FOI #24-313 (06-23-24, 8:53 pm)

Anti-Feminist Rhetoric Vocalized Through the "Trad Wife" Movement - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act at Florida State University

Name: Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W

Affiliation: Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W ORCID.: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-6457

Location: UConn Regional Campus

Request Date Start: 01/01/2010

Request Date End: 06/24/2024

Details: What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing [1] your discussions about “trad-wife” (traditional wife) as a movement that (i) originated in the territory of the United States of America (U.S.A) in the early 2010s; (ii) has in the early 2010s worked in tandem with misogynistic online communities led by men; (iii) romanticizes the gender role espoused by men and women in the 1950s; (iv) uses women to encourage women to get married and have children in their 20s (twenties); (v) uses women to encourage women to give up their financial and social independence after marriage; (vi) uses women to encourage women to promote far-right and neo-Nazi rhetoric; [2] your discussions about Lilly Gaddis as a white “trad-wife” who has in the month of June 2024 (i) managed to garner a lot of media attention following her decision to use the derogatory word “N****” on a TikTok video; (ii) expressed no remorse for her use of the derogatory word “N****;” (iii) expressed interest in launching a “new career in conservative media;” (iv) boasted 84,000 (eighty four thousand) followers on X (formerly known as Twitter); [3] the policy(ies) implemented by your local/state government, which explicitly prohibit the use of the N-word; [4] the policy(ies) implemented by your local/state government, which outlines the consequences white individuals could be subjected to if they use the N-word upon a Black and/or an African American person; [5] your discussions about the decision of the Department of Education (DoED) to recognize that “post-secondary institutions may disclose the final results of any disciplinary proceeding for a crime of violence or nonforcible sex offense to anyone, including members of the general public, if the institution determines that the student committed a violation of its rules or policies with respect to the crime;” [6] your discussions about Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree graduate of Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) who (i) believes that Florida State University (FSU) violated the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) when they refused to be forthcoming with documents related to the high-profile December 07th 2012 arrest of racist and sexist Scott Paul Beierle “on two counts of misdemeanor battery” after he groped the buttocks of two women in an FSU dining hall; (ii) has had his written publications on the subject of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) March 2022 report filtered and distorted on internet search engines (ISE) such as AOL and Bing/MSN; [7] the extent of your knowledge of cases whereby an American state university (similarly situated to Florida State University) withheld documents related to an arrest that transpired on their campus in violation of FERPA.

Please see the attached document that will be sent via email for additional information requesting records from UConn.

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