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Dr. Teddy Davenport

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Gender, place, politics, and data. he/they. All opinions my own. linktr.ee/tsdav

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Agui!🌻 @aguichart.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Sharing the 1990 Bisexual Manifesto once again to remind everyone that bisexuality was NEVER binary
The 1990 Bisexual Manifesto

 We are tired of being analyzed, defined and represented by people other than ourselves — or worse yet, not considered at all. We are frustrated by the imposed isolation and invisibility that comes from being told or expected to choose either a homosexual or heterosexual identity. Monosexuality is a heterosexist dictate used to oppress homosexuals and to negate the validity of bisexuality.

Bisexuality is a whole, fluid identity. Do not assume that bisexuality is binary or dougamous in nature; that we must have “two” sides or that we must be involved simultaneously with both genders to be fulfilled human beings. In fact, don’t assume that there are only two genders. Do not mistake our fluidity for confusion, irresponsibility, or an inability to commit. Do not equate promiscuity, infidelity, or unsafe sexual behavior with bisexuality. Those are human traits that cross all sexual orientations. Nothing should be assumed about anyone’s sexuality — including your own.

We are angered by those who refuse to accept our existence; our issues; our contributions; our alliances; our voice. It is time for the bisexual voice to be heard.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/06/2026
There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
If Big Brother doesn’t like your science topic you won’t be funded and if Big Brother doesn’t like your results you will be defunded. A recipe for backwardness that seems to be designed by people who want America to humiliate itself and collapse. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/03/2026
The NYT purposefully mischaracterized the position of the AMA to make it seem like they changed policy and opposed gender affirming care on trans youth. It appears they have rejected efforts by the AMA to correct the record.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 24/03/2026
hi, cis folks! it’s been a little over a month since the 2 biggest private hospitals in NYC ended trans youth care. some folks thought this was resolved with a judge’s ruling or a letter from the NYAG. care has *not* resumed! there’s a simple ask ⬇️ for you, if you’re willing to fight with us. 🧵
Manhattan Hospital Ends Medical Treatment for Transgender Youth
NYU Langone Health cited the "current regulatory environment" in its decision to discontinue its gender medicine program for minors.


NYU Langone Health in New York City had stopped accepting new patients into its transgender youth medicine program a year ago, GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group, via GettyGothamist

NYC parents say Mount Sinai has cut off services for trans kids ahead of federal rule
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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Children's Minnesota will pause providing puberty blockers and hormone therapy to patients under 18 effective Feb. 27. If your family will be affected, I'd love to speak with you: Jo.Yurcaba@nbcuni.com or @joyurcaba.91 on Signal.
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Cara Ocobock @caraocobock.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
All NSF SBE DDRIG solicitations have been archived and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Grants currently submitted will be processed, but as always, chances of funding remain very low. This means anyone aiming for the upcoming deadline will not be able to submit. 1/3
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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 04/11/2025
thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 04/11/2025
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
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What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong. Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 19/10/2025
the massive scale of the No Kings protests, from the organizers’ perspectives, was ALWAYS about making it easy for people to people to go and meet organizers and organizations and mutual aid: “Let this be a springboard, not the end of your journey.” if you went, how are you doing so?
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"No Kings" Organizers: Make Your Activism Last Beyond the Protests
Teen Vogue speaks with a “No Kings” organizer on leveraging change even after the protest.
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Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Gary Newman warned us about this
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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Y’all should read @taliabhatt.itch.io’s Verge article on trans indie publishing challenges. It’s fucking great, y’all. (The article. Not the trans indie publishing challenges 😭) www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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Trans women are building their own publishing world, and it’s under threat
Online communities are stepping in where traditional publishing stops.
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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We're starting a new 'ArtsLab' (research network) in trans studies at Glasgow! It's very exciting and I hope that in time we can become a real centre for research in this field. Find out more - including details of our upcoming launch event - on our website: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/art...
Logo with the words 'GLINTS: Glasgow Lab for Intersex, Non-binary and Trans Studies' in coral text on a purple background.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
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Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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a cartoon character is sitting at a table with a bunch of food on it .
Alt: GIF of Marge Simpson hiding her face
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
A new complaint from ACLU and other human rights groups details how the warden at a Lousiana ICE facility created an unofficial “work program” of manual labor and sexual humiliation for trans men at the facility. This is very hard to read. rfkhumanrights.org/wp-content/u...
I. Factual Background
The facts presented below are drawn from the testimonies of four survivors: Mario, Monica, Kenia, and Jane Doe. These facts demonstrate systemic abuse at SLIPC.
Forced Labor Targeting Transgender and LGBTQ+ People
Assistant Warden Mr. Manuel Reyes ("AW Reyes") ran an unsanctioned 'night shift cleaning crew' between 8:00 pm and 6:00 am. This program was not reported in official records and targeted transgender and LGBTQ+ detained people. Mario, Monica, and Kenia were forced into hard manual labor without protective equipment. Tasks included stripping floors, painting, and exposure to industrial-strength chemicals, causing burns, respiratory distress, and lasting injuries.
Sexual Assault, Harassment and Exploitation
AW Reyes stalked, harassed, and assaulted detained people in camera 'blind spots.' Mario and Monica witnessed AW Reyes coercing sexual acts from others. Monica was groped and assaulted multiple times. AW Reyes also told him that he watched him shower on cameras. Kenia was harassed and threatened with retaliation when refusing to cooperate. Jane Doe was repeatedly stalked, groped, and coerced into performing oral sex under threat to her and her family.The survivors' individual stories are detailed below:
Monica (he/him); Transgender Man; Detained Since May 9, 2023
Monica has been detained by ICE continuously since on or about May 9, 2023. In late September 2023, AW Reyes approached Monica about joining a "cleaning crew" to work an "off the books night shift program," alongside another transgender man detained at SLIPC. That month, Monica began to perform hard manual labor at the instruction of AW Reyes. The "shifts" occurred late at night, between the hours of 8:00 pm and 6:00 am. Unlike the other work programs at SLIPC, these work shifts were not recorded in a formal log book or shift schedule. AW Reyes approached transgender people and masculine-presenting LGBTQ+ people to participate in this "program." Each person targeted by AW Reyes identified as transgender or LGBTQ+.
AW Reyes would enter the housing units and wake up Monica and the others and bring them to do hard manual labor in various locations inside SLIPC. The "shifts" were randomized and Monica and the others did not have a designated schedule. AW Reyes would compensate them for their labor at times by adding $1/day into their commissary accounts. Other times, he would bring a trash bag full of commissary items and give them to Monica and the others.
AW Reyes routinely entered the housing unit late at night, between two and three o'clock in the morning, while detained people were sleeping. He would walk around the unit while people were sleeping and take people's used underwear and sanitary pads from the housing unit. Monica witnessed him say to a detained woman walking to her bunk in her nightshirt, "Is that how your breasts bounce when you are fucking?"
AW Reyes required Monica and others to perform hard manual labor without any personal protective equipment, resulting in significant health risks and physical injuries. Despite repeated requests, Monica and others were denied access to gloves, face shields, and steel-toed boots. In response to these…
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
New essay: REJECT TRANS DOOM-POSTING. It's about grief, loss, institutional failures, and the horror of the current moment. It's also a love letter to trans community, and the things we do with and for one another.
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Reject Trans Doom-Posting
This week I took the long train down to the south of England for my friend Robyn’s funeral. She died very suddenly three weeks ago, aged just 32. Robyn gave so much love to the world, and was so lo…
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Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
@averyeverhart.bsky.social and I are SO excited to share "How to lose a culture war: Social media, trans disinformation and the authoritarian right," a paper we co-wrote on disinformation, digital authoritarianism, and anti-trans politics! Now available open access with Dialogues on Digital Society.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/09/2025
This matters a lot more than his tweets.
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Massive Bay Area transit cuts likely as Newsom backtracks on $750M loan, lawmakers warn
Bay Area lawmakers and transit advocates say Gov. Gavin Newsom’s reneging on a critical $750 million loan will have devastating consequences for BART, Muni and other agencies in the region.
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Michael Ann, sociotechnical femme @michaelann.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Here's a fun fact: most professors only get paid for 9 months of the year, and if you want to get paid for the rest, you have to get grants and fund it out of those yourself. So the functional ban on trans people getting grants is also functionally a huge pay cut for all trans academics! Fun!
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Vivian McCall @vivmccall.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I broke this last week! www.thestranger.com/news/2025/08...
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Tacoma’s Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital Axes Gender Clinic Waitlist
Citing “changing federal expectations,” the gender clinic at MultiCare’s Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network in Tacoma has cut  its waitlist for trans youth, a...
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 22/08/2025
today a UN body announced famine is in Gaza. this oped from New Disabled South connects US funding of Israel's starvation campaign to Trump's BBB cutting SNAP as fundamentally American. "The U.S. allegedly has no money to feed its children or the world’s children, but has plenty of money for war."
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From Famine in Gaza to Trump Cutting SNAP, Child Hunger is An American Pastime
"At home and abroad, the U.S. government is participating in starving people, particularly children, and calling it policy."
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Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
I saw Leah present this project at the last AAG and am so delighted that the game is finally public!
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People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
It is absolutely ridiculous that Adrienne Villa's death has basically gone unreported in local & national media An anti-ICE protester being held on $1.3 million bail found dead in a courtroom jail cell & crickets from media. Should make you question why they want this kept quiet!
The System Killed Her.
A recent report led to the striking discovery of a woman who died in LASD custody in June amid a legal assault against anti-ICE protestors. Her story raises troubling questions. 

with picture of Adrienne in backgroundAs if it were nothing more than a minor aside, the article’s author then immediately shifts away to other information. A woman was found dead in her holding cell directly near the courtroom she had been in earlier that day, where she pleaded not guilty to assault and battery of a police officer, and all she had was a fairly vague paragraph.

If she were an anti-ICE protestor, as the article seemingly implied, then this would be a major escalation, as she would be the first anti-ICE protestor to die in Los Angeles. This would have been the direct fault of the state, in particular ICE and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD), which was in charge of her detention at the time. Even if she weren’t, the seeming lack of details and the fact that it took multiple months for this tragic story to be reported on at all seemed perplexing and worth investigation.
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Isabel @isabelott.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
It’s a common complaint to spend an afternoon reading papers in search of something that turns into half a sentence (that you delete next week) – I’d argue that the “foraging” benefits are real, only pay off if you’re engaging with the actual material, & worth the “inefficiency” to learn more.
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 21/08/2025
UPMC’s move to cut gender-affirming care mirrors a broader trend. Major health systems — from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to Penn State Health — have also ended gender-affirming care for minors. Copublished with @publicsource.org:
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He graduated early to get gender-affirming surgery before college. Then his hospital cut him off.
Months before his first class at Carlow University, Lee, a 17-year-old in Pennsylvania, found himself without a provider.
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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
NEW: I spoke to SJ Joslin, a park ranger and wildlife biologist who was fired by Yosemite National Park last week for helping to raise a transgender pride flag on the park's iconic El Capitan rock face. For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
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Park ranger fired after helping drape a transgender pride flag on Yosemite's El Capitan
The ex-ranger said they plan to fight the decision, citing an executive order issued by President Trump that protects Americans’ free speech rights.
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Natasha Joseph @tashjoeza.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
This tattoo, by InkedMongoose on IG, is perfect. No notes.
A tattooed knee, I think, featuring Richard Scarry's Lowly Worm in an apple car. Text reads: You got a fast car. I got a plan to get us out of here.
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Xander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I've been saying this for a while now, but anti-immigration fascism is providing a spatial fix for the slow decay of the traditional carceral state. apnews.com/article/tenn...
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Tennessee town approves deals to turn closed prison into immigration detention facility
Officials in a rural Tennessee town have voted to approve agreements to turn a former prison into an immigration detention facility operated by a private company, despite loud objections from upset re...
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 14/08/2025
the thing about incarcerated trans people is that virtually no one will stand up for them & that’s fucking horrific because i literally cannot think of a worse place to be a trans person in america than prison. if you’re cis you should read this. trans people, keep on scrolling; you already know.
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Trans people in Georgia prisons are being forced to detransition. Now they're suing.
A class action lawsuit representing nearly 300 incarcerated people says the state's refusal to allow gender-affirming care constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 10/08/2025
🚨BREAKING: ISRAEL ASSASSINATES AL JAZEERA CORRESPONDENT ANAS AL-SHARIF Israel also killed Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Quraqa and wounded Al-Kawthar correspondent Mohammed Subh in a strike on Al Jazeera’s tent at the Al-Shifa Medical Complex.
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Abbie Adams @abbieadams.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
The hyperfixation is and will always be on detransitioners because cis "mistakes" are infinitely more valuable to cis people than trans pain.
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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
What I would like to remind everyone talking about Sam Altman talking about the “PhD level intelligence” of the new ChatGPT is that Sam Altman dropped out of college so he… has no experiential construct for what grad school even is.
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Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The feds invested ~$140k into my graduate training as a social scientist, only to ban federal funding from supporting any of my future work two months after I defended my dissertation. My academic job and funding prospects are not looking great, to say the least.
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 07/08/2025
There is a concerted effort by this administration to forcibly remove the notion of trans people existing in public life. That’s why it’s so frustrating when democrats insist on meeting anti-trans crusaders on talking points like sports where they are. This is where they’re at. They want us gone.
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Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Around 1 in 5 trans Americans are active service/veterans, which is almost twice the rate of the general population of the US.
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Blake C. Stacey @blakestacey.myatproto.social · 04/08/2025
Well, they are literally, not figuratively, collaborating with Republicans to pass legislation that will give Trump's FTC more power over the Internet at the expense of LGBT people, accurate information about abortion... (#KOSA currently has 17 D cosponsors in the Senate, including Schumer.)
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Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
see also: techcrunch.com/2023/11/21/w...
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What does a Harry Potter fanfic have to do with OpenAI? | TechCrunch
A famously divisive Harry Potter fanfic is weirdly popular among powerful figures in artificial intelligence.
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Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Really interesting study on referrals to gender specialists by age and gender, although I think "transmisogyny" would be a more accurate descriptor here since "AMAB femininity" could include gay or gender non-conforming cis men.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
THIS IS HUGE! The FIRST 100% effective HIV PrEP drug, Lenacapavir, is APPROVED AND GOING GLOBAL. The makers are providing AFFORDABLE access to the drug in the United States AND beyond, signing ROYALTY-FREE licensing agreements with SIX generic manufacturers to produce AND supply it. 🧪🧵⬇️
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
hi if you're trying to buy my book while Duke Press is transitioning to a new distribution warehouse, you can find it at the link below, thanks for your interest! it will be available again through DUP after July 7th. folks in canada you can also buy it through the university of toronto press
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Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic
The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 26/07/2025
“Authors have until the end of August to opt out of the licensing agreement. If they do not, their work will be used to help train AI models.”
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Johns Hopkins Press will license its books to train AI models
Authors at the Johns Hopkins University Press will be able to opt out of the AI licensing agreement until the end of August; if they do not, their work will be used to train AI models.
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Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Worth noting that anti-crossdressing laws in US cities also came into existence during the late 19th century, often using the same language as ugly laws. The spatial governance of gender nonconformity and disability are deeply linked.
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Thank you to @monachalabi.bsky.social for this powerful graphic, which starkly pictures the severity of the Israeli government’s policy of mass death through forced starvation.
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