Ada Hubrig (they/them)
@adahubrig.bsky.social
I'm here for #disabled and #trans community.
#TeamRhetoric, Assistant Prof of English & Writing Program Administrator, composition studies.
Disabled. Autistic. Cane user. Ostomate. Cat mom. trans/genderqueer femme. Polyam. They/Them
#TeamRhetoric, Assistant Prof of English & Writing Program Administrator, composition studies.
Disabled. Autistic. Cane user. Ostomate. Cat mom. trans/genderqueer femme. Polyam. They/Them
Pinned
[Full disclosure: sometimes I say things because I need to hear them too. I don’t mean to posture as if I have it together; I definitely do not. Hugs to us all. ❤️]
Felt kinda cute today. Anyway happy Saturday ✨️
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Felt kinda cute today. Anyway happy Saturday ✨️
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Do not cram alt text with keywords just to improve search engine optimization. This will hinder alt text’s true purpose: improving accessibility. Focus on describing the photo's content. Search engine optimization should not be the goal for writing good alt text.
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Do not cram alt text with keywords just to improve search engine optimization. This will hinder alt text’s true purpose: improving accessibility. Focus on describing the photo's content. Search engine optimization should not be the goal for writing good alt text.
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This is literally fine and normal? People watch porn, guys. So much would be made so much easier if you could all just accept that and move on. Like… seriously.
James Talarico, a Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate who has put his faith at the forefront of his campaign, follows several adult film performers, escorts and OnlyFans models on Instagram, according to an Axios review.
Faith-forward Texas Senate candidate follows porn actors, escorts online
James Talarico has become a sensation in Texas politics by talking about how his Christianity is the basis for his progressive politics.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This is literally fine and normal? People watch porn, guys. So much would be made so much easier if you could all just accept that and move on. Like… seriously.
I keep trying--as silly and queer as my attempts may be--because I want the world to be a bit brighter and better for us all.
Thanks to kind humans everywhere working to make their corner of our world brighter, too ❤️✨️
Thanks to kind humans everywhere working to make their corner of our world brighter, too ❤️✨️
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I keep trying--as silly and queer as my attempts may be--because I want the world to be a bit brighter and better for us all.
Thanks to kind humans everywhere working to make their corner of our world brighter, too ❤️✨️
Thanks to kind humans everywhere working to make their corner of our world brighter, too ❤️✨️
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Transphobes are already targeting the biggest star in women's soccer and baselessly alleging she's a man because she's Black. This is what trans people warned would happen. Gender policing that becomes explicitly racial.
www.outsports.com/2025/11/6/24...
www.outsports.com/2025/11/6/24...
A women's soccer star is the target of an anti-trans activist - Outsports
Barbra Banda's peers in the NWSL stood up for her when the head of an anti-trans fashion brand tried to demean her.
www.outsports.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Transphobes are already targeting the biggest star in women's soccer and baselessly alleging she's a man because she's Black. This is what trans people warned would happen. Gender policing that becomes explicitly racial.
www.outsports.com/2025/11/6/24...
www.outsports.com/2025/11/6/24...
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At the beginning of my transition, I stumbled across @valeriehalla.dicot.moe's Goodbye to Halos. It was a lifeline to me, offering me a vision of a life after transition, a world of simple acceptance.
There's something profoundly special about the bits of media that help us see ourselves early on.
There's something profoundly special about the bits of media that help us see ourselves early on.
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
At the beginning of my transition, I stumbled across @valeriehalla.dicot.moe's Goodbye to Halos. It was a lifeline to me, offering me a vision of a life after transition, a world of simple acceptance.
There's something profoundly special about the bits of media that help us see ourselves early on.
There's something profoundly special about the bits of media that help us see ourselves early on.
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Adequate: Rewriting the Logics of Success in Rhetoric and Composition, edited by @joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social and me, is available for pre-order with a 40% discount with code OLBA26! There's a ton of brilliant writing in here. Please buy it and encourage your library to buy copies too!
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Adequate: Rewriting the Logics of Success in Rhetoric and Composition, edited by @joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social and me, is available for pre-order with a 40% discount with code OLBA26! There's a ton of brilliant writing in here. Please buy it and encourage your library to buy copies too!
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Hey #writingstudies and #teamrhetoric folks: do you grapple with unrealistic labor expectations? Ever feel like you are just not enough? This collection argues for the enoughness and power of being "adequate," and it's pretty great!
Adequate: Rewriting the Logics of Success in Rhetoric and Composition, edited by @joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social and me, is available for pre-order with a 40% discount with code OLBA26! There's a ton of brilliant writing in here. Please buy it and encourage your library to buy copies too!
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Hey #writingstudies and #teamrhetoric folks: do you grapple with unrealistic labor expectations? Ever feel like you are just not enough? This collection argues for the enoughness and power of being "adequate," and it's pretty great!
thank you @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social for your thoughtful presentation on building trans educational resources that take on deep level thinking about building this work. ❤️
November 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
thank you @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social for your thoughtful presentation on building trans educational resources that take on deep level thinking about building this work. ❤️
Thank you for these posts and your voice ❤️✨️
The part we far too often don't talk about when we finally get the gender-affirming surgeries that we need is how hard recovery is--and I don't mean the physical stuff. Today, on Stained Glass Woman, we're looking at The Other Recovery.
stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/the-other-...
stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/the-other-...
The Other Recovery
Handling post-surgical depression
stainedglasswoman.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thank you for these posts and your voice ❤️✨️
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SUCH a key point from #CCCC (paraphrased): trans people are in a constant state of digital diaspora, pushed out of platforms they helped create/shape, & thus constantly ~building~ the internet
Cred @lawsonvee.bsky.social @rubymendozaphd.bsky.social @adahubrig.bsky.social Avery Edenfield &Erin Green
Cred @lawsonvee.bsky.social @rubymendozaphd.bsky.social @adahubrig.bsky.social Avery Edenfield &Erin Green
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
SUCH a key point from #CCCC (paraphrased): trans people are in a constant state of digital diaspora, pushed out of platforms they helped create/shape, & thus constantly ~building~ the internet
Cred @lawsonvee.bsky.social @rubymendozaphd.bsky.social @adahubrig.bsky.social Avery Edenfield &Erin Green
Cred @lawsonvee.bsky.social @rubymendozaphd.bsky.social @adahubrig.bsky.social Avery Edenfield &Erin Green
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, October 31, 2025 - Friday Video Share: "Ableism in the Cosplay Community. Let's Talk."
#Disability #Disabled
disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io/10-31-25-fri...
#Disability #Disabled
disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io/10-31-25-fri...
10/31/25 - Friday Video Share: “Ableism in the Cosplay Community. Let's Talk.”
"Ableism in the Cosplay Community. Let's Talk."
Colleen Cosplay - December 5, 2021
I went looking for a video appropriate for Halloween, and found this one. And in the process I found what looks lik...
disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, October 31, 2025 - Friday Video Share: "Ableism in the Cosplay Community. Let's Talk."
#Disability #Disabled
disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io/10-31-25-fri...
#Disability #Disabled
disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io/10-31-25-fri...
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We are excited to announce that on the 4th November at 6:30pm BST, we will be doing a live Q&A on our Discord with @clairestranstalks.bsky.social to talk about the Gender Clinic files to answer your questions.
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We are excited to announce that on the 4th November at 6:30pm BST, we will be doing a live Q&A on our Discord with @clairestranstalks.bsky.social to talk about the Gender Clinic files to answer your questions.
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I'm so tired of feeling afraid all the time. 😭
October 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I'm so tired of feeling afraid all the time. 😭
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Any recommendations for interesting autistic accounts to follow? Ideally, I'm looking for individuals/organisations, rather than starter packs, but all suggestions are welcome.
October 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Any recommendations for interesting autistic accounts to follow? Ideally, I'm looking for individuals/organisations, rather than starter packs, but all suggestions are welcome.
The Andrew formerly known as Prince Andrew
Andrew did not explicitly mention his alleged ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a statement Friday, but noted he denies “the accusations against me.”
Prince Andrew Gives Up Royal Titles Following Scrutiny Around Epstein Connections
Andrew did not explicitly mention his alleged ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a statement Friday, but noted he denies “the accusations against me.”
www.forbes.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The Andrew formerly known as Prince Andrew
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New in The Fulcrum!
In the article, I consider banned books week’s theme (censorship is so 1984) and how it’s important for us to remember that “Fascism doesn’t maintain itself. People maintain it.”
thefulcrum.us/governance-l...
In the article, I consider banned books week’s theme (censorship is so 1984) and how it’s important for us to remember that “Fascism doesn’t maintain itself. People maintain it.”
thefulcrum.us/governance-l...
The Censors Have Names. Use Them.
Banned Books Week just ended, but the fight it highlights continues every other week of the year. This year’s theme was Censorship is So 1984: Read for Your Rights, invoking George Orwell’s famous nov...
thefulcrum.us
October 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
New in The Fulcrum!
In the article, I consider banned books week’s theme (censorship is so 1984) and how it’s important for us to remember that “Fascism doesn’t maintain itself. People maintain it.”
thefulcrum.us/governance-l...
In the article, I consider banned books week’s theme (censorship is so 1984) and how it’s important for us to remember that “Fascism doesn’t maintain itself. People maintain it.”
thefulcrum.us/governance-l...
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Have a piece today in TEEN VOGUE from my new book POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT detailing how the NYPD, LAPD, cops in Chicago and Memphis surveilled the civil rights movement—and then destroyed millions of surveillance files in the ‘70s, including ones that may have shed like on MLK’s assassination.
October 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Have a piece today in TEEN VOGUE from my new book POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT detailing how the NYPD, LAPD, cops in Chicago and Memphis surveilled the civil rights movement—and then destroyed millions of surveillance files in the ‘70s, including ones that may have shed like on MLK’s assassination.
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For #BannedBooksWeek, we’re highlighting the unjust censorship of political books which impacts countless incarcerated readers each year.
For every book purchased from this reading list, we will be sending a book to someone who is incarcerated.
For every book purchased from this reading list, we will be sending a book to someone who is incarcerated.
Books Are For Everyone: A Banned Books Week Reading List
Banned Books Week—October 5th to 11th—is an annual celebration of the freedom to read, and the aspiration that books should be accessible to all. In recognition of Banned Books Week 2025, Haymarket is...
www.haymarketbooks.org
October 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
For #BannedBooksWeek, we’re highlighting the unjust censorship of political books which impacts countless incarcerated readers each year.
For every book purchased from this reading list, we will be sending a book to someone who is incarcerated.
For every book purchased from this reading list, we will be sending a book to someone who is incarcerated.
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So, at the very least, we all need to be joining or starting an AAUP chapter:
www.aaup.org/chapters/fin...
www.aaup.org/chapters/fin...
Find a Chapter
A list of AAUP chapters, both unionized and nonunionized. (You can also see a list of just union chapters.)
www.aaup.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So, at the very least, we all need to be joining or starting an AAUP chapter:
www.aaup.org/chapters/fin...
www.aaup.org/chapters/fin...
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I wrote about the firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social from the @washingtonpost.com, the expulsion of two Black college students in Texas, and the dangerous precedent that is being set up around free speech and academic freedom in the U.S. for @thebarbedwire.com
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
The Free Speech Crisis for Black Americans Is Worse Than You Think
Don’t let Jimmy Kimmel’s return fool you: Black academics are more frightened of talking to the press than I’ve ever seen.
thebarbedwire.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I wrote about the firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social from the @washingtonpost.com, the expulsion of two Black college students in Texas, and the dangerous precedent that is being set up around free speech and academic freedom in the U.S. for @thebarbedwire.com
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
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Breaking: Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities.
Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities
Advocacy groups say the new state law, presidential executive order and gubernatorial letter Tedd Mitchell cited do not prohibit classroom discussions of particular LGBTQ+ identities.
www.texastribune.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Breaking: Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities.
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NEW: Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX has told faculty that they can't discuss trans people in curriculum. When I asked the justification for the policy, they referenced Texas state law - but Texas law doesn't forbid discussions of trans people in higher ed.
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Texas school threatens to fire faculty if they discuss this topic
ASU says the new policy is in response to Texas law. But no such law banning discussions of trans people exists.
www.chron.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
NEW: Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX has told faculty that they can't discuss trans people in curriculum. When I asked the justification for the policy, they referenced Texas state law - but Texas law doesn't forbid discussions of trans people in higher ed.
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...