Australian B-girl Rachael “Raygun” Gunn has lost the university posting she held for almost 20 years, as part of a wave of redundancies.
The 38-year-old worked at Sydney’s Macquarie University as a lecturer in media and cultural studies up until recently.
But the breakdancer, who enrolled at 18 to study at the institution, is one of the academics affected by recent job cuts.
Her staff page on the university’s website has been deleted, while a Macquarie spokesperson said they were unable to comment on an individual employee’s circumstances.
“We are unable to comment or confirm details on the confidential employment arrangements involving individual staff,” the university said.
“This is our standard practice for legal and privacy reasons.”
The viral star boasts a bachelor of arts with honours and a PhD in cultural studies.
Last year, Macquarie was hit with a warning from SafeWork NSW over its plans to cut more than 60 staff after years of operating in the red.
Bosses argued the cuts were necessary to ensure the university’s survival.
Gunn became a household name after her controversial routine at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she failed to win a single one of her round-robin contests.
She scored zero points across three rounds with her routine featuring questionable moves, including kangaroo jumps, snake-like slithers, and the “sprinkler”.
Gunn later revealed the global backlash had such a huge impact that she decided not to participate in future competitions.
However, she maintained she still had her passion for dancing, flagging it was not something she intended to give up.
“I still break, but I don’t compete. I’m not going to compete anymore. No. No,” she told 2DayFM in November 2024.
“I was going to keep competing, for sure, but that seems really difficult for me to do now to approach a battle.”
Gunn said the criticism had been “really upsetting” as she “just didn’t have any control over how people saw me or who I was”.
“Dancing is so much fun, and it makes you feel good. I don’t think people should feel crap about the way that they dance,” she said.
“If you get out there, and you have fun on the dance floor, then just own it.”