Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 21/02/2026The source book: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... ora.coAmazon.com 000
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Forgot to post this here, thanks Rohatyn Center: www.middlebury.edu/rohatyn/new-...middlebury.eduS4 EP 2 - Are Madagascar’s Marine Biodiversity Programs Working? | MiddleburyIn this episode of New Frontiers, environmental scientist Mez Baker-Médard discusses her new book Feminist Conservation: Politics and Power in Madagascar’s Marine Commons. Drawing on two decades of re... 100
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Excellent nuanced piece in Vox that is worth a read! www.vox.com/climate/4650...vox.comScientists are testing a surprising approach to fighting hunger in one of the poorest places on EarthMadagascar is reeling from political unrest. But there’s another problem that no one’s talking about. 030
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2025We may feel isolated- but the global movement for basic needs, access, dignity, and respect is real. 🤎🤍💙 020
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Brilliant scholar and superb human being wrote this book! Congrats @mmendoza.bsky.social !! 020
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 16/08/2025We shall rise again, are you with me?media.tenor.coma close up of a colorful crab with a netflix logo behind itALT: a close up of a colorful crab with a netflix logo behind it 120
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 16/08/2025The retaliation right now against justice movements is such a deep expression of Sara Ahmed’s quote “We become a problem when we describe a problem.” People may point to you as the “problem” when you call out injustice- hella hegemonic. Keep on speaking your truth! 020
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 22/07/2025“Arbitrary and capricious” aka bigoted, racist, sexist NIH “woke research” purge policy. Yay for this win!! A small bucket of water dousing the otherwise raging fire that is our political landscape. #celebrate 🕺 www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-r...aclu.orgCourt Strikes Down NIH's Unlawful Termination of Research Grants on Topics Including DEI and Gender Identity | ACLUIn a sweeping rebuke, a court ruled that NIH’s actions targeting research involving "disfavored" topics and populations were unlawful, arbitrary, and capricious, and therefore void. Ibis Reproductive ... 060
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Thank you #WCWS for a great conference! I learned a lot and met many new friends/colleagues! 110
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 29/05/2025NSF cuts also means less money for undergraduate and graduate students, the US public and communities worldwide that benefit from research. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comTrump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in DecadesThe lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more. 020
Reposted by Mez Baker-MédardNPR @npr.org · 22/05/2025By @alejandrabee.bsky.social The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.npr.orgCongress moves to loosen toxic air pollution rulesThe House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk. 135493154861
Reposted by Mez Baker-MédardDr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 17/05/2025EPA freezes environmental justice grants as Zeldin defends budget cuts before Congress - The Daily Climate www.ehn.org/epa-freezes-...ehn.orgEPA freezes environmental justice grants as Zeldin defends budget cuts before CongressThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency drew bipartisan criticism in a contentious Senate hearing over whether the agency defied federal law by halting billions in climate and environmental justice g... 0249
Reposted by Mez Baker-MédardThe Academic Resistance @academicresistance.bsky.social · 15/05/202550+ higher ed groups just sent a letter blasting Trump’s attacks on universities, urging an end to political funding freezes, and defending academic freedom, diversity, and free speech for all. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...insidehighered.com50-Plus Groups Protest Trump's Attack on Higher EdDozens of higher education associations publicly called on President Donald Trump to restore the “historic compact” between American universities and the federal government—the latest sign of growing ... 02110
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 08/05/2025A powerful act of reclamation, unity, and intention for the next seven generations! 000
Reposted by Mez Baker-MédardClimate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 08/05/2025"The world’s wealthiest 10% are responsible for two-thirds of global heating since 1990... a powerful argument for climate finance and wealth taxes" www.theguardian.com/environment/... #taxtherich #yyj #climatejusticetheguardian.comTwo-thirds of global heating caused by richest 10%, study suggestsPaper in Nature Climate Change journal reveals major role wealthy emitters play in driving climate extremes 0107
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 03/05/2025A wonderful colleague just sent me this. They say “While it is impossible for private philanthropy to close the gap left by federal funders, we can provide modest grants to mitigate some of the impact on scholars, projects, and project teams.” Y’all are our MVPs ! www.spencer.org/grant_types/...spencer.orgRapid Response Bridge Funding ProgramIn the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap... 020
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Very helpful. Also check in with SPOs and program officers (if they haven’t been fired 😬) for specifics. 000
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 02/05/2025NSF is stopping all future and suspending all existing grants!!! Oh hell no…. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comExclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing onesUS science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’. 000
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 16/04/2025The saying here in Vermont is “April snow helps May flowers grow” ❄️=🌷 010
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Thank you Harvard Professors for leading the way ❤️: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...nytimes.comHarvard Professors Sue Trump Administration Over Threat to Cut FundingThe administration is reviewing about $9 billion in federal funding that the university receives. 010
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Erosion of knowledge is an erosion of self: “Until we understand the assumptions in which we are drenched we cannot know ourselves.”— adrienne rich 010
Reposted by Mez Baker-MédardNPR @npr.org · 01/04/2025With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.npr.orgA midwife says of the aid cuts in Afghanistan: 'No one prioritizes women's lives.'With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result. 1012430981
Reposted by Mez Baker-MédardAAUP @aaup.org · 29/03/2025“Bending the knee and precomplying will not stave off these attacks. Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats. Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so. We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”insidehighered.comLetter to Faculty on Self-Censorship and Boldness (opinion)In a letter to fellow faculty, Nolan L. Cabrera argues that self-censorship is not a strategy for self-preservation. 7434171
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Bouquets of gratitude to Jade Sasser, Catherine Corson, Ingrid Nelson & Dan Suarez #AAG2025 for your brilliant insight and critique of my book. 072
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Yay #FeministGeographies #AAG2025 celebrating in Detroit! 040
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Excellent. Check it www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...nebraskapress.unl.eduNot Just Green, Not Just White - Nebraska PressNot Just Green, Not Just White brings together a group of diverse contributors to explore the rich intersections between race and environment. Together these... 000
Mez Baker-Médard @mezbaker.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Community connection and commoning is the antidote. 010