Heather Battles
@anthroetc.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Bioanthropology at UoA in Aotearoa/NZ. Infectious disease and epidemics; disability; history and memory.
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Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
thesicktimes.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Those are AMAZING! 😍
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Those are AMAZING! 😍
And it's not just in the US - I imagine Wenner Gren would be getting more applications from international researchers as our funding is cut too (New Zealand recently made major science cuts, and eliminated the humanities + social sciences panels from our national research grants body).
July 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
And it's not just in the US - I imagine Wenner Gren would be getting more applications from international researchers as our funding is cut too (New Zealand recently made major science cuts, and eliminated the humanities + social sciences panels from our national research grants body).