Helen Rottier
@helenrottier.bsky.social
PhD in Disability Studies. Disabled Dis-Epistemologies and Knowledge Production. Opinions are my own. she/her
me: *taps the sign*
the sign: When you are upset that your needs are not being met, it is not the fault of other marginalized or disenfranchised groups that are **also** not having their needs met, and if you decide to take it out on other people with needs, you are a jerk.
the sign: When you are upset that your needs are not being met, it is not the fault of other marginalized or disenfranchised groups that are **also** not having their needs met, and if you decide to take it out on other people with needs, you are a jerk.
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
me: *taps the sign*
the sign: When you are upset that your needs are not being met, it is not the fault of other marginalized or disenfranchised groups that are **also** not having their needs met, and if you decide to take it out on other people with needs, you are a jerk.
the sign: When you are upset that your needs are not being met, it is not the fault of other marginalized or disenfranchised groups that are **also** not having their needs met, and if you decide to take it out on other people with needs, you are a jerk.
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What many of you may not know about the University of California graduate student strike is that our bargaining team voted 10-9 against even asking the university bargaining team to have an easier process to work from home. These were our PEERS, not some boss, but they didn't care.
I find myself increasingly wondering how able bodied people appear to believe that being disabled is"easy."
Getting accommodations in school, uni and/or work: easy, a breeze, even!
Getting a doctor to write you a certificate supporting your needs: EASY!
Working from home: EASY!
Getting accommodations in school, uni and/or work: easy, a breeze, even!
Getting a doctor to write you a certificate supporting your needs: EASY!
Working from home: EASY!
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
What many of you may not know about the University of California graduate student strike is that our bargaining team voted 10-9 against even asking the university bargaining team to have an easier process to work from home. These were our PEERS, not some boss, but they didn't care.
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I find myself increasingly wondering how able bodied people appear to believe that being disabled is"easy."
Getting accommodations in school, uni and/or work: easy, a breeze, even!
Getting a doctor to write you a certificate supporting your needs: EASY!
Working from home: EASY!
Getting accommodations in school, uni and/or work: easy, a breeze, even!
Getting a doctor to write you a certificate supporting your needs: EASY!
Working from home: EASY!
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I find myself increasingly wondering how able bodied people appear to believe that being disabled is"easy."
Getting accommodations in school, uni and/or work: easy, a breeze, even!
Getting a doctor to write you a certificate supporting your needs: EASY!
Working from home: EASY!
Getting accommodations in school, uni and/or work: easy, a breeze, even!
Getting a doctor to write you a certificate supporting your needs: EASY!
Working from home: EASY!
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seeing how many people show up in jeffery epstein's emails makes me happy i never reply to anyone's email
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
seeing how many people show up in jeffery epstein's emails makes me happy i never reply to anyone's email
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One of my earliest moments of radicalization was in 2005 when Larry Summers said that women biologically have less aptitude for science than men. Following that, scores of equally unimpressive people wrote pieces trying to explain or justify his remarks, when they should have called for his removal.
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
One of my earliest moments of radicalization was in 2005 when Larry Summers said that women biologically have less aptitude for science than men. Following that, scores of equally unimpressive people wrote pieces trying to explain or justify his remarks, when they should have called for his removal.
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My monkey brain cannot comprehend the vast amounts of rage I hold toward white men in politics rn.
White women ain't far behind.
White women ain't far behind.
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
My monkey brain cannot comprehend the vast amounts of rage I hold toward white men in politics rn.
White women ain't far behind.
White women ain't far behind.
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I've said it before and I'll keep saying it: they keep state schools in the crosshairs because state schools produced the majority of the most fascinating, important, and incendiary schools of thought for the last 50 years. They complain about Harvard so you'll agree to destroy the state school.
The problem with elite institutions has never been leftists or wokeness or the coddling of the American mind or whatever other asinine thing conservatives drone on about. The problem with elite institutions has always been powerful, wealthy, elite people.
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I've said it before and I'll keep saying it: they keep state schools in the crosshairs because state schools produced the majority of the most fascinating, important, and incendiary schools of thought for the last 50 years. They complain about Harvard so you'll agree to destroy the state school.
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The problem with elite institutions has never been leftists or wokeness or the coddling of the American mind or whatever other asinine thing conservatives drone on about. The problem with elite institutions has always been powerful, wealthy, elite people.
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The problem with elite institutions has never been leftists or wokeness or the coddling of the American mind or whatever other asinine thing conservatives drone on about. The problem with elite institutions has always been powerful, wealthy, elite people.
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hear me out, maybe it’s time to stop making men the president for awhile
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
hear me out, maybe it’s time to stop making men the president for awhile
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As a cultural Catholic* I am absolutely delighted by Leo’s hammering of JD Vance
*I was born into Catholicism and although I no longer believe in God I remain all in on any kind of Catholic intrigue
*I was born into Catholicism and although I no longer believe in God I remain all in on any kind of Catholic intrigue
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
As a cultural Catholic* I am absolutely delighted by Leo’s hammering of JD Vance
*I was born into Catholicism and although I no longer believe in God I remain all in on any kind of Catholic intrigue
*I was born into Catholicism and although I no longer believe in God I remain all in on any kind of Catholic intrigue
As a scientist, I know that I spent over a decade in postsecondary education just so that I can follow JD Vance’s vibes-based approach to the scientific method. /sarcasm 🙃 #AcademicSky #Science #DisabledInSTEM
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
As a scientist, I know that I spent over a decade in postsecondary education just so that I can follow JD Vance’s vibes-based approach to the scientific method. /sarcasm 🙃 #AcademicSky #Science #DisabledInSTEM
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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we voted FOR YALL 🫠
I want to be clear that the House passing the government funding bill tonight does not mean the fight for health care is over, far from it.
We get louder, we fight harder—and we make our voices heard at the ballot box to win power and help people.
We get louder, we fight harder—and we make our voices heard at the ballot box to win power and help people.
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
we voted FOR YALL 🫠
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I find it incredibly sad that James Van Der Beek is auctioning off Dawson’s Creek memorabilia to pay for cancer treatment.
This is why we need universal healthcare.
What happens to those who have nothing of value to sell?
They die, go bankrupt, or both.
Healthcare is a basic human right.
This is why we need universal healthcare.
What happens to those who have nothing of value to sell?
They die, go bankrupt, or both.
Healthcare is a basic human right.
James Van Der Beek selling ‘Dawson’s Creek’ merch to help pay for cancer costs
The “Varsity Blues” star was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer last year.
nypost.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I find it incredibly sad that James Van Der Beek is auctioning off Dawson’s Creek memorabilia to pay for cancer treatment.
This is why we need universal healthcare.
What happens to those who have nothing of value to sell?
They die, go bankrupt, or both.
Healthcare is a basic human right.
This is why we need universal healthcare.
What happens to those who have nothing of value to sell?
They die, go bankrupt, or both.
Healthcare is a basic human right.
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Look the thing is, you can personally dislike someone -- or even have serious political *strategy* disagreements with them -- while also being clear that they don't deserve to be mistreated
On a level, our enemies are relying on us to forget this
On a level, our enemies are relying on us to forget this
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Look the thing is, you can personally dislike someone -- or even have serious political *strategy* disagreements with them -- while also being clear that they don't deserve to be mistreated
On a level, our enemies are relying on us to forget this
On a level, our enemies are relying on us to forget this
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inventing a bluesky that doesn't have *gestures broadly* all this
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
inventing a bluesky that doesn't have *gestures broadly* all this
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You’re allowed to mourn the softness you lost by hardening your heart to protect it from the world
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
You’re allowed to mourn the softness you lost by hardening your heart to protect it from the world
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Academia can be soul crushing. Protect your hearts. #academicsky
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Academia can be soul crushing. Protect your hearts. #academicsky
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Hi. I wrote my dissertation on philosophy of science. I continue to teach a PhilSci seminar each year.
That is NEVER how science has been practiced.
"Science is criticism and argument" is just three helpings of "teach the debate" horseshit in a trenchcoat.
That is NEVER how science has been practiced.
"Science is criticism and argument" is just three helpings of "teach the debate" horseshit in a trenchcoat.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hi. I wrote my dissertation on philosophy of science. I continue to teach a PhilSci seminar each year.
That is NEVER how science has been practiced.
"Science is criticism and argument" is just three helpings of "teach the debate" horseshit in a trenchcoat.
That is NEVER how science has been practiced.
"Science is criticism and argument" is just three helpings of "teach the debate" horseshit in a trenchcoat.
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I am apostate but I prayed a rosary for a friend in a church across from my hotel this week and it felt really good and now I feel vindicated
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I am apostate but I prayed a rosary for a friend in a church across from my hotel this week and it felt really good and now I feel vindicated
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excited to hear jd vance show how sincere his Catholicism is by insulting and correcting the Church tomorrow
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
excited to hear jd vance show how sincere his Catholicism is by insulting and correcting the Church tomorrow
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He's on a mission from God.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
He's on a mission from God.
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I for one welcome our new multicolor overlords
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I for one welcome our new multicolor overlords
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performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...