Annie Heffernan
@annieheff.bsky.social
AP in political theory at University of Michigan working at the intersection of disability studies, feminist theory, and democratic theory. she/hers.
www.annheffernan.net
www.annheffernan.net
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“They Attend Strictly to Their Own Business”: Disability and the Construction of the Worker-Citizen | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
“They Attend Strictly to Their Own Business”: Disability and the Construction of the Worker-Citizen
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My article, “‘They Attend Strictly to Their Own Business’: Disability and the Construction of the Worker-Citizen” is now up on APSR FirstView!
YES.
Also: there are so many awesome mocktail brands and recipes (there are even dedicated NA stores, like The New Bar in SF). I've also become a huge fan of shrubs and this blackberry, lime, and star anise syrup from instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DNZFFsd...
Also: there are so many awesome mocktail brands and recipes (there are even dedicated NA stores, like The New Bar in SF). I've also become a huge fan of shrubs and this blackberry, lime, and star anise syrup from instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DNZFFsd...
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
YES.
Also: there are so many awesome mocktail brands and recipes (there are even dedicated NA stores, like The New Bar in SF). I've also become a huge fan of shrubs and this blackberry, lime, and star anise syrup from instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DNZFFsd...
Also: there are so many awesome mocktail brands and recipes (there are even dedicated NA stores, like The New Bar in SF). I've also become a huge fan of shrubs and this blackberry, lime, and star anise syrup from instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DNZFFsd...
My feelings about this are best summed up by the good Dame Emma Thompson (video below). In short: MAKE IT STAHP.
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My feelings about this are best summed up by the good Dame Emma Thompson (video below). In short: MAKE IT STAHP.
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Perhaps no one I trust less for cooking advice.
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Perhaps no one I trust less for cooking advice.
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new on @carceralhistory.bsky.social: distinguished historian @madameclair08.bsky.social pitches her new @beaconpress.bsky.social book, TELL HER STORY: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City
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carceral-history.ghost.io/authors-pitc...
author's pitch: how Eleanor Bumpurs became "more than my neighbor"
Today's author's pitch comes from Professor LaShawn Harris. She is an Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University. Her area of expertise includes twentieth century African American His...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
new on @carceralhistory.bsky.social: distinguished historian @madameclair08.bsky.social pitches her new @beaconpress.bsky.social book, TELL HER STORY: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City
carceral-history.ghost.io/authors-pitc...
carceral-history.ghost.io/authors-pitc...
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I'm sorry Ryan Lizza, Chris Clizza and Olivia Nuzzi thats too many z names for me to keep straight
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I'm sorry Ryan Lizza, Chris Clizza and Olivia Nuzzi thats too many z names for me to keep straight
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Today, @alybatt.bsky.social kicks off a symposium on her book, *Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature*
The idea of the free gift, she argues, can give us a deeper understanding of the environmental problems that plague capitalism. It can also help us better understand capitalism itself.
The idea of the free gift, she argues, can give us a deeper understanding of the environmental problems that plague capitalism. It can also help us better understand capitalism itself.
In the Shadow of Commodification
While capitalism is typically said to commodify everything, much of what makes up our world isn’t commodified at all. It instead appears as a free gift: a social form that describes the condition of…
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November 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Today, @alybatt.bsky.social kicks off a symposium on her book, *Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature*
The idea of the free gift, she argues, can give us a deeper understanding of the environmental problems that plague capitalism. It can also help us better understand capitalism itself.
The idea of the free gift, she argues, can give us a deeper understanding of the environmental problems that plague capitalism. It can also help us better understand capitalism itself.
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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OMG this kicker in the Harvard Crimson article!!
College journalism kicks ass, again
College journalism kicks ass, again
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
OMG this kicker in the Harvard Crimson article!!
College journalism kicks ass, again
College journalism kicks ass, again
"Frankie, a four-month-old Caribbean Flamingo whom Mr. Woolcock described as “aloof” and “quite a character,” left the zoo sometime around 8 a.m. on Nov. 2, when a staff member noticed she was missing from her flock."
spoiler: Frankie relocated to a beach in France 🦩
spoiler: Frankie relocated to a beach in France 🦩
On a Clipped Wing, Flamingo Escapes a British Zoo for a Life in France
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Frankie, a four-month-old Caribbean Flamingo whom Mr. Woolcock described as “aloof” and “quite a character,” left the zoo sometime around 8 a.m. on Nov. 2, when a staff member noticed she was missing from her flock."
spoiler: Frankie relocated to a beach in France 🦩
spoiler: Frankie relocated to a beach in France 🦩
I never met Alice Wong in person, but she was fierce, funny, and unapologetic voice within the disabled community—especially online. When I say I miss twitter I’m largely referring to the vibrant community of activists and intellectuals that made the site their home, with Alice as their lodestar
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I never met Alice Wong in person, but she was fierce, funny, and unapologetic voice within the disabled community—especially online. When I say I miss twitter I’m largely referring to the vibrant community of activists and intellectuals that made the site their home, with Alice as their lodestar
Yes, and often their deaths are attributed to their disabilities and not medical neglect, ableism, or financial hardship. That’s not to say that people don’t die of their conditions but I’m tired of reading obits that say something to the effect of “they died of Cerebral Palsy.”
One of the great heartbreaks of being in the disability community is how often we lose people and how many of our most powerful voices have gone silent. We must live our lives loudly and joyously in their honor and remember that our very existence is resistance.
Oh no I just heard we lost Alice. This is terribly sad. She was an incredible, talented, powerful voice of the disability community. She stood strong for herself and for all of us. She will be missed immensely.
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Yes, and often their deaths are attributed to their disabilities and not medical neglect, ableism, or financial hardship. That’s not to say that people don’t die of their conditions but I’m tired of reading obits that say something to the effect of “they died of Cerebral Palsy.”
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
They did say Portland was "war-ravaged"
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
They did say Portland was "war-ravaged"
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Somewhere between reading the UVA letter and the [redacted] NYT profile I decided that the remainder of today would be much better spent going to the grocery store and meal prepping for the weekend/week (thrilling, i know). BUT, if you have packable lunch recipes, pls. Send them my way.
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Somewhere between reading the UVA letter and the [redacted] NYT profile I decided that the remainder of today would be much better spent going to the grocery store and meal prepping for the weekend/week (thrilling, i know). BUT, if you have packable lunch recipes, pls. Send them my way.
paging the Dataviz folks, because…um…👀
Trump is the single most mentioned name in the 2,300 emails released.
The emails date back to 2009.
The emails date back to 2009.
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
paging the Dataviz folks, because…um…👀
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
This paragraph will haunt me. She was saving money to get braces. BRACES.
(from Michael Schmidt's devastating NYT article on Matt Gaetz's 17yo victim, gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...)
(from Michael Schmidt's devastating NYT article on Matt Gaetz's 17yo victim, gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...)
November 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This paragraph will haunt me. She was saving money to get braces. BRACES.
(from Michael Schmidt's devastating NYT article on Matt Gaetz's 17yo victim, gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...)
(from Michael Schmidt's devastating NYT article on Matt Gaetz's 17yo victim, gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...)
Here I was agonizing over every comma and exclamation mark in my correspondence, oblivious to the fact that an alarming number of extremely powerful, rich, and ethically bankrupt public figures (ahem, Larry Summers) were firing off emails that are borderline gibberish (with a side of ellipses).
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Here I was agonizing over every comma and exclamation mark in my correspondence, oblivious to the fact that an alarming number of extremely powerful, rich, and ethically bankrupt public figures (ahem, Larry Summers) were firing off emails that are borderline gibberish (with a side of ellipses).
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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It feels a bit weird to post right now in light of what has happened to @teenvogue.com and so much of the incredible team there. What sources shared here is important, & I’m grateful I got to work on this. I reported on how young people are being impacted by delays to SNAP: “It’s about survival.”
More Young People Will Go Hungry Without SNAP
“We’re trying to make it, but it’s been hard.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It feels a bit weird to post right now in light of what has happened to @teenvogue.com and so much of the incredible team there. What sources shared here is important, & I’m grateful I got to work on this. I reported on how young people are being impacted by delays to SNAP: “It’s about survival.”
Well this is adorable:
Vladdy is shown wearing Marie-Philip Poulin's game-worn Team Canada Sweater. Poulin, known as "Captain Clutch," led has led Team Canada to 3 gold medals (She's also the captain of the Montreal Victoire, so there's a little hometown pride in there, too)
Vladdy is shown wearing Marie-Philip Poulin's game-worn Team Canada Sweater. Poulin, known as "Captain Clutch," led has led Team Canada to 3 gold medals (She's also the captain of the Montreal Victoire, so there's a little hometown pride in there, too)
November 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Well this is adorable:
Vladdy is shown wearing Marie-Philip Poulin's game-worn Team Canada Sweater. Poulin, known as "Captain Clutch," led has led Team Canada to 3 gold medals (She's also the captain of the Montreal Victoire, so there's a little hometown pride in there, too)
Vladdy is shown wearing Marie-Philip Poulin's game-worn Team Canada Sweater. Poulin, known as "Captain Clutch," led has led Team Canada to 3 gold medals (She's also the captain of the Montreal Victoire, so there's a little hometown pride in there, too)
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People of Canada. You have one job. For the next 24 hours you have to get Drake as far away from Rogers Centre as possible. And keep him there.
November 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
People of Canada. You have one job. For the next 24 hours you have to get Drake as far away from Rogers Centre as possible. And keep him there.
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"He’s been dead since at least 1896. How long until we give him a second chance?"
I Am Just Trying to Have a Civil Online Conversation About Vampires
Whoa there! That’s a pretty extreme claim. Surely you don’t mean to call ALL vampires “blood-sucking ghouls?” Have you ever donated to a blood bank...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"He’s been dead since at least 1896. How long until we give him a second chance?"