation navigating financial hardship, frayed social bond
iop.harvard.edu
May 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
been saying this for like 3 years now, the core constituency of the "manosphere" is not Gen Z or teenage boys, it is 35-55 year old dudes who wish they were still teenage boys
If being stupid gets them away from work then so be it.
May 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
If being stupid gets them away from work then so be it.
Can we have a DEI pope just to make them mad?
April 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Can we have a DEI pope just to make them mad?
Remember when you just had to rename the file extension and Voila! What happened?
April 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Remember when you just had to rename the file extension and Voila! What happened?
What a millennial nightmare. Everything we come into falls apart.
April 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
What a millennial nightmare. Everything we come into falls apart.
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While talking about languages and time, I told students, "We could be time travellers." And no one said anything.
April 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
While talking about languages and time, I told students, "We could be time travellers." And no one said anything.
Undergraduate classrooms are today what graduate classrooms were a decade ago.
March 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Undergraduate classrooms are today what graduate classrooms were a decade ago.
Why can't DOGE turn their attention to the peer review process?
March 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Why can't DOGE turn their attention to the peer review process?
Parents of children going to college rn, WTFBRO? Did you not try raising them?
March 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Parents of children going to college rn, WTFBRO? Did you not try raising them?
People of colour, unite! We have yet to civilize the western bum-wipers, standing and seated.
there’s people who stand up to wipe and people who stay seated to wipe and neither of them have any idea the other exists.
March 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
People of colour, unite! We have yet to civilize the western bum-wipers, standing and seated.
Why are we dunking on people for marrying other academics when the decolonial icon, Eve Tuck, is married to a popo?
February 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Why are we dunking on people for marrying other academics when the decolonial icon, Eve Tuck, is married to a popo?
I wrote a eulogy for Aaron Bushnell on the one year anniversary of his self-immolation: mondoweiss.net/2025/02/aaro...
Aaron Bushnell and the universe of moral obligation
Through his self-immolation, Aaron Bushnell aligned himself with the Palestinian people and joined them outside the universe of moral obligation of the West. One year later we are still struggling to ...
mondoweiss.net
February 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I wrote a eulogy for Aaron Bushnell on the one year anniversary of his self-immolation: mondoweiss.net/2025/02/aaro...
International students are also a labor supply to the university, esp at the grad level, teaching basic courses that allow depts to contribute to gen-ed. A disruption to this supply will lead to curriculum and structural changes with faculty assigned more responsibilities.
Seems a good place to remind people that over 600,000 international students come to the US each year, many for PhD study. They bring over $200 billion in revenue to universities & to the cities & neighborhoods where they live. Losing $200 billion yearly revenue is not good for the US economy
February 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
International students are also a labor supply to the university, esp at the grad level, teaching basic courses that allow depts to contribute to gen-ed. A disruption to this supply will lead to curriculum and structural changes with faculty assigned more responsibilities.
Well-mannered immigrants who say little make bad Uber drivers. I want that brash American who will rant at me for 25 mins.
February 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Well-mannered immigrants who say little make bad Uber drivers. I want that brash American who will rant at me for 25 mins.
China Inc. 1 - 0 USA Inc.
January 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
China Inc. 1 - 0 USA Inc.
Listening to Kaavish's Gunkali from 2008. Jaffer Zadi is a talented lyricist with a beautiful voice but his compositions are so average.
January 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Listening to Kaavish's Gunkali from 2008. Jaffer Zadi is a talented lyricist with a beautiful voice but his compositions are so average.