Warda Farah
@wardasworld.bsky.social
Interested in all things Race, Disability & Language
I write what I like...
https://www.entanglecollective.co.uk/
farahconsulting.my.canva.site
https://vizzy.com/@wardafarah
I write what I like...
https://www.entanglecollective.co.uk/
farahconsulting.my.canva.site
https://vizzy.com/@wardafarah
Reposted by Warda Farah
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
Reposted by Warda Farah
Reposted by Warda Farah
And we cannot move towards abolition without this conversation because: The cultural hatred for Black and Brown teens, particularly those who are queer and/or disabled shapes ALL of our discourse on crime.
Some day we will talk about our cultural hatred for children and teens and the way it ties right into every conversation about crime
Today I am once again making loads of new Bluesky friends by insisting on one of my most sincerely held beliefs that makes way too many people fucking furious: that teenagers are autonomous beings who are not their parents' property and who possess independent volition and interiority
December 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
And we cannot move towards abolition without this conversation because: The cultural hatred for Black and Brown teens, particularly those who are queer and/or disabled shapes ALL of our discourse on crime.
Reposted by Warda Farah
The police killing of Sonya Massey ignited protests throughout the country. In Illinois, a civilian commission met over the last year to debate changes—holding tense, difficult meetings.
This story follows the commission for months—and captures just how agonizing these processes can be.
NEW:
This story follows the commission for months—and captures just how agonizing these processes can be.
NEW:
A Police Killing Drew National Protests. At Home, a Commission Struggles with How to Make a Difference. - Bolts
Part I: “I’m going to still try” On July 6, 2024, the morning after Sonya Massey was murdered by a Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy, a local citizen journalist named Calvin... Read More
boltsmag.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The police killing of Sonya Massey ignited protests throughout the country. In Illinois, a civilian commission met over the last year to debate changes—holding tense, difficult meetings.
This story follows the commission for months—and captures just how agonizing these processes can be.
NEW:
This story follows the commission for months—and captures just how agonizing these processes can be.
NEW:
Reposted by Warda Farah
the source article for the quote points out a major issue - orthographies for African languages sometimes don't mark tone, in spite of tone being crucial to word meaning! (and tonal pronunciation almost always changes postlexically, too - when you put words together into phrases) 🐦🐦
December 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
the source article for the quote points out a major issue - orthographies for African languages sometimes don't mark tone, in spite of tone being crucial to word meaning! (and tonal pronunciation almost always changes postlexically, too - when you put words together into phrases) 🐦🐦
Reposted by Warda Farah
Protip for good white people: there IS a answer when asked “are you racist?”
You simply say: “being born and raised in white supremacy means all of us hold and racialised worldviews. But I am learning about racism and working on changing my worldview and myself.”
1/2
You simply say: “being born and raised in white supremacy means all of us hold and racialised worldviews. But I am learning about racism and working on changing my worldview and myself.”
1/2
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Protip for good white people: there IS a answer when asked “are you racist?”
You simply say: “being born and raised in white supremacy means all of us hold and racialised worldviews. But I am learning about racism and working on changing my worldview and myself.”
1/2
You simply say: “being born and raised in white supremacy means all of us hold and racialised worldviews. But I am learning about racism and working on changing my worldview and myself.”
1/2
Reposted by Warda Farah
Alex Wheatle, novelist and ‘Brixton Bard’, dies aged 62
Alex Wheatle, novelist and ‘Brixton Bard’, dies aged 62
The writer, who found success with young adult novels, inspired one of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films which was based on the author’s childhood
British writer Alex Wheatle, the author of books including East of Acre Lane and the Crongton series, has…
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Alex Wheatle, novelist and ‘Brixton Bard’, dies aged 62
Reposted by Warda Farah
Hi my new book is already out and shipping! You should have bought it already!
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Hi my new book is already out and shipping! You should have bought it already!
Reposted by Warda Farah
New editorial in @journalautism.bsky.social with @yesthattoo.bsky.social @jordynbzim.bsky.social and @bettyyu.bsky.social where we argue that "nonverbal" and "minimally verbal" are not useful constructs for grouping or describing autistic people. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Conceptualizing and describing autistic language: Moving on from ‘verbal’, ‘minimally verbal’ and ‘nonverbal’ - Kristen Bottema-Beutel, Alyssa Hillary Zisk, Jordyn Zimmerman, Betty Yu, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New editorial in @journalautism.bsky.social with @yesthattoo.bsky.social @jordynbzim.bsky.social and @bettyyu.bsky.social where we argue that "nonverbal" and "minimally verbal" are not useful constructs for grouping or describing autistic people. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Warda Farah
We were thrilled to meet Warda at the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference last summer and are just as excited for this new, important book.
Are we nurturing a person’s capacity to express their truth or gently steering them toward an institutional ideal of what normal speech/language/communication should be? 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿
www.routledge.com/White-System...
www.routledge.com/White-System...
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
We were thrilled to meet Warda at the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference last summer and are just as excited for this new, important book.
Are we nurturing a person’s capacity to express their truth or gently steering them toward an institutional ideal of what normal speech/language/communication should be? 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿
www.routledge.com/White-System...
www.routledge.com/White-System...
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Are we nurturing a person’s capacity to express their truth or gently steering them toward an institutional ideal of what normal speech/language/communication should be? 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿
www.routledge.com/White-System...
www.routledge.com/White-System...
Reposted by Warda Farah
So happy to say our book is now published! Working with the amazing editorial team has been a privilege, including @abihackett.bsky.social, @davidbenshannon.bsky.social, Vishnu Kkn, Christina MacRae, Rachel Holmes, @khawlabadwan.bsky.social, Rosie Flewitt and @wardasworld.bsky.social. Thanks all! 🌸
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
So happy to say our book is now published! Working with the amazing editorial team has been a privilege, including @abihackett.bsky.social, @davidbenshannon.bsky.social, Vishnu Kkn, Christina MacRae, Rachel Holmes, @khawlabadwan.bsky.social, Rosie Flewitt and @wardasworld.bsky.social. Thanks all! 🌸
Reposted by Warda Farah
Every child has the right to play- the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
#earlyyears #play #playmatters #understandingchildhoods #SirenFilms
#earlyyears #play #playmatters #understandingchildhoods #SirenFilms
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Every child has the right to play- the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
#earlyyears #play #playmatters #understandingchildhoods #SirenFilms
#earlyyears #play #playmatters #understandingchildhoods #SirenFilms
Reposted by Warda Farah
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place | Julian Richer
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place | Julian Richer
I have been fortunate, and I know it. Now I’d like more successful people to admit that meritocracy is a myth, says Julian Richer, founder of Richer Sounds
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place | Julian Richer
Reposted by Warda Farah
On language, Ai, and care:
The interruption of care
The disruption of the machine
The interruption of care
The disruption of the machine
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
On language, Ai, and care:
The interruption of care
The disruption of the machine
The interruption of care
The disruption of the machine
Reposted by Warda Farah
🚨 New pub 🚨 co-authored w Dr. Keishana Barnes & Dr. Elizabeth Morgan, we uplift Black mothers’ advocacy work.
“Moving from Silence into Language and Action.” (Re)Imagining Advocacy with Black Motherscholars and Their Motherwork Across Multiple Contexts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Moving from Silence into Language and Action.” (Re)Imagining Advocacy with Black Motherscholars and Their Motherwork Across Multiple Contexts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Moving from Silence into Language and Action.” (Re)Imagining Advocacy with Black Motherscholars and Their Motherwork Across Multiple Contexts
Racial animus, the fear, hatred, dehumanizing, and othered perceptions of Black people is an ideology that too often undergirds Black children’s experiences within schools. Through similar patterns...
www.tandfonline.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🚨 New pub 🚨 co-authored w Dr. Keishana Barnes & Dr. Elizabeth Morgan, we uplift Black mothers’ advocacy work.
“Moving from Silence into Language and Action.” (Re)Imagining Advocacy with Black Motherscholars and Their Motherwork Across Multiple Contexts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Moving from Silence into Language and Action.” (Re)Imagining Advocacy with Black Motherscholars and Their Motherwork Across Multiple Contexts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Warda Farah
A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
wapo.st
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
Reposted by Warda Farah
Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
Reposted by Warda Farah
There is a lot for disabled people to be enraged about. I partnered with artist Finnegan Shannon on #DisabledRage public art. All graphics are downloadable & feel free to share and wheatpaste all over your community
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
September 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
There is a lot for disabled people to be enraged about. I partnered with artist Finnegan Shannon on #DisabledRage public art. All graphics are downloadable & feel free to share and wheatpaste all over your community
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
Reposted by Warda Farah
Here is another petition I would rather not have to sign.
Help protect Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester!
👇👇👇
c.org/2g4WxGSwmX
Help protect Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester!
👇👇👇
c.org/2g4WxGSwmX
We Can Make an Impact.
Save Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester
c.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Here is another petition I would rather not have to sign.
Help protect Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester!
👇👇👇
c.org/2g4WxGSwmX
Help protect Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester!
👇👇👇
c.org/2g4WxGSwmX
Reposted by Warda Farah
England’s top medical unions warn it’s unacceptable that Long COVID still isn’t classed as an occupational disease.
Three years after official advice, frontline health workers are still waiting for recognition and financial support.
www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...
Three years after official advice, frontline health workers are still waiting for recognition and financial support.
www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...
‘Unconscionable’ that the Government has not recognised Long COVID as an occupational disease, warns BMA and RCN - BMA media centre - BMA
Press release from the BMA.
www.bma.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
England’s top medical unions warn it’s unacceptable that Long COVID still isn’t classed as an occupational disease.
Three years after official advice, frontline health workers are still waiting for recognition and financial support.
www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...
Three years after official advice, frontline health workers are still waiting for recognition and financial support.
www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...
Reposted by Warda Farah
Experiencing racism does not make you immune from perpetuating racism.
Similarly, experiencing accentism does not make you immune from projecting ideas of "good" and "bad" accents.
Similarly, experiencing accentism does not make you immune from projecting ideas of "good" and "bad" accents.
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Experiencing racism does not make you immune from perpetuating racism.
Similarly, experiencing accentism does not make you immune from projecting ideas of "good" and "bad" accents.
Similarly, experiencing accentism does not make you immune from projecting ideas of "good" and "bad" accents.
Reposted by Warda Farah
"There is no blueprint for how to live in a body that is not easily definable as male or female".
It really is time that society stopped trying to pretend that intersex people don't exist.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It really is time that society stopped trying to pretend that intersex people don't exist.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘I don’t want anyone to suffer like I did’: the intersex campaigners fighting to limit surgery on children
What should be done about the small proportion of babies born with genitals that are neither typically male nor typically female? Many of those affected believe parents and doctors are often too quick...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
"There is no blueprint for how to live in a body that is not easily definable as male or female".
It really is time that society stopped trying to pretend that intersex people don't exist.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It really is time that society stopped trying to pretend that intersex people don't exist.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
A must read by THE @mboveda.bsky.social 🌿
We were grateful that THE Mildred Boveda provided a commentary on the special issue, unpacking tensions across fields that can make transdisciplinary work difficult and offering a roadmap for collaborative, anti-ableist research partnerships.
Embracing complexity: Applying intersectional, post-oppositional approaches to examinations of students with disabilities in educational psychology research
This article responds to calls for transdisciplinary collaboration between educational psychology, special education, and Disability Studies in Education (DSE) to better include and support student...
www.tandfonline.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A must read by THE @mboveda.bsky.social 🌿