Lauren Hall-Lew
@lhlew.bsky.social
Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Edinburgh. Anti-racist, pro-trans, pro-housing, adoption-critical, Gàidhlig learner, BSL learner, musician, Trekkie, dysthymic, bleeding-heart cynic. She/her.
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"Surveys of bullying in universities show that it is rife, but universities are chronically unable to identify any bullying behaviour"
From "Exited: Terminated from Higher Education", edited by Howson, Hughes & Tight, published Emerald Press
From "Exited: Terminated from Higher Education", edited by Howson, Hughes & Tight, published Emerald Press
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
"Surveys of bullying in universities show that it is rife, but universities are chronically unable to identify any bullying behaviour"
From "Exited: Terminated from Higher Education", edited by Howson, Hughes & Tight, published Emerald Press
From "Exited: Terminated from Higher Education", edited by Howson, Hughes & Tight, published Emerald Press
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Nice to see this out in the world. My new article 'Epistemological violence in the museum: animals, colonial knowledge, and challenges to decoloniality' is out with CFC and currently open-access. Thanks to everyone who made it possible: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
Epistemological violence in the museum: animals, colonial knowledge, and challenges to decoloniality | Contemporary French Civilization
This article offers a novel intervention in decolonial museology by foregrounding animal representation and natural history collections as critical yet overlooked sites of epistemological violence in Belgium’s Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA). ...
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Nice to see this out in the world. My new article 'Epistemological violence in the museum: animals, colonial knowledge, and challenges to decoloniality' is out with CFC and currently open-access. Thanks to everyone who made it possible: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
Sign the petition to allow trans girls and women back into Girl Guiding UK c.org/BzmspcT9HW
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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December 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Sign the petition to allow trans girls and women back into Girl Guiding UK c.org/BzmspcT9HW
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Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
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December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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Thank you to everyone who joined us at the University of Edinburgh on Friday for lively discussions on the linguistic, economic and social dynamics of AI. Planning will begin for our next event before too long, so please tag or message us with ideas for your preferred topic or location!
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the University of Edinburgh on Friday for lively discussions on the linguistic, economic and social dynamics of AI. Planning will begin for our next event before too long, so please tag or message us with ideas for your preferred topic or location!
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Speech technology researchers are working to improve text-to-speech with the goal of accessible communication. However, TTS models are also being used to produce misinformation, deepfake pornography & more…
Read our latest blog post from @alice-ross.bsky.social, CTMF PhD Fellow ▶️ edin.ac/4re6En4
Read our latest blog post from @alice-ross.bsky.social, CTMF PhD Fellow ▶️ edin.ac/4re6En4
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Speech technology researchers are working to improve text-to-speech with the goal of accessible communication. However, TTS models are also being used to produce misinformation, deepfake pornography & more…
Read our latest blog post from @alice-ross.bsky.social, CTMF PhD Fellow ▶️ edin.ac/4re6En4
Read our latest blog post from @alice-ross.bsky.social, CTMF PhD Fellow ▶️ edin.ac/4re6En4
What a nice surprise to see this recent mention in my alma mater's newsletter 🥰 linguistics.stanford.edu/news/hall-le...
#linguistics #variation #sociolinguistics #corpora #books #Stanford #StanfordUniversity #StanfordLinguistics
#linguistics #variation #sociolinguistics #corpora #books #Stanford #StanfordUniversity #StanfordLinguistics
Hall-Lew co-editor of new book | Linguistics
Lauren Hall-Lew (Ph.D. '09) is a co-editor of a book titled Dimensions of Linguistic Variation, published earlier this year by Oxford University Press.
linguistics.stanford.edu
November 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
What a nice surprise to see this recent mention in my alma mater's newsletter 🥰 linguistics.stanford.edu/news/hall-le...
#linguistics #variation #sociolinguistics #corpora #books #Stanford #StanfordUniversity #StanfordLinguistics
#linguistics #variation #sociolinguistics #corpora #books #Stanford #StanfordUniversity #StanfordLinguistics
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The New episode of PPLS Perspectives is available now!
Maisy Hallam chats with Prof. Jenny Culbertson about how #technology, #AI, and global change are reshaping the future of language — and why #linguistic diversity matters more than ever.
Listen now: edin.ac/4r7axdA
Maisy Hallam chats with Prof. Jenny Culbertson about how #technology, #AI, and global change are reshaping the future of language — and why #linguistic diversity matters more than ever.
Listen now: edin.ac/4r7axdA
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The New episode of PPLS Perspectives is available now!
Maisy Hallam chats with Prof. Jenny Culbertson about how #technology, #AI, and global change are reshaping the future of language — and why #linguistic diversity matters more than ever.
Listen now: edin.ac/4r7axdA
Maisy Hallam chats with Prof. Jenny Culbertson about how #technology, #AI, and global change are reshaping the future of language — and why #linguistic diversity matters more than ever.
Listen now: edin.ac/4r7axdA
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To mark UK Black History Month we start the new season of PPLS Perspectives. PhD candidate Tony Baugh speaks with @proftjcurry.bsky.social — the 1st Black philosophy prof in Edinburgh’s 442-year history & co-chair of the University’s landmark race review. Listen here: edin.ac/4hfFk3u
October 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
To mark UK Black History Month we start the new season of PPLS Perspectives. PhD candidate Tony Baugh speaks with @proftjcurry.bsky.social — the 1st Black philosophy prof in Edinburgh’s 442-year history & co-chair of the University’s landmark race review. Listen here: edin.ac/4hfFk3u
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So they're saying the sign worked
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
So they're saying the sign worked
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An immigrant had her green card revoked for writing a bad cheque for $25.
She had since paid it back.
She’s now languishing in a detention camp.
Yet we are letting child rapists go free. Even the ones who get caught get “community service”.
It was never about crime.
She had since paid it back.
She’s now languishing in a detention camp.
Yet we are letting child rapists go free. Even the ones who get caught get “community service”.
It was never about crime.
Irish woman with green card faces US deportation over $25 bad cheque
Donna Hughes-Brown, who has lived in US since 1977 and wrote cheque a decade ago, being held in isolation by Ice
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
An immigrant had her green card revoked for writing a bad cheque for $25.
She had since paid it back.
She’s now languishing in a detention camp.
Yet we are letting child rapists go free. Even the ones who get caught get “community service”.
It was never about crime.
She had since paid it back.
She’s now languishing in a detention camp.
Yet we are letting child rapists go free. Even the ones who get caught get “community service”.
It was never about crime.
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A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
wapo.st
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
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Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
I watched my grandmother completely transform due to CJD. It's brutal. And at present there are no approved prion disease treatments. The CJD Support Network is here for those who are currently being affected. #CJDAwareness www.facebook.com/CJDSupport
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I watched my grandmother completely transform due to CJD. It's brutal. And at present there are no approved prion disease treatments. The CJD Support Network is here for those who are currently being affected. #CJDAwareness www.facebook.com/CJDSupport
@superlinguo.bsky.social look, now we will be more unique. www.aol.co.uk/articles/10-...
10 once-popular baby names that could be going extinct
Once-popular baby names are rapidly disappearing, making them perfect picks for parents seeking something unique.
www.aol.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@superlinguo.bsky.social look, now we will be more unique. www.aol.co.uk/articles/10-...
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Check out our new Interview series 🌟
In conversation with @lhlew.bsky.social, John Rickford reflects on his career in Guyana and the U.S. Through personal and professional stories, he shows how the personal and political are entwined in a life in sociolinguistics.
🔗
In conversation with @lhlew.bsky.social, John Rickford reflects on his career in Guyana and the U.S. Through personal and professional stories, he shows how the personal and political are entwined in a life in sociolinguistics.
🔗
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November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Check out our new Interview series 🌟
In conversation with @lhlew.bsky.social, John Rickford reflects on his career in Guyana and the U.S. Through personal and professional stories, he shows how the personal and political are entwined in a life in sociolinguistics.
🔗
In conversation with @lhlew.bsky.social, John Rickford reflects on his career in Guyana and the U.S. Through personal and professional stories, he shows how the personal and political are entwined in a life in sociolinguistics.
🔗
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Before ACA, many Americans couldn’t afford insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Insulin's High Cost Leads To Lethal Rationing
Alec Raeshawn Smith was 23 when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and 26 when he died. He couldn't afford $1,300 per month for his insulin and other diabetes supplies, so he tried to stretch the doses.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Before ACA, many Americans couldn’t afford insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Not sure I've ever published something so blatantly personal -- and it's a book review, of all things! I even cited my mom's book! Here's to normalizing the practice of positionality statements. Thanks to the editors and authors for the opportunity. #inclusion journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Book Review: Inclusion in Linguistics - Lauren Hall-Lew, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Not sure I've ever published something so blatantly personal -- and it's a book review, of all things! I even cited my mom's book! Here's to normalizing the practice of positionality statements. Thanks to the editors and authors for the opportunity. #inclusion journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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sociolinguistics / raciolinguistic ideologies / linguistic racism
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
sociolinguistics / raciolinguistic ideologies / linguistic racism
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Chance of a rain of lizards on Tuesday (real)
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Chance of a rain of lizards on Tuesday (real)
"The UK urgently needs cohesive and foundational principles to guide policymaking in this field and agreement on these principles must be led by the Deaf community"
bda.org.uk/bsl-is-not-f...
via @bda.org.uk via @debrief.disabilitydebrief.org.ap.brid.gy
bda.org.uk/bsl-is-not-f...
via @bda.org.uk via @debrief.disabilitydebrief.org.ap.brid.gy
BSL is not for sale: a Deaf-led approach to AI procurement
Today, the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge has published a new report, BSL is not for Sale: a Deaf-led approach to AI procurement.
bda.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"The UK urgently needs cohesive and foundational principles to guide policymaking in this field and agreement on these principles must be led by the Deaf community"
bda.org.uk/bsl-is-not-f...
via @bda.org.uk via @debrief.disabilitydebrief.org.ap.brid.gy
bda.org.uk/bsl-is-not-f...
via @bda.org.uk via @debrief.disabilitydebrief.org.ap.brid.gy
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In her #NWAV53 plenary, King discusses an example of a juror being dismissed from the pool due to forestressing in the word police (so PO-lice), because the prosecutor claimed that the pronunciation showed animus towards law enforcement. And this is exactly why I study prosody!
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In her #NWAV53 plenary, King discusses an example of a juror being dismissed from the pool due to forestressing in the word police (so PO-lice), because the prosecutor claimed that the pronunciation showed animus towards law enforcement. And this is exactly why I study prosody!
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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There’s not enough attention being paid to the fact that ICE deported a man in a persistent vegetative state
Or the fact that he was perfectly healthy when he was detained, and his family have no idea what was done to him to cause such a severe decline
He died shortly after being deported to Cuba
Or the fact that he was perfectly healthy when he was detained, and his family have no idea what was done to him to cause such a severe decline
He died shortly after being deported to Cuba
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
There’s not enough attention being paid to the fact that ICE deported a man in a persistent vegetative state
Or the fact that he was perfectly healthy when he was detained, and his family have no idea what was done to him to cause such a severe decline
He died shortly after being deported to Cuba
Or the fact that he was perfectly healthy when he was detained, and his family have no idea what was done to him to cause such a severe decline
He died shortly after being deported to Cuba