Jordan Whitewood-Neal

Black/Indigenous/Disabled communities+our Elders responded to @HarperCollins+@HarperOneBooks reiterating urgent concerns re Be A Revolution. Signatories incl: @SFdirewolf @DrSamiSchalk @behearddc @HTCSolidarity @dissolidarity me & others We again urge this book be pulled.

In a new open access piece in @antipodeonline, Marcel Paret and I compare Cedric Robinson and Stuart Hall's respective theories of racial capitalism along three dimensions: 1. critiques of reflectionist Marxism 2. accounts of domination 3. strategic theories of resistance

@sonali_dhanpal Amazing news!! Congratulations!!

Dr Zoe Williams, "As a GP, to suggest that somebody who is meeting a person who doesn't just have a mental health condition, or a physical health condition, they have a life, they have a family. Our lives are complicated. The things that dictate whether or not we're able to work are very complex" @DrZoeWilliams "To suggest somebody meeting a patient for the first time can do that assessment better than their GP, is wrong, and frankly, I find it quite insulting" "It's very very dangerous. And in 2011 something similar happened. People were sent for these assessments, and I saw first hand through my patients how devastating it was. It was a real set back for people's health" "People who were already struggling with difficult financial circumstances, possibly difficult family circumstances, living in areas where they dont have access to healthy food. All of these compounded by their ability to claim benefits. If you take that away from them, they can spiral into further disease and destruction" "This policy says that Rishi Sunak says he doesn't believe people when they say they can't work" "As a GP working with these people, people don't come in and ask for sick notes when they don't need them very often.. The vast majority of people dont.. This policy is dangerous and it's damaging"

I am by no means a particularly politically 'radical' person, in a wider context, but this tweet brings up a feeling I've had for quite a while now, which is that there's a lot of people in academia who talk a good game about being 'radical' but are clearly just making their way

All praise to Prof. @DrSamiSchalk, who protected her students w her body. They ripped off her dress and hurt her so badly that she is now at the hospital. Dr. Schalk literally wrote the book on Black Disability Politics. Talk about putting your body on the line for your politics!

Some of the rhetoric govt uses for pushing disability benefit reforms is that the world of work has changed and disabled people now have more opportunities to work from home. Professor Kim Hoque says this argument is false, using DWP's 'Find a Job' website to explain why.

Do any of the "look at these masked terrorists on campus" ppl have anything to say about the *actual* masked terrorist arresting Professor Noelle McAfee? Why is he wearing a ski mask?

The original pitch to my editor for this article: “it’s like if a bunch of academics came forward with a credible argument that JK Rowling didn’t write Harry Potter.” 19thnews.org/2024/04/neurod…

One of the 'established practices' that Unknown Works 'saw off' was Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, who withdrew from the shortlist in protest when (after much questioning) @sciencemuseum reluctantly told her that the gallery was to be sponsored by fossil-fuelers Adani 1/4

Leopold is now holding an online talk instead 👇🏾 twitter.com/TheFunambulist…

Matthew Parris's latest Times column about #AssistedDying is profoundly disturbing to read. This 🧵 will look at some of what Parris is arguing and why it's so dangerous

What keeps me awake more than what is ahead, is actually how little (bar a few spaces) ppl are organising for the scale of planetary multiple poly-crises we're facing. We cant rely on old tactics, it requires such a fundamental shift in our organising principles, inside out 1/4

This is a bizarre but incredibly important interaction for understanding how JK Rowling's mind works post-radicalisation, and how cult movements and extremist groups are able to function in conflict with seemingly undeniable reality. A small thread 🧵

It’s been a long time coming, but we are now accepting submissions! “Toward a Trans[]Crip Theory,” a special issue of @tsqjournal, edited by @SlavaGreenberg and yours truly. We know you have thoughts, and we want to hear them! DM’s are open. Full CFP ⬇️ tinyurl.com/2r7zf2wx

@HorusofNekhen @stalbansmuseums Amazing! I live in St Albans so excited to see what you do

Delighted to share that later this month I'll begin work as a Guest Curator for the Verulamium Museum in St Albans, curating a temporary intervention exploring Health & Disability in the Roman world. Excited to do some more public work on disability in antiquity! @stalbansmuseums