#coercivepower
The US 'freedom' discourse under the #Retrumplicans has a shadow called #coercivepower
It turns out the targets are anyone who is not rich, straight, white and/or male. In other words, the majority of humanity.
Here #statecensorship emerges in the university sector's gender studies.
#academicfreedom
As restrictions on teaching gender and sexuality spread across higher education, one Texas Tech professor offers a firsthand account of what this crackdown looks and feels like.
Texas Is Testing a Blueprint for Censoring Gender and Sexuality in Higher Education Nationwide
As restrictions on teaching gender and sexuality spread across higher education, one Texas Tech professor offers a firsthand account.
msmagazine.com
October 30, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Under the banner of “self-sufficiency” and “economic resistance,” coercivepower has fused with economic privilege. The effect has been to profoundly reshape the subalternclasses.”
January 25, 2026 at 4:24 PM