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Dr. Agnes Villwock

@agnesvillwock.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science & Neuroscience at RIT. Interested in neuroplasticity, deafness, sign languages, bilingualism, multisensory processing, & critical periods (she/her)

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AJ @anjacks.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Kleine Argumentationshilfe dazu, warum man die neue Harry Potter Serie genauso wie den ganzen Rest des Franchises boykottieren sollte. Stop funding transphobia! CN: J.K. Rowling, Transfeindlichkeit, Queerfeindlichkeit, Misogynie
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Als Teil der Generation, die mit Harry Potter aufgewachsen ist, und aus Gründen, die ich vielleicht zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt erläutern werde, habe ich einen relativ kompakten Text dazu geschrieben, warum man J.K.
Rowling und dem Harry Potter Franchise weder Geld noch positive Aufmerksamkeit zukommen lassen sollte.
Da das Ausmaß von Rowlings Trans-und Queerfeindlichkeit vielen noch nicht bewusst zu sein scheint und es in deutschsprachigen Medien kaum umfassende Berichterstattung dazu gibt, teile ich das Kernstück des Textes auch hier.Auf Twitter/X greift J.K. Rowling seit Jahren immer wieder öffentlich individuelle trans Frauen an, misgendert sie und spricht ihnen und grundsätzlich allen trans Menschen ihr Geschlecht ab. Nebenbei hetzt sie gegen weitere Teile der LGBTQIA+ Community - alles jenseits von LGB lehnen sie und ihr Gleichgesinnte als „fake" ab - und gegen Menschen, die sich mit der trans Community solidarisieren. Unter letzteren sind auch die früheren Harry Potter Stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson und Rupert Grint. [1, 2]Darüber hinaus sprach Rowling wiederholt auch cis Sportlerinnen wie der Boxerin Imane Khelif und der Fußballerin Barbra Banda ab, Frauen zu sein. [3] Trans Frauen und cis Frauen, die nicht Rowlings Vorstellung von Weiblichkeit entsprechen, sind für sie grundsätzlich potenzielle Täter, die das Frau-Sein nur vortäuschen, um sich Zugang zu Frauenräumen zu verschaffen und dort wahlweise sportlichen Erfolg einzuheimsen oder Gewalt gegen Frauen auszuüben. [1, 2, 3]Die anhaltende Harry Potter
Begeisterung und die Geldströme, die sie generiert, sieht Rowling dabei als Zeichen der Zustimmung zu ihren Positionen. [4, 5] Sie nutzt ihre Reichweite und ihr Vermögen für Kampagnen, die zum Ziel haben, die rechtliche Situation von trans Menschen zu verschlechtern und ihnen die Teilnahme am öffentlichen Leben unmöglich zu machen. [6] Ihr wohl größter „Erfolg" bisher: Ein Urteil des Obersten Gerichtshofs des Vereinigten Königreichs, das den Schutz vor geschlechts-basierter Diskriminierung auf das „biologische" Geschlecht einschränkt und trans Menschen so den Zugang zu geschlechter-getrennten Räumen und Gruppen verwehrt. [1, 2, 7, 8] →
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Yorkshire Dales National Park @yorkshiredales.org.uk · 10/10/2025
On World Mental Health Day remember that it's ok not to be ok. It’s also ok to talk about it and ask for help. And remember that spending some time in nature can benefit your mental health 👇 yorkshiredales.org.uk/healing-with... 📸 Wendy McDonnell #WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD25 #MentalHealth
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Ella Striem-Amit @striemamit.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
(please repost) If you're looking for a #neuroscience PhD program - and interested in human brain plasticity and reorganization (neuroimaging in people born with blindness, deafness or without hands), my lab is accepting students this cycle. Email me!
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The Georgetown Difference We are invested in providing a transformative experience through holistic training, accessible resources, and personalized career strategies to help you reach your aspiration...
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Fernanda Ferreira @fernandaedi.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Posting on behalf of Tamar Gollan, who is not on Bluesky: A postdoc position is open and available immediately in Dr. Tamar Gollan’s Laboratory of Aging Bilingualism at the University of California, San Diego, funded by NIH & NSF. See link for details! psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 30/09/2023
Fancy a word of academic German today? “Schreibschulden” - the texts you promised to send to someone but missed the deadlines, and apparently your growing overload of to do reviews, chapters and articles become part and argument of every academic conversation you have.
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Calle Börstell @cborstell.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🚨 Open PhD position in sign language #linguistics 🚨 The focus should be on the structure of signed languages, or connect to other research profiles at the department (e.g. computational linguistics, acquisition, typology, multilingualism) su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline: 15 October 2025
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PhD student in Linguistics, sign language
The Department of Linguistics at Stockholm University conducts research and offers education in a number of areas such as child language development, computational linguistics, general linguistics, ph
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Lorna Quandt @lornaquandt.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
The SNL 2025 Access Award will waive registration fees for up to 20 students, trainees, and faculty who face barriers to attending the Society for Neurobiology of Language conference. Apply by Aug 27; winners named Aug 28. Pls share! 🔗 tinyurl.com/SNLAcessAward #SNL2025 #NeurobiologyofLanguage
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
American Psychological Association speaks up after NSF terminates 1,000+ grants! “By halting research of this type we risk denying individuals high-quality care based solely on their heritage or background..our ability to understand & deliver effective services to ALL Americans..will be diminished”
a welcome development for the American Psychological Association (APA) starting to speak up, now after 1,000+ terminated NSF grants
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Now it's nearly 270 university presidents who have signed onto this "unprecedented government overreach" public letter. It was less than 180 this morning. www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c... Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
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A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
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Dr. Agnes Villwock @agnesvillwock.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Super proud of my PhD student @elenampadanes.bsky.social, who was awarded the Dr. Russell and Melissa Bessette Award for Doctoral Student Excellence! Congratulations!! 😀🎉 www.rit.edu/graduatescho...
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Dr. Agnes Villwock @agnesvillwock.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
At which point will we agree that we must consider going back to a hybrid option for academic conference attendance?
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Dr. Agnes Villwock @agnesvillwock.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
We just made the DGS-SRT (German Sign Language-Sentence Reproduction Test) publicly available! You can access it here: github.com/christianrat...
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Dr. Agnes Villwock @agnesvillwock.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Had a fantastic time at #CNS2025 in Boston. Congratulations on a great poster session to my PhD student @elenampadanes.bsky.social!
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Deaf Queer Resource Center 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @deafqueer.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️ ⠀ Did you know?⠀ ⠀ The ASL sign for ‘transgender’ is similar to the ASL sign for ‘beautiful’ but is signed on the middle of the chest. Illustration by Deaf trans artist Carlisle Robinson. #TDOV #DeafTrans #DeafTransgender #DeafTransPride #ASL #QueerASLSigns ⠀⠀
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Image description via Carlisle: an illustration of ASL for transgender in trans pride flag color. The sign starts with hands almost like high five but slightly bent with thumb a bit inside, as if you’re holding an egg. The hand is placed on chest with side of thumb and index finger touching your chest. Then the hand is moved away from chest with fingers in more closed, the hand is rotated that your palm is facing inward toward your chest. Then last sign is all fingers touching each other at fingertips, with side of your pinkie finger touching the chest.
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#deaftransgender #deaftrans #transgenderdeaf #deafandtrans #transgender #trans #transdayofvisibility #tdov #deafqueer #deaflgbt #deaflgbtq #lgbt #deafqueerart #deaftransart #queerasl #queersigns #americansignlanguage #transisbeautiful⠀
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