Max Reuvers
@maxreuvers.bsky.social
ESRC-funded PhD student in linguistics at the University of Nottingham. Previously at the University of Groningen. All of the ideas, none of the time. Queer & trans linguistics, multilingualism. He/him 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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‘If things carry on as they are, there will be very few opportunities for young people to study Music at university, and therefore hardly anybody training as music teachers, and the whole system will then be stuck in a vicious cycle of decline.’ thecritic.co.uk/a-discipline...
A discipline in danger | Alexandra Wilson | The Critic Magazine
I have written previously for The Critic about the closure of Music departments in British universities and it gives me no pleasure to be revisiting the issue. Unfortunately, the domino effect that…
thecritic.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
‘If things carry on as they are, there will be very few opportunities for young people to study Music at university, and therefore hardly anybody training as music teachers, and the whole system will then be stuck in a vicious cycle of decline.’ thecritic.co.uk/a-discipline...
Proud to announce that I've reached 'even the guy who doesn't usually work at the front desk knows my order' levels of regular customer who always gets the same thing at my local pasta place
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Proud to announce that I've reached 'even the guy who doesn't usually work at the front desk knows my order' levels of regular customer who always gets the same thing at my local pasta place
It’s a few days after learning that the University of Nottingham will be suspending student intake for 48 courses – including all of Modern Languages where I’m partly based for my PhD work – and will likely close down these courses entirely, and I’m still just so angry and sad and in disbelief (1/7)
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It’s a few days after learning that the University of Nottingham will be suspending student intake for 48 courses – including all of Modern Languages where I’m partly based for my PhD work – and will likely close down these courses entirely, and I’m still just so angry and sad and in disbelief (1/7)
On my way home after three amazing days of #LavLang31. Another fantastic edition with a fomo-inducing programme filled with impossible choices, and a great unofficial social evening programme to get a taste of what Manchester has to offer. It's an incredible privilege to be part of this community 💜
August 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
On my way home after three amazing days of #LavLang31. Another fantastic edition with a fomo-inducing programme filled with impossible choices, and a great unofficial social evening programme to get a taste of what Manchester has to offer. It's an incredible privilege to be part of this community 💜
I’m travelling to Manchester for #LavLang31 today, to present a paper that is strikingly relevant right now. In two months, there are national elections in the Netherlands. On Thursday, I present my study on the representation of trans rights in the previous elections. A short teaser:
August 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I’m travelling to Manchester for #LavLang31 today, to present a paper that is strikingly relevant right now. In two months, there are national elections in the Netherlands. On Thursday, I present my study on the representation of trans rights in the previous elections. A short teaser:
The call for papers for the Cultural Heritage Management and Conservation Conference at UoN is open until 30 June!
This conference is organised by my peers and promises to be a great space for sharing research across disciplines from people at all career stages. Please share widely!
This conference is organised by my peers and promises to be a great space for sharing research across disciplines from people at all career stages. Please share widely!
We are delighted to announce the call for abstracts for the Cultural Heritage Management and Conservation Conference on 18–19 September 2025 at the University of Nottingham.
For more information, please visit www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/event/cultur....
All the best,
The Organising Team
For more information, please visit www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/event/cultur....
All the best,
The Organising Team
June 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The call for papers for the Cultural Heritage Management and Conservation Conference at UoN is open until 30 June!
This conference is organised by my peers and promises to be a great space for sharing research across disciplines from people at all career stages. Please share widely!
This conference is organised by my peers and promises to be a great space for sharing research across disciplines from people at all career stages. Please share widely!
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I'm looking to chat with nonbinary and/or trans speakers of several languages, especially including Irish, Hindi, Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, Polish, Icelandic - but also any other languages (aside from English / Spanish / French). DM or email me!
May 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm looking to chat with nonbinary and/or trans speakers of several languages, especially including Irish, Hindi, Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, Polish, Icelandic - but also any other languages (aside from English / Spanish / French). DM or email me!
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I have a new paper out in the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (and it's open access!): "“And it just becomes queer slang”: Race, linguistic innovation, and appropriation within trans communities in the US South" doi.org/10.1111/jola...
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology | AAA Journal | Wiley Online Library
This article examines how seven transgender South Carolinians drew on racialized conceptions of linguistic ownership during metalinguistic discussion about queer and trans language during ethnographi...
doi.org
May 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I have a new paper out in the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (and it's open access!): "“And it just becomes queer slang”: Race, linguistic innovation, and appropriation within trans communities in the US South" doi.org/10.1111/jola...
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Als ze al hulp krijgen, is er vaak schaamte. Zo maakte ik schoon bij iemand zonder koelkast; rauwe kip lag in een kast waar de fruitvliegjes aan het deurtje waren vastgeplakt. Meteen mijn baas ingelicht over de koelkast en rauwe kip en een sopje gemaakt, om te ontdekken dat de boiler ook stuk was.
De verzorgingsstaat wordt het minst vertrouwd door de mensen die hem het hardst nodig hebben. Mensen met een goed inkomen denken intussen vaak geen verzorgingsstaat meer nodig te hebben: een fatale denkfout, legt Monique Kremer uit. Zij adviseert de overheid al jaren. Nu is het tijd om te luisteren
Leve de sociale staat! (Of: hoe maken we Nederland weer solidair?)
De verzorgingsstaat, ooit een prachtig en solidair systeem, wordt nu het minst vertrouwd door de mensen die hem het meest nodig hebben. Hoe kan dat? Hoogleraar Monique Kremer adviseert ministeries hie...
decorrespondent.nl
May 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Als ze al hulp krijgen, is er vaak schaamte. Zo maakte ik schoon bij iemand zonder koelkast; rauwe kip lag in een kast waar de fruitvliegjes aan het deurtje waren vastgeplakt. Meteen mijn baas ingelicht over de koelkast en rauwe kip en een sopje gemaakt, om te ontdekken dat de boiler ook stuk was.
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Nieuwe column voor @groene.nl: Door haar pijlen te richten op genderdiversiteit, zoekt én vindt extreemrechts aansluiting bij conservatieve, religieuze en zelfs ‘gematigde’ krachten. Verzet tégen extreemrechts betekent ook opstaan vóór de rechten van trans personen. www.groene.nl/artikel/tran...
Verzet tégen extreem-rechts betekent ook opstaan vóór de rechten van trans personen
Het verdedigen van trans-rechten is een noodzaak, geen ‘woke agenda’.
www.groene.nl
May 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Nieuwe column voor @groene.nl: Door haar pijlen te richten op genderdiversiteit, zoekt én vindt extreemrechts aansluiting bij conservatieve, religieuze en zelfs ‘gematigde’ krachten. Verzet tégen extreemrechts betekent ook opstaan vóór de rechten van trans personen. www.groene.nl/artikel/tran...
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Very exciting to see that my book is now up on the @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social website! 'Language and LGBTQ+ Youth: Analysing Marginalised Identities through an Intersectional Lens' will be out in November 🥳 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
Language and LGBTQ+ Youth
This book takes a queer linguistic and intersectional approach to the analysis of young LGBTQ+ people's identity constructions, showing how their language use r…
www.bloomsbury.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Very exciting to see that my book is now up on the @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social website! 'Language and LGBTQ+ Youth: Analysing Marginalised Identities through an Intersectional Lens' will be out in November 🥳 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
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As a former child junior olympic-level runner, I have a few thoughts on the attacks on trans girls in sports. I ran for one of the most competitive teams in Southern California, and people who ran for my have gone on to become professional athletes. And these bans: they're fucking NONSENSE. 🧵
April 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
As a former child junior olympic-level runner, I have a few thoughts on the attacks on trans girls in sports. I ran for one of the most competitive teams in Southern California, and people who ran for my have gone on to become professional athletes. And these bans: they're fucking NONSENSE. 🧵
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🚨 New Article! 🚨
How do cisgender listeners perceive trans voices? A fascinating study by Emmett Jessee & J Calder explores how gender identity affects how certain sounds are categorised by listening subjects. 🎙️🔍
📖 Read the full article here:
How do cisgender listeners perceive trans voices? A fascinating study by Emmett Jessee & J Calder explores how gender identity affects how certain sounds are categorised by listening subjects. 🎙️🔍
📖 Read the full article here:
buff.ly
March 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🚨 New Article! 🚨
How do cisgender listeners perceive trans voices? A fascinating study by Emmett Jessee & J Calder explores how gender identity affects how certain sounds are categorised by listening subjects. 🎙️🔍
📖 Read the full article here:
How do cisgender listeners perceive trans voices? A fascinating study by Emmett Jessee & J Calder explores how gender identity affects how certain sounds are categorised by listening subjects. 🎙️🔍
📖 Read the full article here:
So I did a thread for #TransDayOfVisibility a few years ago on Twitter but with how things are going for trans people currently I think it’s time to share it again here, updated with my experiences since. Bear with me for a long thread (I have a lot of thoughts OK) 1/20
March 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
So I did a thread for #TransDayOfVisibility a few years ago on Twitter but with how things are going for trans people currently I think it’s time to share it again here, updated with my experiences since. Bear with me for a long thread (I have a lot of thoughts OK) 1/20
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It's Trans Day of Visibility.
I wrote this a few years ago. It feels like it's gotten more true every year since.
transsafety.network/posts/the-pr...
I wrote this a few years ago. It feels like it's gotten more true every year since.
transsafety.network/posts/the-pr...
The Problem of Visibility
Explaining why the International Trans Day of Visbility might be the opposite of what trans people need in an age of visibility as violence and harassment
transsafety.network
March 31, 2025 at 7:12 AM
It's Trans Day of Visibility.
I wrote this a few years ago. It feels like it's gotten more true every year since.
transsafety.network/posts/the-pr...
I wrote this a few years ago. It feels like it's gotten more true every year since.
transsafety.network/posts/the-pr...
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reminder that tomorrow (march 31st) is trans day of snack. if you are cis, your job is to feed a nearby trans person. if you are trans, you are invited to post your cash sharing application links and handles in order to facilitate this #tdov
March 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
reminder that tomorrow (march 31st) is trans day of snack. if you are cis, your job is to feed a nearby trans person. if you are trans, you are invited to post your cash sharing application links and handles in order to facilitate this #tdov
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If you're in the UK and have ever used any kind of gender-affirming voice training (coaching, youtube, whatever), my student would love to hear from you. It's anonymous! universityofkent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #linguistics
Survey about gender-affirming voice training
Please share your anonymous experience of gender-affirming voice training, of any kind, in the UK. It will help us to understand what kind of methods help people to achieve their goals.
universityofkent.qualtrics.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you're in the UK and have ever used any kind of gender-affirming voice training (coaching, youtube, whatever), my student would love to hear from you. It's anonymous! universityofkent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #linguistics
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Never more energized and powerful than when I try to go to bed at a reasonable hour
March 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Never more energized and powerful than when I try to go to bed at a reasonable hour
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I agree with the observation that English is becoming a "smaller" language with Brexit and American isolationism. Which means Europe and the world need to embrace linguistic multilateralism more than ever: language skills and metalinguistic awareness are a vital public investment for the future.
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'Taal diende als machtsmiddel voor de Donald Trump en JD Vance tijdens hun ontmoeting met de Volodymyr Zelensky op vrijdag.'
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Opinie: Eén machtsmiddel kunnen we Trump alvast uit handen slaan: het Engels
We kunnen doen alsof Engels een neutrale taal is, maar de ruzie tussen Trump en Zelensky maakte pijnlijk duidelijk dat dit niet zo is. Misschien wordt het daarom tijd voor een taal die kan verbinden i...
www.volkskrant.nl
March 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I agree with the observation that English is becoming a "smaller" language with Brexit and American isolationism. Which means Europe and the world need to embrace linguistic multilateralism more than ever: language skills and metalinguistic awareness are a vital public investment for the future.
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Microsoft is going to price gouge you by adding their genAI to your subscription without your consent, and they are not transparent about how to avoid this bullshit.
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
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January 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Microsoft is going to price gouge you by adding their genAI to your subscription without your consent, and they are not transparent about how to avoid this bullshit.
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
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🪲🦗 Mehlkäfer, Hausgrille, Wanderheuschrecke: Manche Insekten dürfen laut EU-Recht zu Nahrungsmitteln verarbeitet werden. Rechte Akteure spinnen daraus eine Verschwörungserzählung. 🐜🐞 Mein Vortrag dazu gibt es jetzt auch im Podcast bei Deutschlandfunk Nova:
www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/extr...
www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/extr...
Die Angst vor Insekten im Essen
Manche Insekten dürfen in der EU Nahrung sein. Rechte Akteure spinnen daraus eine Verschwörungserzählung. Ein Vortrag der Politologin Léonie de Jonge.
www.deutschlandfunknova.de
December 31, 2024 at 8:58 AM
🪲🦗 Mehlkäfer, Hausgrille, Wanderheuschrecke: Manche Insekten dürfen laut EU-Recht zu Nahrungsmitteln verarbeitet werden. Rechte Akteure spinnen daraus eine Verschwörungserzählung. 🐜🐞 Mein Vortrag dazu gibt es jetzt auch im Podcast bei Deutschlandfunk Nova:
www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/extr...
www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/extr...
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“A secret of cisgender is that it is not only about gender. Gender is always a racial arrangement.”
-Marquis Bey, Cistem Failure: Essays on Blackness and Cisgender
-Marquis Bey, Cistem Failure: Essays on Blackness and Cisgender
A cis Black woman was chased out of the women’s bathroom of the RUSD meeting in Riverside last Thursday for being a “transgender in the wrong bathroom” in case you hadn’t heard.
In case it was unclear where this was going all along.
In case it was unclear where this was going all along.
December 25, 2024 at 5:12 AM
“A secret of cisgender is that it is not only about gender. Gender is always a racial arrangement.”
-Marquis Bey, Cistem Failure: Essays on Blackness and Cisgender
-Marquis Bey, Cistem Failure: Essays on Blackness and Cisgender
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Okay, buckle up bsky, it's time for the Tale of the Bunny Paper.
Here's the imported thread from twitter where the search all started:
bsky.app/profile/bets... (1/n)
Here's the imported thread from twitter where the search all started:
bsky.app/profile/bets... (1/n)
Bill Labov died this morning. I'm not coherent enough to talk about how important and influential and brilliant he was. I am very sad.
I was so lucky to know him, and I am grateful every day that he (and Gillian, and Walt, etc) built an academic field where kindness is expected.
I was so lucky to know him, and I am grateful every day that he (and Gillian, and Walt, etc) built an academic field where kindness is expected.
December 18, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Okay, buckle up bsky, it's time for the Tale of the Bunny Paper.
Here's the imported thread from twitter where the search all started:
bsky.app/profile/bets... (1/n)
Here's the imported thread from twitter where the search all started:
bsky.app/profile/bets... (1/n)
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Universities all over Europe are cutting language programs and closing the doors to the world. We want to get a more complete picture: where, when, why?
If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)!
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)!
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
December 13, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Universities all over Europe are cutting language programs and closing the doors to the world. We want to get a more complete picture: where, when, why?
If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)!
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)!
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
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CFP 3rd conference on teaching gender-inclusive language (free & virtual) Presentation proposals due 10 January 2025. More info: dornsife.usc.edu/center-for-l... Proposal submission: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 5, 2024 at 8:40 PM
CFP 3rd conference on teaching gender-inclusive language (free & virtual) Presentation proposals due 10 January 2025. More info: dornsife.usc.edu/center-for-l... Proposal submission: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...