'Uptalk, Personae, and the Structure of Social Meaning in the Indexical Field' is out now in the Journal of Sociolinguistics @jslx.bsky.social! Find out how Americans perceive uptalk in English when told the talker is a girlboss, Valley Girl, stoner, twink, or butch 👀 Free link: tinyurl.com/cj8w556w

Always: mad love to everyone protesting against corrupt tyranny - but please do ensure, if you haven't already, that you join liberatory groups after the protest. Mobilisation without organisation is a parade. The situation is too dire for us to not push beyond disagreeable placards. Solidarity ✊

💪 Congratulations to @burscott.bsky.social and Francesca Vigo on the publication of their impressive collection! 👉 Details here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111351568/html#overview @montreallx.bsky.social @kleonichka.bsky.social @helensauntson.bsky.social @robvoigt.bsky.social

New paper out in NUSA! 'An un-Austronesian Austronesian language: Proto-Western Yapen and its lexicon' by me & @montreallx.bsky.social (Sorry for the sketchy looking link preview, it really is the journal's website!) 🧪 #linguistics tufs.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2001...

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

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

Are you trans and/or nonbinary (in the broadest sense of these terms)? Have you studied abroad or are you considering studying abroad in the future? Please check out my awesome advisee's dissertation study. [Please share widely with your networks 💜]

i don't think most people want to hear PhD-level answers to their everyday questions, actually. i learned that from being on dating apps.

Isaac made it out of the DRC to Kenya! Is anyone in/does anyone know people in or near Nairobi? Please get in touch -- he's still looking for work and could really benefit from local knowledge/connections

FINALLY!!!

Reminder this is happening in 4 min!

Breaking: Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka (D) has just been arrested by the Trump administration after he was protesting outside of an ICE facility.

My collaborators and I are hosting an upcoming LSA webinar on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 13:00-14:00 EDT (UTC-4) about methods of measuring gender in linguistics! If you came to our workshop at the 2024 LSA annual meeting, this will be very similar. Details here: www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...

1/5 I am pleased to announce a new paper, based on a talk I gave last year at the annual meeting of the Human Biology Association. This link is open 4 a free read for a while but eventually it will get pay-walled because I can't afford open access. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality. ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Ok some cool things from the LingComm conference. A zine courtesy of @soltovar.bsky.social and the students of "A Linguistics of the Oppressed". Very cool, big fan. heyzine.com/flip-book/eb...

I'm really loving the poster session at #LingComm25! Seeing some really fun and inspiring approaches to linguistics communication! Montreal Benesch put on a linguistics art show about trans*languaging: transxlanguaging.wordpress.com/virtual-gall...

Are you uncomfortable with the idea of your speech being evaluated by "AI"? You should be! It was my pleasure to speaker with the amazing @emilymbender.bsky.social & @alexhanna.bsky.social on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000! www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...

My friend Isaac needs $500 to leave the DRC (where the rebel group M23 has taken control of his town). The money will pay for passage across the border and establishment of refugee status after crossing. It would mean a lot to both of us if you were able to contribute to getting him to safety ❤️

Proud to be a life member of @lingsocam.bsky.social, who has just come out with:"Four Reasons Why English Should Not be the Official Language of the United States: Statement Against White House Executive Order “Designating English as the Official Language of The U.S.” www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...

(Also if you're a language educator who is also in-community, even better! --- This awkward little division of roles between trans/nonbinary community languager experts and language educators is not meant to do that kind of erasure 🫠)

Boycotts are taking hold. Protests are on the rise. Federal courts are hitting back. The Trump-Musk-Vance regime's popularity is plunging and DOGE is losing credibility. In these dark times, it's important to recognize that people are fighting back. Join them.

"The concert was abruptly canceled without explanation." It's homophobia. Homophobia is the explanation. operawire.com/kennedy-cent...

new blog post: do people use third person pronouns within earshot of the referent? YES, all the time, and if you've never noticed this happening, you've got to increase your linguistic awareness

the DOCTOR @mzhukova.bsky.social got this great picture of me working the Science in Action table at the MOXI museum, collecting data for an experiment with @drlearnasaurus.bsky.social :)

This is tomorrow - join us to learn about queering the #linguistics classroom! Find the Zoom link here: div-ling.org/talks

BOOK GIVEAWAY - Things are Bad right now, so I will send a free copy of my book Glorious Bodies to one randomly selected person who makes an appointment to start HRT or get a trans surgery of any kind. Just DM me or reply here and let me know, and I will enter you in the drawing :)

📢The abstract submission deadline for the 27th Conference on Language, Interaction, and Social Organization (LISO) has been extended! ✨Deadline: January 31, 2025 👀See liso.ucsb.edu/conferences for details ✍Submit abstracts at app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76886...

💯 It's our 100th episode! 💯 To celebrate, we're giving you 100 fun facts about linguistics this month See how many you recognize and tell us about your favourite linguistics facts this month in honour of our 100th episodiversary!

Do you know a language activist doing amazing work to protect and promote their language? Nominate them for the 2025 Linguapax Award:

The NYPD described public social media posts showing “disdain for corporate greed” in the wake of the United CEO shooting as “extremist activity” requiring counterterrorism measures. They think Americans who don’t want to be exploited by corporations are terrorists and the corporations are victims.

Not every study needs to have a power analysis, but every study needs a sample size justification. I discuss 6 approaches, and 6 ways to think about which effect sizes are of interest in the study you are planning. online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...

I make stickers now :) (the wild 🦆 chase one is actually from @drlearnasaurus.bsky.social's lab! bonus)

Exciting mail from @montreallx.bsky.social 💌💌💌💌 Stickers from @lalzimman.bsky.social’s lab at UCSB!

Normalize asking your colleagues to send Maria Gouskova IPA transcriptions of their names. www.gouskova.com/2022/03/25/l... #linguistics

If you're... 1) 18 or older, 2) native speaker of American English, & 3) a member of the LGBTQIA+ community (broadly construed), take a few minutes to do Emily Duggan's MA thesis survey on the social meanings of queer identity terms! (shared on her request) msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🚨 Announcing the 27th Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL 27)! May 2-3, 2025 Abstract deadline: December 31, 2024 Abstracts may be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese See wailconference.org for more

The LavLang Summer Institute 2025 is accepting applications! I will be teaching a course in Crip Linguistics🦻 💻 Program dates: June 9 - June 19, 2025 (online!) Pass along to interested students & colleagues! 🗓️ Priority deadline to apply: December 15, 2024 forms.office.com/r/sFnM0TkM4q

Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race 👇. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome! go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q

Starter pack of people doing LGBTQ+/queer linguistics (writ large)! Please share and let me know if you'd like to be added :) go.bsky.app/2mjmgqt

The virtual gallery for the art show I organized this summer is now open! Like art by multilingual trans artists about the relationships they have with their languages? Check out: ✨ transxlanguaging.wordpress.com ✨ And use the comment box at the bottom of any page to join in on the collaboration 🤗

today's the day! moving everything over from twitter and I'm going to be here now 🤗