Joyce Carol Oates doesn't think academia has taken a hard left turn.
Yeah, I laughed too.
The Pulitzer winner, now in her late eighties, had taken to the platform to insist that anybody complaining about academia’s hard left turn must not have darkened the door of a real university department meeting or faculty senate in years. And if you even used the word 'academia' in a sentence, she implied, you clearly weren’t drawing a university paycheck.
Because we all know how CONSERVATIVE colleges are these days, right?
anyone who says "academia went far left" has spent little time at a university department meeting or senate.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) April 13, 2026
in fact, anyone who says "academia" isn't on any university payroll. https://t.co/7RZA66tPDm
Oh, well, clearly, if we're not on university payroll, we shouldn't be talking about academia or something. Right?
anyone who says "academia went far left" has spent little time at a university department meeting or senate.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) April 13, 2026
in fact, anyone who says "academia" isn't on any university payroll. https://t.co/7RZA66tPDm
No offense to any potato brains who may be reading.
This is classic denial.
— Brickhouse (@Brick_House04) April 14, 2026
Is it denial or pure stupidity? You decide.
Are you high on crack? pic.twitter.com/IV7uq3tnG3
— Dr C’mon, Man! (@ductbile) April 14, 2026
That, or since she's been around since God was a boy, she's just getting up there. Ahem.
What is this silly drivel?
— Jim Bob Levy (@geotexasjew) April 14, 2026
Don't look at me, bro. I just work here.
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