Vroni Zieglmeier
@vzie.bsky.social
(socio-)linguist and bubble tea aficionado
swimming, singing, and researching in berlin, heidelberg, and all over the place
swimming, singing, and researching in berlin, heidelberg, and all over the place
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Morgen geht es weiter: Heidelberg Gender Lectures an der @uniheidelberg.bsky.social!
Renata Motta und Yaatsil Guevara González:
Geschmack der Grenze: Essen, Gender und Zugehörigkeit auf der Flucht
3. Dezember, 18 Uhr,
Neue Universität, Hörsaal 4a
Alle Interessierten willkommen!
Renata Motta und Yaatsil Guevara González:
Geschmack der Grenze: Essen, Gender und Zugehörigkeit auf der Flucht
3. Dezember, 18 Uhr,
Neue Universität, Hörsaal 4a
Alle Interessierten willkommen!
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Morgen geht es weiter: Heidelberg Gender Lectures an der @uniheidelberg.bsky.social!
Renata Motta und Yaatsil Guevara González:
Geschmack der Grenze: Essen, Gender und Zugehörigkeit auf der Flucht
3. Dezember, 18 Uhr,
Neue Universität, Hörsaal 4a
Alle Interessierten willkommen!
Renata Motta und Yaatsil Guevara González:
Geschmack der Grenze: Essen, Gender und Zugehörigkeit auf der Flucht
3. Dezember, 18 Uhr,
Neue Universität, Hörsaal 4a
Alle Interessierten willkommen!
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Conference alert: Falco Pfalzgraf
@qmul.bsky.social is organizing an online conference on the resistance to gender-inclusive language. The program looks amazing, including a talk by our member Samira Ochs with Aline Siegenthaler. Register until March 23!
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
@qmul.bsky.social is organizing an online conference on the resistance to gender-inclusive language. The program looks amazing, including a talk by our member Samira Ochs with Aline Siegenthaler. Register until March 23!
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
Backlash Conference - Gender inclusive language
www.qmul.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Conference alert: Falco Pfalzgraf
@qmul.bsky.social is organizing an online conference on the resistance to gender-inclusive language. The program looks amazing, including a talk by our member Samira Ochs with Aline Siegenthaler. Register until March 23!
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
@qmul.bsky.social is organizing an online conference on the resistance to gender-inclusive language. The program looks amazing, including a talk by our member Samira Ochs with Aline Siegenthaler. Register until March 23!
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
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Je survole un papier sur les effets des genAI sur l'écriture scientifique et sa production, je ne résiste donc pas à mettre (même si c'est maintenant bien connu) la liste des mots identifiés comme ayant explosé dans les abstracts avec l'introduction de chatGPT arxiv.org/abs/2510.02408
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Je survole un papier sur les effets des genAI sur l'écriture scientifique et sa production, je ne résiste donc pas à mettre (même si c'est maintenant bien connu) la liste des mots identifiés comme ayant explosé dans les abstracts avec l'introduction de chatGPT arxiv.org/abs/2510.02408
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#OTD 86 years ago, Jane H. Hill (1939–2018) was born 🎉 A linguistic anthropologist who studied Uto-Aztecan languages in the US and in her sociolinguistic work analysed strategies behind racist language, including Mock Spanish.
#WomenInLinguistics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
#WomenInLinguistics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
October 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#OTD 86 years ago, Jane H. Hill (1939–2018) was born 🎉 A linguistic anthropologist who studied Uto-Aztecan languages in the US and in her sociolinguistic work analysed strategies behind racist language, including Mock Spanish.
#WomenInLinguistics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
#WomenInLinguistics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
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Öffentliche Vortragsreihe: Heidelberg Gender Lectures – Ringvorlesung befasst sich mit aktuellen Fragestellungen aus der Geschlechterforschung www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #gender #forschung #ringvorlesung
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #gender #forschung #ringvorlesung
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Öffentliche Vortragsreihe: Heidelberg Gender Lectures – Ringvorlesung befasst sich mit aktuellen Fragestellungen aus der Geschlechterforschung www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #gender #forschung #ringvorlesung
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #gender #forschung #ringvorlesung
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Pretty sure real science is actually reading the papers, thinking very deeply, and more, before writing, not generating literature review-like objects with no authorial intent or legwork
Today @anthropic.com released PubMed integration for Claude. No hallucinations. Just real science, real data. As a beta tester, this has been game changing— a supercharged research tool. Here are 6 prompts that will transform how you search the literature. A 🧵
www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
Claude for Life Sciences
Discover how Claude accelerates life sciences research with new scientific connectors, skills, and improved performance for drug discovery and clinical work.
www.anthropic.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Pretty sure real science is actually reading the papers, thinking very deeply, and more, before writing, not generating literature review-like objects with no authorial intent or legwork
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Today is #InternationalPronounsDay —and we have set ourselves the almost impossible task to select two literature tips from the many fantastic queer linguistic publications on pronouns. Although we would argue that queer linguistics can be done on any level of linguistic analysis, #pronouns...
October 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Today is #InternationalPronounsDay —and we have set ourselves the almost impossible task to select two literature tips from the many fantastic queer linguistic publications on pronouns. Although we would argue that queer linguistics can be done on any level of linguistic analysis, #pronouns...
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We need to stop using Scholar yesterday.
October 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We need to stop using Scholar yesterday.
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Today is #ComingOutDay—and we have two queer linguistic literature tips to go with it! First off, Tyler Kibbey’s (2021) essay “Linguistics Out of the Closet” (#OpenAccess in @cadlin.bsky.social) calls for a “queering” of the discipline of linguistics altogether.
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Linguistics Out of the Closet | Cadernos de Linguística
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October 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Today is #ComingOutDay—and we have two queer linguistic literature tips to go with it! First off, Tyler Kibbey’s (2021) essay “Linguistics Out of the Closet” (#OpenAccess in @cadlin.bsky.social) calls for a “queering” of the discipline of linguistics altogether.
doi.org/10.25189/267... ...
doi.org/10.25189/267... ...
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29.10., 18 Uhr, Alte Aula der @uniheidelberg.bsky.social: Sabine_ Hark (TU Berlin) hält die Rainbow City Lecture 2025 mit dem Titel
Gefährliche Erbschaften. Sex/Gender: Biologische Fundierung und das Begehren nach Kategorien.
Interessierte sind herzlich willkommen!
Gefährliche Erbschaften. Sex/Gender: Biologische Fundierung und das Begehren nach Kategorien.
Interessierte sind herzlich willkommen!
October 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
29.10., 18 Uhr, Alte Aula der @uniheidelberg.bsky.social: Sabine_ Hark (TU Berlin) hält die Rainbow City Lecture 2025 mit dem Titel
Gefährliche Erbschaften. Sex/Gender: Biologische Fundierung und das Begehren nach Kategorien.
Interessierte sind herzlich willkommen!
Gefährliche Erbschaften. Sex/Gender: Biologische Fundierung und das Begehren nach Kategorien.
Interessierte sind herzlich willkommen!
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Forschung aus dem Netzwerk Queerlinguistik: in dieser Reihe stellen wir bereits veröffentlichte und neue Publikationen unserer Mitglieder vor.
Heute: Lind, Miriam. 2023. How to do gender with names: The name changes of trans individuals as performative speech acts. IJLS 12(1): 1-22
Heute: Lind, Miriam. 2023. How to do gender with names: The name changes of trans individuals as performative speech acts. IJLS 12(1): 1-22
October 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Forschung aus dem Netzwerk Queerlinguistik: in dieser Reihe stellen wir bereits veröffentlichte und neue Publikationen unserer Mitglieder vor.
Heute: Lind, Miriam. 2023. How to do gender with names: The name changes of trans individuals as performative speech acts. IJLS 12(1): 1-22
Heute: Lind, Miriam. 2023. How to do gender with names: The name changes of trans individuals as performative speech acts. IJLS 12(1): 1-22
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Unsere Mitglieder Theresa Heyd und Vroni Zieglmeier organisieren im WiSe die Heidelberg Gender Lectures. Mit den Beiträgen von Sabine_ Hark (29.10.), Miriam Neuhausen & Corinna Assmann (05.11.) und Carolin Müller-Spitzer (04.02.) sind auch Beiträge mit queerlinguistischem Bezug dabei! Infos: ↓
Vorankündigung:
Im Wintersemester 2025/2026 finden erstmalig die Heidelberg Gender Lectures statt. Mit Gastvorträgen von Sabine_ Hark (TU Berlin) und Carolin Müller-Spitzer (IDS Mannheim), sowie Beiträgen der Heidelberger Gender & Queer Studies.
Mark your calendars, das wird wundervoll!
Im Wintersemester 2025/2026 finden erstmalig die Heidelberg Gender Lectures statt. Mit Gastvorträgen von Sabine_ Hark (TU Berlin) und Carolin Müller-Spitzer (IDS Mannheim), sowie Beiträgen der Heidelberger Gender & Queer Studies.
Mark your calendars, das wird wundervoll!
September 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Unsere Mitglieder Theresa Heyd und Vroni Zieglmeier organisieren im WiSe die Heidelberg Gender Lectures. Mit den Beiträgen von Sabine_ Hark (29.10.), Miriam Neuhausen & Corinna Assmann (05.11.) und Carolin Müller-Spitzer (04.02.) sind auch Beiträge mit queerlinguistischem Bezug dabei! Infos: ↓
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Am 12. und 13. September fand unser erstes Treffen in Hamburg statt. Bei fantastischer Aussicht aus dem "Philosophenturm" wurde über Struktur und Ausrichtung des Netzwerks, Konferenz- und Publikationspläne, Ideen für Kooperationen innerhalb des Netzwerks und die grundlegende Frage... (1/x)
September 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Am 12. und 13. September fand unser erstes Treffen in Hamburg statt. Bei fantastischer Aussicht aus dem "Philosophenturm" wurde über Struktur und Ausrichtung des Netzwerks, Konferenz- und Publikationspläne, Ideen für Kooperationen innerhalb des Netzwerks und die grundlegende Frage... (1/x)
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Hallo Welt!
Wir sind das DFG-geförderte Netzwerk Queerlinguistik.
Folgt uns für Forschung zu Sprache, Geschlecht und Sexualität, für Nachrichten und Infos zum Netzwerk, und für all things queer linguistics!
Wir sind das DFG-geförderte Netzwerk Queerlinguistik.
Folgt uns für Forschung zu Sprache, Geschlecht und Sexualität, für Nachrichten und Infos zum Netzwerk, und für all things queer linguistics!
September 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Hallo Welt!
Wir sind das DFG-geförderte Netzwerk Queerlinguistik.
Folgt uns für Forschung zu Sprache, Geschlecht und Sexualität, für Nachrichten und Infos zum Netzwerk, und für all things queer linguistics!
Wir sind das DFG-geförderte Netzwerk Queerlinguistik.
Folgt uns für Forschung zu Sprache, Geschlecht und Sexualität, für Nachrichten und Infos zum Netzwerk, und für all things queer linguistics!
4: Being queer/trans is neither reactionary nor revolutionary
Holly Lewis (2022) Ten axioms for a queer Marxist future. In Politics for Everybody. Feminism, Queer Theory and Marxism at the Intersection. London: Zed Books. (p. 275)
Holly Lewis (2022) Ten axioms for a queer Marxist future. In Politics for Everybody. Feminism, Queer Theory and Marxism at the Intersection. London: Zed Books. (p. 275)
September 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
4: Being queer/trans is neither reactionary nor revolutionary
Holly Lewis (2022) Ten axioms for a queer Marxist future. In Politics for Everybody. Feminism, Queer Theory and Marxism at the Intersection. London: Zed Books. (p. 275)
Holly Lewis (2022) Ten axioms for a queer Marxist future. In Politics for Everybody. Feminism, Queer Theory and Marxism at the Intersection. London: Zed Books. (p. 275)
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Diese Woche geht es los: am Donnerstag beginnt der konstituierende Workshop des DFG-Netzwerks Queerlinguistik an der Universität Hamburg. Freue mich auf die Zusammenarbeit mit vielen tollen Kolleg*innen!
September 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Diese Woche geht es los: am Donnerstag beginnt der konstituierende Workshop des DFG-Netzwerks Queerlinguistik an der Universität Hamburg. Freue mich auf die Zusammenarbeit mit vielen tollen Kolleg*innen!
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Following up on yesterday's semi-rant, here's another piece of cop shit I've abandoned. No notes needed. No notes from doctors, no notes from employers, definitely no funeral notices or death certificates. You actually don't need to give me any rationale at all for absences or extensions.
September 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Following up on yesterday's semi-rant, here's another piece of cop shit I've abandoned. No notes needed. No notes from doctors, no notes from employers, definitely no funeral notices or death certificates. You actually don't need to give me any rationale at all for absences or extensions.
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Calls: Queer Linguistics at the Interface Between Grammatical and Social Structure
Calls: Queer Linguistics at the Interface Between Grammatical and Social Structure
2nd Call for Papers:
Queer Linguistics applies insights from Queer Theory to linguistics. More specifically, it seeks to explore the intersections of language and social identity informed by a non-binary, social constructionist and interactional perspective on gender and sexuality. Queer linguistic research investigates how speakers use language to subvert and reconfigure linguistic and socio-cultural hegemonies. As a growing area of inquiry, it critically explores variation, creativity, and
dlvr.it
August 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Calls: Queer Linguistics at the Interface Between Grammatical and Social Structure
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🧵Excellent piece "They appear to have inverted the promise of the internet as an endless archive of information one can navigate for themselves. Do your own research has, in short order, become Get one canonical answer."
This helps explain why Trump/Vance have gone all in on AI...
This helps explain why Trump/Vance have gone all in on AI...
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
www.theatlantic.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🧵Excellent piece "They appear to have inverted the promise of the internet as an endless archive of information one can navigate for themselves. Do your own research has, in short order, become Get one canonical answer."
This helps explain why Trump/Vance have gone all in on AI...
This helps explain why Trump/Vance have gone all in on AI...
Catharine R. Stimpson 1990, as cited in Jenness, V. (1992) Coming out: Lesbian identities and the categorization problem. In K. Plummer (Ed) Modern Homosexualities.
August 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Catharine R. Stimpson 1990, as cited in Jenness, V. (1992) Coming out: Lesbian identities and the categorization problem. In K. Plummer (Ed) Modern Homosexualities.
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Call for Papers: Workshop on Queer Linguistics, Klagenfurt/Austria, December 2025, co-organized by Vroni Zieglmeier (Heidelberg)
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Calls: Queer Linguistics at the Interface Between Grammatical and Social Structure (Workshop @ÖLT49)
Calls: Queer Linguistics at the Interface Between Grammatical and Social Structure (Workshop @ÖLT49)
Call for Papers:
Queer Linguistics applies insights from Queer Theory to linguistics. More specifically, it seeks to explore the intersections of language and social identity informed by a non-binary, social constructionist and interactional perspective on gender and sexuality. Queer linguistic research investigates how speakers use language to subvert and reconfigure linguistic and socio-cultural hegemonies. As a growing area of inquiry, it critically explores variation, creativity, and the
dlvr.it
July 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Call for Papers: Workshop on Queer Linguistics, Klagenfurt/Austria, December 2025, co-organized by Vroni Zieglmeier (Heidelberg)
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As @danmcquillan.bsky.social & others have argued, the massive impact of AI on our institutions is a consequence of those institutions already having been hollowed out by nearly half a century of neoliberal «reforms.» They've been optimized to deliver predictable output which can now be automated
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July 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
As @danmcquillan.bsky.social & others have argued, the massive impact of AI on our institutions is a consequence of those institutions already having been hollowed out by nearly half a century of neoliberal «reforms.» They've been optimized to deliver predictable output which can now be automated
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