Beautiful time learning from the confer kaleidoscope that is animal studies with @animalstudies.bsky.social. Especially special to have @laurajeanmckay.bsky.social virtually present through the astute readings of @cbayes.bsky.social et al.

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Swamphen Vol. 11: Recentring The Region is now available. Read the wonderful critical-creative works here: openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/Swamphen/iss... #environmentalhumanities @animalstudies.bsky.social @easlce.bsky.social @asle-us.bsky.social

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We must not be silent or silenced. We all need to speak up against crimes of humanity – past or present. And reject despair and apathy. Through sharing stories we strengthen global solidarity, and plot better futures. 12/

They can rescind my award, take away my prize money, rip up the contract but I was still one of two winners of the prestigious Blak & Write Fellowship for 2025. A panel of peers read my manuscript, and selected my work as worthy of winning. Haters can not rob me of Blak joy

🎙️✨On Between the Covers, @davidnaimon.bsky.social talks to Leanne Betasamosake Simpson about Theory of Water. "An essential work on love as methodology, on what it means to stand in solidarity with one another and with the earth that sustains us."--Omar El Akkad 🌊Listen: bit.ly/BTCTheoryofW...

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This piece is written with furious love with a reminder via Cornel West that justice ‘is what love looks like in public’. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

“Until it truly comes to terms with the foundational war that made this country what it is, it will never be truly whole.” A tokenistic 1% of space to tell this story. Shameful.

We're thrilled to announce our CALL FOR PAPERS for the 2025 AASA Conference: "Centring Animals Across the Disciplines"! 📆 5th Nov. - 7th. Nov. at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia ⏰ Proposals due 20 June 2025 #animalstudies #academia animalstudies.org.au/aasa2025-cen...

One of SOS's many legacies (memory of her vegan Persian love cake another)

On my list. Excellent book on so many untranslatable levels

Time for treaty talks in 'Victoria' focusing on earlier help as Elders age, support for language revitalisation and a cultural fire authority. Who would say no to that? Moving on from the Voice referendum that 'sucked the oxygen out of already muddy waters, creating ripples of doubt and division.'