An instructor at the University of Oklahoma has been placed on leave after a student complained that she received a failing grade on a paper that cited the Bible to assert that the “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
Samantha Fulnecky, 20, filed a complaint with the administration, the latest flashpoint in the ongoing debate over academic freedom on college campuses amid Donald Trump’s push to end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and restrict how campuses discuss issues of race, gender and sexuality.
Fulnecky wrote that she was frustrated by the premise of the article because she doesn’t believe that there are more than two genders based on her understanding of the Bible, according to a copy of her essay provided to The Oklahoman.
There are reasons they are #50 in education.
I’ve been following this situation. This article leaves out a ton of relevant info. Here’s some more details in no particular order:
- The assignment had nothing to do with transgenderism. It was to read and discuss an academic paper about socially enforced gender norms (e.g., bullying the tomboy for not wearing makeup).
- The instructor is a grad student.
- The same day the student filed the complaint, a second grader (a professor I think) re-graded the paper and confirmed the original grade.
Someone I follow on another platform pointed out that this looks suspiciously like a setup to stoke outrage and media attention.
- Samantha Fulnecky is a junior and this is a freshman course.
- This section of the course is the only section taught by a transwoman.
- The assignment is not a meaningful part of the grade. Think of it as a weekly assignment, not a major paper or exam.
- Samantha’s mother is a lawyer and conservative activist known for representing two Jan 6ers and for fighting COVID-related mandates. She has been in national news before.
- Samantha & mother contacted media outlets the same day Samantha filed the complaint (the regrade happened that same day too).
a second grader (a professor I think)
Wow, talk about a child prodigy…
^^^ All this. Its just another scam
I hate that we’ve let whineocracy win.
Samantha might have won this fight, but I guarantee any employee who ends up looking up this name is immediately going to throw her application in the paper. Unless she ends up working for Prager-U or some bullshit like that
Like who in their right mind would want to work with someone like that?
Edit: of course it’s an orchestrated stunt specifically to target a trans teacher. God damn it just fucking kill me already.
After reading her paper I counted only 3 sentences that seem to directly address the article it’s supposed to be a response to. And those sentences are fluffy filler like stating the article was “thought provoking.” The rest of the 2 pages is a full on religion paper. There was easily a way to get her point across about disagreeing with the premise while still actually addressing what the article stated.
I’m not claiming to be some amazing writer but that reads like something I would have thrown together in high school when I procrastinated and only had 10 minutes before the assignment was due. Just yikes. I feel dumber for having read that.
That’s not a religion paper. Those actually cite the numbered verses or church decrees that support their position.
(And, just to be clear, you can’t cite any Bible verses about Jesus being transphobic because He wasn’t. All the gospels report Him saying are “don’t stone adulterers”, “divorce and emotional cheating are bad”, and “love each other as you love yourselves”.)
These Christian nationalist fucking Nazis need to be dealt with.
STOP ABIDING NAZIS!
Everyday I thank the universe/chance/FSM/bender/the great scott/whatever I wasn’t born in the USA especially a shithole bible state.
