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Crucial viewing!: three lectures by Robin D. G. Kelley from his forthcoming book _Black Bodies Swinging: An American Postmortem_ (introduced by Jenna Loyd) havenswrightcenter.wisc.edu/2021/02/10/rob…

This just in: The UC Board of Regents have unanimously endorsed Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 (#ACA5) as well as the repeal of Proposition 209, which banned the consideration of race & gender in admissions decisions twenty-five years ago. Read more: bit.ly/2CdDuRf

@ZareenaGrewal thank you so much!

Grateful to have been able to reflect on my mother’s immigrant story, upended narratives & graduating college amidst a pandemic for @YaleReview

Disabled Twitter users model strategies for political organizing online, essential skills while #SocialDistancing for #COVID19. @sgpal_ explores the role of affective labor and more csalateral.org/issue/8-2/crip…

forgive me, but having written over 5000 words this weekend to finish my thesis (with 12 minutes to spare), i am deliriously, excessively delighted

@echenran we want

you're not reaching out to your friends bc you're not the kind of person who remembers to take initiative to schedule social encounters; I'm not reaching out to my friends bc I'm scared they actually don't want to hang out with me. we are not the same

Disability Studies is a precarious field of study (in that it lacks institutional support, certainly at Yale), whose participants themselves are often precaritized (my professor was a contract lecturer, not tenure-track faculty, and many in the field are disabled and/or of color

just two reminders: Undergraduates ARE important knowledge producers and should be resourced as such. I wrote this article for an undergrad class, & it has only been in my undergrad work that I have felt I have the space to make important contributions to existing literature.

lots more which i have said on facebook, but i published an academic article about disability, twitter, and the work of hope. you can read below. csalateral.org/issue/8-2/crip…

There should be no teaching jobs that are not tenure track.

reviewing proofs for my first-ever article, forthcoming in lateral :^O

Harvard and Yale students protesting the universities’ holdings in fossil fuel and Puerto Rican debt stormed the field during halftime at the HY football game. A group of abt a hundred students sat in the middle of the field, and soon dozens (hundreds?) of spectators joined them

URGENT: ICE woke up my mom at midnight, lied to her to get her handcuffed & transfer to an unknown location without notifying her, her attorney, or family. We have no idea where she is and we fear she is being be deported even though she still has motions and appeals pending.

There are phone banking scripts here for Congressional representatives and for ICE (undocumented folks should not call ICE)! There is more info at this (case sensitive) link: bit.ly/PhoneBankNow #ReleaseTaniaNow #LibertadParaTania

@umusings I once told my therapist I was nonbinary but masc of center and she was like "okay... is that M-A-S-K"

If you have less than 500 (ish) followers, engage with this tweet in any way you want and I'll follow you back. Bonus points for commenting with your research area, interest, or an animal pic! Looking to expand my horizons and help others connect too #SundayExpansion

@AlmendarezEm me tooo lmfao....

@nitsray can we talk abt how she's my fave

i work in a council district (39) that represents largest Bangladeshi community in bklyn. on top of my district-wide work, i produce annual #Bangla newsletter 4 Kensington community members. immigrant rights & representation means readable info abt City Council & local wins!