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Dr. Mike Mena
@mikemena.bsky.social
Founder of "The Social Life of Language" on YouTube. Linguistic Anthropologist. Critical Race Theorist. Photographer. Videographer. Artist.
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Do you like comic books and want to think more seriously about the linguistics of them?

Are you a social scientist or a linguist who wants to know more about nation-building or language planning in fiction?

HAVE I GOT EXACTLY THE ARTICLE YOU NEVER ASKED FOR, on CAMP Anthropology. 🐦🐦
X-Men, Krakoa, and Linguistic Sovereignty
by Erika Alpert Krakoan national co-founder Magneto explains to diplomats at the new Krakoan Embassy in Jerusalem why mutants have decided to create their own language, from House of X #1 (Hickman …
campanthropology.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
YAY!
@mikemena.bsky.social

.. 🌿I showed your vid on “linguistic terrorism” in my classes today!! Thanks so much for your explanations!! 👍
January 25, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Problem solved.
July 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
JULY 14th (2025)
PSC-CUNY PRESS CONFERENCE
@bradlander.bsky.social

I attended as PRESS.
Free to use. Media orgs that need explicit permission, please email me directly.
July 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Where the eff do I fall???
July 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
July 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If a tree falls in forest with no one around… did it make sound?

Answer: nobody cares.

If an academic writes an article, and only 0.00001% of the population actually reads it… did it make a change?

Answer: no. (And nobody cares.)
June 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
FUCK YES! Lookie what just came in mail 😎
June 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Overview of trip to TRANSLANGUAGING CLASSROOM SUMMER INSTITUTE lol
June 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
June 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM
June 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
June 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Arrived at TRANSLANGUAGING CLASSROOM INSTITUTE, NEW MEXICO.
June 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Self portraits in NEW MEXICO!

Good morning NM.
June 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
BREAKING:

After LA rebellion, Trump declares all of Mexico is now a DEI nation-state.
June 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
When it comes to threatening a MEXICAN’S family…

Well…

…what we are seeing in LA is the FIND OUT stage after one FUCKS AROUND.
June 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Shots from GRADUATE CENTER, CUNY.
Hunger strike.
June 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Heading into the NYC protests. One of our students is participating in the hunger strike! 😱✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Brooklyn College students tend to LEAD the resistance 🥰🥰🥰
June 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
June 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
America is gonna learn: don’t fuck with Mexicans. This is OUR home too. Direct action.

youtu.be/OOMIiINxY_Q?...
FBI investigating Los Angeles protests over ICE raids
YouTube video by CNN
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June 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
ARTICLE ACCEPTED!!!!

My next article will appear (HOPEFULLY) in the inaugural issue of Racial Justice in Multilingual Education in August, right next to a bunch of other KILLER articles.
June 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
NEW VIDEO FOR YOUR SYLLABUS!

Let’s make our social theory accessible and fun! This one is for race theorists! But, if you like comics, well that’s just a bonus!

WATCH FULL VIDEO: youtu.be/LVXDPWR1kG8?...
June 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
*NEW VIDEO for your SYLLABUS*

What would W.E.B. DU BOIS say about race in comic books? This video explains “double-consciousness” theory in a FUN but nuanced way, using graphics, humor, and a bit rage!. 👇🏽👇🏽

youtu.be/LVXDPWR1kG8?...
Black & Brown Superheroes are ANNOYING: On "double-consciousness" theory (Du Bois 1903)
YouTube video by Dr. Mike Mena
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June 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW VIDEO

Video is already LIVE for PATREON MEMBERS
www.patreon.com/c/SocialLife...

For everyone else: WEDNESDAY! This video will help ya understand "double-consciousness" theory, via racialized superheroes.

LET'S MAKE SOCIAL THEORY... NOT BORING, PLEASE.
June 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
NEXT TALK! I'll be in New Mexico at the TRANSLANGUAGING CLASSROOM INSTITUTE (June 12-13).

I'll also be facilitating a workshop of my "languaging representations" chart, or as I describe it, translanguaging theory made visual. :)
June 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM