Raffi
@azaij.bsky.social
Queer Historian • M.A History • PhD Student • Activist • Wife • 🏳️🌈 • Opinions Mine • She/They
Popular culture, speculative fiction, historical memory, identity, sexuality, and politics from the late 20c to the present day
Popular culture, speculative fiction, historical memory, identity, sexuality, and politics from the late 20c to the present day
Quantum Identities is here!
What began as a passion project 18 months ago turned into an incredible exhibit. This case represents over 39 oral histories, 15 written histories & 25 curated objects. Honoring and preserving stories that mattered.
#PublicHistorian
#Exhibit
#LGBTQIA2+
#QueerHistory
What began as a passion project 18 months ago turned into an incredible exhibit. This case represents over 39 oral histories, 15 written histories & 25 curated objects. Honoring and preserving stories that mattered.
#PublicHistorian
#Exhibit
#LGBTQIA2+
#QueerHistory
May 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Quantum Identities is here!
What began as a passion project 18 months ago turned into an incredible exhibit. This case represents over 39 oral histories, 15 written histories & 25 curated objects. Honoring and preserving stories that mattered.
#PublicHistorian
#Exhibit
#LGBTQIA2+
#QueerHistory
What began as a passion project 18 months ago turned into an incredible exhibit. This case represents over 39 oral histories, 15 written histories & 25 curated objects. Honoring and preserving stories that mattered.
#PublicHistorian
#Exhibit
#LGBTQIA2+
#QueerHistory
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Tomorrow: Women in STEM panel from The Mars Society's Red Planet Live! We're talking about the current state of women STEM fields, including that controversial Blue Origin flight.
Tune in tomorrow, May 20 at 5pm PT/8pm ET & hear from Janet Ivey, Janeya Griffin, host Ashton Zeth, & myself about...
Tune in tomorrow, May 20 at 5pm PT/8pm ET & hear from Janet Ivey, Janeya Griffin, host Ashton Zeth, & myself about...
May 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Tomorrow: Women in STEM panel from The Mars Society's Red Planet Live! We're talking about the current state of women STEM fields, including that controversial Blue Origin flight.
Tune in tomorrow, May 20 at 5pm PT/8pm ET & hear from Janet Ivey, Janeya Griffin, host Ashton Zeth, & myself about...
Tune in tomorrow, May 20 at 5pm PT/8pm ET & hear from Janet Ivey, Janeya Griffin, host Ashton Zeth, & myself about...
May 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I don’t think I’ve ever experienced academic burnout this intensely. 13 days till graduation and a really good nap.
April 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I don’t think I’ve ever experienced academic burnout this intensely. 13 days till graduation and a really good nap.
2025 NCMC Conference
18 months of research summed up in 3 hours. I’m so thankful for everyone who has been apart of this project, and all those who have supported and encouraged me.
Next up: Exhibit #AcademicSky #Museums #GradStudent #Trekademic #QueerHistory
18 months of research summed up in 3 hours. I’m so thankful for everyone who has been apart of this project, and all those who have supported and encouraged me.
Next up: Exhibit #AcademicSky #Museums #GradStudent #Trekademic #QueerHistory
April 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
2025 NCMC Conference
18 months of research summed up in 3 hours. I’m so thankful for everyone who has been apart of this project, and all those who have supported and encouraged me.
Next up: Exhibit #AcademicSky #Museums #GradStudent #Trekademic #QueerHistory
18 months of research summed up in 3 hours. I’m so thankful for everyone who has been apart of this project, and all those who have supported and encouraged me.
Next up: Exhibit #AcademicSky #Museums #GradStudent #Trekademic #QueerHistory
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Making it clear to the historians
February 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Making it clear to the historians
Conference poster? Epic. My sense of calm? Missing, presumed dead. I’m running on 3 hours of sleep, 2 granola bars, imposter syndrome, and pure spite.¹
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¹This came to me in a dream after panic attack #2, a cold Sprite, and Zotero crashing.
*Full Citation still needed.*
#academicsky
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¹This came to me in a dream after panic attack #2, a cold Sprite, and Zotero crashing.
*Full Citation still needed.*
#academicsky
March 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Conference poster? Epic. My sense of calm? Missing, presumed dead. I’m running on 3 hours of sleep, 2 granola bars, imposter syndrome, and pure spite.¹
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¹This came to me in a dream after panic attack #2, a cold Sprite, and Zotero crashing.
*Full Citation still needed.*
#academicsky
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¹This came to me in a dream after panic attack #2, a cold Sprite, and Zotero crashing.
*Full Citation still needed.*
#academicsky
"You’re about to graduate," I whisper, as I present queer identity in sci-fi to a 9am Sunday panel consisting of two grad students, a half-eaten bagel, and God. #academicsky
March 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"You’re about to graduate," I whisper, as I present queer identity in sci-fi to a 9am Sunday panel consisting of two grad students, a half-eaten bagel, and God. #academicsky
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Overpaid, oversexed and over here, was the refrain during WW2
February 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Overpaid, oversexed and over here, was the refrain during WW2
Follow @strangenewpod.bsky.social & check out the full podcast episode celebrating #StarTrekVoyager 30th anniversary.
#StarTrek #AgathaAllAlong #Trekademia #CaptianJaneway #AgathaHarkness
#StarTrek #AgathaAllAlong #Trekademia #CaptianJaneway #AgathaHarkness
Captain Janeway broke new ground as the first female captain in #StarTrek, challenging traditional male roles in sci-fi. Her leadership & strength paved the way for strong & complex female characters, like #AgathaHarkness. Janeway showed the 🌎 women could lead & navigate complex challenges.
February 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Follow @strangenewpod.bsky.social & check out the full podcast episode celebrating #StarTrekVoyager 30th anniversary.
#StarTrek #AgathaAllAlong #Trekademia #CaptianJaneway #AgathaHarkness
#StarTrek #AgathaAllAlong #Trekademia #CaptianJaneway #AgathaHarkness
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Day 15 of #28DaysOfBlackCosplay : High Republic Jedi Temple Garb - #StarWars The Acolyte
“Yord… put your clothes on.”
“Yord… put your clothes on.”
February 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Day 15 of #28DaysOfBlackCosplay : High Republic Jedi Temple Garb - #StarWars The Acolyte
“Yord… put your clothes on.”
“Yord… put your clothes on.”
Captain Janeway broke new ground as the first female captain in #StarTrek, challenging traditional male roles in sci-fi. Her leadership & strength paved the way for strong & complex female characters, like #AgathaHarkness. Janeway showed the 🌎 women could lead & navigate complex challenges.
February 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Captain Janeway broke new ground as the first female captain in #StarTrek, challenging traditional male roles in sci-fi. Her leadership & strength paved the way for strong & complex female characters, like #AgathaHarkness. Janeway showed the 🌎 women could lead & navigate complex challenges.
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🚨NEW EPISODE DROP🚨
Join us & our special guests Ashlyn from @durassisterspod.bsky.social and @azaij.bsky.social for SNP’s #startrekvoyager 30th Anniversary show. Available now!
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/FZi_cwF...
Web: www.strangenewpod.com/thirty-years...
Join us & our special guests Ashlyn from @durassisterspod.bsky.social and @azaij.bsky.social for SNP’s #startrekvoyager 30th Anniversary show. Available now!
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/FZi_cwF...
Web: www.strangenewpod.com/thirty-years...
February 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE DROP🚨
Join us & our special guests Ashlyn from @durassisterspod.bsky.social and @azaij.bsky.social for SNP’s #startrekvoyager 30th Anniversary show. Available now!
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/FZi_cwF...
Web: www.strangenewpod.com/thirty-years...
Join us & our special guests Ashlyn from @durassisterspod.bsky.social and @azaij.bsky.social for SNP’s #startrekvoyager 30th Anniversary show. Available now!
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/FZi_cwF...
Web: www.strangenewpod.com/thirty-years...
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🚨RED ALERT🚨
Tonight’s Voyager pod has been POSTPONED until MONDAY NIGHT. We’re also adding another guest to join @azaij.bsky.social! Ashlyn from @durassisterspod.bsky.social joins us this Monday. Alternative tonight? Check out our buddies at Trek Geeks for THURSDAY NIGHT GEEKS at 8:30 PM ET
Tonight’s Voyager pod has been POSTPONED until MONDAY NIGHT. We’re also adding another guest to join @azaij.bsky.social! Ashlyn from @durassisterspod.bsky.social joins us this Monday. Alternative tonight? Check out our buddies at Trek Geeks for THURSDAY NIGHT GEEKS at 8:30 PM ET
February 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
🚨RED ALERT🚨
Tonight’s Voyager pod has been POSTPONED until MONDAY NIGHT. We’re also adding another guest to join @azaij.bsky.social! Ashlyn from @durassisterspod.bsky.social joins us this Monday. Alternative tonight? Check out our buddies at Trek Geeks for THURSDAY NIGHT GEEKS at 8:30 PM ET
Tonight’s Voyager pod has been POSTPONED until MONDAY NIGHT. We’re also adding another guest to join @azaij.bsky.social! Ashlyn from @durassisterspod.bsky.social joins us this Monday. Alternative tonight? Check out our buddies at Trek Geeks for THURSDAY NIGHT GEEKS at 8:30 PM ET
2 years ago, I was in the ICU on a ventilator due to multiple seizures. 2 weeks earlier, I walked out of a lecture and had a seizure on campus, & 3 months before that, I broke my back in 3 places due to a seizure fall.
I’m so lucky to be alive, healthy, & loved. Blessed is an understatement
I’m so lucky to be alive, healthy, & loved. Blessed is an understatement
February 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
2 years ago, I was in the ICU on a ventilator due to multiple seizures. 2 weeks earlier, I walked out of a lecture and had a seizure on campus, & 3 months before that, I broke my back in 3 places due to a seizure fall.
I’m so lucky to be alive, healthy, & loved. Blessed is an understatement
I’m so lucky to be alive, healthy, & loved. Blessed is an understatement
After the last two weeks, we need the laughs.
February 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
After the last two weeks, we need the laughs.
Your fav Queer Historian & Grad Student is going to be on @strangenewpod.bsky.social this Thursday!
Make sure to livestream and chat with us about all things #StarTrekVoyager 🖖🏼
#Voyager #StarTrek
Make sure to livestream and chat with us about all things #StarTrekVoyager 🖖🏼
#Voyager #StarTrek
🚨LIVESTREAM THURSDAY🚨
Join the SNP Crew along with special guest Raffi THIS Thursday for our celebration of 30 Years of Star Trek Voyager. 9:30 PM ET over on #YouTube! #startrekvoyager #startrekpodcast
www.youtube.com/live/FZi_cwF...
Join the SNP Crew along with special guest Raffi THIS Thursday for our celebration of 30 Years of Star Trek Voyager. 9:30 PM ET over on #YouTube! #startrekvoyager #startrekpodcast
www.youtube.com/live/FZi_cwF...
February 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Your fav Queer Historian & Grad Student is going to be on @strangenewpod.bsky.social this Thursday!
Make sure to livestream and chat with us about all things #StarTrekVoyager 🖖🏼
#Voyager #StarTrek
Make sure to livestream and chat with us about all things #StarTrekVoyager 🖖🏼
#Voyager #StarTrek
Nothing says recovery quite like my fourth mini back procedure.
Rest. Pain meds. Repeat.
Rest. Pain meds. Repeat.
February 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Nothing says recovery quite like my fourth mini back procedure.
Rest. Pain meds. Repeat.
Rest. Pain meds. Repeat.
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This June at the American Antiquarian Society: “Sex, Gender, and Print”: The 2025 Summer Seminar in the History of the Book, taught by Greta LaFleur and Jordan Alexander Stein.
Apply by April 4, 2025. Scholarships available for grad students and other early career scholars.
Link in comments.
Apply by April 4, 2025. Scholarships available for grad students and other early career scholars.
Link in comments.
January 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This June at the American Antiquarian Society: “Sex, Gender, and Print”: The 2025 Summer Seminar in the History of the Book, taught by Greta LaFleur and Jordan Alexander Stein.
Apply by April 4, 2025. Scholarships available for grad students and other early career scholars.
Link in comments.
Apply by April 4, 2025. Scholarships available for grad students and other early career scholars.
Link in comments.
If you’re willing to call the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” because a politician told you to, you now know how easy it is to use someone’s chosen name. If you can adjust your language for political purposes, you can do it for others.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
January 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
If you’re willing to call the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” because a politician told you to, you now know how easy it is to use someone’s chosen name. If you can adjust your language for political purposes, you can do it for others.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Unfortunately, there’s nothing new under the sun. I often hope that humans will learn from prior lessons and mistakes.
That’s never been the case
That’s never been the case
Always funny to come across a description of a type of person you had assumed is more of a recent thing only to realize the archetype has been present for a long time
January 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Unfortunately, there’s nothing new under the sun. I often hope that humans will learn from prior lessons and mistakes.
That’s never been the case
That’s never been the case