Debra Guckenheimer, PhD
@dguckenheimer.bsky.social
Writer, activist, artist, teacher, sociologist, 🥄 , neurodivergent, disabled, queer, single mom.
🏳️🌈 Pronouns: she/they
#livingwithableism #resist
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#livingwithableism #resist
U.S. academics, this is our moment. Who's with me?
There was a lot of #AcademicFreedom, good scholarship, and independent thought in German universities before Hitler. After Hitler had risen to power, many academics fled the country. Some resisted the Nazi regime and were persecuted. Most adapted to a new situation. Here are some examples. 1/n
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
U.S. academics, this is our moment. Who's with me?
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Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Reposted by Debra Guckenheimer, PhD
"The fact that I needed a lawyer, it took me a long time to wrap my head around. Because what other federal benefits do people receive that you need to hire a lawyer for? I thought, ‘This doesn't make any sense.’" ~ Debra Guckenheimer, SSDI recipient from California
June 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"The fact that I needed a lawyer, it took me a long time to wrap my head around. Because what other federal benefits do people receive that you need to hire a lawyer for? I thought, ‘This doesn't make any sense.’" ~ Debra Guckenheimer, SSDI recipient from California
Alice Wong, beloved disability justice activist and prolific writer has died.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Alice Wong, beloved disability justice activist and prolific writer has died.
Ableism
Obesity's now on the list of considerations, as well as cancer, & mental health, that may result in denial of an immigrant visa.
"Those who suffer from these medical conditions could become a “public charge,” & drain the nation of its resources, the directive argued."
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"Those who suffer from these medical conditions could become a “public charge,” & drain the nation of its resources, the directive argued."
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State Department to allow denial of immigrant visas to those with health issues, including obesity
US State Department guidance could deny immigrant visas for health conditions like obesity.
nypost.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Ableism
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NEW: I’m calling on Trump to cancel private jet flights instead of commercial airlines.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
NEW: I’m calling on Trump to cancel private jet flights instead of commercial airlines.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
We are in a pot with the heat slowly being turned up.
"For the first 25 years of Putin's rule, Russians didn't live in fear. Now they live in fear, obedience, and learned ignorance, as if they didn't want to know anything. Because they realize that anything can happen to anyone." - Russian author, Dmitry Glukhovsky
www.newsweek.pl/swiat/znany-...
www.newsweek.pl/swiat/znany-...
Jaki jest najbardziej prawdopodobny scenariusz dla Rosji? "Całkowita dezintegracja"
Przez pierwsze 25 lat rządów Putina Rosjanie nie żyli w strachu. Teraz żyją w strachu, posłuszeństwie i wyuczonej ignorancji, jakby niczego nie chcieli wiedzieć. Zdają sobie bowiem sprawę, że każdemu ...
www.newsweek.pl
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We are in a pot with the heat slowly being turned up.
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"Among scholars who were targeted for something they said:
One in five lost their jobs.
Forty percent feel shunned.
A third have lost friends."
Pathetic. If this is the best we can do, I'd almost say we deserve it. I mean come on. SOLIDARITY, people.
www.chronicle.com/newsletter/d...
One in five lost their jobs.
Forty percent feel shunned.
A third have lost friends."
Pathetic. If this is the best we can do, I'd almost say we deserve it. I mean come on. SOLIDARITY, people.
www.chronicle.com/newsletter/d...
Oct. 29: Targeted Faculty Report Little Support
A new FIRE survey. A billionaire’s big donation. Grade inflation at Harvard. And more.
www.chronicle.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"Among scholars who were targeted for something they said:
One in five lost their jobs.
Forty percent feel shunned.
A third have lost friends."
Pathetic. If this is the best we can do, I'd almost say we deserve it. I mean come on. SOLIDARITY, people.
www.chronicle.com/newsletter/d...
One in five lost their jobs.
Forty percent feel shunned.
A third have lost friends."
Pathetic. If this is the best we can do, I'd almost say we deserve it. I mean come on. SOLIDARITY, people.
www.chronicle.com/newsletter/d...
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Remember when Paul Krugman’s columns were soooo wonky.
“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman
“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman
The Hunger Games Begin
40 million Americans are about to lose food stamps
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Remember when Paul Krugman’s columns were soooo wonky.
“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman
“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
It is possible to get tattoos removed or tattooed into something else. To have a Nazi tattoo is a choice as is to keep it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘I’m not a secret Nazi’: Maine Democratic Senate candidate addresses tattoo
Graham Platner says he didn’t know historical associations of skull-and-crossbones tattoo he got on his chest in 2007
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It is possible to get tattoos removed or tattooed into something else. To have a Nazi tattoo is a choice as is to keep it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Greg Prieto, a very important sociologist and special human has died
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Greg Prieto Obituary (2025) - San Diego, CA
View Greg Prieto's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Greg Prieto, a very important sociologist and special human has died
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I don't often quote the president, but here goes:
"If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one that has to get people together."
- Donald Trump
"If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one that has to get people together."
- Donald Trump
September 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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If you care about someone who is LGBTQ, disabled, neurodivergent, chronically ill, Latinx,and/or Black in the US, now is the time to reach out and see what they need. Help make an escape plan. Be the ray of light in a dark time.
October 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
If you care about someone who is LGBTQ, disabled, neurodivergent, chronically ill, Latinx,and/or Black in the US, now is the time to reach out and see what they need. Help make an escape plan. Be the ray of light in a dark time.
Party of free speech and small government
Texas is limiting the discussion regarding transgender people in 5 universities. It is now banned to acknowledge trans people exist in the classroom.
www.texastribune.org/2025/09/26/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/09/26/t...
Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities
Advocacy groups say the new state law, presidential executive order and gubernatorial letter Tedd Mitchell cited do not prohibit classroom discussions of particular LGBTQ+ identities.
www.texastribune.org
September 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Party of free speech and small government
It is telling what people in the US will.stand up and fight for and what they won't.
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It is telling what people in the US will.stand up and fight for and what they won't.
Anyone have connections to publishers, art galleries or book stores in Germany? Trying to help someone 🏃from 🤡🟠🇺🇸.
September 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Anyone have connections to publishers, art galleries or book stores in Germany? Trying to help someone 🏃from 🤡🟠🇺🇸.
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A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.
September 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.
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“Kirk & I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side of the continued possibility of American politics.”
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
September 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Kirk & I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side of the continued possibility of American politics.”
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
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Want to spite RFK Jr? Get an updated Covid vaccine if you can.
September 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Want to spite RFK Jr? Get an updated Covid vaccine if you can.
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"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
September 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
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I stand with Dr. Melissa McCoul.
Every academic should. As should every individual.
Every academic should. As should every individual.
September 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I stand with Dr. Melissa McCoul.
Every academic should. As should every individual.
Every academic should. As should every individual.
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his father was unavailable for comment
RFK Jr: We had lots of guns when we were kids. Kids brought guns to school and were encouraged to do so. And nobody was walking into schools and shooting people. There are many things that could explain this. One is the dependence on psychiatric drugs.
September 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
his father was unavailable for comment
Any updates on conditions in 🧊 detention centers? They've been horribly inhumane. But not widely reported on.
apnews.com/article/migr...
apnews.com/article/migr...
New insight into Texas family detention reveals adults fighting kids for clean water
A new court filing in an ongoing legal dispute with the federal government reveals the psychological and physical trauma endured by children and families held at Texas family detention centers.
apnews.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Any updates on conditions in 🧊 detention centers? They've been horribly inhumane. But not widely reported on.
apnews.com/article/migr...
apnews.com/article/migr...