Stephanie Anne Shelton
@sashelton.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🐕🩵🎮 📖 My opinions | #AssociateProfessor of #QualitativeResearch at UNC-Chapel Hill | Editor: #JQTSIE | #researcher | #queer | #firstgen | #dogmom | #gamer | #booknerd | #ruralqueer | #GoTarheels
Love this! 🔥🎉❤️
June 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Love this! 🔥🎉❤️
THANK YOU for being a part of this wonderful community & conversation! 🎉❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
THANK YOU for being a part of this wonderful community & conversation! 🎉❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I am *doubtless* that I will enjoy, and I'm thrilled that you shared! Thank you! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🎉
June 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I am *doubtless* that I will enjoy, and I'm thrilled that you shared! Thank you! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🎉
Absolutely. Agency is sometimes found in small moments, brief actions, but it's there & it matters. What's the metaphor? The tiniest grains of sand can grind a massive, rumbling machine to a halt.
June 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Absolutely. Agency is sometimes found in small moments, brief actions, but it's there & it matters. What's the metaphor? The tiniest grains of sand can grind a massive, rumbling machine to a halt.
Thank you for being a part of this wonderful community conversation! 🎉🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Thank you for being a part of this wonderful community conversation! 🎉🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I *LOVE* this. Having the power to articulate our truths is WORLD CHANGING.
June 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I *LOVE* this. Having the power to articulate our truths is WORLD CHANGING.
Empathy is so underrated and underappreciated. Centering it in and as teaching is POWERFUL.
June 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Empathy is so underrated and underappreciated. Centering it in and as teaching is POWERFUL.
Ooooo! Thanks for sharing! 🔥❤️
June 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Ooooo! Thanks for sharing! 🔥❤️
If there's ANYTHING that I have that might be useful to you, just email me at sashel@unc.edu, and I will HAPPILY send it. #Queer #Literacies
June 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If there's ANYTHING that I have that might be useful to you, just email me at sashel@unc.edu, and I will HAPPILY send it. #Queer #Literacies
2/2 #Queer and #trans celebratory #literacies are possible. And, if they weren’t critically important, there wouldn’t be so many laws/policies/efforts trying to stop that work. Sending warm and caring thoughts to all.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
2/2 #Queer and #trans celebratory #literacies are possible. And, if they weren’t critically important, there wouldn’t be so many laws/policies/efforts trying to stop that work. Sending warm and caring thoughts to all.
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1/2 It was my HONOR! THANK YOU @writinglit.bsky.social inglit, @kpsinedu.bsky.social, @carolinebr.bsky.social @nicolermisra.bsky.social ! And, thank you to all of the #educators, #researchers, #community #activists, #lawmakers, everyone who actively supports #LGBTQIA+ communities!
June 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
1/2 It was my HONOR! THANK YOU @writinglit.bsky.social inglit, @kpsinedu.bsky.social, @carolinebr.bsky.social @nicolermisra.bsky.social ! And, thank you to all of the #educators, #researchers, #community #activists, #lawmakers, everyone who actively supports #LGBTQIA+ communities!
YES. STRONG co-sign!
June 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
YES. STRONG co-sign!
3/3 A6: Folder of resources: tinyurl.com/sheltonAERAL...
June 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
3/3 A6: Folder of resources: tinyurl.com/sheltonAERAL...
2/3 A6: #Queer and #trans affirming work is necessary & life-saving in education, and #literacies offer ways to do this work even within restrictive contexts. YOU CAN DO THIS WORK, and that work MATTERS more than EVER.
June 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
2/3 A6: #Queer and #trans affirming work is necessary & life-saving in education, and #literacies offer ways to do this work even within restrictive contexts. YOU CAN DO THIS WORK, and that work MATTERS more than EVER.
1/3 A6: I think the most important strategy is to understand that you *CAN* #queer #literacies, no matter #context. You *DO* have #agency to challenge taken-for-granted norms, to push for thinking in new, disruptive, potentially uncomfortable ways.
June 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
1/3 A6: I think the most important strategy is to understand that you *CAN* #queer #literacies, no matter #context. You *DO* have #agency to challenge taken-for-granted norms, to push for thinking in new, disruptive, potentially uncomfortable ways.
Comfort w/ discomfort can be absolutely TRANSFORMATIVE, for #literacies and beyond.
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Comfort w/ discomfort can be absolutely TRANSFORMATIVE, for #literacies and beyond.
Absolutely agree. There's also wonderful scholarship on drag pedagogy that some might want to check out!
June 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Absolutely agree. There's also wonderful scholarship on drag pedagogy that some might want to check out!
Yes. And, I promise you as one of those former #queer students, that they will always remember, and always love that you created those spaces.
June 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Yes. And, I promise you as one of those former #queer students, that they will always remember, and always love that you created those spaces.
Completely agree. 💯
June 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Completely agree. 💯
Completely agree. And standardized testing (& enforcement of standardization) perpetuate this issue. But centering uncertainty & discomfort can be useful for teachers & students, and it ruptures many of the assumptions & mandates--without moving into explicitly "illegal" territory.
June 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Completely agree. And standardized testing (& enforcement of standardization) perpetuate this issue. But centering uncertainty & discomfort can be useful for teachers & students, and it ruptures many of the assumptions & mandates--without moving into explicitly "illegal" territory.
That's key, I think: whose discomfort? Marginalized students/teachers are perpetually uncomfortable. Centering discomfort reshapes classroom spaces & learning in ways that can be productive for all, in new and disruptive ways.
June 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
That's key, I think: whose discomfort? Marginalized students/teachers are perpetually uncomfortable. Centering discomfort reshapes classroom spaces & learning in ways that can be productive for all, in new and disruptive ways.
3/3 A5: Queering #literacies chapter: tinyurl.com/BritzmanQuee...
Examples of these efforts: tinyurl.com/DoBadStuff tinyurl.com/SheltonCommu...
Examples of these efforts: tinyurl.com/DoBadStuff tinyurl.com/SheltonCommu...
June 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
3/3 A5: Queering #literacies chapter: tinyurl.com/BritzmanQuee...
Examples of these efforts: tinyurl.com/DoBadStuff tinyurl.com/SheltonCommu...
Examples of these efforts: tinyurl.com/DoBadStuff tinyurl.com/SheltonCommu...
2/3 A5: #Literacies that ask students “What makes you uncomfortable, unsure?” are generative & invite topics/discussions that veer outside of scripted curricula & censorship efforts.
June 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
2/3 A5: #Literacies that ask students “What makes you uncomfortable, unsure?” are generative & invite topics/discussions that veer outside of scripted curricula & censorship efforts.