Jane Chen
@jnchn.bsky.social
she/her. PhD candidate in Sociology. thinking about intersectionality studies, Black & women-of-colour feminisms, public policy. on unceded Wurundjeri land. all views extremely my own, not of employers.
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Jane Chen
@jnchn.bsky.social
· Nov 20
can somebody please direct me to the "too shy / imposter syndrome to be asked to be added to starter packs" starter pack
nothing but utmost solidarity with and support for @drdemography.com, who is one of the most principled scholars in this country — and shows up as such, even at great personal cost !!! an inspiration, and only more so today. to be *in* the academy does not require you to be *of* the academy
August 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
nothing but utmost solidarity with and support for @drdemography.com, who is one of the most principled scholars in this country — and shows up as such, even at great personal cost !!! an inspiration, and only more so today. to be *in* the academy does not require you to be *of* the academy
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It’s a very dark reflection on the state of Australian politics that Labor (including Albanese) seem more satisfied with defeating Bandt than Dutton.
Progressive voters are tricking themselves into thinking this election was a great result, but Australia’s centre of gravity keeps going right.
Progressive voters are tricking themselves into thinking this election was a great result, but Australia’s centre of gravity keeps going right.
May 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It’s a very dark reflection on the state of Australian politics that Labor (including Albanese) seem more satisfied with defeating Bandt than Dutton.
Progressive voters are tricking themselves into thinking this election was a great result, but Australia’s centre of gravity keeps going right.
Progressive voters are tricking themselves into thinking this election was a great result, but Australia’s centre of gravity keeps going right.
i've decided to try and use every single one of these words in my thesis ❤️
Fascism is here.
The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich.
🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich.
🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
i've decided to try and use every single one of these words in my thesis ❤️
hey @beehiiv.com, I'm trying to sign up, but am getting a persistent 464 error. apparently my protonmail is not a valid email address! i've tried a couple of browsers and devices. pls help!
December 18, 2024 at 11:25 AM
hey @beehiiv.com, I'm trying to sign up, but am getting a persistent 464 error. apparently my protonmail is not a valid email address! i've tried a couple of browsers and devices. pls help!
social media bans, anti-protest measures, and even a "social cohesion pledge" (what does this even mean? government funding already comes with terms and conditions, no?). what a year for democracy ☠️☠️☠️
Victoria will legislate to 'thwart' protests at places of worship while banning face masks and certain flags, premier says.
Victoria will legislate to ‘thwart’ protests at places of worship while banning masks and flags
Jacinta Allan announces measures targeting protests in a bid ‘to combat antisemitism’ after synagogue attack
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:54 PM
social media bans, anti-protest measures, and even a "social cohesion pledge" (what does this even mean? government funding already comes with terms and conditions, no?). what a year for democracy ☠️☠️☠️
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The state exploiting the synagogue attack to suppress protest (inc peaceful pro-Pal demonstrations) is antisemitic and racist and we should all be extremely alarmed
#BREAKING 🚨 Vic premier Jacinta Allan has announced a range of legislative proposals as part of an effort to ‘thwart’ protests outside of places of worship
It includes banning face masks which ‘conceal identities and shield from capsicum spray’ and the use of glue and locks
It includes banning face masks which ‘conceal identities and shield from capsicum spray’ and the use of glue and locks
December 17, 2024 at 1:18 AM
The state exploiting the synagogue attack to suppress protest (inc peaceful pro-Pal demonstrations) is antisemitic and racist and we should all be extremely alarmed
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Social cohesion refers to trust, belonging and our willingness to help each other. Requiring pledges to social cohesion from some but not all organisations in receipt of public funding is a really great way to erode social cohesion. 🤦🏽♀️
December 17, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Social cohesion refers to trust, belonging and our willingness to help each other. Requiring pledges to social cohesion from some but not all organisations in receipt of public funding is a really great way to erode social cohesion. 🤦🏽♀️
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I should be allowed to keep myself safe from COVID and other pathogens while enacting my human right to peacefully protest.
Does this now mean I can't attend any @nteuvictoria.bsky.social protests next year?
#COVIDHegemony
Does this now mean I can't attend any @nteuvictoria.bsky.social protests next year?
#COVIDHegemony
December 17, 2024 at 3:46 AM
I should be allowed to keep myself safe from COVID and other pathogens while enacting my human right to peacefully protest.
Does this now mean I can't attend any @nteuvictoria.bsky.social protests next year?
#COVIDHegemony
Does this now mean I can't attend any @nteuvictoria.bsky.social protests next year?
#COVIDHegemony
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The question these days: will I finish my dissertation before it finishes me?
December 12, 2024 at 3:22 AM
The question these days: will I finish my dissertation before it finishes me?
"ATAR doesn't really mean anything", people insist, as they send news crews into teenagers' homes to film them reacting to their ATARs
December 12, 2024 at 2:28 AM
"ATAR doesn't really mean anything", people insist, as they send news crews into teenagers' homes to film them reacting to their ATARs
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As today is ATAR day in Australia, I'd just like to point out that the Aus govt punishes people who want to study humanities with forever-debt:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia’s $50,000 arts degree is here – putting university fees on par with the UK and US
The Hecs/Help scheme was not designed so people making a regular wage remained in debt until death, expert says
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:47 PM
As today is ATAR day in Australia, I'd just like to point out that the Aus govt punishes people who want to study humanities with forever-debt:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I'm simply uninterested in class reductionist rejections of intersectionality. You cannot have a unified working class without recognizing that different marginalized and racialized groups have distinct needs that must be respected. Arguing otherwise isn't class consciousness, it's white supremacy.
December 10, 2024 at 1:44 AM
I'm simply uninterested in class reductionist rejections of intersectionality. You cannot have a unified working class without recognizing that different marginalized and racialized groups have distinct needs that must be respected. Arguing otherwise isn't class consciousness, it's white supremacy.
hey #academicsky #phdsky, (how) are we using gen AI to support research? ... and how are we grappling with the ethics of it?
I keep being told I'm working hard but not smart ... but I don't know if I'm comfy with the impacts of gen AI. would love recs of things to read and ponder over!
I keep being told I'm working hard but not smart ... but I don't know if I'm comfy with the impacts of gen AI. would love recs of things to read and ponder over!
December 10, 2024 at 8:44 PM
hey #academicsky #phdsky, (how) are we using gen AI to support research? ... and how are we grappling with the ethics of it?
I keep being told I'm working hard but not smart ... but I don't know if I'm comfy with the impacts of gen AI. would love recs of things to read and ponder over!
I keep being told I'm working hard but not smart ... but I don't know if I'm comfy with the impacts of gen AI. would love recs of things to read and ponder over!
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Ok, my hypothesis is that the Marx dudes who think it's only about class, and talking about race and intersectional oppression is "just identity politics" fail to recognize the racialized role of *servitude* as distinct from general exploitation in the history and present of capitalism
December 8, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Ok, my hypothesis is that the Marx dudes who think it's only about class, and talking about race and intersectional oppression is "just identity politics" fail to recognize the racialized role of *servitude* as distinct from general exploitation in the history and present of capitalism
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Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
December 4, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
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I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know
Last updated December 3, 10:09 AM South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Heesoo Jang Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics Journalism Department, University of...
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December 3, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
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Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
December 2, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
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writing is reading one book and three articles to achieve one subordinate clause
November 29, 2024 at 2:49 PM
writing is reading one book and three articles to achieve one subordinate clause
as a public servant, holy shit this piece ❤️ i feel seen and held !!!
This question and Hera's beautiful response made me teary.
Because some of my close people chose public service work because they wanted to serve, to make things better, and they now find themselves being mocked and vilified and laid off by people who only serve themselves.
#nzpol
Because some of my close people chose public service work because they wanted to serve, to make things better, and they now find themselves being mocked and vilified and laid off by people who only serve themselves.
#nzpol
Help Me Hera: Everything feels so hopeless
I work in the public service because I want to serve the public. But right now that just doesn't seem possible.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 28, 2024 at 8:19 PM
as a public servant, holy shit this piece ❤️ i feel seen and held !!!
? are there not entire fields of study dedicated to contesting words and phrases ? what constitutes these "contested words and phrases" ? what
University of Sydney senate has backed a new “civility rule” requiring speakers to “make the meaning of contested words and phrases clear to the audience” and maintain its strict ban on protests in buildings, prompting accusations it's curbing freedom of speech. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
University of Sydney review proposes ‘civility rule’ that requires ‘meaning of contested words’ to be made clear
Lecturer questions if academics will have to explain context of every phrase they use, saying those who speak up on Palestine would be affected
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:27 AM
? are there not entire fields of study dedicated to contesting words and phrases ? what constitutes these "contested words and phrases" ? what
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Do they understand how stupid this stuff sounds? Defending Hanson’s racism, indulging her stunts as she seeks fundraising to overturn 18C, and suspending Thorpe for… throwing paper? They clearly don’t get how this comes across, particularly to younger people with experiences of racism.
November 27, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Do they understand how stupid this stuff sounds? Defending Hanson’s racism, indulging her stunts as she seeks fundraising to overturn 18C, and suspending Thorpe for… throwing paper? They clearly don’t get how this comes across, particularly to younger people with experiences of racism.
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Haunted by Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s definition of racism: “Group differentiated vulnerability to premature death.”
November 27, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Haunted by Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s definition of racism: “Group differentiated vulnerability to premature death.”
all those years of weekend chinese school (and at uni!), and yet I'm only just now learning this gem of an idiom ?????
My favourite Chinese idiom is about government officials causing a big fuss. Its characters 宦海风波 literally means raging sea of bureaucracy
Any problem you have, odds are some exiled Chinese bureaucrat wrote a poem about it 3,000 years ago
November 27, 2024 at 11:55 AM
all those years of weekend chinese school (and at uni!), and yet I'm only just now learning this gem of an idiom ?????
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I just looked at a highly circulated starter pack for top science and science communicators and there are 58 men, 27 women, the rest orgs based in the US, and 95% white. Maybe, just maybe, do a bit of curation and check your biases and show some care with what you put out into the wild.
November 26, 2024 at 1:26 PM
I just looked at a highly circulated starter pack for top science and science communicators and there are 58 men, 27 women, the rest orgs based in the US, and 95% white. Maybe, just maybe, do a bit of curation and check your biases and show some care with what you put out into the wild.