Check out our Affilia editorial on trans lives and feminist solidarities journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

📖❤️ NEWS: You can now pre-order my book! "Unlocking Justice confronts America’s unfair legal system with data—and humanity." It's accessible, optimistic, and in the spirit of Ida B. Wells, who said “the way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” I wrote it for each of you. Also, ⬇️

We have a new article out on how LGBTQ+ parents' navigated care and work during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is part of a larger project led by Andrea Doucet at Brock University. Enjoy! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Affilia's latest editorial, "Unyielding: Words Under Fire", is now available. We are always looking for critical, timely, and thoughtful submissions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Even though the media tends to dwell on negative aspects of parenting autistic kids, researchers are asking, "What do parents value about their Autistic children, & what characterizes parents’ positive relationships with their Autistic children?" Heyworth et al: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I was happy to talk with University of Waterloo folks about being a 2SLGBTQIA+ researcher and prof. Pride can be a year-round thing! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

What texts do people use to think about, understand, and build upon the language and concept of ‘neurodiversity’? We have a new (open access) article out in the journal Neurodiversity. People talked about books, video games, the DSM, TV shows, and more! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Our podcast about the Eloping Project is out, hosted by UBC's Dr. Barbara Lee! We shared what Autistic folks have to say about why and how they leave places, and how other people should (and should not) respond. blogs.ubc.ca/swkx/episode...

Our next Affilia editorial is out (online first). journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This was following on from Patriarchal Hammers. Too many blows. Solidarity! feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/patriarcha...

I was thrilled to share survey and interview findings from the Eloping Project at the University of Sheffield yesterday. Thanks to @davidbenshannon.bsky.social and the School of Education for hosting! Slides available through the link. uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23g...

You are all invited to register for the new Affilia webinar on May 8 -- this time about arts-based research! bit.ly/AffiliaWebinarMay2025

This was a fun conversation on Applied Critique in academic work with Hannah Kia, Julia Bullard, and Tina Wilson. My part focused on tensions around queer kinship, neurodiversity, and Autistic "eloping". Also, January feels like a long time ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaJJ...

Today in Dogs and Cats, Living Together: ASAN @autisticadvocacy.org *and* Autism Speaks (and a host of other autism orgs) unite to denounce the pile of rancid garbage that is the current administration's statements and positions on autism and autistic people: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! We love, honor, and stand by our trans community members. You are the greatest! We also support Trans Lifeline, which “provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people.” translifeline.org

Today is Trans Day of Visibility. Trans Day of Visibility is a day for celebrating trans lives, trans joy, and trans resistance. ASAN will continue to fight back against attacks on trans rights and work towards a world in which transgender autistic people are respected and included everywhere.

"[Potential changes to Medicaid] would dramatically alter states’ budgets and could curtail or end care for millions of people with disabilities."

Submissions for our upcoming special issue "Feminism, Antifeminism, and the Mobilization of Regret," are due May 1, 2025! Check out the full call at signsjournal.org/for-authors/...

Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness." Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.

Take a break and look at the sea

If anyone hasn't seen this, here is our critical neurodiversity studies conference call for abstracts. "We will focus on scholarship that synthesises a concern for neurodivergent liberation with other critical traditions and liberation movements globally." medhumsplatform.org/call-for-abs...

Take action to protect Medicaid! Learn how to set up meetings with your legislator’s offices and talk to them about why Medicaid is important. https://buff.ly/4gg2tk5

Autism Speaks Canada shuts down in January. The Canadian org Autistics for Autistics thinks this is both good, and "an opportunity for autistics and our families to collaborate locally to build new, neuro-affirming spaces and projects." a4aontario.com/2024/12/17/a...

If you missed last month’s webinar “The Morning After: Context, Politics, and Critical Feminisms” watch the recording on our YouTube Channel youtu.be/SqFY-4Qw79Y?fe…

First post! Happy to arrive here. I am interested in neurodiversity research, feminist scholarship, gardening tips, and all the fox and owl pictures this site has been sending my way.