Gillian
@jillianbutwithag.bsky.social
Social Work PhD Student!
Interested in sanism + Mad studies + participatory research methods. I also love cats, caves, & opossums! She/her.
This is my personal page and doesn't represent my employer.
Interested in sanism + Mad studies + participatory research methods. I also love cats, caves, & opossums! She/her.
This is my personal page and doesn't represent my employer.
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"Labor issues are, by nature, tied to axes of oppression. When we discuss labor, we also must discuss racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and, of course, ableism." www.teenvogue.com/story/disabl...
Unions Need to Show Solidarity With Disabled Colleagues
People with disabilities can’t be an afterthought.
www.teenvogue.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Labor issues are, by nature, tied to axes of oppression. When we discuss labor, we also must discuss racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and, of course, ableism." www.teenvogue.com/story/disabl...
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1. Today, the Trump administration's HHS Dept., under RFK Jr., released a review of transgender healthcare.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Fact Check: Trump's HHS Review On Trans Care Filled With Lies, Pseudoscience
The review, which was made possible by an executive order calling transgender healthcare "mutilation," reached its predetermined conclusion on its May 1st publication date.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
1. Today, the Trump administration's HHS Dept., under RFK Jr., released a review of transgender healthcare.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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A massive study of 50,000 households over 1,000 archaeological sites provides ample evidence that inequality is not a "natural" outgrowth of sophistication. Instead, it is a political choice. Which means, kids, that we don't have to choose it.
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
New study reveals wealth inequality was never inevitable
A recent study published in the journal PNAS is overturning traditional wisdom regarding the origins and inevitability of wealth inequality
archaeologymag.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A massive study of 50,000 households over 1,000 archaeological sites provides ample evidence that inequality is not a "natural" outgrowth of sophistication. Instead, it is a political choice. Which means, kids, that we don't have to choose it.
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
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This survey is an incredible resource. Please take 20-30 minutes out of your day to take it! Also recruiting people with chronic illness.
The 2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) is open!
The @ihdps.bsky.social is looking for adults with disabilities who are 18 years or over to take their survey: zurl.co/SqS0b
The @ihdps.bsky.social is looking for adults with disabilities who are 18 years or over to take their survey: zurl.co/SqS0b
April 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This survey is an incredible resource. Please take 20-30 minutes out of your day to take it! Also recruiting people with chronic illness.
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ASAN’s Executive Director Colin Killick went on ABC News Live today to discuss how RFK Jr.’s comments about autism impact the autistic community. abcnews.go.com/US/video/aut...
Video Autism advocate on RFK Jr.’s promised autism study
Colin Killick, executive director of the Autism Self Advocacy Network, joins ABC News Live to discuss how HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s comments about autistic people impact the community.
abcnews.go.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
ASAN’s Executive Director Colin Killick went on ABC News Live today to discuss how RFK Jr.’s comments about autism impact the autistic community. abcnews.go.com/US/video/aut...
I found this AMAZING resource that I think some of y'all might also be interested in. It's a world map that demonstrates that gender-diverse people have always been here and, in fact, have always been everywhere.
www.pbs.org/independentl...
www.pbs.org/independentl...
Interactive Map: Gender-Diverse Cultures
On nearly every continent, and for all of recorded history, thriving cultures have recognized, revered, and integrated more than two genders.
www.pbs.org
April 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I found this AMAZING resource that I think some of y'all might also be interested in. It's a world map that demonstrates that gender-diverse people have always been here and, in fact, have always been everywhere.
www.pbs.org/independentl...
www.pbs.org/independentl...
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I've already had two federal grants terminated and face a 33% pay cut due to future terminations. It's painful, but not as painful as the conversations I'm having every day with brilliant trainees in graduate school and postdoctoral positions who see little future for themselves in US science.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I've already had two federal grants terminated and face a 33% pay cut due to future terminations. It's painful, but not as painful as the conversations I'm having every day with brilliant trainees in graduate school and postdoctoral positions who see little future for themselves in US science.
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As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
March 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
Does anyone have any hot takes on Universal Design for Learning/Instruction? I found a great article critical of UD, & I'm curious to hear others' thoughts
Hamraie, A. (2016). Universal Design and the Problem of “Post-Disability” Ideology. Design and Culture, 8(3), 285–309. doi.org/10.1080/1754...
Hamraie, A. (2016). Universal Design and the Problem of “Post-Disability” Ideology. Design and Culture, 8(3), 285–309. doi.org/10.1080/1754...
Universal Design and the Problem of “Post-Disability” Ideology
Although Universal Design gains popularity as a common sense strategy for crafting built environments for all users, accessibility for disabled people remains a marginal area of inquiry within desi...
doi.org
March 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Does anyone have any hot takes on Universal Design for Learning/Instruction? I found a great article critical of UD, & I'm curious to hear others' thoughts
Hamraie, A. (2016). Universal Design and the Problem of “Post-Disability” Ideology. Design and Culture, 8(3), 285–309. doi.org/10.1080/1754...
Hamraie, A. (2016). Universal Design and the Problem of “Post-Disability” Ideology. Design and Culture, 8(3), 285–309. doi.org/10.1080/1754...
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There’s a long history of the US using bogus “disorders” to harm and control people. The most egregious example: “drapetomania,” named by Dr. Samuel Cartwright in 1851. This was a “disorder” only enslaved people had, he claimed, a form of insanity that made them want to run away from slavery.
March 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
There’s a long history of the US using bogus “disorders” to harm and control people. The most egregious example: “drapetomania,” named by Dr. Samuel Cartwright in 1851. This was a “disorder” only enslaved people had, he claimed, a form of insanity that made them want to run away from slavery.
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Please consider participating in or sharing my arts-based study on the involuntary psychiatric hospitalization experiences of queer and trans folks! Participants will create artwork, participate in a virtual interview, and be compensated $50.
udenver.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
udenver.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
March 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Please consider participating in or sharing my arts-based study on the involuntary psychiatric hospitalization experiences of queer and trans folks! Participants will create artwork, participate in a virtual interview, and be compensated $50.
udenver.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
udenver.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
I searched Social Services Abstracts and SocIndex for "sanism" AND "social work" with absolutely no other limitations and found 22 unique results, which seems... low
February 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I searched Social Services Abstracts and SocIndex for "sanism" AND "social work" with absolutely no other limitations and found 22 unique results, which seems... low
I made this edit of a photograph of Paulo Freire, and I thought y'all might appreciate it
February 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I made this edit of a photograph of Paulo Freire, and I thought y'all might appreciate it
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thank you to everyone adding ALT text to your images. It ensures that your posts are #accessible.
Bluesky has a setting that will remind you to include text when you're posting an image. Go to Settings / Accessibility, and check the box next to "Require alt text before posting."
Bluesky has a setting that will remind you to include text when you're posting an image. Go to Settings / Accessibility, and check the box next to "Require alt text before posting."
I have low vision and I rely on alt text and image descriptions to provide context about images on platforms like BlueSky. If you don’t know how to write #AltText yet, I have several guides on my website that can show you how— take the #AltTextChallenge! veroniiiica.com/how-to-write... (1/10)
How To Write Alt Text And Image Descriptions
The ultimate guide on how to write alt text and image descriptions for the visually impaired, written by someone with low vision who uses alt text
veroniiiica.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
thank you to everyone adding ALT text to your images. It ensures that your posts are #accessible.
Bluesky has a setting that will remind you to include text when you're posting an image. Go to Settings / Accessibility, and check the box next to "Require alt text before posting."
Bluesky has a setting that will remind you to include text when you're posting an image. Go to Settings / Accessibility, and check the box next to "Require alt text before posting."
I recently read this article by @ehlastigirl.bsky.social that talks about crip time as time travel which led me to think that disabled academics are constantly time-traveling between "academic standard time" and "crip daylight time," suffering from jet lag in the process
dsq-sds.org/index.php/ds...
dsq-sds.org/index.php/ds...
Six Ways of Looking at Crip Time
| Disability Studies Quarterly
dsq-sds.org
February 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I recently read this article by @ehlastigirl.bsky.social that talks about crip time as time travel which led me to think that disabled academics are constantly time-traveling between "academic standard time" and "crip daylight time," suffering from jet lag in the process
dsq-sds.org/index.php/ds...
dsq-sds.org/index.php/ds...
I recently learned about pod mapping, and I'm such a huge fan
Telling folks to just "plug in to community" rn is well-meaning and if you can do that, wonderful. But most people are not super connected to community for many reasons. So, if you don't have community rn that's ok, consider finding 2-5 ppl you can form a pod with.
www.soiltjp.org/our-work/res...
www.soiltjp.org/our-work/res...
![[photo: Six orcas move through calm water. The image is taken just above the surface of the water and the image is slightly overexposed from the sun shining off the water, creating a dreamy glowing effect. Four of the orcas have a small portion of their backs visible above water while the other two only have the fins visible.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4og7ylmrc6mtv2j5uxfktnsi/bafkreiflbqopjmn3eyrl2yignmzdn5kjdlam22ftgcznkqkc3ijrmwmqxm@jpeg)
January 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I recently learned about pod mapping, and I'm such a huge fan
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This looks like a great conference! Call for abstracts is out, deadline is 28th February.
medhumsplatform.org/call-for-abs...
#Neurodiversity #NeurodiversityResearch #AutRes
medhumsplatform.org/call-for-abs...
#Neurodiversity #NeurodiversityResearch #AutRes
Call for Abstracts: Critical Neurodiversity Studies, 24–26 June 2025, Durham, UK
Submissions for Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Directions/Intersections/Contradictions close 28 February 2025.
medhumsplatform.org
January 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This looks like a great conference! Call for abstracts is out, deadline is 28th February.
medhumsplatform.org/call-for-abs...
#Neurodiversity #NeurodiversityResearch #AutRes
medhumsplatform.org/call-for-abs...
#Neurodiversity #NeurodiversityResearch #AutRes
Hi! I've been gone for a bit! I traveled over my winter break, but I am now back at my desk working on my scoping review, which I finally realized doesn't have to be perfect.
January 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Hi! I've been gone for a bit! I traveled over my winter break, but I am now back at my desk working on my scoping review, which I finally realized doesn't have to be perfect.
I sometimes feel silly talking about it in class but the people I follow on social media have taught me so, so much that has helped me grow as a person and as a social worker.🧵(1/4)
December 3, 2024 at 8:49 PM
I sometimes feel silly talking about it in class but the people I follow on social media have taught me so, so much that has helped me grow as a person and as a social worker.🧵(1/4)
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I've been harmed by psychiatric medication. I've also been helped by it.
I've been harmed by psychiatric diagnosis. I've also been helped by it.
All these things can be true at the same time.
There is space for people to share nuanced experiences of psychiatry.
I've been harmed by psychiatric diagnosis. I've also been helped by it.
All these things can be true at the same time.
There is space for people to share nuanced experiences of psychiatry.
November 30, 2024 at 10:39 PM
I've been harmed by psychiatric medication. I've also been helped by it.
I've been harmed by psychiatric diagnosis. I've also been helped by it.
All these things can be true at the same time.
There is space for people to share nuanced experiences of psychiatry.
I've been harmed by psychiatric diagnosis. I've also been helped by it.
All these things can be true at the same time.
There is space for people to share nuanced experiences of psychiatry.
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I’m looking for academic researchers who research mental health and also (like me) have lived experience of mental ill health! Please share and get in touch if that’s you ❤️#academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social @mhrincubator.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 7:22 PM
I’m looking for academic researchers who research mental health and also (like me) have lived experience of mental ill health! Please share and get in touch if that’s you ❤️#academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social @mhrincubator.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social
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“Stimming had a SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE impact on autistic adults’ self-rated self-efficacy”
“Results CONTRADICT the negative view often expressed suggesting that stimming should be eradicated”
“Stimming has a POSITIVE effect and SUPPORTS autistic individuals’ ability to COPE with difficulties”
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“Results CONTRADICT the negative view often expressed suggesting that stimming should be eradicated”
“Stimming has a POSITIVE effect and SUPPORTS autistic individuals’ ability to COPE with difficulties”
🫠
Repetitive Behaviours in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults: Associations with Sensory Sensitivity and Impact on Self-Efficacy - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Purpose: Restricted and repetitive behaviours are a core feature of autism diagnoses but have not been widely studied in adulthood. This study examined the rates of and associations between repetitive...
link.springer.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:30 AM
“Stimming had a SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE impact on autistic adults’ self-rated self-efficacy”
“Results CONTRADICT the negative view often expressed suggesting that stimming should be eradicated”
“Stimming has a POSITIVE effect and SUPPORTS autistic individuals’ ability to COPE with difficulties”
🫠
“Results CONTRADICT the negative view often expressed suggesting that stimming should be eradicated”
“Stimming has a POSITIVE effect and SUPPORTS autistic individuals’ ability to COPE with difficulties”
🫠
My cat helped me work on a grant proposal the other night!
November 27, 2024 at 11:33 PM
My cat helped me work on a grant proposal the other night!
Hi! I'm Gillian and I'm a PhD student in social work! My interests are:
- The oppression of people with mental health diagnoses, especially BPD
- Mad Studies
- Community-based participatory research
- Critical disability studies
- Lived experience
- The oppression of people with mental health diagnoses, especially BPD
- Mad Studies
- Community-based participatory research
- Critical disability studies
- Lived experience
November 24, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Hi! I'm Gillian and I'm a PhD student in social work! My interests are:
- The oppression of people with mental health diagnoses, especially BPD
- Mad Studies
- Community-based participatory research
- Critical disability studies
- Lived experience
- The oppression of people with mental health diagnoses, especially BPD
- Mad Studies
- Community-based participatory research
- Critical disability studies
- Lived experience