Christie
@christiefancher.bsky.social
Sociology PhD student and rhet/comp MA, living and studying chronic illness | Sociology of health and illness, medical education, embodiment, disability + crip theory, gender, qualitative methods | NorCal, married, childless cat lady
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Christie
@christiefancher.bsky.social
· Nov 16
About me: I'm a first year sociology PhD student in Northern CA, interested in researching how gender shapes chronically ill patients' diagnostic journeys. I previously received my MA in composition and rhetoric, and wrote my thesis on the rhetorical function of women's illness narratives
WHY does ProQuest E-book Central now have an AI "Research Assistant?" Instead of a worse-written version of the book's actual summary popping out at me I'd prefer they fix the fact that if you search a word that's in a chapter title, every single page of that chapter pops up due to the header 😪
June 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
WHY does ProQuest E-book Central now have an AI "Research Assistant?" Instead of a worse-written version of the book's actual summary popping out at me I'd prefer they fix the fact that if you search a word that's in a chapter title, every single page of that chapter pops up due to the header 😪
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Caregivers to disabled people and aging adults (who do not have certain health conditions) will not be able to get the Covid booster in the future under new rules, putting people they care for at risk. New from me at @motherjones.com
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
FDA to cut Covid booster access, excluding in-home carers
By restricting vaccinations, "the FDA creates a dangerous public health gap."
www.motherjones.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Caregivers to disabled people and aging adults (who do not have certain health conditions) will not be able to get the Covid booster in the future under new rules, putting people they care for at risk. New from me at @motherjones.com
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I had an interview yesterday for a graduate student researcher position on a project that's directly in my research area and I am manifesting HARD that they hire me 😭🙏✨🔮😩
May 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I had an interview yesterday for a graduate student researcher position on a project that's directly in my research area and I am manifesting HARD that they hire me 😭🙏✨🔮😩
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A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
March 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
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I hate this timeline 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
‘The basis of eugenics’: Elon Musk and the menacing return of the R-word
The slur is rooted in the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities. Its resurgence threatens the fragile progress we’ve made
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I hate this timeline 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
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NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Worth posting again for people who may not know. The names of what Medicaid is called in your state:
March 6, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Worth posting again for people who may not know. The names of what Medicaid is called in your state:
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Can we please stop with the "why aren't Americans doing anything" Discourse that I keep seeing? I'm not even talking about people in other countries. I'm talking about my fellow USians who I see every day On Here bemoaning how we aren't protesting.
1. PROTESTS ARE LITERALLY HAPPENING EVERY DAY.
1. PROTESTS ARE LITERALLY HAPPENING EVERY DAY.
March 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Can we please stop with the "why aren't Americans doing anything" Discourse that I keep seeing? I'm not even talking about people in other countries. I'm talking about my fellow USians who I see every day On Here bemoaning how we aren't protesting.
1. PROTESTS ARE LITERALLY HAPPENING EVERY DAY.
1. PROTESTS ARE LITERALLY HAPPENING EVERY DAY.
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no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
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One thing for faculty to do rn: share info with your students about basic needs programs on your campus. The whole shit show over federal funding means there's some programs that people rely on for food and other needs that have been disrupted, and sharing that info could really help students.
January 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
One thing for faculty to do rn: share info with your students about basic needs programs on your campus. The whole shit show over federal funding means there's some programs that people rely on for food and other needs that have been disrupted, and sharing that info could really help students.
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Excellent post
January 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Excellent post
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Our govt actively encouraged the thinking that some lives were, by necessity, disposable & to settle oneself to that being the only way to continue to perpetuate the status quo. You bet that opens the door to widescale fascism as the list of disposables grows.
Make no mistake, "you do you" Covid policies helped pave the way for Trump's victory
They emboldened him to be more aggressive and openly fascist this time around
You can't throw away entire groups of people & not see very real consequences
The Spanish Flu pandemic helped pave the way for Hitler
They emboldened him to be more aggressive and openly fascist this time around
You can't throw away entire groups of people & not see very real consequences
The Spanish Flu pandemic helped pave the way for Hitler
Fed study ties 1918 flu pandemic to Nazi Party gains
The paper examined municipal spending levels and voter extremism in Germany from the time of the initial influenza outbreak until 1933.
www.politico.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Our govt actively encouraged the thinking that some lives were, by necessity, disposable & to settle oneself to that being the only way to continue to perpetuate the status quo. You bet that opens the door to widescale fascism as the list of disposables grows.
I’ve started saying this every time I hear the term “executive order” #Nosferatu
January 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I’ve started saying this every time I hear the term “executive order” #Nosferatu
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My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
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PBS is now live on Prime — ad-free — and you don't need a subscription to watch.
This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service.
Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations
www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky
This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service.
Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations
www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky
Stream PBS and PBS KIDS Free on Prime Video
PBS and Amazon announced that more than 150 local PBS stations and the PBS KIDS Channel will launch ad-free as a Prime Video FAST offering. This marks the…
www.pbs.org
January 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
PBS is now live on Prime — ad-free — and you don't need a subscription to watch.
This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service.
Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations
www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky
This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service.
Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations
www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky
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As the parent of a disabled student, I can tell you that the assessments & documentation necessary to get accommodations is time-consuming, difficult to access, & expensive. Students with documented disabilities aren’t “entitled,” “lazy,” or simply needing “extra time.”
January 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
As the parent of a disabled student, I can tell you that the assessments & documentation necessary to get accommodations is time-consuming, difficult to access, & expensive. Students with documented disabilities aren’t “entitled,” “lazy,” or simply needing “extra time.”
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California identified roughly 800 women forcibly sterilized in state prisons from 2005 to 2013. Yet a reparations program for victims has compensated only a fraction, with most claims being denied. boltsmag.org/forced-...
For Survivors of Forced Sterilization in California Prisons, a Rushed Shot at Justice
A state board deciding reparations for women sterilized against their will rejected most applications. Advocates are now racing against a January deadline for victims to appeal.
boltsmag.org
January 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
California identified roughly 800 women forcibly sterilized in state prisons from 2005 to 2013. Yet a reparations program for victims has compensated only a fraction, with most claims being denied. boltsmag.org/forced-...
My computational social sciences instructor made a really good point yesterday. In regards to online platforms like LLMs and social media, “if you’re not paying for it, you’re the product.”
January 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My computational social sciences instructor made a really good point yesterday. In regards to online platforms like LLMs and social media, “if you’re not paying for it, you’re the product.”
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Disabled people are not acceptable casualties.
Not during natural disasters.
Not during a pandemic.
Not during climate collapse.
Not for profit.
Not for optics.
Not at protests.
Not at school.
Not for election goals.
Not for personal comfort.
There is no justice without disability justice.
Not during natural disasters.
Not during a pandemic.
Not during climate collapse.
Not for profit.
Not for optics.
Not at protests.
Not at school.
Not for election goals.
Not for personal comfort.
There is no justice without disability justice.
September 28, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Disabled people are not acceptable casualties.
Not during natural disasters.
Not during a pandemic.
Not during climate collapse.
Not for profit.
Not for optics.
Not at protests.
Not at school.
Not for election goals.
Not for personal comfort.
There is no justice without disability justice.
Not during natural disasters.
Not during a pandemic.
Not during climate collapse.
Not for profit.
Not for optics.
Not at protests.
Not at school.
Not for election goals.
Not for personal comfort.
There is no justice without disability justice.
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Your periodic reminder that if you need to get out of your house FAST, do not bother trying to stuff your cats into carriers, just scoop them up in pillowcases. (You can drop said squirming rage sacks into carriers for added security if you have time.)
January 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Your periodic reminder that if you need to get out of your house FAST, do not bother trying to stuff your cats into carriers, just scoop them up in pillowcases. (You can drop said squirming rage sacks into carriers for added security if you have time.)
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If there are any disability-specific support and relief efforts/mutual aid in the affected California areas, please amplify.
🚨 SoCal Fires 🔥
1000s evacuated in Pacific Palisades due to wildfires fueled by strong winds.
Stay safe:
Follow all evacuation orders, check in Genasys Protect app
Prep go bags
Check on Disabled & older neighbors
Need help? Try 211 or call/text Disaster Hotline at 800-626-4959
1000s evacuated in Pacific Palisades due to wildfires fueled by strong winds.
Stay safe:
Follow all evacuation orders, check in Genasys Protect app
Prep go bags
Check on Disabled & older neighbors
Need help? Try 211 or call/text Disaster Hotline at 800-626-4959
January 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
If there are any disability-specific support and relief efforts/mutual aid in the affected California areas, please amplify.
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Return-to-office (RTO) mandates lead to abnormally high employee turnover, especially for female/more senior/more skilled employees.
It also takes significantly longer to fill these job vacancies after RTO mandates.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It also takes significantly longer to fill these job vacancies after RTO mandates.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Return-to-office (RTO) mandates lead to abnormally high employee turnover, especially for female/more senior/more skilled employees.
It also takes significantly longer to fill these job vacancies after RTO mandates.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It also takes significantly longer to fill these job vacancies after RTO mandates.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Being disabled is walking the tightrope of proving you're competent enough to matter and disabled enough to require support
December 15, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Being disabled is walking the tightrope of proving you're competent enough to matter and disabled enough to require support