Audra Mitchell
@audralmitchell.bsky.social
Professor, writer & Canada Research Chair, Global Political Ecology. "Tremendous Horror Show"/ Tylenol side effect. Working towards anti-oppressive futures. Most recent book: 'Revenant Ecologies'. www.audramitchell.org Kitten photos b/c we all need them.
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#introduction I'm a settler writer and professor living on Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe lands. I research, write and agitate around global structural violence, ecological harms, disability justice, anti-oppressive futures, queer, anti-colonial and anti-racist politics. Also a cat parent!
Prof. Farhana Sultana is a path-breaking scholar of political ecology who has been placed on leave by Syracuse University for a post made on her personal SMs in a context of cascading political repression. Pls sign this letter calling for her immediate reinstatement
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Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Prof. Farhana Sultana is a path-breaking scholar of political ecology who has been placed on leave by Syracuse University for a post made on her personal SMs in a context of cascading political repression. Pls sign this letter calling for her immediate reinstatement
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Looking to do some reading this weekend? Check out our Beyond Do No Harm reading guide, which shares articles, books + more for anyone wanting to dive deeper into topics around criminalization of care or providing care for criminalized populations: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
October 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Looking to do some reading this weekend? Check out our Beyond Do No Harm reading guide, which shares articles, books + more for anyone wanting to dive deeper into topics around criminalization of care or providing care for criminalized populations: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
Holy shit, it's almost like they're saying Autistic people are diverse! Glad to see journos are still calling on Uta Frith and that ilk to provide highly technical terms like 'ragbag' to describe the diversity of our communities.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Autism should not be seen as single condition with one cause, say scientists
Those diagnosed as small children typically have distinct genetic profile from those diagnosed later, study finds
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Holy shit, it's almost like they're saying Autistic people are diverse! Glad to see journos are still calling on Uta Frith and that ilk to provide highly technical terms like 'ragbag' to describe the diversity of our communities.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".
100% this. Autistic people (and Autistic communities and cultures) exist in ways that scramble all lines of class, race, gender and disability. Very threatening to a lot of forms of power.
I think…people’s obsession with “a cause”…is precisely because autism’s genetic randomness is hard to stratify by social class……………..
THERE. ARE. NO. 'CAUSES'. OF. AUTISM.
(other than being born as a member of Homo sapiens, which is a huge risk factor for turning out to be Autistic).
(other than being born as a member of Homo sapiens, which is a huge risk factor for turning out to be Autistic).
September 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
100% this. Autistic people (and Autistic communities and cultures) exist in ways that scramble all lines of class, race, gender and disability. Very threatening to a lot of forms of power.
THERE. ARE. NO. 'CAUSES'. OF. AUTISM.
(other than being born as a member of Homo sapiens, which is a huge risk factor for turning out to be Autistic).
(other than being born as a member of Homo sapiens, which is a huge risk factor for turning out to be Autistic).
September 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
THERE. ARE. NO. 'CAUSES'. OF. AUTISM.
(other than being born as a member of Homo sapiens, which is a huge risk factor for turning out to be Autistic).
(other than being born as a member of Homo sapiens, which is a huge risk factor for turning out to be Autistic).
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Dreadful to see this - Farhana Sultana is a stellar academic, with a commitment to social justice. She repeatedly said she was being targeted on this platform & on others. I note her account is deleted. Shame on Syracuse for not standing up for colleagues ⬇️ solidarity to her & Jenn Jackson
Hey, people who work on climate especially, you should know this is happening.
September 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Dreadful to see this - Farhana Sultana is a stellar academic, with a commitment to social justice. She repeatedly said she was being targeted on this platform & on others. I note her account is deleted. Shame on Syracuse for not standing up for colleagues ⬇️ solidarity to her & Jenn Jackson
If you're interested in the crossing points between crip theory, anti-eugenics, environment, global health and global ethics, check out @octoqueenphd.bsky.social 's new podcast #UnwellToBeginWith. It was a blast to be the first guest, & a fantastic episode with @stressedbranch.bsky.social is now up
For our 1st episode, I spoke with @audralmitchell.bsky.social about why crip knowledge systems belong in fields like IR & environmental studies; how policing gets normalized in classrooms; & why crip politics is about a lot more than just disability
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Episode 1: Autistic Knowledge Ecologies with Audra Mitchell | Unwell to Begin With
"These shared resonances which are often infantilized and dismissed as 'special interests' or 'infodumping' are actually intensities of knowledge and knowledge creation that we can sort of... refract ...
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September 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If you're interested in the crossing points between crip theory, anti-eugenics, environment, global health and global ethics, check out @octoqueenphd.bsky.social 's new podcast #UnwellToBeginWith. It was a blast to be the first guest, & a fantastic episode with @stressedbranch.bsky.social is now up
If you're in the UK, come check out the Planetary Futures conference at the University of Manchester next month! There's a fantastic line-up of speakers and a limited number of bursaries available for early career researchers #extinction #climate #ecology
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Planetary Futures: Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene
Conference, 18-19 September 2025, at the University of Manchester.
Call for Papers
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August 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If you're in the UK, come check out the Planetary Futures conference at the University of Manchester next month! There's a fantastic line-up of speakers and a limited number of bursaries available for early career researchers #extinction #climate #ecology
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...
We Will Not Stop Talking About Palestine: consider signing this pledge by educators and others to keep up calls to #endthegenocide #endthefamine
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WE WILL NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE.
We refuse the so-called Palestine Exception, a term referring to how public discourse and the law are manipulated to deny Palestinian human rights, and to silence anyone who advocates for them.
As in...
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August 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We Will Not Stop Talking About Palestine: consider signing this pledge by educators and others to keep up calls to #endthegenocide #endthefamine
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Excited to give this talk at the Oslo Center for #EnvironmentalHumanities next month! I'll be bridging themes from #RevenantEcologies with new work on unconditional ecological ethics #politicalecology #extinctionstudies
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Audra Mitchell: Revenant ecologies
- Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
How can we develop unconditional relationships with earth?
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August 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Excited to give this talk at the Oslo Center for #EnvironmentalHumanities next month! I'll be bridging themes from #RevenantEcologies with new work on unconditional ecological ethics #politicalecology #extinctionstudies
www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english...
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My amazing colleague (and all-round amazing human) Corin is finally getting a long-awaited surgery. If you can spare a few dollars or share this post, it will go a long way to supporting his recovery. Thanks!
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Donate to Corin's Surgery Recovery, organized by Mara Ervin
Our beloved Corin Parsons is having bilateral above-knee amputation surgery due to complications f… Mara Ervin needs your support for Corin's Surgery Recovery
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August 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
My amazing colleague (and all-round amazing human) Corin is finally getting a long-awaited surgery. If you can spare a few dollars or share this post, it will go a long way to supporting his recovery. Thanks!
www.gofundme.com/f/corins-sur...
www.gofundme.com/f/corins-sur...
Oh dear. What I thought was a simple question - 'what is this WPlace?' has hurtled me back into my lifelong battle with existential dread (That said, I do have quite a few politicians to grief). #WPlace #thevoid #existentialdread
August 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Oh dear. What I thought was a simple question - 'what is this WPlace?' has hurtled me back into my lifelong battle with existential dread (That said, I do have quite a few politicians to grief). #WPlace #thevoid #existentialdread
Francesca Albanese's point is crucial: state recognition is important, but is not a substitute for concrete actions to #endthegenocide www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
[alt text: a range of people, including children and adults, hold empty metal containers at a food distribution site]
[alt text: a range of people, including children and adults, hold empty metal containers at a food distribution site]
Recognising Palestinian state must not distract from ending Gaza mass deaths, UN expert says
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur for the occupied territories, calls for practical actions and warns against distracting ‘attention from where it should be: the genocide’
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August 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Francesca Albanese's point is crucial: state recognition is important, but is not a substitute for concrete actions to #endthegenocide www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
[alt text: a range of people, including children and adults, hold empty metal containers at a food distribution site]
[alt text: a range of people, including children and adults, hold empty metal containers at a food distribution site]
The question we all want the answer to: why do animals keep evolving into anteaters? #evolution #animals #biodiversity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why do animals keep evolving into anteaters? | Helen Pilcher
Even if we don’t evolve long sticky tongues and live off a diet of ants, we can still learn a lot from these remarkable creatures, says science writer Helen Pilcher
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August 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The question we all want the answer to: why do animals keep evolving into anteaters? #evolution #animals #biodiversity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
[alt text: a light brown anteater with a black snout and claws rests in the fork of a moss-covered tree]
[alt text: a light brown anteater with a black snout and claws rests in the fork of a moss-covered tree]
Don't be fooled by recent announcements - not nearly enough food is getting into Gaza to #stopthefamine or #endthegenocide
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Don't be fooled by recent announcements - not nearly enough food is getting into Gaza to #stopthefamine or #endthegenocide
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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STOP KILLING STARVING, INJURED PEOPLE QUEUING FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND FOOD. This is not complicated. #endthegenocideNOW
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Israeli strike kills at least 10 children queueing for medical treatment in Gaza
Children among at least 15 killed in attack that NGO says was ‘blatant violation of international humanitarian law’
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
STOP KILLING STARVING, INJURED PEOPLE QUEUING FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND FOOD. This is not complicated. #endthegenocideNOW
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
[alt text: two women, one dressed in black and a second dressed in leapard print, hold a crying child in a red and blue t-shirt]
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[alt text: two women, one dressed in black and a second dressed in leapard print, hold a crying child in a red and blue t-shirt]
The #conservation and #ecology worlds have lost one of their brightest stars this week. This beautiful tribute reflects on the life a transformative scientist, scholar, community organizer and caretaker of the planet. Sending care to her many loved ones.
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Obituary information for Sheila Colla
View Sheila Colla's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.
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July 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The #conservation and #ecology worlds have lost one of their brightest stars this week. This beautiful tribute reflects on the life a transformative scientist, scholar, community organizer and caretaker of the planet. Sending care to her many loved ones.
www.heritagefuneralcentre.ca/obituaries/S...
www.heritagefuneralcentre.ca/obituaries/S...
Crime against humanity, NOT 'humanitarian city' #stopthegenocideNOW #stagesofgenocide
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... #Gaza [alt text: a group of people in a desert landscape stand looking at cardboard boxes. A man in centre front in a green t-shirt & jeans carries a box on his shoulder]
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Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’
Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza
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July 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Crime against humanity, NOT 'humanitarian city' #stopthegenocideNOW #stagesofgenocide
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... #Gaza [alt text: a group of people in a desert landscape stand looking at cardboard boxes. A man in centre front in a green t-shirt & jeans carries a box on his shoulder]
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Go ahead, try denying this #climate #collapse www.theguardian.com/environment/... [alt text: a person in red and orange draped clothing holds a young baby on their chest in a desert landscap. Orange tends and more people are seen in the background]
Droughts worldwide pushing tens of millions towards starvation, says report
Water shortages hitting crops, energy and health as crisis gathers pace amid climate breakdown
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July 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Go ahead, try denying this #climate #collapse www.theguardian.com/environment/... [alt text: a person in red and orange draped clothing holds a young baby on their chest in a desert landscap. Orange tends and more people are seen in the background]
JOB: Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History at University of Bristol, UK
#envhist
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#envhist
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Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History at University of Bristol
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July 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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🧵On Mon the Gaza Health Ministry published a 1,227-page chart listing & naming each of Gaza's war dead.
"Not until pg 11, does the name appear of the 1st child who was more than 6 mo old when he was killed. The names of the children under the age of 18 cover 381 pages & amount to 17,121 children."
"Not until pg 11, does the name appear of the 1st child who was more than 6 mo old when he was killed. The names of the children under the age of 18 cover 381 pages & amount to 17,121 children."
June 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🧵On Mon the Gaza Health Ministry published a 1,227-page chart listing & naming each of Gaza's war dead.
"Not until pg 11, does the name appear of the 1st child who was more than 6 mo old when he was killed. The names of the children under the age of 18 cover 381 pages & amount to 17,121 children."
"Not until pg 11, does the name appear of the 1st child who was more than 6 mo old when he was killed. The names of the children under the age of 18 cover 381 pages & amount to 17,121 children."
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Big Oil is shifting its focus to food systems – especially fertilizer and plastic – as other sectors begin to decarbonize. 🧪🛍️
June 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Big Oil is shifting its focus to food systems – especially fertilizer and plastic – as other sectors begin to decarbonize. 🧪🛍️
Honoured to be included in this collection from Dahlia Simangan of @risjnl.bsky.social alongside a set of articles that have also inspired me over the years #peacebuilding #IR #anticolonial
Ep 3 of @risjnl.bsky.social podcast! 🌟
Host - @sebkaempf.bsky.social this week is w/ Professor Dahlia Simangan about those seminal RIS articles that have focussed and driven research on the topic of PeaceBuilding🌎
Inc: @rolandparis.bsky.social @audralmitchell.bsky.social
listen 👉 shorturl.at/PDrhN
Host - @sebkaempf.bsky.social this week is w/ Professor Dahlia Simangan about those seminal RIS articles that have focussed and driven research on the topic of PeaceBuilding🌎
Inc: @rolandparis.bsky.social @audralmitchell.bsky.social
listen 👉 shorturl.at/PDrhN
Review of International Studies podcast - episode three
In the third episode of the podcast, Seb Kaempf discusses peacebuilding with Dahlia Simangan.
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June 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Honoured to be included in this collection from Dahlia Simangan of @risjnl.bsky.social alongside a set of articles that have also inspired me over the years #peacebuilding #IR #anticolonial