CJ Valasek
@cjvalasek.bsky.social
Ph.D., Sociology & STS
Researcher & Policy Advocate on workers' rights and homelessness @ Center on Policy Initiatives & UCSD
Writing coach & consultant (DM me!)
Interests: labor organizing, harm reduction, mutual aid, abolition, & music
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Researcher & Policy Advocate on workers' rights and homelessness @ Center on Policy Initiatives & UCSD
Writing coach & consultant (DM me!)
Interests: labor organizing, harm reduction, mutual aid, abolition, & music
he/they
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"Forced sterilization laws are a really powerful example of how violations of disabled people’s bodies and rights are baked into our legal system today.”
For @motherjones.com, I reported on how disabled people continue to be forcibly sterilized. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For @motherjones.com, I reported on how disabled people continue to be forcibly sterilized. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Forced sterilization of disabled people isn't a relic of the past
In most states, eugenics-era laws still let doctors sterilize disabled patients—even against their will.
www.motherjones.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"Forced sterilization laws are a really powerful example of how violations of disabled people’s bodies and rights are baked into our legal system today.”
For @motherjones.com, I reported on how disabled people continue to be forcibly sterilized. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For @motherjones.com, I reported on how disabled people continue to be forcibly sterilized. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm back! Going to be on here more regularly now.
February 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I'm back! Going to be on here more regularly now.
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Many cities in CA have made it illegal to camp on public property. In this San Diego Union-Tribune OpEd, @cjvalasek.bsky.social & Sam Streuli write about the effects of criminalizing homelessness, especially on those with disabilities. Read now⤵️
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/07/22/o...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/07/22/o...
Opinion: Disabled people of color will suffer from criminalization of homelessness
San Marcos is set to be the latest city in San Diego County to make homelessness a criminalized offense, adding to the growing list of cities that punish people for struggling to survive in an incr…
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
July 26, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Many cities in CA have made it illegal to camp on public property. In this San Diego Union-Tribune OpEd, @cjvalasek.bsky.social & Sam Streuli write about the effects of criminalizing homelessness, especially on those with disabilities. Read now⤵️
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/07/22/o...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/07/22/o...
I was diagnosed with congenital spinal stenosis a couple months ago. My ortho doc told me that I should try physical therapy again, but my physical therapist said there’s nothing she can do for me. My other options are an epidural (low effectiveness) or surgery (risky) (1/2)
March 5, 2024 at 5:48 PM
I was diagnosed with congenital spinal stenosis a couple months ago. My ortho doc told me that I should try physical therapy again, but my physical therapist said there’s nothing she can do for me. My other options are an epidural (low effectiveness) or surgery (risky) (1/2)
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My article "Any Sufficiently Transparent Magic…" is part of the journal American Religion's Fall 2023 roundtable "On Religion and Algorithms." I explore both religious & magical concepts w/in "AI," & the obfuscatory work done by hype-laden "AI" discourse. Hope you enjoy!
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
January 6, 2024 at 6:06 AM
My article "Any Sufficiently Transparent Magic…" is part of the journal American Religion's Fall 2023 roundtable "On Religion and Algorithms." I explore both religious & magical concepts w/in "AI," & the obfuscatory work done by hype-laden "AI" discourse. Hope you enjoy!
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
My first op-ed (as co-author)!
January 28, 2024 at 11:17 PM
My first op-ed (as co-author)!
I was one of many people threatened with mace and arrest yesterday for defending an urban community farm with refugee farmers.
Sign-on to the solidarity letter here - bit.ly/NewRootsFarm...
Sign-on to the solidarity letter here - bit.ly/NewRootsFarm...
January 23, 2024 at 1:59 AM
I was one of many people threatened with mace and arrest yesterday for defending an urban community farm with refugee farmers.
Sign-on to the solidarity letter here - bit.ly/NewRootsFarm...
Sign-on to the solidarity letter here - bit.ly/NewRootsFarm...
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heyyyyyy friends I'm back, and with a new book! CYBORG is out February 6th with @laura4lano.bsky.social, preorders available via @mitpress.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978026254755...
January 22, 2024 at 9:09 PM
heyyyyyy friends I'm back, and with a new book! CYBORG is out February 6th with @laura4lano.bsky.social, preorders available via @mitpress.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978026254755...
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As we celebrate MLK on his 95th birthday, we confront a bitter irony: The conservatives co-opting King’s racial justice activism while demonizing CRT as a “Marxist doctrine” are reproducing the rhetoric of white segregationists.
My latest for the Nation: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest for the Nation: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Martin Luther King, Critical Race Theorist
Republicans may claim otherwise, but the civil rights hero was no color-blind conservative.
www.thenation.com
January 15, 2024 at 4:14 PM
As we celebrate MLK on his 95th birthday, we confront a bitter irony: The conservatives co-opting King’s racial justice activism while demonizing CRT as a “Marxist doctrine” are reproducing the rhetoric of white segregationists.
My latest for the Nation: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest for the Nation: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
I am planning a job talk practice this month. Please let me know if you would like to attend. I'd appreciate any and all feedback
January 5, 2024 at 11:49 PM
I am planning a job talk practice this month. Please let me know if you would like to attend. I'd appreciate any and all feedback
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Grad students or early career folks (especially), I'm looking for a guest speaker to speak about culture and families for my class. Topic can be broad - parenting, cultural socialization, immigrant families, Identity, policy, etc. I can pay you!
#devsci #devpsych #hdfs #academicsky #devsky #educsky
#devsci #devpsych #hdfs #academicsky #devsky #educsky
January 5, 2024 at 6:49 PM
A couple of co-authors and I are submitting an op-ed today about the problem with the FDA approving a clinical test for assessing patient genetic risks of opioid use disorder. We argue that the tests are not based on sufficient research and will likely perpetuate racial disparities in pain treatment
January 5, 2024 at 7:08 PM
A couple of co-authors and I are submitting an op-ed today about the problem with the FDA approving a clinical test for assessing patient genetic risks of opioid use disorder. We argue that the tests are not based on sufficient research and will likely perpetuate racial disparities in pain treatment
I don't like to promote products on social media, but I started using Milanote, and so far, I find it to be more useful than Notion or Obsidian for most project management/tracking needs. It's made for creatives, but I think some neurodivergent folx (like myself) might find it helpful as well.
January 5, 2024 at 7:05 PM
I don't like to promote products on social media, but I started using Milanote, and so far, I find it to be more useful than Notion or Obsidian for most project management/tracking needs. It's made for creatives, but I think some neurodivergent folx (like myself) might find it helpful as well.
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Reminder that the US Census Bureau is talking about changing how it counts disability, a move which would create an at least 40% reduction in the number of people counted as disabled, and thus radically alter who can get benefits. You have until tomorrow (December 19, 2023) to weigh in on it:
www.npr.org
December 19, 2023 at 4:56 PM
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Social media seems to be full of hate for non-binary folks these days. I am seeing many profiles, including those of gay men, repeat the same essentializing discourse about being non-binary as I used to hear them say about bisexual people. What I'm saying is that we need more voices in support.
December 19, 2023 at 5:32 PM
Social media seems to be full of hate for non-binary folks these days. I am seeing many profiles, including those of gay men, repeat the same essentializing discourse about being non-binary as I used to hear them say about bisexual people. What I'm saying is that we need more voices in support.
I'm sure you all know the US health system sucks, but I've spent almost $2500 on physical therapy and doctor visits over the last 5 months and my hip injury still isn't better.
December 7, 2023 at 8:11 PM
I'm sure you all know the US health system sucks, but I've spent almost $2500 on physical therapy and doctor visits over the last 5 months and my hip injury still isn't better.
What resources can you recommend for learning bayesian analysis?
November 28, 2023 at 6:49 PM
What resources can you recommend for learning bayesian analysis?
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“Housing for cars is super-cheap and housing for people is super-expensive. At some point, when the delta between the space for cars and the space for people becomes so, so large, then people begin to think about living in cars.” — Horace Dediu www.latimes.com/california/s...
Cal Poly Humboldt students live in vehicles to afford college. They were ordered off campus.
Cal Poly Humboldt students living in their vehicles amid a severe housing crisis found community in campus parking lot G11. But when the university ordered them off campus, their sense of safety was s...
www.latimes.com
November 26, 2023 at 10:06 PM
“Housing for cars is super-cheap and housing for people is super-expensive. At some point, when the delta between the space for cars and the space for people becomes so, so large, then people begin to think about living in cars.” — Horace Dediu www.latimes.com/california/s...
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I'm giving an online talk on "Healthism, Elite Capture, and the Pitfalls of an Expansive Notion of Health" as part of the UQAM Philosophy of Psychiatry Webinar series on Thursday, November 30 at 12:30. All welcome; register below!
Philosophy of psychiatry webinar : Quill Kukla | philosophypsychiatry
www.philosophyofpsychiatry.com
November 26, 2023 at 9:47 PM
I'm giving an online talk on "Healthism, Elite Capture, and the Pitfalls of an Expansive Notion of Health" as part of the UQAM Philosophy of Psychiatry Webinar series on Thursday, November 30 at 12:30. All welcome; register below!
Btw, if you like the new Andre 3000 album, I recommend checking out Organic Music Society by Don Cherry
November 22, 2023 at 1:10 AM
Btw, if you like the new Andre 3000 album, I recommend checking out Organic Music Society by Don Cherry