It's Trans Day of Visibility and I wrote about how visibility without protection is a trap, and it often seems like the loudest calls for us to be visible are coming from those who have done nothing to protect us.
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Dutch has 'uit volle borst zingen' (singing out of full chest), meaning singing loudly/enthusiastically, which seems similar if a little more restricted in application (I don't think I know it to be used for shouting, just singing)
It was a really interesting event, and a very big thank you for making it accessible online as well!
‘If things carry on as they are, there will be very few opportunities for young people to study Music at university, and therefore hardly anybody training as music teachers, and the whole system will then be stuck in a vicious cycle of decline.’ thecritic.co.uk/a-discipline...
Proud to announce that I've reached 'even the guy who doesn't usually work at the front desk knows my order' levels of regular customer who always gets the same thing at my local pasta place
Perhaps UoN management should take some lessons from the courses they’re suspending: it is precisely the critically engaged, reflexive, integrated thinking and communication that are taught in many of these courses, that are glaringly missing from the decisions and communications management put out.
Especially when such decisions are communicated in the most untransparent way – instead of taking accountability, the uni’s management hides behind empty jargon, vague expressions, and the obviously void claim that this shouldn’t harm the research of the very people whose departments are at risk.
The knock-on effects of this decision will be felt across the university and will be difficult to repair – who would choose to study at an institution that so actively devalues their broader field, even if their specific niche in this field is still offered as a course?
Both this decision and how it was communicated to us show management to be deeply problematic and irresponsible. A management that believes that tanking their institution’s reputation will improve their financial situation clearly does not understand the importance of being seen as reliable, stable.
But also for people in other fields at UoN or working with the university, who are now learning just how unreliable and irresponsible a partner the university is. An institution that is willing to cut entire departments overnight, cannot believably promise to protect other departments in the future.
For myself, but also for the faculty whose work has continually put UoN on the map as an institution producing outstanding research and teaching, the current students now learning that their courses will fizzle out after them, the prospective students whose chosen field is no longer available.
It’s a few days after learning that the University of Nottingham will be suspending student intake for 48 courses – including all of Modern Languages where I’m partly based for my PhD work – and will likely close down these courses entirely, and I’m still just so angry and sad and in disbelief (1/7)
On my way home after three amazing days of #LavLang31. Another fantastic edition with a fomo-inducing programme filled with impossible choices, and a great unofficial social evening programme to get a taste of what Manchester has to offer. It's an incredible privilege to be part of this community 💜
If you want more of this, come see my talk in Manchester! And at some point in a journal near you.
With this knowledge, BBB’s position on gender-affirming care in 2025 is not a shift compared to their 2023 position – it’s merely a continuation thereof. It’s important that news media see through this to not perpetuate the dressing up of anti-trans positions as “reasonable” or “supportive”.
The moment you actually look at these manifestos through a critical lens, this apparent support falls apart. At no point did BBB grant trans people the right to self-determination. In BBB’s 2023 manifesto, the right to be oneself continues to be conditional, something to be gatekept.
As I found in my study, BBB’s (and several others parties’) apparently supportive position on trans rights is only positive when viewed in light of the more overtly anti-trans parties on (mostly) the far right. But if “acknowledges that trans people exist” is the measure of support, the bar is low.
Yes, in 2023 BBB emphasised “the importance of quick and qualitative care for both [trans] youths and adults.” However, this assertion was couched in conditionality and the suggestion that gender-affirming care is currently too easily accessible, while hinting at the social contagion theory.
NOS writes that this position is in contrast with BBB’s previous election manifesto (2023), in which BBB advocated for better care for (young) trans people. However, as I found in my study, BBB’s previous election manifesto was not as trans-supportive as it seemed.
Last week, Dutch national broadcasting company NOS wrote about the draft election manifesto of the “Farmers-Citizen Movement”, BBB. BBB’s manifesto for the upcoming elections takes a stance against gender-affirming care for young trans people and “excessive symbolic politics” about LGBT+ policy.
I’m travelling to Manchester for #LavLang31 today, to present a paper that is strikingly relevant right now. In two months, there are national elections in the Netherlands. On Thursday, I present my study on the representation of trans rights in the previous elections. A short teaser:
The call for papers for the Cultural Heritage Management and Conservation Conference at UoN is open until 30 June!
This conference is organised by my peers and promises to be a great space for sharing research across disciplines from people at all career stages. Please share widely!
I'm looking to chat with nonbinary and/or trans speakers of several languages, especially including Irish, Hindi, Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, Polish, Icelandic - but also any other languages (aside from English / Spanish / French). DM or email me!
I have a new paper out in the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (and it's open access!): "“And it just becomes queer slang”: Race, linguistic innovation, and appropriation within trans communities in the US South" doi.org/10.1111/jola...
Als ze al hulp krijgen, is er vaak schaamte. Zo maakte ik schoon bij iemand zonder koelkast; rauwe kip lag in een kast waar de fruitvliegjes aan het deurtje waren vastgeplakt. Meteen mijn baas ingelicht over de koelkast en rauwe kip en een sopje gemaakt, om te ontdekken dat de boiler ook stuk was.
Nieuwe column voor @groene.nl: Door haar pijlen te richten op genderdiversiteit, zoekt én vindt extreemrechts aansluiting bij conservatieve, religieuze en zelfs ‘gematigde’ krachten. Verzet tégen extreemrechts betekent ook opstaan vóór de rechten van trans personen. www.groene.nl/artikel/tran...
Very exciting to see that my book is now up on the @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social website! 'Language and LGBTQ+ Youth: Analysing Marginalised Identities through an Intersectional Lens' will be out in November 🥳 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
As a former child junior olympic-level runner, I have a few thoughts on the attacks on trans girls in sports. I ran for one of the most competitive teams in Southern California, and people who ran for my have gone on to become professional athletes. And these bans: they're fucking NONSENSE. 🧵
🚨 New Article! 🚨
How do cisgender listeners perceive trans voices? A fascinating study by Emmett Jessee & J Calder explores how gender identity affects how certain sounds are categorised by listening subjects. 🎙️🔍
📖 Read the full article here: