#REPRESENTATION

@WeAreDisabled: @cheesepickles

WeAreDisabled

I'm a Linguist / Language Scientist, here are some of my Twitter-sized thoughts on #DisabilityLanguage - A thread (1/x) Language often gets misrepresented as word containers that we pass to

Yang for New York

YangforNY

We need to end racial inequities in healthcare.A thread Fast facts:Life expectancy in Brownsville is 10 years less than in Greenwich Village.Black and Latino New Yorkers are 2x more

Natasha Mitchell

natashamitchell

#agedcare 'residents' are PEOPLE not PATIENTS. They are *all of us* in a matter of years, months, decades. Mothers, brothers, daughters, cousins. Whole beings - thinking, speaking, feeling the full

Jay #BlackAutisticLivesMatter

DrJayDP

Dear @ItGetsBetter @fakedansavage,I wanted to send you a msg, even though I've got a tiny account with zero weight. Today, I opened up your newsletter for #GivingTuesday and, to

Janey

janeyjstarling

Here’s a reminder to all journalists on how NOT to report fatal domestic abuse. Please share. 1. Avoid cliches like “jilted lover” that reinforce a romantic narrative. 2. Avoid speculative reasons

BiBerlin e.V. 🏳️‍⚧️💖💜💙🏳️‍🌈

Biberlin_eV

How can someone be lesbian and pan/bi? There can be several reasons for that, for example:- A lesbian has a partner who recently came out as non-binary, trans masculine etc.

Γοργὼ βλοσυρῶπις

fmsilvestris

a lot of (leftist) ppl seem to have this overriding impulse to fix things into rigid categories, and then moralise about them. which is ofc such an *easy* way to

Raven the Science Maven

ravenscimaven

1/ A thread about my research! Many know my undergrad & grad degrees are in biology, & I've worked as a corporate scientist in drug discovery, etc. In my Ph.D.,

hormonal jew

degendering

I think it’s very weird to interpret the sort of off the cuff criticisms and complaints people share on social media as an accurate representation of the state of leftist

Kyler Nixon

Kyler_Nixon

I rarely share my opinions like this publicly, but it’s time to #AbolishTheDeathPenalty 2 years ago, I was indifferent. I genuinely believed the death penalty was a deterrent for crime.

Emilie Yonan

EmEYonan

Happy Girls and Women in Sports Day!This day marks the 35th celebration of Girls and Women in Sports Day. In 2020, women’s sports were able to demonstrate that people will

John Blake

johndavidblake

Fairly obviously, that Robert Jenrick article about statues turns out not to have been a very fair representation of the issues it purported to tackle.https://twitter.com/sundersays/status/1350584333720047626 As a person obsessed with

Son of Baldwin (Robert Jones, Jr.)

SonofBaldwin

What’s happening in Chicago is a clear example of how you can elect a politician who is at the intersection of three marginalized identities, thinking that “representation” and “symbolism’ might

Alison Pennington

ak_pennington

Me: working class (white) family in low-SES migrant-rich western burbs of ADL. High unemplymnt, low uni education. Strong anti-racist culture (Aus Day v foreign for eg). Also my family: tearing

Holly Cairns TD

HollyCairnsTD

Thread:Today marks one year since the 2020 General Election.During the campaign we couldn’t keep up with the demand for our ‘More Mná’ badges.I lost count of how many times I

Vanessa Kisuule

Vanessa_Kisuule

Emerging doesn't equal young. There are so many reasons that someone might miss the boat with creative schemes aimed at 18-25 yr olds, esp those who have childcare duties. How

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