Melissa Yoong
@melissayoong.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics, University of Nottingham Malaysia. Researching language, gender & sexuality with a focus on work, family, social movements & resistance. All views mine
"In our time marked by epistemic instability, discursive overload, and interconnected global crises, it is no longer sufficient for people to decode language; they must be equipped to question it, redesign it, and use it ethically to shape more just and sustainable futures."
Really interesting and important position paper on critical language awareness by Darics et al. here:
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Great to see our collection on polycrisis mentioned among such important works.
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Great to see our collection on polycrisis mentioned among such important works.
Frontiers | Critical language awareness as a future imperative: seeing the ‘water’
This position paper argues that critical language awareness (CLA) must be recognised as a core, future-oriented metacognitive competency. In our time marked ...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"In our time marked by epistemic instability, discursive overload, and interconnected global crises, it is no longer sufficient for people to decode language; they must be equipped to question it, redesign it, and use it ethically to shape more just and sustainable futures."
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In "Rogue readings of a flashpoint moment: The double-edged sword of Adolescence", Debbie Ging and Catherine R. Baker argue that 'Adolescence' inadvertently operates in the service of anti-progressive agendas. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
September 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In "Rogue readings of a flashpoint moment: The double-edged sword of Adolescence", Debbie Ging and Catherine R. Baker argue that 'Adolescence' inadvertently operates in the service of anti-progressive agendas. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Academic publishing can be a hot mess of mixed emotions patthomson.net/2025/08/21/i...
I’ve just been published and I feel…
When Dr. Sarah’s first peer-reviewed article appeared in the Journal of Sustainability and Urban Policy, her social media announcements said: “Delighted to share my latest research on ur…
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August 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Academic publishing can be a hot mess of mixed emotions patthomson.net/2025/08/21/i...
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The Amazing AnswerBot. www.patreon.com/posts/amazin...
June 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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It’s a mistake to outsource most writing to AI.
Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas.
Writing is where we do our best thinking.
Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas.
Writing is where we do our best thinking.
May 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It’s a mistake to outsource most writing to AI.
Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas.
Writing is where we do our best thinking.
Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas.
Writing is where we do our best thinking.
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🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: controversy as new Pope drops requirement for citations to list place of publication 🚨🚨🚨
May 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: controversy as new Pope drops requirement for citations to list place of publication 🚨🚨🚨
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RFK Jr. claims that he can find THE cause of autism within a few months. When I hear someone claiming they have found THE cure for cancer, I have a 100 thoughts whirling in my head. Once misinformation takes flight it is so hard to refute it. Inaccuracy on multiple levels.
Brandolini’s law is 🎯🧪🧬
Brandolini’s law is 🎯🧪🧬
April 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
RFK Jr. claims that he can find THE cause of autism within a few months. When I hear someone claiming they have found THE cure for cancer, I have a 100 thoughts whirling in my head. Once misinformation takes flight it is so hard to refute it. Inaccuracy on multiple levels.
Brandolini’s law is 🎯🧪🧬
Brandolini’s law is 🎯🧪🧬
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Very exciting to see that my book is now up on the @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social website! 'Language and LGBTQ+ Youth: Analysing Marginalised Identities through an Intersectional Lens' will be out in November 🥳 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
Language and LGBTQ+ Youth
This book takes a queer linguistic and intersectional approach to the analysis of young LGBTQ+ people's identity constructions, showing how their language use r…
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April 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Very exciting to see that my book is now up on the @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social website! 'Language and LGBTQ+ Youth: Analysing Marginalised Identities through an Intersectional Lens' will be out in November 🥳 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
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Youth workers can provide a positive example of masculinity.
The anti-Andrew Tate: how youth workers can counteract the influence of masculinity influencers
Youth workers can provide a positive example of masculinity.
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March 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Youth workers can provide a positive example of masculinity.
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Job postings with terms like "ambitious" and "self-reliant" may attract more narcissistic applicants. A behavioral researcher explains why: buff.ly/80ffaHu
Jonathan Gay, University of Mississippi #jobs
Jonathan Gay, University of Mississippi #jobs
March 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Job postings with terms like "ambitious" and "self-reliant" may attract more narcissistic applicants. A behavioral researcher explains why: buff.ly/80ffaHu
Jonathan Gay, University of Mississippi #jobs
Jonathan Gay, University of Mississippi #jobs
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A new guest blog by @alexahepburn.bsky.social .
A fascinating, line by line transcription and analysis of the Trump – Vance - Zelenskyy White House interview that caused ripples around the world.
rolsi.net/2025/03/19/g...
A fascinating, line by line transcription and analysis of the Trump – Vance - Zelenskyy White House interview that caused ripples around the world.
rolsi.net/2025/03/19/g...
March 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A new guest blog by @alexahepburn.bsky.social .
A fascinating, line by line transcription and analysis of the Trump – Vance - Zelenskyy White House interview that caused ripples around the world.
rolsi.net/2025/03/19/g...
A fascinating, line by line transcription and analysis of the Trump – Vance - Zelenskyy White House interview that caused ripples around the world.
rolsi.net/2025/03/19/g...
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'Why don't they run?'
Kazuo Ishiguro discusses why the characters in Never Let Me Go don't try to escape: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIYx14nN9Cw&t=6s
Kazuo Ishiguro discusses why the characters in Never Let Me Go don't try to escape: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIYx14nN9Cw&t=6s
Kazuo Ishiguro on why the characters in Never Let Me Go don't run
‘Why don’t they run?’To celebrate Never Let Me Go’s twentieth anniversary, Faber Members and readers sent in questions about the novel to the author. One of ...
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March 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'Why don't they run?'
Kazuo Ishiguro discusses why the characters in Never Let Me Go don't try to escape: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIYx14nN9Cw&t=6s
Kazuo Ishiguro discusses why the characters in Never Let Me Go don't try to escape: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIYx14nN9Cw&t=6s
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'Academics can no longer resort to only publishing papers, and clenching fists in pockets. Instead, there is a need to consider how to make best use of academic knowledge and creativity to support diverse activism'.
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
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#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
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An active academia for peace and sustainability
With discontent rising in response to insufficient action to address climate, biodiversity, equity, democracy, and peace challenges, activism is preva…
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March 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
'Academics can no longer resort to only publishing papers, and clenching fists in pockets. Instead, there is a need to consider how to make best use of academic knowledge and creativity to support diverse activism'.
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
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#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
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My monograph 'Male Separatism: Discourse, Ideology, Argumentation' is now available for purchase as an ebook with John Benjamins, though you will need to pre-order for a physical copy.
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Male Separatism
This book offers a critical discourse analytical perspective on the phenomenon of men who voluntarily abstain from relationships with women. It contributes to the growing body of literature on the man...
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January 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
My monograph 'Male Separatism: Discourse, Ideology, Argumentation' is now available for purchase as an ebook with John Benjamins, though you will need to pre-order for a physical copy.
benjamins.com/catalog/daps...
benjamins.com/catalog/daps...
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Every single one of the Trump supporters sounds like a domestic abuser. "You should've let him hit you, you shouldn't have complained in public, you're never grateful, you never say thank you."
March 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Every single one of the Trump supporters sounds like a domestic abuser. "You should've let him hit you, you shouldn't have complained in public, you're never grateful, you never say thank you."
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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
"disability inclusion isn’t about charity; it’s about making organizations work better"
Accommodations designed for people with #disabilities often benefit everyone. Examples include captioning, visual instructions, and remote work options, according to a professor of disability studies: https://buff.ly/3CVmteh
Lauren Shallish, Rutgers - Newark #ADA #DEI #workplace #universaldesign
Lauren Shallish, Rutgers - Newark #ADA #DEI #workplace #universaldesign
Why including people with disabilities in the workforce and higher education benefits everyone
For one thing, the presence of employees with disabilities improves the culture of the entire organization, making it more collaborative and responsive.
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February 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
"disability inclusion isn’t about charity; it’s about making organizations work better"
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Not true. I'll give you some examples of when styles crossed over from womenswear to menswear, and how men have worn straight-up womenswear or just feminine styles in cool ways. 🧵
February 16, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Not true. I'll give you some examples of when styles crossed over from womenswear to menswear, and how men have worn straight-up womenswear or just feminine styles in cool ways. 🧵
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VP JD Vance clashes with# Catholic bishops over #immigration—raids, rhetoric, and the Church’s role. A religious studies professor explores the deep tensions in Christian views on migrant care. https://buff.ly/3CI664H
@laura-e-alex.bsky.social @ University of Nebraska Omaha
@laura-e-alex.bsky.social @ University of Nebraska Omaha
Whether Christians should prioritize care for migrants as much as for fellow citizens has been debated for centuries
A scholar of religion and migration writes about the long-standing tensions among Christians regarding their moral obligations to those more or less closely connected to them.
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February 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
VP JD Vance clashes with# Catholic bishops over #immigration—raids, rhetoric, and the Church’s role. A religious studies professor explores the deep tensions in Christian views on migrant care. https://buff.ly/3CI664H
@laura-e-alex.bsky.social @ University of Nebraska Omaha
@laura-e-alex.bsky.social @ University of Nebraska Omaha
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📢 The Discursive Construction of Migrant Identities co-edited with @drsimongoodman.bsky.social & Stuart Dunmore
Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4
Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4
February 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📢 The Discursive Construction of Migrant Identities co-edited with @drsimongoodman.bsky.social & Stuart Dunmore
Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4
Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4
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Want to know more about my @ucpress.bsky.social book? Read this Q&A I did with @asc.upenn.edu where I talk about research, activism and digital tech!
In her debut book, Annenberg alum @bettyferrari.bsky.social examines how social movements use technology in their organizing. We spoke with her about recent developments in technology & politics, political groups from Hungary all the way to Philly, and much more: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Appropriate, Negotiate, Challenge: Q&A with Elisabetta Ferrari (Ph.D. ‘19)
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February 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Want to know more about my @ucpress.bsky.social book? Read this Q&A I did with @asc.upenn.edu where I talk about research, activism and digital tech!
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We talked about the weaponisation of 'DEI' in the US in the latest pod and here we are...
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We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.
February 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We talked about the weaponisation of 'DEI' in the US in the latest pod and here we are...
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"Through pointing, Trump is able to entertain his audience, direct their attention, build rapport with them and align himself with them as a man of the people."
My study of pointing gestures in the spoken performance of Trump has been picked by @psypost.bsky.social. You can read Eric Dolan's excellent piece on the research here: www.psypost.org/the-power-of...
The power of the point: The science of Donald Trump's gestures
Ever noticed Donald Trump's frequent pointing? A new linguistic study reveals it's not just random.
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February 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"Through pointing, Trump is able to entertain his audience, direct their attention, build rapport with them and align himself with them as a man of the people."