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Lisa Diedrich
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Coming in early 2026: KEYWORDS/KEYIMAGES IN GRAPHIC MEDICINE
Current projects: #IllnessPolitics, chronic forms, & multi-modal pedagogies in action. Author of ILLNESS POLITICS & HASHTAG ACTIVISM, TREATMENTS, & INDIRECT ACTION.
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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · Oct 4
Look at this gorgeous cover for Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine!! Thanks to Ian Williams for giving us permission to use his image on the cover, which captures brilliantly the concept & structure of the book. Briana Martino (@briwok.bsky.social) & I are grateful & thrilled!
#GraphicMedicine
Book cover for Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine edited by Lisa Diedrich and Briana Martino. The image on the cover is from Ian Williams, & is a version of an image from his book The Bad Doctor, a graphic narrative based on his own experience with OCD. A boy is in bed with his hands folded in prayer & his thoughts take the form of a sefirot surrounding his head.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 5h
Cutting/s is an evocative concept/practice: “Sigmund died before I ever met him, but I now owned a tiny part of his story. A biological heirloom that had lived alongside him & brought oxygen into his pioneering study–growing alongside his evolving ideas, laying down roots as he laid down theories.”
felicitycallard.bsky.social Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 6h
Narratives concerning psychoanalysts and their families/descendants never disappoint
observer.co.uk/news/first-p...
This information was opening doors I'd never thought I'd go through, but one door led to another and finally there was a big one in front of me with my uncle's name on it. My father Clement's broken relationship with Sigmund was echoed by a broken relationship with his brother Lucian. His mother once told him she only had enough love for one of her sons, and it had gone to Lucian. By the time they got to adulthood, they were worlds apart. Lucian still spoke with a strong Germanic accent, my father sounded, and was, entirely British. I didn't even know he could still speak German until, in my 40s, I heard him talking fluently to a taxi driver in Berlin. The last time my father saw Lucian was in the 1960s, when he dropped into a cafe in Camden and the only available table was a shared one. The waiter asked a man already seated if he would be happy to share his table. Lucian looked up, saw his brother, turned to the waiter and said no. They never saw each other again. I only ever had one conversation with Lucian. It was the day after my father's funeral in 2009 and I went for dinner at his favourite restaurant. By strange coincidence I found myself seated at the next table to one of my closest friends, Esther, and her father, who I didn't know ... Lucian. She introduced me to my uncle. It didn't go well. He said: "Ah, Clement, vot a cunt." I never saw him again.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 6h
The “I meant to do that” bit at the end. 😂

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Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 6h
Narratives concerning psychoanalysts and their families/descendants never disappoint
observer.co.uk/news/first-p...
This information was opening doors I'd never thought I'd go through, but one door led to another and finally there was a big one in front of me with my uncle's name on it. My father Clement's broken relationship with Sigmund was echoed by a broken relationship with his brother Lucian. His mother once told him she only had enough love for one of her sons, and it had gone to Lucian. By the time they got to adulthood, they were worlds apart. Lucian still spoke with a strong Germanic accent, my father sounded, and was, entirely British. I didn't even know he could still speak German until, in my 40s, I heard him talking fluently to a taxi driver in Berlin. The last time my father saw Lucian was in the 1960s, when he dropped into a cafe in Camden and the only available table was a shared one. The waiter asked a man already seated if he would be happy to share his table. Lucian looked up, saw his brother, turned to the waiter and said no. They never saw each other again. I only ever had one conversation with Lucian. It was the day after my father's funeral in 2009 and I went for dinner at his favourite restaurant. By strange coincidence I found myself seated at the next table to one of my closest friends, Esther, and her father, who I didn't know ... Lucian. She introduced me to my uncle. It didn't go well. He said: "Ah, Clement, vot a cunt." I never saw him again.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 15h
Venezuela's Supreme Court Constitutional Chamber announces that Vice President Delcy Rodríguez shall assume and exercise, in the capacity of an interim official, all the powers, duties, and faculties inherent to the office of president of the republic. www.correodelorinoco.gob.ve/t...
www.correodelorinoco.gob.ve

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 17h
Is that a dog for MEN competition?!

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 19h
Can’t help but think about this interview in relation to the CBS News announcement (was it only yesterday?) that they would prioritize the perspective of “average Americans” over “the analysis of academics” because expertise is now somehow bad.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 19h
“And part of what’s troubling here is not just that the President has used force in clear violation of domestic law & international law but that it’s clear he couldn’t care less about the fact that he’s breaking these rules. We’re talking not just about the UN charter but about the US Constitution.”

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 19h
Yale Law prof Oona Hathaway: “Trump “claimed that we would take the oil in Venezuela…That is looting, plain & simple, & clearly unlawful. It also makes clear that this is not about what’s best for the Venezuelan people. It’s all about the oil.”

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Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social · 19h
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 21h
Venezuela's VP Delcy Rodriguez speaking against US imperialism & in defense of Venezuelan sovereignty & natural resources.
giancarlofiorella.bsky.social Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social · 22h
Rodriguez: "We are ready to defend Venezuela. We are ready to defend our natural resources, which should aid our national development"

Rodriguez does not sound like she's willing to be a US puppet, which is what Trump suggested earlier today.

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Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social · 22h
Rodriguez: "We are ready to defend Venezuela. We are ready to defend our natural resources, which should aid our national development"

Rodriguez does not sound like she's willing to be a US puppet, which is what Trump suggested earlier today.

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Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social · 22h
VP Delcy Rodriguez, whom Trump indicated earlier today was collaborating with the US government, is live on television right now.

Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet.

Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"
Venezuelan VP Delcy Rodriguez speaking on Telesur.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
I think the old-fashioned notion of imperialism as resource extraction is also in the mix & suggests continuity with many earlier US attacks on sovereign nations.
olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d
I think the key to this version of US imperialism is the interaction of 1 and 2 here
aelkus.bsky.social ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d
i think that people really underestimate reality that

1) administration has no doctrine, it is really about a single, mercurial, and half-awake man

2) the administration is a constantly churning system with factions that rise and fall contextually

3) might not have happened if trump tower caracas

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 1d
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.

It’s about oil and regime change.

And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d
I think the key to this version of US imperialism is the interaction of 1 and 2 here
aelkus.bsky.social ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d
i think that people really underestimate reality that

1) administration has no doctrine, it is really about a single, mercurial, and half-awake man

2) the administration is a constantly churning system with factions that rise and fall contextually

3) might not have happened if trump tower caracas

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
Important broader context, but I'm also struck again by how identity politics drives this admin.
thefarce.org 🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 1d
We're living out Rubio's "ideological" project, which is basically that he and his funders want Cuba back to run it like a plantation.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 1d
We're living out Rubio's "ideological" project, which is basically that he and his funders want Cuba back to run it like a plantation.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
So many questions about corruption.
emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d
While the Senate is asking Trump why they started a war to kidnap a foreign leader perhaps they might also ask why Trump freed a former foreign leader convicted of the same kind of crimes.

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 1d
A bit of serendipity this morning - didn’t feel safe going out in the car so went to the canal instead and saw this. My comedy moment for the year 🦢🤪

[Vertical video so needs a click]

#sillyswan #iphone15pro

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d
While the Senate is asking Trump why they started a war to kidnap a foreign leader perhaps they might also ask why Trump freed a former foreign leader convicted of the same kind of crimes.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
😂

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
Listening to this now:

youtu.be/q1JYXY15k6E?...
Lucy Dacus - "Dancing in the Dark" (Bruce Springsteen cover)
YouTube video by Lucy Dacus
youtu.be

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · 1d
Keepie uppies. Less directly confrontational

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
Penalty kicks.
kathleenbelew.bsky.social Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 1d
How else can professors prove "merit" besides SAT scores? Wrong answers only. I'll go first: ability to do sixth-grade geometry homework (two professors in my house fail)

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
Ah, of course! Thank you.

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 1d
Felids are cats!

Felidae! House cats, mountain lions, all the kitties! pspsps

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
Here for the bear flexibility discourse (& wondering what the hell felids are?!).
beebrookshire.bsky.social Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 1d
So to be clear they DO have clavicles, this article is incorrect in that regard. But unlike ours they aren't fixed to the rest of the shoulder, which makes them MUCH more flexible.

Also true of mice, rats, I believe felids. So the only limiting factor in getting through a space is the skull

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 1d
So to be clear they DO have clavicles, this article is incorrect in that regard. But unlike ours they aren't fixed to the rest of the shoulder, which makes them MUCH more flexible.

Also true of mice, rats, I believe felids. So the only limiting factor in getting through a space is the skull

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
Adding to my syllabus this recent piece by Joan Scott about how, in 1951, her father, “Samuel Wallach, a NYC high school teacher, was suspended from his job for refusing to cooperate with an investigation into communism in the public schools.”
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lisadiedrich.bsky.social Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · Sep 12
Joan Scott captures how children comprehend psychically the trauma of authoritarianism: “I understood, in the way children do, the complexity of [my mother’s] response, without fully grasping the details. For years, we all breathed a general air of anxiety.” www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...
A General Air of Anxiety - Boston Review
The Red Scare targeted my father. He taught me the meaning of resistance.
www.bostonreview.net

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
Looking forward to teaching Joan Scott’s “Evidence of Experience” in my Feminist Interdisciplinary Histories & Methods grad seminar in the spring. It’s still so relevant 35 years after it was first published.