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Lisa Diedrich
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Coming in early 2026: KEYWORDS/KEYIMAGES IN GRAPHIC MEDICINE
Current projects: #IllnessPolitics, chronic forms, & multi-modal pedagogies in action. Author of ILLNESS POLITICS & HASHTAG ACTIVISM, TREATMENTS, & INDIRECT ACTION.
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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · Oct 4
Look at this gorgeous cover for Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine!! Thanks to Ian Williams for giving us permission to use his image on the cover, which captures brilliantly the concept & structure of the book. Briana Martino (@briwok.bsky.social) & I are grateful & thrilled!
#GraphicMedicine
Book cover for Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine edited by Lisa Diedrich and Briana Martino. The image on the cover is from Ian Williams, & is a version of an image from his book The Bad Doctor, a graphic narrative based on his own experience with OCD. A boy is in bed with his hands folded in prayer & his thoughts take the form of a sefirot surrounding his head.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1h
The lost art of hackysack.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 3h
The notion that people fake disability to get benefits is so ridiculous. Do people understand how hard the gov makes it to get benefits & maintain them? Quoting Alice Wong again, "Staying alive is a lot of work for a disabled person in an ableist society."

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 3h
More brutal austerity politics is "on the horizon, from the [UK] gov’s plan for special educational needs & disabilities (Send) amid talk of parents abusing the system, to Wes Streeting’s review of the supposed 'over-diagnosis' of mental health issues in light of rising sickness benefit claims."

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 3h
@francesryan.bsky.social on "how a mix of misinformation, prejudice & insecurity has reignited an all-too-familiar fire: when living standards are stalling & public services failing, society turns on a minority said to be having it easy at taxpayer expense."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan
Starmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · 5h
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.

This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.

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Dr. Thrasher wants you to pre-order The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 9h
Coming May 19, 2026 from Amistad Books and HarperCollins

THE OVERSEER CLASS:
A Manifesto

by Steven W. Thrasher

cover art by Jamaal Barber

Available for pre-order now www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
Cover art of the book "The Overseer Class: A Manifesto" by Steven W. Thrasher. The cover is a black and white woodcut, with the title appearing over the images of three African American faces. To the left, is a face without eyes, in profile. To the right, is a man in a suit with no eyes looking forward. In the center is a police officer with eyes. Inside of him is a Black man on his knees, appearing to have been whipped. They all tower over raised fists.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
Alice Wong in 2021 saying “No to Normal”: “A disabled person in a nondisabled world is forced to advocate for access, constantly having to provide proof & perform deservingness. When you’re not in the center, you are subject to being doubted & under suspicion of getting unfair special treatment.”

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
A withering editorial from the Cavalier Daily on the performance of UVA’s interim president, who now appears to be angling for the position:“Mahoney’s consistent deference to the Board serves as an indictment of his ability to empathize with and represent an outraged community in a time of peril.”
janetspittler.bsky.social Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 1d
Excellent editorial by the student paper: “Perhaps the most obvious epitomization of Mahoney’s desire to be protected from, rather than to protect, the University community, was his decision to be accompanied by a police guard as he entered the Faculty Senate.” www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
EDITORIAL: A university president guarded from his constituents cannot lead them
Mahoney’s position throughout his term has been one of deference — a deference that, amidst community protests, denigrates the role of a University president as authentically representing their commun...
www.cavalierdaily.com

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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 1d
Excellent editorial by the student paper: “Perhaps the most obvious epitomization of Mahoney’s desire to be protected from, rather than to protect, the University community, was his decision to be accompanied by a police guard as he entered the Faculty Senate.” www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
EDITORIAL: A university president guarded from his constituents cannot lead them
Mahoney’s position throughout his term has been one of deference — a deference that, amidst community protests, denigrates the role of a University president as authentically representing their commun...
www.cavalierdaily.com

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
Sorry, in the first post, I meant to say Gender Studies at SFSU: San Francisco State University. My bad.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
Love that this article makes a case for Gender Studies. Prof. Kenney: "Very few students get a Women & Gender Studies degree for instrumental reasons...They're there because they want to be critical thinkers & politically engaged citizens."
Hello!

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
"These were first-generation college students, many from historically marginalized groups, who understood something administrators apparently didn't: they were being asked to pay premium prices for a cheapened product."

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
Purser quotes the Chair of WGSS at SF State Prof Martha Kenney, who says her students "were rightfully skeptical that regular use of generative AI in the classroom would rob them of the education they're paying so much for." This skepticism is what I am seeing among my WGSS students too.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching & learning--the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt & confusion, the struggle of finding one's voice. Critical pedagogy is out; productivity hacks are in. What's sold as innovation is really surrender."

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
"The irony couldn't be starker: the very programs best equipped to study the social & ethical implications of AI were being defunded, even as the university promoted the use of OpenAI's products across campus." Shout out to UCSF Gender Studies mentioned here!
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d
These findings just out as RFK Jr’s anti-vax conspiracies become policy in the US. “These findings support proactive vaccination policies over reliance on infection-acquired immunity and inform rapid response strategies for future pandemic threats.” #IllnessPolitics
carlzimmer.com Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 2d
The antidote to ICE & snow. Neighbors who look out for you.
zaynabmmohamed.bsky.social Zaynab Mohamed @zaynabmmohamed.bsky.social · 2d
I love my neighbors💜

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 2d
Clearly blue suit/white shirt/open collar look to match drab set is required for the DealBook Summit. See also (more kinetic) tech co CEO video.
Screen grab of post by Jacob Redman: California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be "more culturally normal" & "less judgmental." Video of Newsom in blue suit, white shirt, open collar gesturing as he speaks.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 2d
Prepping!

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 2d
You definitely do! 😂

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 2d
So glad they came through for you on your birthday! 🥳

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 2d
When even conservatives begin to grasp the consequences of the destruction of higher ed: “We should be engaging in substantive intellectual battles, not generating outrage over an earned poor grade. We are not the party of participation trophies. Do the work & earn the grade, or fail on the merits.”
chanda.blacksky.app Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d
This is in fact the material point:
“The essay not only fails to meet basic college requirements — such as citing its primary source, the Bible — but fundamentally missed the assignment’s objective,” Tranquill said.
‘The professor was right’: Oklahoma Republican college leader criticizes essay controversy
The chairman of the Oklahoma Federation of College Republicans is weighing in on controversy surrounding a failed essay submitted by a University of Oklahoma student.
www.kswo.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d
This is in fact the material point:
“The essay not only fails to meet basic college requirements — such as citing its primary source, the Bible — but fundamentally missed the assignment’s objective,” Tranquill said.
‘The professor was right’: Oklahoma Republican college leader criticizes essay controversy
The chairman of the Oklahoma Federation of College Republicans is weighing in on controversy surrounding a failed essay submitted by a University of Oklahoma student.
www.kswo.com

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 2d
What fresh hell is the NYT DealBook Summit???

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Zaynab Mohamed @zaynabmmohamed.bsky.social · 2d
I love my neighbors💜

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Sarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 2d
"What are the words and the forms with which to do and say and make what we need to live in, now?"-

Dr. Christina Sharpe
💐 @hystericalblkns.bsky.social

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d
In case you missed it.
The Afterlife of Alice Wong
The disability justice activist’s life proved that anger can be an act of care.
time.com

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 2d
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.

One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.

When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
celestelabedz.bsky.social Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 2d
It's over.

Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.

www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 2d
"Your body my choice" as political platform.
kattenbarge.bsky.social Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2d
The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public