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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · 6d

How the X-Men Movie Caused the Housing Crisis (No Really)
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How the X-Men Movie Caused the Housing Crisis (No Really)

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Jun 9

In my experience, people don’t typically hit the streets protesting en masse in defense of people they need to be “liberated” from.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · May 29

He’s fucking terrible. He markets himself as an alternative to the Andrew Tate’s of the world, but he literally pushes the same problematic talking points. He inserted himself as a thought leader in this space without ever actually doing the work necessary to be that voice.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Apr 24

Today is superhero day at my kid’s school and my daughter decided to dress up as the school’s social worker 🥹

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Apr 21

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Not a Burden, Not a Superpower

The Nuanced Reality of Autism RFK Jr. Refuses to See

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Apr 21

Our humanity is not up for debate—and the value of our lives should never be measured by how well we conform to neurotypical standards.The future we build must have room for all neurotypes to flourish—not as broken versions of “normal,” but as essential variations in the infinite expressions of being human.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Apr 16

In response to me making a video making fun of the word Alpha male, a guy responded that based on my body shape, I look like more of an “eating too much Pi male.”

And I know it was meant to be a burn, but I love that so much.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Apr 15

For those of you in a longterm relationship, how did you meet your signficant other?

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Apr 12

I took my son on opening night and he had an absolute blast (and so did I). It’s hard not to enjoy a movie when you can see the literal joy emanating from the target audience in attendance with you.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Apr 10

Note: it almost never works and so my most common phrase overall is “I’m sorry.”

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Apr 10

Words I am just now realizing I use CONSTANTLY as an autistic adult to try and avoid people from thinking I have some sort of hidden meaning behind what I’m saying: genuinely, literally, absolutely, absurdly, truly, and legitimately.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Apr 6

Can you imagine the narcissism involved to continually think you are the arbiter of what identities are valid? This is what happens when you empower bigots. They slowly but surely start confidently expanding their hate and spreading misinformation.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Apr 5

Genuinely wondering if this just another example of his overreach that we are ignoring because we like TikTok or if I'm off base and this is within his actual power to implement.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Apr 5

I know "legal" has taken on a new meaning in the era of Trump, but is it legal for him to use an executive order to alter the bill for the TikTok ban? Wasn't there only a single extension written into it?

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Mar 31

After hearing all the chatter online about Morgan Wallen storming off the set at SNL for it being “godless,” I immediately ran to Google and typed, “Who is Morgan Wallen?”

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Mar 31

5 years ago today and one week into Covid lockdown, my wife and I headed to the hospital unsure if I’d even be let into the delivery room with her.

Bringing home a newborn during the pandemic was…unique.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Mar 25

Part of my morning routine now is opening up my Signal app to see if Pete Hegseth messaged me any war plans.

He hasn’t yet, but I’m cautiously optimistic that it is only a matter of time.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Mar 19

I’m a tenured full professor of Communication Studies here in Los Angeles and former director of one of the top speech and debate teams in the country.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Mar 19

I feel like Substack is just LiveJournal, but we’re all grownups now so we have to make it feel professional…at least that’s how I’m going to be treating mine.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Mar 18

For those of you that enjoy my work, I just posted my first "essay" on Substack. Similar to my video content, these are going to be unedited, free flowing, and probably a bit more unhinged. Think of it as a longform version of my posts on here.

My Favorite Spaceship

When I was an undergraduate taking a course in Gender and Communication, LONG before I knew I was autistic, I learned about the concept of "Performativity" from Judith Butler…and everything started to...

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Mar 5

I had to turn that mess off 5-minutes in.

I did think it was funny seeing Melania sitting while everyone around her stood up though. 😆

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Mar 4

But this is why I don’t believe anything will change. Voters didn’t learn last time or the time before that or the time before that or the two times before that and they won’t learn this time.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Mar 4

And so begins another likely recession under a Republican president. Literally every Republican president in my lifetime has inherited a strong economy and overseen a recession.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Mar 1

How anybody could watch Trump’s bumbling tyrade at Zelenskyy and not be embarrassed to be an American is beyond me. We are so cooked.

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The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social · Feb 20

The short answer, without disclosing too much, is no.

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