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cass hartblay (she/they)

@chartblay.bsky.social

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**revolution is not a one time event** assoc. prof University of Toronto cassandrahartblay.net

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Got our almost-2-yo a betta fish. He’s very excited about Fishy. Tried to explain the concept of a name (his name is ___, dog’s name is Arlo, etc). Seemed fine. What is fish’s name? He tries. “Rock?” (Fish likes/has rocks/gravel). We affirm, but he refuses to validate the choice.

Silver-ish betta fish with red feathery fins in a tank with black background and gravel, a potted plant sits on a shelf nearby

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

In honor of my book coming out next week, I got some new professional photos taken and spiffed up my website. Hard to believe that the previous version, up since 2014, was more than 10 years old!!

Screenshot of homepage of Cassandra’s website with a photo of her holding a cup of tea and looking at the camera, and text describing her work.

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Join me next Tuesday for a virtual book launch event for my new book, Access Vernaculars. Hosted by the Society for Disability Studies. With discussants Raquel Velho and @xcherkaev.bsky.social, and organized by @mw-m.bsky.social ! Get the book at @cornellupress.bsky.social

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

My 1.5 yo child pointed at this photo in a coffeeshop and said, “mama!” So now I know what movie I’m watching next time I can stay awake

Framed Photo of Linda Cardellini as Velma in Scooby Doo 2

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Wowza! Page proofs! The thing is typeset - it’s really happening?! This is technically my second book, but in a lot of ways that count, it is my first book… the book that developed out of my dissertation.

Page proof of the title page for an academic book, reading:
ACCESS VERNACULARS: Disability and Design in Contemporary Russia
Cassandra Hartblay
Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

A bite of sorbet for your disaster-feed: Here’s a picture of Arlo, a very good boy with a really big stick.

Black and tan dog who is mostly golden retriever in shape, standing on a snowy forest path with a stick longer than his body. His tail plume and ear position look happy and alert.

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

📌 placenta misinformation on The Kardashians (Kim & Khloe clear up some of Kris’ weird take, but not this) **When the future-what-if research project pops up in my evening exercise bike & reality tv overwhelming-rage-release routine **

Scene from The Kardashians, season 5 (on a tv in my cluttered basement workout/laundry folding room)
Kris: A placenta is a baby’s home during pregnancy

Scene from The Kardashians, season 5 (on a tv in my cluttered basement workout/laundry folding room)
Corey: So you eat it? What, it’s gonna give you nutrition, help your muscles?

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Is …. there enough dog content on here? this is arlo 🐾🐕 (3.5 yo, aussie/golden mix)

Black dog with golden forelegs, eyebrows and chest, and giant pink panting tongue lies on the grass with a water bowl and fetch ball between his front paws.

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Still thinking about this @syrusmarcusware.bsky.social instagram post from several weeks back <3

A badger looking contemplative and also a little surprised in a field of buttercups and greenery. text overlay reads: "there's still time."

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

Tweet by @MotherofDasypus
Why don’t Subarus have cup holders that fit a nalgene? Don’t they know their audience?

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 11/09/2023

Usually endurance sports help manage my anxiety, but in this case the night b4 I had a major panic abt generational trauma baggage & had to wake up my pregnant partner at midnight to process. I still managed to finish the race, so happy first Olympic distance Triathlon to me! #AcademicAtPlay

Swimmers in wet suits and pink, neon yellow, and purple swim caps stand in a pond preparing to swim. Cass waves to the camera with both hands.

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 30/07/2023

Should I bring this deflated beach float home from fieldwork in my checked luggage?? Y/N Context: Bishkek->Toronto, suitcases are full-ish, deflated it’s pretty small, dry, I don’t have one at home but might use it. Last chance to give it to an acquaintance today before my flight tomorrow

Hot pink tube float on a beach. Blue sky, swimmers, sunbathers, sun umbrellas, mountains.

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 17/07/2023

Them: that tree over there would be good to climb Eager ethnographer (me): *climbs tree, sustaining only minor scratch-injuries* Them: oh no, careful, dangerous! Get down!! *take photos of ethnographer in a tree, giggling* . QED semi-athletic gullible foreigners make for good entertainment?

Cass sits on a branch of a birch tree with thick crackly silver bark and green leaves, a river, trees and mountains in the background. Cass is wearing black shirt and bike shorts and an open pink, yellow, and black shirt-sleeve button down

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cass hartblay (she/they) @chartblay.bsky.social · 17/07/2023

Gonzo microblogging theatrics (Image: Soviet Deaf Theatre, Kayiatos 2010)

Soviet Deaf Theatre performs a pantomime dance about colonization. Performers in black leotards in a line perform being driven forth by a colonial slave driver, wearing a pith helment. Source: Anastasia Kayiatos "Sooner Speaking than Silent" 2010.

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