This, AND even if they were only the rights of a tiny minority, they'd be worth fighting for.

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

UGH. People! Let's be clear about who our enemies are! The university admin staff is a potential ally who you should befriend, not an enemy you should be rude to. Strategy!

BTC Call for Action - EAA EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns. Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

question for archeosky 🏺 my mate James Flexner (too smart to be v online) excavated this very distinct piece of transfer ware at a 19th c site in East Polynesia. despite being a sherd need, he's been unable to identify the original pattern. anyone recognise it? "ironstone" is stamped on the base

DID YOU KNOW that the biggest danger to the children of this world is moms who text?!

This morning, I was walking my child to school, holding their hand, and with my other hand, I pulled out my phone and sent my partner a quick text. A complete stranger said to me "Don't ignore your child's safety, looking at your phone!" PSA: it is rude to comment on strangers' parenting.

WE HAVE PASSED 1000 SIGNATURES! We are extending the deadline, to give all who want to join this movement the chance to add their signature. Please do sign and share, archaeologists can and should take a stand and make a difference! #🏺 #eaa2025 #archaeology

Deadline extended to 8/20! Join us? 🏺♿

Just finished @annaleen.bsky.social 's latest, Automatic Noodle! What a delightful book about queer/trans/crip/robot resilience, chosen family, and noodles! I will now need to head to Terra Cotta Warrior to try biang biang noodles for myself.

CALL FOR PRESENTERS 🏺♿🧵 Overcoming Access Barriers in Archaeology A Lightning Round session at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology #saa2026 April 29–May 3, 2026 San Francisco, CA

Worth. Every. Penny. WHO TRIES TO STEAL HORSES OFF A CAROUSEL??

TFW you can't find the historic newspaper you need for the decade you need it through your university library or public library, only online behind a paywall... and then you remember that you have RESEARCH FUNDING!

I got to deliver a talk on the history and legacy of the Hays Code and the Comics Code, contemporary censorship efforts, and the necessity of identifying with criminality. You can watch and read the whole thing here:

I'm so sad to hear that SAPIENS is stopping publishing; it's an amazing resource in so many ways. 🏺

Read this whole thread. We all need to be more aware of the structure of complicity with Israeli war crimes that exists within archaeology, and actively and vocally refuse cooperation and collaboration #archaeology #archaeology🏺 #🏺

It always amazes me to stumble on communities of people who are passionate about something I'd never deeply considered before. Today's example is carousel history: I'm doing research for an article on the carousel from Belchertown State School.

The Placental Steroid Hypothesis of Human Brain Evolution 🏺🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... The theory suggests female reproductive innovations, rather than male traits, were the key driver of human cognitive advancement

Super excited about this call for papers in @saa-aap.bsky.social on "Advances in Archaeological Labor Management"! 🏺

It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you. It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.

A) people recoil in horror when I tell them the amount of reviewing I do in a year B) sometimes I do service because, if I didn't, a person with less power would be harmed (e.g., tenure) C) women are treated very differently when we say no to these types of requests

I gotta say, as terrifying as this bill is, I am getting some real enjoyment from watching the Republicans in Congress be a mess.

Hoping this is out in time to be analyzed by my students in my "Archaeology and the Public" course next spring!

Alright #academicsky #feministsky, what are your favorite pieces of feminist theorizing about mothering and parenting, published in the 21st century?

We welcomed @worldarch.bsky.social 's recent decision to exclude from the Darwin congress an archaeologist at a university based in an illegal Israeli settlement on Palestinian land. But we were also alarmed by the oversight which almost led to #wac10 attendees sharing the space with a war criminal.

#wac10 #wacwithoutapartheid #worldarchaeologicalcongress #archaeology #🏺

At its meeting of 21 June 2025, the World Archaeological Congress Council resolved to exclude from WAC-10 participation scholars affiliated with Ariel University, an institution located within an Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian territory (West Bank). 🏺 #WAC10

We continue to call on WAC to implement an ethical strategy, avoiding further risk of complicity in Israel’s war crimes, for the organisation, its members, and attendees of the congress. We urge WAC respond to our March 31st demands in full #wacwithoutapartheid #wac10 #worldarchaeologicalcongress #🏺

This decision is in line with international law, and WAC’s own ethical commitments, principles and resolutions (i.e. the bare minimum). #wacwithoutapartheid #wac10 #worldarchaeologicalcongress #🏺

AAA welcomes @worldarch.bsky.social’s decision to exclude from participation at WAC-10 Darwin an archaeologist affiliated with Ariel University, an illegal institute built on illegally occupied Palestinian land, and therefore a war crime. #wacwithoutapartheid #wac10 #worldarchaeologicalcongress #🏺

Nothing sums up the state of affairs for transgender Americans quite like the US Supreme Court denying trans people life-saving healthcare at the same time that the Trump administration shuts down suicide prevention programs for LGBTQ people. These bastards want us all dead.

Fuck.

When I needed a hysterectomy due to severe endometriosis & adenomyosis, I was repeatedly denied Told I “might want kids.” Told I “might meet a man who wants kids” I was left disabled & bed ridden, yet the system continued to try & save my diseased uterus against my will 🧵

Just got a message from the kids' pediatrician, saying (basically) "If you haven't gotten your kids vaxxed for covid, do it now while you still can" and... I just hate all of this so much. Vaccines are easily one of the best things humans have ever done. Why would we throw that away?

#WAC10 #worldarchaeologicalcongress #wacwithoutapartheid #🏺 #Archaeology🏺

And, on the subject of intersectional feminism at #WAC10, I have just sent a letter to @worldarch.bsky.social leaders as part of the @archagainstaparth.bsky.social letter-writing campaign and urge others to do the same. 🏺 bsky.app/profile/arch...

In related news, my #WAC10 🏺 paper is about how "My feminism will be intersectional or it will be bullshit" (Flavia Dzodan). I'm presenting virtually because I have 3 children under the age of 4 so going to another continent is not in the cards, but really excited to participate!

One would think that after writing and presenting SO MANY conference papers over the past decade, I would know how to pick a topic that I can fit in 15 minutes (2500 words, since I am a fast talker). One would be wrong. Me trying to fit my ideas into this paper:

Protesting in solidarity with immigrants in danger of ICE kidnapping at the San Francisco immigration court. Say it loud, say it clear: immigrants are welcome here!

Excited to read this! 🏺 🫄

This past semester was the most stressful of my academic career. I had 180 students and about half cheated at some point in the semester They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays

It would be nice for my Jewish, in-solidarity-with-Palestine family if the people yelling about antisemitism on campus would stop going after protesters and start getting us days off for Jewish holidays... starting fall quarter on Erev Rosh Hashanah and spring quarter 2 days before Passover sucks.

Want to learn about the history of the labor movement in American cultural resource management 🏺? Check out our Labor in Archaeology Zine! A printable version is available on google drive at the link in our bio so you can print your own copies to share!

TAG York CfP for our session ‘Archaeological Integrity in a Culture that is For Sale’: How can archaeologists maintain relevance/authority amid widespread misinformation & use of AI? Can we organise to defend both our intellectual heritage & future contributions to understanding human history?

Holy crap, I just stumbled on this amazing-looking article! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

A truly wild thing going on... the book was apparently published (available for purchase!) without the knowledge of the contributors, editor, or publishers?!

Does anyone have an example of a successful letter of inquiry for the WK Kellogg Foundation that they could share with me as a model? 🏺 #academicsky

When I taught first-year writing, I taught that every academic essay needs a "motive." That's not necessarily the author's motivation for writing, it's the reader's motivation for caring, spelled out, for a specific audience. It always shocks me how many senior academics missed this lesson.