Meg Fereday
@meg-fereday.bsky.social
Autistic PhD student at unisouthampton.bsky.social researching young people's digital queer-neurodivergent resistance practices.
⚛️ @disconetwork.bsky.social Affiliate 2025
🤝 Member @neuronarratives @QueerMedHums @ndhumanities.bsky.social
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⚛️ @disconetwork.bsky.social Affiliate 2025
🤝 Member @neuronarratives @QueerMedHums @ndhumanities.bsky.social
they/them
Never felt such solidarity + belonging in conference space than at the first ever Critical Neurodiversity Studies conf this week @durhamimh.bsky.social, amongst the many incredible independent scholars, artists and activists building up this field.
so tired! so inspired! longer reflections to come!!
so tired! so inspired! longer reflections to come!!
June 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Never felt such solidarity + belonging in conference space than at the first ever Critical Neurodiversity Studies conf this week @durhamimh.bsky.social, amongst the many incredible independent scholars, artists and activists building up this field.
so tired! so inspired! longer reflections to come!!
so tired! so inspired! longer reflections to come!!
the Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference @durhamimh.bsky.social starts tomorrow! Wishing I could attend literally every talk/panel/workshop.
I’ll be speaking about why critical media studies is essential to a critical turn in neurodiversity studies - catch me on the Digital panel tomorrow 🤸!
I’ll be speaking about why critical media studies is essential to a critical turn in neurodiversity studies - catch me on the Digital panel tomorrow 🤸!
June 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
the Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference @durhamimh.bsky.social starts tomorrow! Wishing I could attend literally every talk/panel/workshop.
I’ll be speaking about why critical media studies is essential to a critical turn in neurodiversity studies - catch me on the Digital panel tomorrow 🤸!
I’ll be speaking about why critical media studies is essential to a critical turn in neurodiversity studies - catch me on the Digital panel tomorrow 🤸!
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Do this! Couldn't be a way to make it easier!
If you're a British trans person or ally I really think you MUST fill in the EHRC consultation on whether to segregate trans people from society
If you need a hand doing that, @notrightruth.bsky.social and I will be doing a respond together live stream Tuesday 8pm!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wfw...
If you need a hand doing that, @notrightruth.bsky.social and I will be doing a respond together live stream Tuesday 8pm!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wfw...
Respond to the EHRC consultation together! With Katy Montgomerie and Dr Ruth Pearce ❤️
YouTube video by Katy Montgomerie
www.youtube.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Do this! Couldn't be a way to make it easier!
got a room full of people laughing about network graphs last week at the @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social Queer Data Showcase - who knew!
Thanks to @kevinguyan.bsky.social @sj-bennett.bsky.social @mystikaglamoor.bsky.social and all my co-presenters for a fantastic evening ☺️
📸Daniel McGowan Photography
Thanks to @kevinguyan.bsky.social @sj-bennett.bsky.social @mystikaglamoor.bsky.social and all my co-presenters for a fantastic evening ☺️
📸Daniel McGowan Photography
June 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
got a room full of people laughing about network graphs last week at the @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social Queer Data Showcase - who knew!
Thanks to @kevinguyan.bsky.social @sj-bennett.bsky.social @mystikaglamoor.bsky.social and all my co-presenters for a fantastic evening ☺️
📸Daniel McGowan Photography
Thanks to @kevinguyan.bsky.social @sj-bennett.bsky.social @mystikaglamoor.bsky.social and all my co-presenters for a fantastic evening ☺️
📸Daniel McGowan Photography
en route Edinburgh to share my work on ✨neuroqueer network analysis✨ at @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social Queer Data Showcase tomorrow night!
Tickets here 👇
www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...
Tickets here 👇
www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...
June 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
en route Edinburgh to share my work on ✨neuroqueer network analysis✨ at @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social Queer Data Showcase tomorrow night!
Tickets here 👇
www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...
Tickets here 👇
www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...
A vital look into the digital, collective origins of 'neuroqueer' - stretching all the way back to autistic Usenet forums in the early 00s.
Internet history is so crucial to critical neurodiversity studies!
Asks: what might a neuroqueer citation politics look like?
Internet history is so crucial to critical neurodiversity studies!
Asks: what might a neuroqueer citation politics look like?
on the origins/origin story of 'neuroqueer': Perry Zurn's (2024) "Re-Citing the Origins of Neuroqueer" muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu
May 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A vital look into the digital, collective origins of 'neuroqueer' - stretching all the way back to autistic Usenet forums in the early 00s.
Internet history is so crucial to critical neurodiversity studies!
Asks: what might a neuroqueer citation politics look like?
Internet history is so crucial to critical neurodiversity studies!
Asks: what might a neuroqueer citation politics look like?
Papers, videos, visual art, zines! - this is gonna be something special
CFP Neurodiversity special issue -
Towards a Critical Turn in Neurodiversity Studies:
Bridging the Arts, Humanities and the Social Sciences
Abstracts deadline 3rd Aug 25
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
CFP Neurodiversity special issue -
Towards a Critical Turn in Neurodiversity Studies:
Bridging the Arts, Humanities and the Social Sciences
Abstracts deadline 3rd Aug 25
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
journals.sagepub.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Papers, videos, visual art, zines! - this is gonna be something special
CFP Neurodiversity special issue -
Towards a Critical Turn in Neurodiversity Studies:
Bridging the Arts, Humanities and the Social Sciences
Abstracts deadline 3rd Aug 25
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
CFP Neurodiversity special issue -
Towards a Critical Turn in Neurodiversity Studies:
Bridging the Arts, Humanities and the Social Sciences
Abstracts deadline 3rd Aug 25
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
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Governments own research on whats triggered the increase in PIP claims found its mainly from health deterioration and needing more support, with many told about it by health professionals or the dwp itself - not social media
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Triggers to claiming Personal Independence Payment
www.gov.uk
May 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Governments own research on whats triggered the increase in PIP claims found its mainly from health deterioration and needing more support, with many told about it by health professionals or the dwp itself - not social media
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project
At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...
goodlawproject.org
April 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
I'm a member of the @disconetwork.bsky.social Affiliate Program 2025! So far loving being part of such a radical and fun group of researchers - meet us here 👇
www.disconetwork.org/affiliates
www.disconetwork.org/affiliates
Affiliates — DISCO Network
www.disconetwork.org
April 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'm a member of the @disconetwork.bsky.social Affiliate Program 2025! So far loving being part of such a radical and fun group of researchers - meet us here 👇
www.disconetwork.org/affiliates
www.disconetwork.org/affiliates
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We’ve literally JUST had Neurodiversity Celebration Week. To raise awareness, to celebrate difference, to help make neurodivergent lives better
And then we get this from a national newspaper. Wow, just wow
And then we get this from a national newspaper. Wow, just wow
I would potentially have a lot more time for headlines like this if there was any other way for many people to recognise that they are neurodivergent and start taking steps to actually improve their lives. As there aren't, as there is little support even when diagnosed, I have zero time for them.
March 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We’ve literally JUST had Neurodiversity Celebration Week. To raise awareness, to celebrate difference, to help make neurodivergent lives better
And then we get this from a national newspaper. Wow, just wow
And then we get this from a national newspaper. Wow, just wow
First chapter of @disconetwork.bsky.social’s Technoskepticism offers the clearest, most radically compassionate articulation of “TikTok diagnoses” I’ve read so far
Dare to diagnose yourself, again and again; brazenly say what your bodymind tells you; afford yourself space to be believed + cared for
Dare to diagnose yourself, again and again; brazenly say what your bodymind tells you; afford yourself space to be believed + cared for
March 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
First chapter of @disconetwork.bsky.social’s Technoskepticism offers the clearest, most radically compassionate articulation of “TikTok diagnoses” I’ve read so far
Dare to diagnose yourself, again and again; brazenly say what your bodymind tells you; afford yourself space to be believed + cared for
Dare to diagnose yourself, again and again; brazenly say what your bodymind tells you; afford yourself space to be believed + cared for
labour’s benefit cuts look to be explicitly targeted at neurodivergent folk - despite the long-touted statistic that ~80% of diagnosed UK autistic adults are unemployed.
neurodiversity is a class issue, now more than ever
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
neurodiversity is a class issue, now more than ever
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
March 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
labour’s benefit cuts look to be explicitly targeted at neurodivergent folk - despite the long-touted statistic that ~80% of diagnosed UK autistic adults are unemployed.
neurodiversity is a class issue, now more than ever
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
neurodiversity is a class issue, now more than ever
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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kishonna gray and @haimson.bsky.social in conversation about trans technologies -- tech that is made by & for the trans community to serve their needs! oliver is talking abt how queer & trans & gnc folks are, often, AI haters and prioritize tech that foregrounds care, community, and liberation
March 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
kishonna gray and @haimson.bsky.social in conversation about trans technologies -- tech that is made by & for the trans community to serve their needs! oliver is talking abt how queer & trans & gnc folks are, often, AI haters and prioritize tech that foregrounds care, community, and liberation
More excited than ever to get my hands on a copy of Trans Technologies after @haimson.bsky.social’s talk today. Thanks for answering my question, and for letting those of us outside the US dial in!
(brb thinking about how technological trans care might be entangled w/ neuroqueer digital practices…)
(brb thinking about how technological trans care might be entangled w/ neuroqueer digital practices…)
March 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
More excited than ever to get my hands on a copy of Trans Technologies after @haimson.bsky.social’s talk today. Thanks for answering my question, and for letting those of us outside the US dial in!
(brb thinking about how technological trans care might be entangled w/ neuroqueer digital practices…)
(brb thinking about how technological trans care might be entangled w/ neuroqueer digital practices…)
I’ve had such a warm welcome to @unisouthampton.bsky.social this month!
Highlight had to be this zine-making workshop for LGBT PGRs, surrounded by the brilliantly curated Glitchy Kinship exhibition from @lizziereed.bsky.social and @miloustella.bsky.social at WSA Gallery ⛓️💥✨
Highlight had to be this zine-making workshop for LGBT PGRs, surrounded by the brilliantly curated Glitchy Kinship exhibition from @lizziereed.bsky.social and @miloustella.bsky.social at WSA Gallery ⛓️💥✨
February 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’ve had such a warm welcome to @unisouthampton.bsky.social this month!
Highlight had to be this zine-making workshop for LGBT PGRs, surrounded by the brilliantly curated Glitchy Kinship exhibition from @lizziereed.bsky.social and @miloustella.bsky.social at WSA Gallery ⛓️💥✨
Highlight had to be this zine-making workshop for LGBT PGRs, surrounded by the brilliantly curated Glitchy Kinship exhibition from @lizziereed.bsky.social and @miloustella.bsky.social at WSA Gallery ⛓️💥✨
Currently searching for organisations/support groups/outreach initiatives/networks for young people in the UK who are both queer and neurodivergent - and I'm coming up empty!
bluesky hivemind, any recommendations?
bluesky hivemind, any recommendations?
January 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Currently searching for organisations/support groups/outreach initiatives/networks for young people in the UK who are both queer and neurodivergent - and I'm coming up empty!
bluesky hivemind, any recommendations?
bluesky hivemind, any recommendations?
task-switching from literally anything into writing mode, the boss level of my adhd experience
January 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
task-switching from literally anything into writing mode, the boss level of my adhd experience
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Myself & @rachelbayer.bsky.social are organising an @rgsibg.bsky.social panel session on Asexual Geographies!
Read the Call for Papers and submit an abstract here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Read the Call for Papers and submit an abstract here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Myself & @rachelbayer.bsky.social are organising an @rgsibg.bsky.social panel session on Asexual Geographies!
Read the Call for Papers and submit an abstract here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Read the Call for Papers and submit an abstract here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Meg Fereday
With the looming TikTok ban and Meta axing fact-checking, the internet's future is looking bleaker by the day.
Wrote about it and more in this week's #WIREDPoliticsLab newsletter
www.wired.com/story/the-in...
Wrote about it and more in this week's #WIREDPoliticsLab newsletter
www.wired.com/story/the-in...
The Internet’s Future Is Looking Bleaker By the Day
While Meta enacts the X playbook, TikTok is on the verge of being declared illegal. Who wins? Probably not internet users.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
With the looming TikTok ban and Meta axing fact-checking, the internet's future is looking bleaker by the day.
Wrote about it and more in this week's #WIREDPoliticsLab newsletter
www.wired.com/story/the-in...
Wrote about it and more in this week's #WIREDPoliticsLab newsletter
www.wired.com/story/the-in...
Reposted by Meg Fereday
Meta literally created a LGBTQ exception for calling someone mentally ill as an insult. You can't do it for any other group except LGBTQ people.
January 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Meta literally created a LGBTQ exception for calling someone mentally ill as an insult. You can't do it for any other group except LGBTQ people.
Call for Abstracts: Critical Neurodiversity Studies, 24–26 June 2025, Durham, UK – ND Hums
ndhumanities.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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SCOOP: Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months.
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content", Meta said they are fixing this “error” after I reached out for comment.
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content", Meta said they are fixing this “error” after I reached out for comment.
Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content"
www.usermag.co
January 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
SCOOP: Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months.
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content", Meta said they are fixing this “error” after I reached out for comment.
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content", Meta said they are fixing this “error” after I reached out for comment.
airport security is the ninth circle of autistic hell
December 21, 2024 at 7:04 PM
airport security is the ninth circle of autistic hell
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#BIPOC voices are often missing from autistic spaces, so here is a BIPOC starter pack! 😊
go.bsky.app/TtXfpAt
#racialequality #antiracism
The image of autism as “only white boys” leads to underdiagnosis, discrimination & isolation for many
Our autistic community is much more diverse than that! ❤️
go.bsky.app/TtXfpAt
#racialequality #antiracism
The image of autism as “only white boys” leads to underdiagnosis, discrimination & isolation for many
Our autistic community is much more diverse than that! ❤️
December 14, 2024 at 5:32 PM
#BIPOC voices are often missing from autistic spaces, so here is a BIPOC starter pack! 😊
go.bsky.app/TtXfpAt
#racialequality #antiracism
The image of autism as “only white boys” leads to underdiagnosis, discrimination & isolation for many
Our autistic community is much more diverse than that! ❤️
go.bsky.app/TtXfpAt
#racialequality #antiracism
The image of autism as “only white boys” leads to underdiagnosis, discrimination & isolation for many
Our autistic community is much more diverse than that! ❤️