Jennifer! Kaplan
@jennifermarisa.bsky.social
PhD Student in Romance Languages & Literatures at UC Berkeley.
Non-binary Romance · Gender in French · Language attitudes · Lavender (socio)ling | she/her/hers
Non-binary Romance · Gender in French · Language attitudes · Lavender (socio)ling | she/her/hers
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Jennifer Kaplan
Hi, I'm Jennifer, a PhD Student in Romance Languages and Literatures at UC Berkeley.
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Hi! I'm a sociolinguist & PhD student, working with trans and non-binary communities in Montreal. My work is interdisciplinary, drawing from queer & trans theories, sociolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology (esp. ethnography). Learn more at my website:
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the ketamine didn't make him evil tho, just even more incompetent 🫠
Musk's ketamine fueled drug binges are responsible for at least 300,000 dead and potentially millions more as a result of USAID cuts and other assistance programs.
May 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
the ketamine didn't make him evil tho, just even more incompetent 🫠
So-called “nationalists” haven’t even read Anderson’s “Imagined Communities” (1983) smdh
It's particularly amusing to watch a bunch of self described trad nationalists realize that a medieval institution devoted to a universalist ideology that
predates the nation state isn't completely on board with their agenda.
predates the nation state isn't completely on board with their agenda.
May 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
So-called “nationalists” haven’t even read Anderson’s “Imagined Communities” (1983) smdh
Typesetting off center; paint blead on the marquis eagle seal; extremely poor stitch quality on the sweatshop-made badge ‘holder’
bro couldn’t even commit to the bit hard enough to do more than order a “”your name here”” badge on Shein
bro couldn’t even commit to the bit hard enough to do more than order a “”your name here”” badge on Shein
We have reached levels of cringe previously thought unattainable
April 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Typesetting off center; paint blead on the marquis eagle seal; extremely poor stitch quality on the sweatshop-made badge ‘holder’
bro couldn’t even commit to the bit hard enough to do more than order a “”your name here”” badge on Shein
bro couldn’t even commit to the bit hard enough to do more than order a “”your name here”” badge on Shein
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i mean it's one five-minute task, michael. how long could it take to get started on it, ten days?
April 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
i mean it's one five-minute task, michael. how long could it take to get started on it, ten days?
just found a GayLib magazine article arguing that the flexibility of chromosomal sex also destabilizes gender and sexuality binaries...from *1974*
Shon Faye was so right, many liberatory arguments have been around forever and assimilationists + TERFs willfully ignore that inconvenient fact
Shon Faye was so right, many liberatory arguments have been around forever and assimilationists + TERFs willfully ignore that inconvenient fact
April 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
just found a GayLib magazine article arguing that the flexibility of chromosomal sex also destabilizes gender and sexuality binaries...from *1974*
Shon Faye was so right, many liberatory arguments have been around forever and assimilationists + TERFs willfully ignore that inconvenient fact
Shon Faye was so right, many liberatory arguments have been around forever and assimilationists + TERFs willfully ignore that inconvenient fact
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i did it!! i did all the laundry ever!!! we'll never have to do laundry again!!! today is the best d—[THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DEACTIVATED]
April 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
i did it!! i did all the laundry ever!!! we'll never have to do laundry again!!! today is the best d—[THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DEACTIVATED]
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"Like Amazon, but with human beings."
April 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"Like Amazon, but with human beings."
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There's something about seeing it visually over time that chills the blood. It's hard to process that when we made the jump from 2022 to 2023, it still wasn't enough to convince people this was serious. Before Trump was re-inaugurated gender-affirming care was banned in more than 50% of the country.
April 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
There's something about seeing it visually over time that chills the blood. It's hard to process that when we made the jump from 2022 to 2023, it still wasn't enough to convince people this was serious. Before Trump was re-inaugurated gender-affirming care was banned in more than 50% of the country.
“Woke” in quotations but “White Lotus” is not…much to think about
Can’t say I’m looking forward to several years of takes like this.
March 31, 2025 at 5:27 AM
“Woke” in quotations but “White Lotus” is not…much to think about
Gender is one of those things where the more you learn about it, the less you feel you can truly understand it
March 31, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Gender is one of those things where the more you learn about it, the less you feel you can truly understand it
oh my god can we please just go back to putting everything in glass already
March 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
oh my god can we please just go back to putting everything in glass already
Anthem for a 17-Year-Old Girl. Whatever filter they used on the vocals is like nails on a chalkboard
Stairway to Heaven. Swear to god it’s gotta be one of the worst tracks I’ve ever heard. My aunt and I have a longstanding fight on this
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
March 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Anthem for a 17-Year-Old Girl. Whatever filter they used on the vocals is like nails on a chalkboard
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In biology, I keep thinking of the bacterial strains, yeast strains, plasmids, mouse lines, worm mutants etc etc etc that will be lost to science FOREVER because the freezers and animal facilities won't be maintained
Generations of work will be lost in essentially an instant
Generations of work will be lost in essentially an instant
People might think that whatever destruction is done to science in the US, we can undo in 4 years with a Democratic president and Congress.
The problem is that many areas require specialized knowledge and skills built up over years, and once that's lost, it's hard to get back.
The problem is that many areas require specialized knowledge and skills built up over years, and once that's lost, it's hard to get back.
The damage will be far worse than just a 4-yr gap. Both I and the individual who has managed this site for most of the past 50 yrs are retiring within the next 2 years. With this closure, we will not be able to plan a transition.
March 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
In biology, I keep thinking of the bacterial strains, yeast strains, plasmids, mouse lines, worm mutants etc etc etc that will be lost to science FOREVER because the freezers and animal facilities won't be maintained
Generations of work will be lost in essentially an instant
Generations of work will be lost in essentially an instant
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Another thing that struck me about yesterday’s Oval Office disaster is the place of language.
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March 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Another thing that struck me about yesterday’s Oval Office disaster is the place of language.
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Not being anti-fascist at this moment in history is anti-science. Probably always was. But cannot be clearer than these last few weeks.
February 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Not being anti-fascist at this moment in history is anti-science. Probably always was. But cannot be clearer than these last few weeks.
if RFK jr. keeps threatening Big Pharma I think we'll be in for another Kennedy family tragedy real soon
February 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
if RFK jr. keeps threatening Big Pharma I think we'll be in for another Kennedy family tragedy real soon
the craziest thing about the "make america healthy again" initiative is not that they're targeting people with disabilities, it's about the *scope* of what's considered a disability
targeting obese ppl and those on SSRIs or stimulants = a solid majority of the country
targeting obese ppl and those on SSRIs or stimulants = a solid majority of the country
February 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
the craziest thing about the "make america healthy again" initiative is not that they're targeting people with disabilities, it's about the *scope* of what's considered a disability
targeting obese ppl and those on SSRIs or stimulants = a solid majority of the country
targeting obese ppl and those on SSRIs or stimulants = a solid majority of the country
oh so they're going to stop defunding the NIH and create a national healthcare system, right?
Right?
Right?
This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
oh so they're going to stop defunding the NIH and create a national healthcare system, right?
Right?
Right?
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Don’t know who needs to hear this but there’s literally NO “pathway to DEI compliance” for HBCU’s — or women’s colleges for that matter!
February 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Don’t know who needs to hear this but there’s literally NO “pathway to DEI compliance” for HBCU’s — or women’s colleges for that matter!
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Ideas are green
And colourless too
Violets are blue
Ideas are green
And colourless too
February 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Ideas are green
And colourless too
Violets are blue
Ideas are green
And colourless too
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"This work is too important to die."
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. (Gift Article)
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"This work is too important to die."