Xine Yao PhD (she/they)
@xineyaophd.bsky.social
DISAFFECTED: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF UNFEELING @DukePress | @phdivaspodcast | Associate Professor | BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker | Co-Director @qUCL.bsky.social | rhymes w fine
from the colonies
https://www.dukeupress.edu/disaffected
from the colonies
https://www.dukeupress.edu/disaffected
Love to see I’m not alone in shading the choice of Valentino rockstuds in The Devil Wears Prada II teaser
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Love to see I’m not alone in shading the choice of Valentino rockstuds in The Devil Wears Prada II teaser
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You’re Welcome for your favorite lazy Sunday read:
“What happened to the New York that was run by predators, for predators?”
“What happened to the New York that was run by predators, for predators?”
If New York City Is No Longer Going to Be an Unaffordable Police State Run by Crooks, I’m Taking My Hard-Earned Sex-Pest Dollars Elsewhere
“New York millionaires are plotting their exit from the city after the election of Zohran Mamdani, the socialist who plans to increase the taxes of...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
You’re Welcome for your favorite lazy Sunday read:
“What happened to the New York that was run by predators, for predators?”
“What happened to the New York that was run by predators, for predators?”
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Sonia Sodha left wing? Jokers. She is not a trained journalist. She is literally further evidence that the British establishment’s idea of diversity is “more clueless privately educated people, but make them Black and Asian”. Her “writing” is crap.
The Sunday Telegraph featuring 'left-wing' Sonia Sodha.
Sodha currently writes for The Times, or was until the end of October.
Sodha currently writes for The Times, or was until the end of October.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sonia Sodha left wing? Jokers. She is not a trained journalist. She is literally further evidence that the British establishment’s idea of diversity is “more clueless privately educated people, but make them Black and Asian”. Her “writing” is crap.
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Heads up 😅
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Scrap the Bathroom Ban
🚨This is urgent🚨
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...
actionnetwork.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Heads up 😅
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
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the pet food bank near me has been having to close early from running out of food, so if this is your lane this is another way to help
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
the pet food bank near me has been having to close early from running out of food, so if this is your lane this is another way to help
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Transphobia is a pipeline to the far right. An example:
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
Suzanne Moore, who would rather be locked up than pay her BBC licence fee because the BBC is too nice to trans people for her liking.
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Transphobia is a pipeline to the far right. An example:
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
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Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
A 40-fold surge in cases and the litigation infrastructure behind it
ajustsociety.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
Yeah I guess I’m kinda simple in some ways — I always marvel at the dehumidifier whenever I empty it out
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Yeah I guess I’m kinda simple in some ways — I always marvel at the dehumidifier whenever I empty it out
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We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
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President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is about the government trying to police who we are and how we live.
Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Gender Passport Ruling Isn’t About ID (Gift Article)
And it defeats the basic purpose of the document.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is about the government trying to police who we are and how we live.
Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
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They f*ck you up, your OVC
They mean to and they do
They kill you with their weird ideas
And add some extra, to screw you.
But they were buttered up in their turn
By consultants in sharp suits,
Whose plans all make me churn
And woe betide any kid who really wants to learn.
They mean to and they do
They kill you with their weird ideas
And add some extra, to screw you.
But they were buttered up in their turn
By consultants in sharp suits,
Whose plans all make me churn
And woe betide any kid who really wants to learn.
Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
They f*ck you up, your OVC
They mean to and they do
They kill you with their weird ideas
And add some extra, to screw you.
But they were buttered up in their turn
By consultants in sharp suits,
Whose plans all make me churn
And woe betide any kid who really wants to learn.
They mean to and they do
They kill you with their weird ideas
And add some extra, to screw you.
But they were buttered up in their turn
By consultants in sharp suits,
Whose plans all make me churn
And woe betide any kid who really wants to learn.
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HELLO, BLUESKY!
In 2021, @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social published our fantastic symposium, ANTIRACISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY UNIVERSITY.
It's worth a re-read. (Also I am sharing for the updated urls, as they've redesigned their site.)
READ/SHARE/READ AGAIN!
lareviewofbooks.org/feature/anti...
🙌🙌🙌
1/8
In 2021, @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social published our fantastic symposium, ANTIRACISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY UNIVERSITY.
It's worth a re-read. (Also I am sharing for the updated urls, as they've redesigned their site.)
READ/SHARE/READ AGAIN!
lareviewofbooks.org/feature/anti...
🙌🙌🙌
1/8
“Antiracism in the Contemporary University,” a Symposium | Los Angeles Review of Books
lareviewofbooks.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
HELLO, BLUESKY!
In 2021, @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social published our fantastic symposium, ANTIRACISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY UNIVERSITY.
It's worth a re-read. (Also I am sharing for the updated urls, as they've redesigned their site.)
READ/SHARE/READ AGAIN!
lareviewofbooks.org/feature/anti...
🙌🙌🙌
1/8
In 2021, @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social published our fantastic symposium, ANTIRACISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY UNIVERSITY.
It's worth a re-read. (Also I am sharing for the updated urls, as they've redesigned their site.)
READ/SHARE/READ AGAIN!
lareviewofbooks.org/feature/anti...
🙌🙌🙌
1/8
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monstrous, monumental evil
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
monstrous, monumental evil
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Waiting at the DMV reading about how Cornell caved and the 6th circuit actually used the ludicrous phrase “biological pronouns.” Truly what fresh hell—
November 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Waiting at the DMV reading about how Cornell caved and the 6th circuit actually used the ludicrous phrase “biological pronouns.” Truly what fresh hell—
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Quite a headline.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Quite a headline.
Del Toro’s Frankenstein is exactly the kind of Frankenstein I thought del Toro would make
I mean that mostly in a positive sense
I mean that mostly in a positive sense
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Del Toro’s Frankenstein is exactly the kind of Frankenstein I thought del Toro would make
I mean that mostly in a positive sense
I mean that mostly in a positive sense
Oxfam Research Report published Oct 29 2025
Climate Plunder: How a Powerful Few Europeans are Locking the World into a Climate Disaster
www.oxfam.org/en/research/...
Climate Plunder: How a Powerful Few Europeans are Locking the World into a Climate Disaster
www.oxfam.org/en/research/...
Climate Plunder: How a Powerful Few Europeans are Locking the World into a Climate Disaster | Oxfam International
www.oxfam.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Oxfam Research Report published Oct 29 2025
Climate Plunder: How a Powerful Few Europeans are Locking the World into a Climate Disaster
www.oxfam.org/en/research/...
Climate Plunder: How a Powerful Few Europeans are Locking the World into a Climate Disaster
www.oxfam.org/en/research/...
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I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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🏆 BAAS Awards 2026 🏆
The BAAS Awards are back & accepting submissions! Click through the link to see available awards...
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Deadline: 17th December
The BAAS Awards are back & accepting submissions! Click through the link to see available awards...
buff.ly/WFVkgf7
Deadline: 17th December
2026 BAAS Awards NOW OPEN! - British Association for American Studies
Each year, BAAS offers a growing list of awards, prizes, teaching assistantships, and research awards supporting the development of American studies in Britain. The 2026 awards are now open for…
buff.ly
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🏆 BAAS Awards 2026 🏆
The BAAS Awards are back & accepting submissions! Click through the link to see available awards...
buff.ly/WFVkgf7
Deadline: 17th December
The BAAS Awards are back & accepting submissions! Click through the link to see available awards...
buff.ly/WFVkgf7
Deadline: 17th December
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Book is really real.
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Book is really real.
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Save 50% on #NewBook Indigenomicon by Jodi Byrd @arsavium.bsky.social, which brings video game studies and Indigenous studies into conversation with Black studies, queer studies, and Indigenous feminist critique. buff.ly/FBknSYW
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Save 50% on #NewBook Indigenomicon by Jodi Byrd @arsavium.bsky.social, which brings video game studies and Indigenous studies into conversation with Black studies, queer studies, and Indigenous feminist critique. buff.ly/FBknSYW
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Q: Is there enough LGBTQI+ content in pre-registration mental health nursing curriculum within comprehensive nursing education?
A: NO.
Congratultions Mark Hopwood on your first PhD studies publication
Read our review here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A: NO.
Congratultions Mark Hopwood on your first PhD studies publication
Read our review here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Integration of Gender and Sexuality Content Within Pre‐Registration Mental Health Nursing Curriculum: An Integrative Literature Review
This review explored the evidence regarding the integration of gender and sexuality content in preregistration Mental Health Nursing (MHN) curriculum, and any factors influencing content inclusion or....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Q: Is there enough LGBTQI+ content in pre-registration mental health nursing curriculum within comprehensive nursing education?
A: NO.
Congratultions Mark Hopwood on your first PhD studies publication
Read our review here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A: NO.
Congratultions Mark Hopwood on your first PhD studies publication
Read our review here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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TransActual have put together these handy FAQs to respond to MPs (or anyone else) who is still struggling to get their head round why the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice would be so devastating for the trans community.
Feel free to share, download, print, whatever!
transactual.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Feel free to share, download, print, whatever!
transactual.org.uk/wp-content/u...
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
TransActual have put together these handy FAQs to respond to MPs (or anyone else) who is still struggling to get their head round why the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice would be so devastating for the trans community.
Feel free to share, download, print, whatever!
transactual.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Feel free to share, download, print, whatever!
transactual.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd.bsky.social) absolutely suplexing the Platner tattoo apologists in the NYT today.
My professional life is spent thinking about what makes Americans so quick to shove overt Nazi stuff to the side in favor of political expedience - she gets this exactly right.
My professional life is spent thinking about what makes Americans so quick to shove overt Nazi stuff to the side in favor of political expedience - she gets this exactly right.
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd.bsky.social) absolutely suplexing the Platner tattoo apologists in the NYT today.
My professional life is spent thinking about what makes Americans so quick to shove overt Nazi stuff to the side in favor of political expedience - she gets this exactly right.
My professional life is spent thinking about what makes Americans so quick to shove overt Nazi stuff to the side in favor of political expedience - she gets this exactly right.