Warda Farah
@wardasworld.bsky.social
Interested in all things Race, Disability & Language
I write what I like...
https://www.entanglecollective.co.uk/
farahconsulting.my.canva.site
https://vizzy.com/@wardafarah
I write what I like...
https://www.entanglecollective.co.uk/
farahconsulting.my.canva.site
https://vizzy.com/@wardafarah
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Warda Farah
@wardasworld.bsky.social
· Sep 27
White System, Black Therapist: Racism, Resistance and Reimagining Speech Language Therapy
In this book, Warda Farah brings a fresh perspective to the field of Speech and Language Therapy, challenging traditional approaches and opening crucial conversations about race, culture, and neurodiv...
www.routledge.com
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Every child has the right to play- the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
#earlyyears #play #playmatters #understandingchildhoods #SirenFilms
#earlyyears #play #playmatters #understandingchildhoods #SirenFilms
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Every child has the right to play- the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
#earlyyears #play #playmatters #understandingchildhoods #SirenFilms
#earlyyears #play #playmatters #understandingchildhoods #SirenFilms
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Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place | Julian Richer
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place | Julian Richer
I have been fortunate, and I know it. Now I’d like more successful people to admit that meritocracy is a myth, says Julian Richer, founder of Richer Sounds
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place | Julian Richer
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On language, Ai, and care:
The interruption of care
The disruption of the machine
The interruption of care
The disruption of the machine
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
On language, Ai, and care:
The interruption of care
The disruption of the machine
The interruption of care
The disruption of the machine
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🚨 New pub 🚨 co-authored w Dr. Keishana Barnes & Dr. Elizabeth Morgan, we uplift Black mothers’ advocacy work.
“Moving from Silence into Language and Action.” (Re)Imagining Advocacy with Black Motherscholars and Their Motherwork Across Multiple Contexts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Moving from Silence into Language and Action.” (Re)Imagining Advocacy with Black Motherscholars and Their Motherwork Across Multiple Contexts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Moving from Silence into Language and Action.” (Re)Imagining Advocacy with Black Motherscholars and Their Motherwork Across Multiple Contexts
Racial animus, the fear, hatred, dehumanizing, and othered perceptions of Black people is an ideology that too often undergirds Black children’s experiences within schools. Through similar patterns...
www.tandfonline.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🚨 New pub 🚨 co-authored w Dr. Keishana Barnes & Dr. Elizabeth Morgan, we uplift Black mothers’ advocacy work.
“Moving from Silence into Language and Action.” (Re)Imagining Advocacy with Black Motherscholars and Their Motherwork Across Multiple Contexts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Moving from Silence into Language and Action.” (Re)Imagining Advocacy with Black Motherscholars and Their Motherwork Across Multiple Contexts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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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Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
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There is a lot for disabled people to be enraged about. I partnered with artist Finnegan Shannon on #DisabledRage public art. All graphics are downloadable & feel free to share and wheatpaste all over your community
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
September 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
There is a lot for disabled people to be enraged about. I partnered with artist Finnegan Shannon on #DisabledRage public art. All graphics are downloadable & feel free to share and wheatpaste all over your community
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
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Here is another petition I would rather not have to sign.
Help protect Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester!
👇👇👇
c.org/2g4WxGSwmX
Help protect Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester!
👇👇👇
c.org/2g4WxGSwmX
We Can Make an Impact.
Save Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester
c.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Here is another petition I would rather not have to sign.
Help protect Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester!
👇👇👇
c.org/2g4WxGSwmX
Help protect Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester!
👇👇👇
c.org/2g4WxGSwmX
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England’s top medical unions warn it’s unacceptable that Long COVID still isn’t classed as an occupational disease.
Three years after official advice, frontline health workers are still waiting for recognition and financial support.
www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...
Three years after official advice, frontline health workers are still waiting for recognition and financial support.
www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...
‘Unconscionable’ that the Government has not recognised Long COVID as an occupational disease, warns BMA and RCN - BMA media centre - BMA
Press release from the BMA.
www.bma.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
England’s top medical unions warn it’s unacceptable that Long COVID still isn’t classed as an occupational disease.
Three years after official advice, frontline health workers are still waiting for recognition and financial support.
www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...
Three years after official advice, frontline health workers are still waiting for recognition and financial support.
www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...
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Experiencing racism does not make you immune from perpetuating racism.
Similarly, experiencing accentism does not make you immune from projecting ideas of "good" and "bad" accents.
Similarly, experiencing accentism does not make you immune from projecting ideas of "good" and "bad" accents.
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Experiencing racism does not make you immune from perpetuating racism.
Similarly, experiencing accentism does not make you immune from projecting ideas of "good" and "bad" accents.
Similarly, experiencing accentism does not make you immune from projecting ideas of "good" and "bad" accents.
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"There is no blueprint for how to live in a body that is not easily definable as male or female".
It really is time that society stopped trying to pretend that intersex people don't exist.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It really is time that society stopped trying to pretend that intersex people don't exist.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘I don’t want anyone to suffer like I did’: the intersex campaigners fighting to limit surgery on children
What should be done about the small proportion of babies born with genitals that are neither typically male nor typically female? Many of those affected believe parents and doctors are often too quick...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
"There is no blueprint for how to live in a body that is not easily definable as male or female".
It really is time that society stopped trying to pretend that intersex people don't exist.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It really is time that society stopped trying to pretend that intersex people don't exist.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
A must read by THE @mboveda.bsky.social 🌿
We were grateful that THE Mildred Boveda provided a commentary on the special issue, unpacking tensions across fields that can make transdisciplinary work difficult and offering a roadmap for collaborative, anti-ableist research partnerships.
Embracing complexity: Applying intersectional, post-oppositional approaches to examinations of students with disabilities in educational psychology research
This article responds to calls for transdisciplinary collaboration between educational psychology, special education, and Disability Studies in Education (DSE) to better include and support student...
www.tandfonline.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A must read by THE @mboveda.bsky.social 🌿
Reposted by Warda Farah
We were grateful that THE Mildred Boveda provided a commentary on the special issue, unpacking tensions across fields that can make transdisciplinary work difficult and offering a roadmap for collaborative, anti-ableist research partnerships.
Embracing complexity: Applying intersectional, post-oppositional approaches to examinations of students with disabilities in educational psychology research
This article responds to calls for transdisciplinary collaboration between educational psychology, special education, and Disability Studies in Education (DSE) to better include and support student...
www.tandfonline.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We were grateful that THE Mildred Boveda provided a commentary on the special issue, unpacking tensions across fields that can make transdisciplinary work difficult and offering a roadmap for collaborative, anti-ableist research partnerships.
Reposted by Warda Farah
Exploring career paths beyond the professoriate? Division K is hosting a panel on navigating the non-academic job market with voices from education, research, tech, and public service.
📅 Nov 20, 5–6pm ET
Register: bit.ly/DivKNOV20
📅 Nov 20, 5–6pm ET
Register: bit.ly/DivKNOV20
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Exploring career paths beyond the professoriate? Division K is hosting a panel on navigating the non-academic job market with voices from education, research, tech, and public service.
📅 Nov 20, 5–6pm ET
Register: bit.ly/DivKNOV20
📅 Nov 20, 5–6pm ET
Register: bit.ly/DivKNOV20
Reposted by Warda Farah
We wrote a paper that used double helix metaphor, "Our findings illustrate that both educator response & education policy create a double helix of oppression...that make it incredibly difficult for Black girls to be protected from racialized sexual harassment"-this was our note on Watson's citation
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We wrote a paper that used double helix metaphor, "Our findings illustrate that both educator response & education policy create a double helix of oppression...that make it incredibly difficult for Black girls to be protected from racialized sexual harassment"-this was our note on Watson's citation
Reposted by Warda Farah
In my latest blog post I contrast @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social rhetorical style with @barackobama.bsky.social style suggesting a shift in how politicians of color position themselves that offers a possible new path of resistance to Trump’s fascism
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/z...
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/z...
Zohran Mamdani Just Gave American Politics a Raciolinguistic Reality Check
Zohran Mamdani just won the New York City mayoral race, and it’s a big deal for reasons that will no doubt be dissected for years to come. But what really stands out to me is how this moment shifts…
educationallinguist.wordpress.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In my latest blog post I contrast @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social rhetorical style with @barackobama.bsky.social style suggesting a shift in how politicians of color position themselves that offers a possible new path of resistance to Trump’s fascism
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/z...
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/z...
@durhamimh.bsky.social it would be nice if your finance department answered emails about reimbursements, I've been emailing since Aug alongside other fellows, many of us are independent scholars or students so this shit matters!
November 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
@durhamimh.bsky.social it would be nice if your finance department answered emails about reimbursements, I've been emailing since Aug alongside other fellows, many of us are independent scholars or students so this shit matters!
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I cannot tell you how grim the AI in higher ed situation is. Many of the students have completely surrendered to letting AI do their homework, badly, I might add. How do you fix this? Truly, what the hell do we do, beyond what grading can address, which isn't a solution?
September 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I cannot tell you how grim the AI in higher ed situation is. Many of the students have completely surrendered to letting AI do their homework, badly, I might add. How do you fix this? Truly, what the hell do we do, beyond what grading can address, which isn't a solution?
Reposted by Warda Farah
1000% respectfully disagree. White supremacy is a move to hoard power. By labeling it a mental illness, we are 1) making it less safe for people who have mental illness, 2) disregarding & endangering all the Black folks & folks of color with mental illness who don't subscribe to white supremacy.
ATP White supremacy is mental illness. No way to explain the illogical behavior and negative actions. I also would venture to say it is a melting pot of several antisocial and other negative behaviors. I personally believe it should get an ICD9 code or several.
Taps the sign:
October 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
1000% respectfully disagree. White supremacy is a move to hoard power. By labeling it a mental illness, we are 1) making it less safe for people who have mental illness, 2) disregarding & endangering all the Black folks & folks of color with mental illness who don't subscribe to white supremacy.
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“I cannot describe how awkward I feel when I am asked ‘what I do’. My #health means I can no longer #work, and despite the fact that is nothing to be ashamed of, I still feel #shame.”: buff.ly/asgcSCA
By whatapain
#ChronicPain #NEisVoid #disability
By whatapain
#ChronicPain #NEisVoid #disability
What Do You Do? (The Dreaded Question) | What a Pain
When you can't work because of chronic illness, "what do you do?' is a tough question. What if we started asking people what we live to do instead?
buff.ly
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“I cannot describe how awkward I feel when I am asked ‘what I do’. My #health means I can no longer #work, and despite the fact that is nothing to be ashamed of, I still feel #shame.”: buff.ly/asgcSCA
By whatapain
#ChronicPain #NEisVoid #disability
By whatapain
#ChronicPain #NEisVoid #disability
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Fantastic video from Shawn Grows:
This film traces how humanity’s craving for sweetness reshaped the world. From ancient India’s first crystallized sugar to the rise of Caribbean plantations & the birth of global empires, sugar transformed from a rare luxury into an addiction that fueled revolution.
This film traces how humanity’s craving for sweetness reshaped the world. From ancient India’s first crystallized sugar to the rise of Caribbean plantations & the birth of global empires, sugar transformed from a rare luxury into an addiction that fueled revolution.
The Crop That Destroyed Entire Countries
YouTube video by Shawn Grows
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Fantastic video from Shawn Grows:
This film traces how humanity’s craving for sweetness reshaped the world. From ancient India’s first crystallized sugar to the rise of Caribbean plantations & the birth of global empires, sugar transformed from a rare luxury into an addiction that fueled revolution.
This film traces how humanity’s craving for sweetness reshaped the world. From ancient India’s first crystallized sugar to the rise of Caribbean plantations & the birth of global empires, sugar transformed from a rare luxury into an addiction that fueled revolution.
Reposted by Warda Farah
France’s Sorbonne University about to leave Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings: "These rankings are...black boxes that operate in a closed system” sciencebusiness.net/news/univers...
Why Sorbonne pulled out of university ranking
France’s Sorbonne University plans to leave the Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings, adding its name to a growing number of universities rejecting lists that play one institution off against another...
sciencebusiness.net
October 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
France’s Sorbonne University about to leave Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings: "These rankings are...black boxes that operate in a closed system” sciencebusiness.net/news/univers...