Harris Kornstein
@harriskornstein.bsky.social
Academic, artist, activist, wannabe. Assistant Prof, Public & Applied Humanities, University of Arizona (drag, digital media, STS, queer/trans theory, disability studies, media art + activism). Infrequent poster.
🖥️: harriskornstein.com
🖥️: harriskornstein.com
"Tools for the Undercommons" is a new series of virtual conversations I'm co-organizing with my friend and colleague Jacqueline Barrios, hosted by @ImaginingAmer.
Our first event is this Wednesday, Sept 24 -- RSVP link below!
Our first event is this Wednesday, Sept 24 -- RSVP link below!
September 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
"Tools for the Undercommons" is a new series of virtual conversations I'm co-organizing with my friend and colleague Jacqueline Barrios, hosted by @ImaginingAmer.
Our first event is this Wednesday, Sept 24 -- RSVP link below!
Our first event is this Wednesday, Sept 24 -- RSVP link below!
Thank you to @truthout.org for publishing this piece, excerpted from (and expanding on) our intro in How To Be Disabled In A Pandemic.
White House rhetoric dehumanizes disabled communities, but activists continue to organize for access, care and justice.
Disability Activists Bring Wisdom From the Pandemic to New Struggles Under Trump
White House rhetoric dehumanizes disabled communities, but activists continue to organize for access, care and justice.
buff.ly
June 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Thank you to @truthout.org for publishing this piece, excerpted from (and expanding on) our intro in How To Be Disabled In A Pandemic.
See you next Tues 4/29 as we celebrate How To Be Disabled in a Pandemic at NYU!
See quoted post for details and RSVP link (RSVP required for NYU security). Hosted by the @center4ds.bsky.social.
See quoted post for details and RSVP link (RSVP required for NYU security). Hosted by the @center4ds.bsky.social.
We can't wait to celebrate the accomplishments of HTBDIAP co-editors at their launch party next week! Join @center4ds.bsky.social for an evening of refreshments and select readings.
Check out the event details here: buff.ly/GTOlhfi
Check out the event details here: buff.ly/GTOlhfi
April 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
See you next Tues 4/29 as we celebrate How To Be Disabled in a Pandemic at NYU!
See quoted post for details and RSVP link (RSVP required for NYU security). Hosted by the @center4ds.bsky.social.
See quoted post for details and RSVP link (RSVP required for NYU security). Hosted by the @center4ds.bsky.social.
Check out my latest in HuffPost!
Here's my latest essay for @huffpost.com, with a full response to Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Spoiler alert: queens always win out over monsters.
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Spoiler alert: queens always win out over monsters.
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April 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Check out my latest in HuffPost!
This week marks the 5th anniversary of measures to address Covid-19 in NYC and many parts of the US and world -- though as our book demonstrates, many disabled people were already carefully tracking developments and organizing community care.
Learn more (open access!): nyupress.org/978147983085...
Learn more (open access!): nyupress.org/978147983085...
March 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This week marks the 5th anniversary of measures to address Covid-19 in NYC and many parts of the US and world -- though as our book demonstrates, many disabled people were already carefully tracking developments and organizing community care.
Learn more (open access!): nyupress.org/978147983085...
Learn more (open access!): nyupress.org/978147983085...
So proud to share this project that I've been working on for almost five years, alongside @maramills.bsky.social, Faye Ginsburg, and Rayna Rapp (via @center4ds.bsky.social and @nyupress.bsky.social): 'How To Be Disabled In A Pandemic.'
February 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
So proud to share this project that I've been working on for almost five years, alongside @maramills.bsky.social, Faye Ginsburg, and Rayna Rapp (via @center4ds.bsky.social and @nyupress.bsky.social): 'How To Be Disabled In A Pandemic.'
This is a project I'm so incredibly proud of. It helped me survive the pandemic, learn a lot about myself, and offered an opportunity to collaborate with so many brilliant people.
Pre-order your copy now! (Discount code in @maramills.bsky.social's thread!)
Pre-order your copy now! (Discount code in @maramills.bsky.social's thread!)
How to be Disabled in a Pandemic is a collective research effort (w/ @harriskornstein.bsky.social among many others) to document ableism & disability activism in NYC during the first 4 years of COVID-19. Out next month from @nyupress.bsky.social -- a surprise of advance copies in yesterday's mail:
January 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This is a project I'm so incredibly proud of. It helped me survive the pandemic, learn a lot about myself, and offered an opportunity to collaborate with so many brilliant people.
Pre-order your copy now! (Discount code in @maramills.bsky.social's thread!)
Pre-order your copy now! (Discount code in @maramills.bsky.social's thread!)