Julie Avril Minich
@professorjulie.bsky.social
Latinx & disability studies | parent of twins | lover of yarn, handmade clothes, houseplants, music, orcas | author of Radical Health & Accessible Citizenships | coeditor of Crip Genealogies | views my own | she/her
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run”
December 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run”
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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💔This is a heartbreaking story. We support our students, whatever their identities, and we deplore the political environment that is making their experience in Texas public universities so painful—while also harming the learning environment for everyone. www.texastribune.org/2025/10/21/t...
Texas trans students fear identity erasure at college
Once considered a safe haven to explore identity, Texas campuses are invalidating and alienating trans people, students say.
www.texastribune.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
💔This is a heartbreaking story. We support our students, whatever their identities, and we deplore the political environment that is making their experience in Texas public universities so painful—while also harming the learning environment for everyone. www.texastribune.org/2025/10/21/t...
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The battle for academic freedom and institutional sovereignty in higher education continues to play out as another university has rejected a White House offer for expanded access to federal funding in return for agreeing to a series of demands.
6 universities reject White House funding deal with attached demands. Multiple other schools have yet to respond
(CNN) — The battle for academic freedom and institutional sovereignty in higher education continues to play out as another university has rejected a White House offer for expanded access to
www.wkow.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The battle for academic freedom and institutional sovereignty in higher education continues to play out as another university has rejected a White House offer for expanded access to federal funding in return for agreeing to a series of demands.
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I honestly wonder what's wrong with people that don't believe everyone deserves access to healthcare. Like what is broken in you that you don't see other people as human beings?
October 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I honestly wonder what's wrong with people that don't believe everyone deserves access to healthcare. Like what is broken in you that you don't see other people as human beings?
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MIT rejects the compact! 👏👏👏👏
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
“The document also includes principles w/ which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression & our independence as an institution. And [it] is inconsistent w/ our core belief that scientific funding shld be based on scientific merit alone.”
“The document also includes principles w/ which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression & our independence as an institution. And [it] is inconsistent w/ our core belief that scientific funding shld be based on scientific merit alone.”
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
orgchart.mit.edu
October 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
MIT rejects the compact! 👏👏👏👏
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Professor Karma Chávez of @utaustinaaup.bsky.social explaining how the abolishment of faculty senates in Texas strips away democracy & any notion of shared governance in TX higher education.
#defendhighered
#defendhighered
October 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Professor Karma Chávez of @utaustinaaup.bsky.social explaining how the abolishment of faculty senates in Texas strips away democracy & any notion of shared governance in TX higher education.
#defendhighered
#defendhighered
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“LGBTQ+ history has reshaped how historians understand American citizenship, the Cold War and the civil rights movement, among many subjects. Officials may succeed in driving LGBTQ+ history out of Texas’s public universities — but they will not erase the past. LGBTQ+ history belongs to all of us.”
October 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“LGBTQ+ history has reshaped how historians understand American citizenship, the Cold War and the civil rights movement, among many subjects. Officials may succeed in driving LGBTQ+ history out of Texas’s public universities — but they will not erase the past. LGBTQ+ history belongs to all of us.”
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Reminder: the President may be allowing his secretary to undermine access to vaccines for others and promote anti vaccine misinformation, but he himself is fully vaccinated, including this year’s flu and Covid vaccine.
In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say.
In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say.
October 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Reminder: the President may be allowing his secretary to undermine access to vaccines for others and promote anti vaccine misinformation, but he himself is fully vaccinated, including this year’s flu and Covid vaccine.
In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say.
In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say.
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Academic freedom means that a course that teaches students to critique settler colonialism can be taught alongside one that teaches students to maximize shareholder value.
Both are "biased" in their framing.
Only one is currently at risk of being cancelled by state and/or institutional actors.
Both are "biased" in their framing.
Only one is currently at risk of being cancelled by state and/or institutional actors.
October 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Academic freedom means that a course that teaches students to critique settler colonialism can be taught alongside one that teaches students to maximize shareholder value.
Both are "biased" in their framing.
Only one is currently at risk of being cancelled by state and/or institutional actors.
Both are "biased" in their framing.
Only one is currently at risk of being cancelled by state and/or institutional actors.
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Healthcare should be a basic human right.
People shouldn’t have to fear bankruptcy for needing the ER.
They shouldn’t end up homeless because they became ill.
They shouldn’t have to “prove they matter” to get Medicaid.
For profit medicine is cruel & punitive.
Universal healthcare saves lives
People shouldn’t have to fear bankruptcy for needing the ER.
They shouldn’t end up homeless because they became ill.
They shouldn’t have to “prove they matter” to get Medicaid.
For profit medicine is cruel & punitive.
Universal healthcare saves lives
September 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Healthcare should be a basic human right.
People shouldn’t have to fear bankruptcy for needing the ER.
They shouldn’t end up homeless because they became ill.
They shouldn’t have to “prove they matter” to get Medicaid.
For profit medicine is cruel & punitive.
Universal healthcare saves lives
People shouldn’t have to fear bankruptcy for needing the ER.
They shouldn’t end up homeless because they became ill.
They shouldn’t have to “prove they matter” to get Medicaid.
For profit medicine is cruel & punitive.
Universal healthcare saves lives
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
Showed up for my COVID vax appt today and got turned away. I answered the health risk questions honestly (not medically high risk, a caretaker for a child who is). Not surprised, but surprised how angry I am. How are people getting this vaccine? Are they accurately reporting their health status?
September 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Showed up for my COVID vax appt today and got turned away. I answered the health risk questions honestly (not medically high risk, a caretaker for a child who is). Not surprised, but surprised how angry I am. How are people getting this vaccine? Are they accurately reporting their health status?
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Join us for an evening with Mimi Khúc, who is, in her own words, "a writer, scholar, and teacher of things unwell," as she discusses her 2024 publication, dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss.
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September 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Join us for an evening with Mimi Khúc, who is, in her own words, "a writer, scholar, and teacher of things unwell," as she discusses her 2024 publication, dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss.
RSVP: bit.ly/4nm6YgZ
@slothprof.bsky.social @vjohsu.bsky.social @professorjulie.bsky.social
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I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts
At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
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Masked raids are tools of fear, not freedom. Despite what this administration wants you to believe, they are not about “safety.” They are about letting ICE agents hide from accountability while carrying out inhumane acts.
August 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Masked raids are tools of fear, not freedom. Despite what this administration wants you to believe, they are not about “safety.” They are about letting ICE agents hide from accountability while carrying out inhumane acts.
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If you’re a convicted felon and your character witness is your dear old friend, the convicted child sex trafficker and enabler of your other dear old friend, the most notorious raper of children in modern history, you’re definitely a total piece of shit.
August 23, 2025 at 4:40 AM
If you’re a convicted felon and your character witness is your dear old friend, the convicted child sex trafficker and enabler of your other dear old friend, the most notorious raper of children in modern history, you’re definitely a total piece of shit.
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A delighted reminder that if you don't want people celebrating your death, don't be a huge piece of shit.
a close up of a man 's face looking over his shoulder
Alt: a close up of a man 's face looking over his shoulder and winking gif
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August 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A delighted reminder that if you don't want people celebrating your death, don't be a huge piece of shit.
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If women submitting to men was a natural way of being, they would not have needed laws, religion & violence to get them to do it.
July 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If women submitting to men was a natural way of being, they would not have needed laws, religion & violence to get them to do it.
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thinking about the dems who said we can't abolish ICE as the Department of Education gets wiped off the map
July 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
thinking about the dems who said we can't abolish ICE as the Department of Education gets wiped off the map
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If you want a sneak peak into our future imagine the politicization of everything. Whether the government performs a function entirely dependent on whether the government likes you. You want your social security check? Small business loan? Let's have a look at your facebook posts first
Trump team orders stop to new student visa interviews, as it weighs expanding social media vetting www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Trump team orders stop to new student visa interviews, as it weighs expanding social media vetting
The directive came in a Tuesday cable obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you want a sneak peak into our future imagine the politicization of everything. Whether the government performs a function entirely dependent on whether the government likes you. You want your social security check? Small business loan? Let's have a look at your facebook posts first
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Bookseller input:
Edelweiss (industry site for catalog listings) shows that the publication was canceled
Ingram's iPage (biggest wholesaler in the country) has it available POD
@jasonkincade.bsky.social heads up
Edelweiss (industry site for catalog listings) shows that the publication was canceled
Ingram's iPage (biggest wholesaler in the country) has it available POD
@jasonkincade.bsky.social heads up
May 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Bookseller input:
Edelweiss (industry site for catalog listings) shows that the publication was canceled
Ingram's iPage (biggest wholesaler in the country) has it available POD
@jasonkincade.bsky.social heads up
Edelweiss (industry site for catalog listings) shows that the publication was canceled
Ingram's iPage (biggest wholesaler in the country) has it available POD
@jasonkincade.bsky.social heads up