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José Manuel Santillana Blanco

@santillanajm.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in American Studies at UC Davis | Environmental Justice | Critical Race and Ethnic Studies | Feminist Studies | Queer and Trans Studies. More: linktr.ee/jmsantillanablanco

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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Really exciting in form and content
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The AI Resist List
A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.
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🏴🚩 Trans Kafka (any pronouns) 🍉🍉🍉 IS A REAL HUMAN PERSON! @alexpetrovnia.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
FIVE children and their mother were recaptured by ICE less than two days after a court ordered their release All the press being given to court decisions is worthless when the rule of law no longer enforces those court decisions www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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ICE detained family less than two days after court ordered their release
Hayam El Gamal, whose ex-husband was accused of a fatal firebombing attack in Colorado, and her five children were released after being held in detention for nearly 10 months.
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Omar Valerio-Jiménez @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
“When academics in more comfortable political climates declare it unethical for the rest of us to remain and to fight, they undercut the solidarity necessary to help move toward the kind of world they want to see.” www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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How Not to Talk About Colleagues in Texas, Florida (opinion)
We’re not fighting a lost cause.
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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🚨 New in Journal of Gender Studies: We consider how the concept of “backlash” can flatten and frame masculinist responses as merely reactive; we suggest “countermovement” better captures how masculinities are strategically organised www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social
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The limits of ‘backlash’ masculinity: on the value of reframing gendered resistance as ‘countermovement’
This paper proposes a reconsideration of backlash as the dominant frame for analysing resistance to gender equality. Widely used to describe reactionary responses to feminist progress, the term oft...
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Chron.com @chron.com · 29/01/2026
It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.
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Rice students expose ICE raids with new interactive map
It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.
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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
ICE kidnapped 5 people from my community this morning. I don’t live in Minneapolis. I live in LA County. They’re still here and their still brutalizing.
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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Congratulations to all of you at #AHA26 for reintroducing--AND PASSING--member resolutions to 1) condemn scholasticide and 2) stand for academic freedom! This has been a wonderful conference of reconnecting with friends, meeting new allies, and pushing important conversations in our discipline!
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Just Nancy @justnancy.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
www.thenation.com/article/acti... Hit them where it hurts them - boycotts can work
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Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.
ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.
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Gabriel Rodríguez Lemus, Jr. @grodriguezlemus.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Now more than ever, it is important to support Queer and Trans people. In this practice brief, we (@drantonioduran.bsky.social @drqhutchings.bsky.social) imagine the ways we can address the needs of Queer and Trans men of color, specifically in men of color programs. psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DIVERSITY OFFICERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION 
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education 
https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000650 
Queering Men of Color Programs: Interventions to Address the Needs of Queer and Trans Men of Color 
Gabriel Rodríguez Lemus Jr.1, Quortne R. Hutchings2, and Antonio Duran3
1 Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, The University of Texas at Austin
2 Department of Counseling and Higher Education, Northern Illinois University
3 The Division for Advancing Education Policy, Practice, and Leadership, Arizona State University 
In higher education, men of color (MoC) initiatives have gained prominence as programmatic interventions designed to support the persistence of MoC. Although a promising practice, scholars and practitioners have criticized MoC initiatives for reproducing narrow conceptualizations of who is most affected by gendered, racial, and culturally mediated systems. That is, these initiatives have been the subject of critiques that they frequently reproduce heterosexism and trans oppression, erasing the needs of queer and trans MoC. This practice brief addresses this issue by attending to how MoC programs can integrate queer and trans MoC, providing recommendations like adjusting facilitator recruitment and participant selection. 
Keywords: men of color programs, Black men’s initiatives, queer and trans men of color, men and masculinities 


Chris Linder served as action editor.
Gabriel Rodríguez Lemus Jr. https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4620-666X Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Gabriel 
Rodríguez Lemus, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, The University of Texas at Austin, George I. Sánchez Building, 1912 Speedway, Austin, TX 78705, United States. Email: grodriguezlemus@utexas.edu
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José Manuel Santillana Blanco @santillanajm.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
So excited for this to be out!
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
On Friday, the federal judge Casey Pitts ordered a halt to courthouse arrests in Northern California and the Pacific Islands. A final ruling on whether the practice can continue is expected in the coming months.
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Judge orders end to courthouse arrests across Northern California — for now
A federal judge ordered a temporary halt to the practice of courthouse arrests in Northern California. The judge will issue a final ruling in a few months. A federal judge ordered a halt to the practi...
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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
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$8.75M Investment Supports ‘Research Resilience’… | Maryland Today
UMD, MPower Funds Combine to Help Preserve Institutional Capabilities, Lab Operations and More
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William Orchard @billeo.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
César Chávez Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship at Dartmouth College 2026-28, due 2/1. Had this fellowship in 2008, and so many good things came from it. lalacs.dartmouth.edu/our-fellowsh...
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César Chávez Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026-28
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 20/11/2025
NEW: Churches in Charlotte are hosting trainings on how to response to ICE agents — with *hundreds* filling pews. At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
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As ICE descends on Charlotte, faith leaders draw on other cities' actions to aid immigrants
(RNS) — As many as 500 people, a mix of clergy and other volunteers, have appeared at the training sessions on how to counter ICE.
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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Here it is: the Trump Administration "draft proposal" to the University of California. Published bc faculty sued for its disclosure. Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities. EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni. ucop.edu/communicatio...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
That’s seven. @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/uni...
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
I was born and raised in CAs Central Valley and I'm voting #YesOnProp50. Farm workers and people of color are suffering under this administration's racial profiling. Prop 50 gives us the opportunity to fight back on the power grab that TX Republicans and Trump are attempting.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
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We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract
404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
NEW: Immigration Detainees Revolt at Notorious Florida Detention Camp, Report Says unicornriot.ninja/2025/immigra...
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Immigration Detainees Revolt at Notorious Florida Detention Camp, Report Says - UNICORN RIOT
Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, Everglades, FL – According to reporting by Noticias 23/Univision, an uprising took place on or about Thursday, August 28 at the notorious immigrant detent...
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José Manuel Santillana Blanco @santillanajm.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
We are excited to have this out! Please consider submitting and sharing the call! 💕
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Judge shuts down “Alligator Alcatraz.” A sweeping ruling gives Florida 60 days to dismantle the Everglades migrant mega-facility. Turns out, you can’t bulldoze wetlands and human rights overnight. 🌴⚖️ www.bbc.com/news/article... #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
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'Alligator Alcatraz': Judge orders closure of Trump's migrant detention centre
The order gave the Trump administration 60 days to wind down operations at the site, with no new detainees allowed.
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José Manuel Santillana Blanco @santillanajm.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
New publication out this week! Grateful to be able to share this work that reflects the fierce voices of the women and mothers I interviewed who have been committed to environmental liberation for decades! Also, it’s open access! Link here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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UCD Gender Studies @ucdgender.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The Master's in Gender Studies at UCD is open for applicants to its 2025-2026 programme. It offers an interdisciplinary approach encompassing feminism, masculinities, queer and sexuality studies, social justice & activism. Learn more & apply here hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_M... #genderstudies #speirgorm
MA in Gender Studies in UCD - application poster with QR code
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 12/07/2025
Kristi Noem must resign now.
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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
We strongly condemn the abduction of California Faculty Association professor Jonathan Caravello in Camarillo. These abductions are an attack on our constitutional rights. We do not tolerate retaliation against any person who speaks out against injustice. BAIL FUND 🔗 share.google/b9QK2GavogJC...
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- California Faculty Association
We strongly condemn the abduction of California Faculty Association professor, member and activist Jonathan A. Caravello, Ph.D. and other community
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for. UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families. Our full statement below. ⬇️ 1/
a line of heavily armed federal agents in riot gear standing in a field surrounded by tomato plants
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were a response to masked violent men who terrorized Black communities, violating their civil rights.The deployment of violent masked ICE ofcrs are tapping into this unique form of terror. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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Masked Terror
At this point, we have all seen the videos.
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José Manuel Santillana Blanco @santillanajm.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I am excited to share the Call for Abstracts for the upcoming book Jotería Studies: A Radical Reader in both English and Spanish! Please share with interested folks! We welcome submissions in English, Spanish and other languages! #JoteríaStudies #Queer&TransStudies 💖🌈✨🏳️‍⚧️
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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Defunding universities to build concentration camps.
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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
When I met Ryan Coogler several years ago, we were standing in a group of people chatting, when a woman with visible hearing aids walked up, and he casually began to sign the whole conversation so she could participate. She mouthed “thank you”. He nodded and just kept doing his thing.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
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ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...
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José Manuel Santillana Blanco @santillanajm.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
We are excited to have this out! Please consider submitting and sharing the call! 💕
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Already infuriating, but the fact that he looks like my younger brother just makes it worse.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
We're now 8 points away from sending Andrew Cuomo back to the suburbs.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
The past few months have been tough, and we just want to say thank you. In the beginning, it felt like we were yelling into the wind, no one was listening. But then you all showed up. You raised your voices, shared the truth, and made the media pay attention.
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Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
an excerpt from my new book, In Theory, Darling, is up at @literaryhub.bsky.social! lithub.com/walking-thro...
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Walking Through Jose Esteban Muñoz’s New York City
More than a decade after his death, Jose Esteban Muñoz’s faculty page is still up on NYU’s website. It lists his former office address, 721 Broadway, 6FL, marking an absence that is now someone els…
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
This guy is like one of 4 Americans who actually went and got their REAL ID and immediately they said it was a fake. Just so everyone knows when they toss your ass in a truck it won't matter what passport or identification you have they'll throw it in the street and you're gone
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”
Group photo of Sesame Street workers holding their firsts high with graphics showing the logo of their new union and the winning vote tally, 55-19
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This contemporary conservative movement, routinely under the guise of equal opportunity, will stop at nothing to strip opportunities away from non-white students. apnews.com/article/mcdo...
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McDonald's settles lawsuit over Latino scholarship program by opening door to non-Latino applicants
McDonald’s said Friday it is changing a scholarship program for Latino students after it was sued by a group that opposes affirmative action.
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Marisol LeBrón @marisollebron.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Barbarity
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Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The way we were treated at Delaney Hall is almost unbelievable. ICE shoved me, manhandled @repbonnie.bsky.social, and arrested Mayor Baraka. They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
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NPR @npr.org · 05/05/2025
You and millions of other people rely on the NPR Network for trustworthy journalism. NPR’s editorial integrity and independence are non-negotiable. It’s a promise we make to you – a promise we will fight to keep. Now, we need your support. Donate today: n.pr/3EYClNR
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Jackie Llanos @llanosjackie.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
National Black Environmental Justice Network leaders are meeting in New Orleans today where the founders met in 1999 to chart a bold and proactive plan forward and recommit to bend the arc toward justice. While we've made gains over the past 25 years, many threats remain. Upward and onward!
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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The Davis Faculty Association has joined 30 faculty groups nationwide in filing an amici curae brief in @aaup.bsky.social v. Rubio, and you can now read the entire thing online. www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
CBS reporting 12 visa revocations at UC Davis; 7 current students and 5 recent graduates.
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Tina Shull @tinashull.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Excited to share some of the things I've been working on recently in my research and thinking about on survival in these times at Bergen Community College tomorrow! "Creating Climate Sanctuaries: Why Climate Justice Needs Immigrant and Indigenous Rights" bergen.edu/event/creati...
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