I'm heartbroken to see this news of Dr. Raúl Pacheco Vega's passing. He was the model of personal and scholarly generosity, and I'm grateful that his spirit will live on in those he mentored, and that his voice will live on in the resources he produced and shared, but I'm so sad that he is gone.

It was an absolute privilege having Dr. Octavian Robinson @deafkilljoy.bsky.social come to our department to give a presentation on Crip Linguistics. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Looking forward to reading many more of his works soon to come 🔥

New publication out with the late great @jmhenner.bsky.social and @anthrodad.bsky.social The #Deaf Childhood Experiences Scale aims to provide data on deaf life factors with the goal of better understanding... quality of life outcomes among deaf populations. academic.oup.com/jdsde/articl... 1/6

Wonderful to connect with old friends and make new ones at Trinity College Dublin’s seminar on deaf resilience. Thanks for such amazing hospitality!

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

This website makes it very easy to make comments on all 3 current anti-trans passport policy proposals. It literally will take you no more than 10 minutes and can at least let this administration know many of us stand with the trans community against their hate

FYI any and all discussions about or assertions of "waste, fraud and abuse" in Medicaid and other social safety net funding is racist-ableist.

Trans liberation and disability justice are one fight. No body or mind left behind.

So I guess what I'm saying is, even if you don't care about disabled people, if you *do* like the Civil Rights Act, you also have to care about this. 🦗🤷🏻🫠

This week’s #funfactfriday, I’m breaking down SB 1/HB 6. This bill would destroy higher education in Ohio.

Gonna read more on this, but calling all #deafsky. This bill definitely needs to be defeated. Anyone know if folks at ISD are aware?

Save the date 21-22 August 2025: 'Sign Language Contact, Variation, and Change' workshop at @unibirmingham.bsky.social! sites.google.com/view/slcvc-w...

If you’re a nondeaf scholar who researches deaf people and signed languages, it’s important to be open about your positionality & to be open to critical feedback from deaf scholars and deaf community members. Think of feedback as care for more holistic & ethical research, not as gatekeeping 🐦 🐦

Kudos to @benbraithwaite.bsky.social and team for organizing an incredible conference. I love when I leave a conference with new ideas and directions for my work. Great feedback from the audience on papers with @linasigns.bsky.social and @erinmoriarty.bsky.social going home energized. #SIGN10

Octavian Robinson and Erin Moriarty’s presentation highlights the importance of queering ASL - embracing multiple expressions of gender and sexuality #Sign10 @deafkilljoy.bsky.social @emoriartyh.bsky.social

Any disability studies conferences coming up?

Disability rights has broad relevance- & deaf folks need to work on our solidarity with other disabled people.

Deaf people don't have broken English. @linasigns.bsky.social and I will present this next week at SIGN10. A little sneak preview here:

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Gaza is a disability justice issue. If you believe in and purport to practice disability justice, you must speak up. There is no excuse.

“Avatars should ideally not be intended to replace sign language interpreters but to complement them. “Automated translation may help alleviate some of the current limitations with human sign language interpreting services, but this will require significant technological advancements,”- De Meulder.

What to listen for in today’s Supreme Court argument: gender-sexuality.law.columbia.edu/sites/defaul...

Just finished my first semester as a tenured prof at a R1. My students were an absolute joy. Intellectually curious and willing to embrace challenge & rigor. My scholarship has blossomed; it’s unbelievable how much more time I have for intellectual & creative pursuits. Service was meaningful.

responding to julia's call for a mass action today, i wrote about the intersections of queer justice & disability justice, and why we have to call on our leaders to fight for collective liberation in order to protect our communities deepercuts.substack.com/p/lgbtqia2s-...

Blog post following up on critiques of our ASL Roundtable talk about "Teacher Must Sign Good?"

A colleague dropped by with a gift for me. Such a thoughtful reminder of Jon, my frequent collaborator and side quester.

NEW! Tenure-track posting for ASL & Deaf Studies: West Chester University, Pennsylvania. Link and information on my blog page, along with five other tenure track positions.

Today is the start of the United Nations 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (GBV). This morning I was interviewed by the @bbcscotlandnewsnot.bsky.social Good Morning radio programme about our new @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project starting January 2025

dinnertable trauma therapy my therapist suggests an empty chair activity so i can share my anguish But, i say, i am the empty chair. ala nov 2024 *for all the deaf children -past and present -whose families don't sign with them. You are loved.*

Template for writing your reps, how to find your reps, bill explainer in ASL, Senator press release, and full text of bull available here. open.substack.com/pub/novicnew...

Three new tenure track positions for ASL faculty posted in California and Utah. My page has links and more information.

"Part of presuming my competence includes presuming I know my own gender. I am trans. If you do not believe me, you are saying I am incapable of knowing myself well enough to know my own gender, something inherently personal."

We've Got This. November 7, 2024 Statement from the Deaf Queer Resource Center.

Efforts to preserve Black American Sign Language.

Reality Check: what about sign language interpreters in K-12 settings? AND: a new sign for "languaging".

Let's say it loud and clear!!! Bathroom bills aren't about safety!!! Bathroom bills are about cis white comfort!!!

Good morning, I'm trans. I'm ignoring news about who thinks trans people deserve rights & bodily autonomy. I'm focusing on being out & supporting trans ppl in my communities. Here's a list of resources, I forget who made it initially (sorry!) but it looks good. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The people of Gaza are living in tents. In winter. No heating, no hot food, no proper shelter against wind and rain, I am SICK thinking the world sits back and accepts this. Please help them when you see their pleas for assistance. This is brutally unjust and inhumane.

Pub #3 A labor of love with my bestie, Dr. Alisha Menzies. We unpack the complexities of Zaya Wade’s young Black trans teen celebrity activism in the press with an emphasis on how they present her performance of authentic Black femininity as a strategy of transnormativity. doi.org/10.1177/0196...

Congratulations to Sony Coráñez Bolton, whose book "Crip Colony" has won the Lora Romero First Book Prize from the American Studies Association! www.dukeupress.edu/c...

Above all, I protect my peace. Many questions here about my work in WGSS or identities as a trans queer person aren’t sincere. But if you’re sincere, enroll in a WGSS course or buy a few books from your local indie bookshop. Trolls get immediately blocked. Blocking brings much joy.

For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free Another world is possible if we fight for it www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

As a person who can be forgetful but who also wants to uphold disability justice whenever I can, I wanted to share how you can change your settings so that Bluesky won’t allow you to post until all your images have alt text. Alt text doesn’t have to be a big ordeal!

#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this with: 1) a project you're working on & 2) an idea you aren't working on but keep thinking abt 1) final project (?) on Crip linguistics examining deaf languaging practices. 2) queer crip feminist deaf studies- still broadly defined

I found trans community via LiveJournal. Was valuable for its time. Found my fellow disabled & autistic folk on Twitter. Was valuable while it lasted. Here on Bluesky, new horizons await.

Deaf scholars need a writing retreat or PhD/MA support? Check out DrDeaf workshop series and follow Dr Murray here.

Bluesky isn't an echo chamber. It's a way to set boundaries and communicate that cruel behavior is unacceptable.