I finally have physical copies of my book! If you are interested in how accent acts as a type of work in higher education, then you should read Workable Accents. 30% off if you buy from Bloomsbury: www.bloomsbury.com/ca/workable-... @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social / @bloomsburyling.bsky.social

Breaking news: A federal judge is giving Florida 60 days to clear out the immigrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz. The ruling forbids state officials from moving any other migrants there.

Love my new neighborhood 🫶🏼🇵🇷

Survived the NY DMV ✅

Writing, scheming, plotting, freedom dreaming — all in great company.

Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.

As part of the last cohort of SAPIENS fellows, it’s very sad to see the magazine shut down. Especially thinking about the incredible team behind it that is likely out of a job. Their commitment to the public dissemination of our work as anthropologists is crucial.

Moving from Puerto Rico to NYC is a logistical rollercoaster but I’m almost there — less than 2 weeks! If I’ve missed your email, please resend b/c life is a bit hectic right now 😅

Impressively racist stuff from Andrew Cuomo's campaign here.

“[P]erformers put their creative linguistic repertoire in action to draw attention to the colonial mechanisms that affect the everyday lives of queer and trans Puerto Ricans.” – @Dozandri.bsky.social Read more: www.sapiens.org/language/pue...

Río Piedras, Puerto Rico ✊🏼

Dance ethnography has profoundly shaped my approach to the study of language, embodiment, and semiotics. This is one of those texts that has lingered in my mind.

The only appropriate response to this is impeachment and removal from office. Every moment the political press spends spinning out theories about 2026 and immigration polling is a minute they are not spending asking Republicans in Congress about their plans to enforce the rule of law

Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."

NEW: Today, NSF "disestablished" most of its scientific advisory committees. These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone. www.nsf.gov/executive-or...

NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...

BREAKING: A federal court declined to issue a preliminary injunction against the National Endowment for the Arts despite saying the NEA likely violated the First Amendment for blocking funding for projects that promote "gender ideology." We will continue to fight for the arts and free speech.

1. Trump has announced that transgender people are an "improper ideology," and has demanded that the Women's History Museum remove them or lose funding. It is the latest in a government campaign to erase transgender people. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Major alert: Montana may be about to pass a major anti-trans bill that charges parents with felony endangerment of a child if their child is on trans youth care. It would apply to parents just passing through the state, visiting. Would be the first law of its kind to pass anywhere. Vote is TODAY.

Linguists: what are your favorite Intro to Linguistics textbooks? Particularly those that don’t relegate sociolinguistics to the sidelines and center perspectives on speech play/verbal art, race/gender, semiotic or contextual approaches, etc. — Thanks in advance ✨

Soft launching the news ✨ I have accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Sociolinguistics and Applied Linguistics at Hunter College, City University of New York starting this Fall 2025. A lot is changing very rapidly but I’m excited for this new chapter.

1. In a proclamation issued yesterday, Trump declared allowing transgender youth to transition "child abuse." He then called for swift punishment of "abuse," with transgender care being his main example. This is the latest escalation in attacks on trans youth. Subscribe to support my journalism.

Thousands of Hungarians protest against law banning Pride: 'This is fascism'

💥🇭🇺 Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Viktor Orbán’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march. They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.

1. Incredible news for trans people in Montana. A Montana judge has temporarily blocked the state's bathroom ban targeting trans adults in airports, colleges, and more. He ruled that the state showed no evidence bathroom bans protect women. Subscribe to support our journalism.

NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...

Let me re-open my Russian imperial history readings from undergrad because look which two countries are conveniently left out of the retaliatory tariffs.

jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

Giving you a glimpse of Dozandri walking face for Trans Day of Visibility. Ballroom has taught me so much about performing confidence. Ballroom comes from long-standing Black trans divestments from exterior validations about what gender is supposed to look like/be. Tap into the transcestral tools!

📚 Buy a trans person a book! 📚 It's Trans Day of Visibility on the 31st but trans people don't need just visibility, they need better human rights, and nice treats. Get someone a treat, and then fight alongside them. penfightdistro.com/product-cate... (please share 💗)

🚨 New Article! 🚨 How do cisgender listeners perceive trans voices? A fascinating study by Emmett Jessee & J Calder explores how gender identity affects how certain sounds are categorised by listening subjects. 🎙️🔍 📖 Read the full article here:

Writing to Tchaikovsky and tapping into my Russian Studies training reading about Cuban and Russian ballet ✨

Who’s writing about the Ariana Grande racial discourse on TikTok post-Dandelion release? 🤣

I'm giving a virtual talk on Tuesday at 5 pm EDT for UMBC. If you want to join us, scan the QR code on the flyer here!

New from Rumeysa Ozturk's lawyer: Rumeysa hasn't been accused of any crime & "DHS has not produced any evidence" that she did anything unlawful. Rumeysa wasn't able to speak to her lawyer for 24+ hours & not until after she was in Louisiana — despite a court order that she not be moved from Mass.

This message is for immigrants — everyone from naturalized citizens to the “undocumented”— you may decide to do some things differently and that’s ok, smart even. Be gentle to yourself & remember that fear is the authoritarian’s greatest weapon.

The targeting of the Smithsonian’s NMAAHC specifically calling out the wording that race is indeed not biological should alert you that we’re deep in the white supremacist fascist bullshit. History cannot be executive ordered out of existence.

Can confirm that the Parisian dolls are some of the cuntiest I’ve ever encountered.

So now they are arresting people accused of no crimes who are lawful residents of the United States. Wow.

Salsa caleña to bring joy to the face (and feet) 🎺🇨🇴

One of these bills that was successfully defeated was one that sought to ban pride parades which shows that the assault on trans people is always connected to assaults on all queer people, which is why we must stand together as a community more than ever.

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www.lsadc.org/content.asp?... Linguistic Society of America’s Official Statement against English as the Official Language of the United States

Bouta write a linguist’s take on the EBU’s decision to censor Maltese entry Miriam’s Conte’s song “Kant” for the phrase “Serving Kant” that phonologically invokes queer/trans and importantly Ballroom meanings of “cunt”/Maltese’s word for singing that the BBC has decided to ignore as offensive.

Once we allow the government to gender police anybody we allow the government to gender police everybody

Because what are the arts without us? Like…?

Anti-DEI policies specifically targeting trans folks in federal arts funding? Our world is a lot less funny, creative, and fabulous without our contributions. Like theater without the gays, dolls, and genderqueers???

BREAKING: In response to our lawsuit, the National Endowment for the Arts will no longer force grant applicants to certify that they won't promote "gender ideology." This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.