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kai, the Acadykemic

kai, the Acadykemic

By Kai

hi! i’m kai. my pronouns are she or they. i rly just am here to talk about my experiences at Harvard, an institution that rly was never made for ppl like me. ❤️
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sept 25 kai's week

kai, the AcadykemicSep 25, 2020

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sept 25 kai's week

sept 25 kai's week

hi friends! listen in to hear me talk about what I've been thinking over the last week, especially about the limits of voting and other establishment-based movements as a mechanism of change. today, I say yet again, that the US empire is not broken—it is operating exactly as designed. this white supremacist, capitalist empire based on slavery, genocide, and stolen land will not give us liberation by us politely asking. it's time we take it.

questions? thoughts? hate mail?

~kai

Sep 25, 202019:40
sept 16 kai's week!

sept 16 kai's week!

listen in as i talk about my week, with highlights like the ableism of the Academy and a transphobic professor :)

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The University Pseudo-state: Harvardland

The University Pseudo-state: Harvardland

Universities like Harvard aren't just corporations — they're pseudo-states, with their own branches of oppressive and counterrevolutionary government. Don't believe me? Listen up :)

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