Reb v. Wade
@rsl318.bsky.social
queer disabled feminist activist formerly known as 'the abortion musicologist' // teacher, writer, PhD candidate, peer counselor // Southerner by birth, Kentuckian by trade, New Yorker forever // she & they
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told my family i'm defending my prospectus today
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November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
told my family i'm defending my prospectus today
apparently eugenics and AI had a baby
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
apparently eugenics and AI had a baby
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Look at the studies of why women and POC leave academia mid-way through thus creating a "leaky pipeline. " A recurring reason is harassment and bullying of a sexual OR non-sexual variety while their institutions stood by and did nothing claiming it's too hard to discipline tenured faculty.
and you might think sexual harassment at work is about desire, or maybe a lack of boundaries
let me tell you it is about shrinking the pool of competitors
if it's a boys' club you only have to be better than the other boys to look good
let me tell you it is about shrinking the pool of competitors
if it's a boys' club you only have to be better than the other boys to look good
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Look at the studies of why women and POC leave academia mid-way through thus creating a "leaky pipeline. " A recurring reason is harassment and bullying of a sexual OR non-sexual variety while their institutions stood by and did nothing claiming it's too hard to discipline tenured faculty.
the word "everyday" is doin' a lotta work here
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
the word "everyday" is doin' a lotta work here
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
being an abortion musicologist is fun because sometimes i'll put my music on shuffle and it'll be like Blondie -> Mahler -> Missy Elliott -> "2018 evangelical parade protest part 2 amplified fetus"
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
being an abortion musicologist is fun because sometimes i'll put my music on shuffle and it'll be like Blondie -> Mahler -> Missy Elliott -> "2018 evangelical parade protest part 2 amplified fetus"
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An anti-abortion protester has shot someone outside of a South Carolina Planned Parenthood.
My source says one person was injured and taken to the hospital—and that the protester was arrested.
More soon.
My source says one person was injured and taken to the hospital—and that the protester was arrested.
More soon.
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
An anti-abortion protester has shot someone outside of a South Carolina Planned Parenthood.
My source says one person was injured and taken to the hospital—and that the protester was arrested.
More soon.
My source says one person was injured and taken to the hospital—and that the protester was arrested.
More soon.
i've been thru some pretty objectively horrendous things in life, so it's weird that seven years down the road i'm still traumatized from getting forced out of a music PhD program. like objectively this is nowhere near the worst thing that has happened to me.
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
i've been thru some pretty objectively horrendous things in life, so it's weird that seven years down the road i'm still traumatized from getting forced out of a music PhD program. like objectively this is nowhere near the worst thing that has happened to me.
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Trump getting elected a few weeks AFTER the Access Hollywood tape dropped was to America’s culture of sexual violence what Sandy Hook was for gun violence—a clear sign that tens of millions of “conservatives” were totally fine with it.
i mean c’mon. the president’s best friend was the most notorious pedo in the country’s history who ran a massive child trafficking ring. every bit of circumstantial evidence we have says that trump was a participant. if this were a criminal trial we’d have enough evidence to compel a plea deal.
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump getting elected a few weeks AFTER the Access Hollywood tape dropped was to America’s culture of sexual violence what Sandy Hook was for gun violence—a clear sign that tens of millions of “conservatives” were totally fine with it.
haven't paid much attention at all to the epstein stuff until today because, you know, genocide, mass deportations, etc etc, but WOW WHAT THE FUCK
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
haven't paid much attention at all to the epstein stuff until today because, you know, genocide, mass deportations, etc etc, but WOW WHAT THE FUCK
the dentist convinced me to get an electric toothbrush bc i'm at risk for cavities and now every night i get to make up a new lil 2 min electronic music composition~~
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
the dentist convinced me to get an electric toothbrush bc i'm at risk for cavities and now every night i get to make up a new lil 2 min electronic music composition~~
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Did I go to the bar and make a Lisa Frank-themed social media ask for an organ? Yes.
benefits to donating:
- temporary break from work and responsibilities as you convalesce
- badass scar
- you grow your own organ back, that’s kinda cool
- good karma
- you save my life
(please share)
benefits to donating:
- temporary break from work and responsibilities as you convalesce
- badass scar
- you grow your own organ back, that’s kinda cool
- good karma
- you save my life
(please share)
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Did I go to the bar and make a Lisa Frank-themed social media ask for an organ? Yes.
benefits to donating:
- temporary break from work and responsibilities as you convalesce
- badass scar
- you grow your own organ back, that’s kinda cool
- good karma
- you save my life
(please share)
benefits to donating:
- temporary break from work and responsibilities as you convalesce
- badass scar
- you grow your own organ back, that’s kinda cool
- good karma
- you save my life
(please share)
"When speaking about the months since he lost his job [as a correction officer], he repeatedly used the phrase 'becoming human.' 'The more I become human again,' he said, the more he could see this predicament from the incarcerated man’s point of view.'"
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A Year of Convulsions in New York’s Prisons
Jennifer Gonnerman reports on how two murders and a strike exposed a system at its breaking point.
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"When speaking about the months since he lost his job [as a correction officer], he repeatedly used the phrase 'becoming human.' 'The more I become human again,' he said, the more he could see this predicament from the incarcerated man’s point of view.'"
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
first snow of the season; first hot toddy of the season
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
first snow of the season; first hot toddy of the season
just spent 7 weeks cat-sitting and now i am finally home and i just found myself exclaiming "these copy-editors are fucking with my commas!!!" to an empty room
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
just spent 7 weeks cat-sitting and now i am finally home and i just found myself exclaiming "these copy-editors are fucking with my commas!!!" to an empty room
ok i know i complain a lot here on bluesky, mostly because i appreciate commiseration/solidarity, but FOR THE RECORD i recognize that i am very lucky
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
ok i know i complain a lot here on bluesky, mostly because i appreciate commiseration/solidarity, but FOR THE RECORD i recognize that i am very lucky
@erinkmaher.bsky.social ok i'm sorry for the trouble but you strike me as a good person to ask a fairly time-sensitive Q...
i have a journal article in copy-editing stage and words aren't making sense for me rn. does "the year prior" sound ok? ("the year before"? "the previous year"?)
i have a journal article in copy-editing stage and words aren't making sense for me rn. does "the year prior" sound ok? ("the year before"? "the previous year"?)
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
@erinkmaher.bsky.social ok i'm sorry for the trouble but you strike me as a good person to ask a fairly time-sensitive Q...
i have a journal article in copy-editing stage and words aren't making sense for me rn. does "the year prior" sound ok? ("the year before"? "the previous year"?)
i have a journal article in copy-editing stage and words aren't making sense for me rn. does "the year prior" sound ok? ("the year before"? "the previous year"?)
one cool thing about clinic escorting for 6+ years (other than helping ppl access abortion!) is that now i am REALLY good at speedily getting dressed for 25° weather while it's so early that the sun isn't even up yet
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
one cool thing about clinic escorting for 6+ years (other than helping ppl access abortion!) is that now i am REALLY good at speedily getting dressed for 25° weather while it's so early that the sun isn't even up yet
literally just logged on while taking a break from folding laundry and ugh, what a fucking bummer. not surprised, just so so exhausted.
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
literally just logged on while taking a break from folding laundry and ugh, what a fucking bummer. not surprised, just so so exhausted.
str8 people when they find out i don't want kids: "but who will take care of you when you're old?"
1) weird that part of your reason for procreating is so your offspring will feel obligated to take care of you
2) to answer your question: an entire discord server full of lesbians
1) weird that part of your reason for procreating is so your offspring will feel obligated to take care of you
2) to answer your question: an entire discord server full of lesbians
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
str8 people when they find out i don't want kids: "but who will take care of you when you're old?"
1) weird that part of your reason for procreating is so your offspring will feel obligated to take care of you
2) to answer your question: an entire discord server full of lesbians
1) weird that part of your reason for procreating is so your offspring will feel obligated to take care of you
2) to answer your question: an entire discord server full of lesbians
finally (FINALLY) cancelled my spotify subscription, and my chest feels so much lighter, like i finally rid myself of the albatross hanging around my neck
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
finally (FINALLY) cancelled my spotify subscription, and my chest feels so much lighter, like i finally rid myself of the albatross hanging around my neck
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ten-year anniversary of my first national conference: AMS in Louisville, where my friend sneaked a pic of a celeb while we ate brunch at a local biscuit joint
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ten-year anniversary of my first national conference: AMS in Louisville, where my friend sneaked a pic of a celeb while we ate brunch at a local biscuit joint
still kinda embarrassed about how last week at lez book club, when someone introduced themself as "actually just an ally", i blurted "for now!!"
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
still kinda embarrassed about how last week at lez book club, when someone introduced themself as "actually just an ally", i blurted "for now!!"