Alexis Shotwell
@alexisshotwell.bsky.social
Feminist theorist writing about imperfection and impurity as a good place to start, Ursula K Le Guin's anarchist communism, disability, ecology, racism, getting together to fix complex problems. Functional potter, year-round cyclist, queer, earnest.
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Everybody sad about the loss of Teen Vogue and independent left outlets in general can get their wallets ready to pre-order the next print issue of @pinko.online which will ship by the end of the year. It’s still here and it’s beautiful
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Everybody sad about the loss of Teen Vogue and independent left outlets in general can get their wallets ready to pre-order the next print issue of @pinko.online which will ship by the end of the year. It’s still here and it’s beautiful
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This Tuesday I'll be joining Jasper Bernes in discussion, talking about his book The Future of Revolution. I'll be reading from a SF story I was wrote in response. It's about about revolutionary factory workers in Brazil, set in the world of Everything for Everyone. www.e-flux.com/events/67832...
The Future of Revolution: Jasper Bernes with M. E. O’Brien - Events - e-flux
Join us for a presentation by Jasper Bernes, followed by a response from M. E. O’Brien.
www.e-flux.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This Tuesday I'll be joining Jasper Bernes in discussion, talking about his book The Future of Revolution. I'll be reading from a SF story I was wrote in response. It's about about revolutionary factory workers in Brazil, set in the world of Everything for Everyone. www.e-flux.com/events/67832...
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Join socialist activist & scholar @redprof.bsky.social for the launch of Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History, in conversation with @caradrianh.bsky.social.
Sat Dec 6, 7pm-8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/mcnally
Sat Dec 6, 7pm-8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/mcnally
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Join socialist activist & scholar @redprof.bsky.social for the launch of Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History, in conversation with @caradrianh.bsky.social.
Sat Dec 6, 7pm-8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/mcnally
Sat Dec 6, 7pm-8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/mcnally
This is the con that changed how I think about what academia could be, and also saved my soul over the last six years and also it’s just incredibly fun, kind, and riveting. Come hang out with me in Montreal in June!
Scintillation is a small convention in Montreal in June, focused on reading and writing SF and fantasy. It is a lot of fun, and all people of goodwill who like reading and talking about books are welcome. Membership for 2026 is now open
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Scintillation is a small literary convention taking place in Montréal in June.
www.scintillation.ca
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is the con that changed how I think about what academia could be, and also saved my soul over the last six years and also it’s just incredibly fun, kind, and riveting. Come hang out with me in Montreal in June!
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I hung out with Lois yesterday and we talked about these things. She is NEVER involved in ANYTHING like this. If you get a message or a social media DM claiming to be her, IT NEVER IS.
I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
writerbeware.blog
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I hung out with Lois yesterday and we talked about these things. She is NEVER involved in ANYTHING like this. If you get a message or a social media DM claiming to be her, IT NEVER IS.
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Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
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i think its quite eye opening. in a sense trans women & trans people in general are by no means exceptional and many are of course complex and flawed people but there is something about moving beyond cisness that gives someone access to a self-consciousness and subjectivity that is enlightening.
transness is a gift. i need every trans woman to understand that by nature of their existence they have been blessed with the ability to pluck the strands of fate with their hands if they choose to. it is not always easy and it is not without hardship but every trans woman is capable of greatness.
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
i think its quite eye opening. in a sense trans women & trans people in general are by no means exceptional and many are of course complex and flawed people but there is something about moving beyond cisness that gives someone access to a self-consciousness and subjectivity that is enlightening.
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I always described this one as my "coming out" essay because it exposed my #neurodivergence in a vulnerable way I had never done before, BUT I had no idea it exposed the inner world of my #DissociativeIdentityDisorder until a decade later, in 2024 ...
open.substack.com/pub/karriehi...
open.substack.com/pub/karriehi...
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I always described this one as my "coming out" essay because it exposed my #neurodivergence in a vulnerable way I had never done before, BUT I had no idea it exposed the inner world of my #DissociativeIdentityDisorder until a decade later, in 2024 ...
open.substack.com/pub/karriehi...
open.substack.com/pub/karriehi...
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Well, sorry to hear that Texas A&M isn’t interested in being an institution of learning
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Well, sorry to hear that Texas A&M isn’t interested in being an institution of learning
This looks really interesting; I spend a lot of time in my work teaching writing (both just, teaching writing, but also teaching writing as part of my teaching) thinking about how assignments can support neurodivergent students *and* faculty. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Of Many Minds
Neurodiversity and Mental Health Among University Faculty and Staff
www.press.jhu.edu
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This looks really interesting; I spend a lot of time in my work teaching writing (both just, teaching writing, but also teaching writing as part of my teaching) thinking about how assignments can support neurodivergent students *and* faculty. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
I have for some time now told crows the story of my friend Marissa who tells stories to crows, and here at last is a story about that.
New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I have for some time now told crows the story of my friend Marissa who tells stories to crows, and here at last is a story about that.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Wowwwwww what the HELL
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Wowwwwww what the HELL
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Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!
“We have to be building political homes while also doing the door-knocking and organizing that builds power and changes lives. The duality of that work can be hard to hold.”
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
Building a Political Home - Boston Review
Activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen on winning power in the midst of a “generational war.”
www.bostonreview.net
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!
There are many reasons to love Marissa Lingen, and this is one.
small child on the way out of the library, dragging his feet and chanting angrily: NO PIZZA, BOOKS! NO PIZZA, BOOKS!
me: What if...both?
Small child stares goggle-eyed for a very long moment, then continues his exit from the library, chanting happily: PIZZA AND BOOKS! PIZZA AND BOOKS!
me: What if...both?
Small child stares goggle-eyed for a very long moment, then continues his exit from the library, chanting happily: PIZZA AND BOOKS! PIZZA AND BOOKS!
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
There are many reasons to love Marissa Lingen, and this is one.
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The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major
Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand
The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…
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October 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major
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"You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you."
- Miss Major, 2023 💔
- Miss Major, 2023 💔
October 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you."
- Miss Major, 2023 💔
- Miss Major, 2023 💔
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Our plane to Spain is in the air!
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Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
🙌🙌
Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
October 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Our plane to Spain is in the air!
🙌🙌
Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
🙌🙌
Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
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“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
October 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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This week in rad Ottawa:
October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification;
Rallies of Allies for Court Support - Solidarity with Kebaowek;
Film Screening: Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019);
Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon; & more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification;
Rallies of Allies for Court Support - Solidarity with Kebaowek;
Film Screening: Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019);
Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon; & more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
October 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This week in rad Ottawa:
October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification;
Rallies of Allies for Court Support - Solidarity with Kebaowek;
Film Screening: Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019);
Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon; & more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification;
Rallies of Allies for Court Support - Solidarity with Kebaowek;
Film Screening: Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019);
Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon; & more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
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Alexis Shotwell on anarchism. New episode on podcast platforms & pls smash like & subscribe on YouTube: youtu.be/V3evGc0mF5Y)
October 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Alexis Shotwell on anarchism. New episode on podcast platforms & pls smash like & subscribe on YouTube: youtu.be/V3evGc0mF5Y)
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Out today: Drawing on nearly a decade of fieldwork, a sensitive, timely examination of how colonial power infiltrates family dynamics, enforces gendered mobility restrictions, shapes local economies. Checkpoint 300 by @casesofyou.bsky.social
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791984...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791984...
September 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Out today: Drawing on nearly a decade of fieldwork, a sensitive, timely examination of how colonial power infiltrates family dynamics, enforces gendered mobility restrictions, shapes local economies. Checkpoint 300 by @casesofyou.bsky.social
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791984...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791984...
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An excellent interview with @lydiajean.bsky.social! "As a geographer, I’m really interested in thinking through the different scales of the carceral state. We often talk about the state as if it’s a monolith, instead of as a multi-scalar and contradictory assemblage of institutions."
Abolition After Katrina | Lydia Pelot-Hobbs and David Stein
Countless people are left in harm’s way because of the state’s refusal to make evacuation plans. The hurricane ends up coming through weaker than expected—but then the levees break. Within hours, 80 p...
www.nplusonemag.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
An excellent interview with @lydiajean.bsky.social! "As a geographer, I’m really interested in thinking through the different scales of the carceral state. We often talk about the state as if it’s a monolith, instead of as a multi-scalar and contradictory assemblage of institutions."
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Reconciliation is neither possible nor desirable, since there was never a positive relationship in the first place. Nonetheless...
Canada’s “elbows up” nationalism may look like resistance to Trump, but it risks repeating the colonial violence it claims to oppose. Ellen Gabriel and @seancarleton.bsky.social warn that patriotism built on erasing Indigenous struggles makes real reconciliation impossible.
Resisting Canada’s ‘elbows up’ colonialism
Canada’s new “elbows up” nationalism frames itself as resistance to Trump and US expansionism—but it risks recycling colonial myths. By glossing over the Mohawk Resistance and ongoing land theft, patr...
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September 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Reconciliation is neither possible nor desirable, since there was never a positive relationship in the first place. Nonetheless...
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At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/t...
At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans
Federal agents hurled tear gas and pepper spray into a crowd of about 100 protesters who attempted to block vans from entering and exiting a U.S. Immigration and Customs holding facility in Broadvi…
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September 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/t...