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Dr. Mike Mena
@mikemena.bsky.social
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Founder of "The Social Life of Language" on YouTube. Linguistic Anthropologist. Critical Race Theorist. Photographer. Videographer. Artist.
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jul 17
Dude! Do it!!! We can be the comic book crew! lol
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jul 17
Heeeeyyyy! Ling anth person here! Also love comics and gets way too theoretical about it as well lol
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jul 17
Problem solved.
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jul 14
JULY 14th (2025)
PSC-CUNY PRESS CONFERENCE
@bradlander.bsky.social

I attended as PRESS.
Free to use. Media orgs that need explicit permission, please email me directly.
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jul 12
Where the eff do I fall???
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jul 4
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 25
If a tree falls in forest with no one around… did it make sound?

Answer: nobody cares.

If an academic writes an article, and only 0.00001% of the population actually reads it… did it make a change?

Answer: no. (And nobody cares.)
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 18
FUCK YES! Lookie what just came in mail 😎
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 15
Overview of trip to TRANSLANGUAGING CLASSROOM SUMMER INSTITUTE lol
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 14
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 13
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 13
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 12
Arrived at TRANSLANGUAGING CLASSROOM INSTITUTE, NEW MEXICO.
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 12
Self portraits in NEW MEXICO!

Good morning NM.
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 11
BREAKING:

After LA rebellion, Trump declares all of Mexico is now a DEI nation-state.
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 11
When it comes to threatening a MEXICAN’S family…

Well…

…what we are seeing in LA is the FIND OUT stage after one FUCKS AROUND.
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 11
Shots from GRADUATE CENTER, CUNY.
Hunger strike.
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 10
Heading into the NYC protests. One of our students is participating in the hunger strike! 😱✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Brooklyn College students tend to LEAD the resistance 🥰🥰🥰
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 9
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 7
America is gonna learn: don’t fuck with Mexicans. This is OUR home too. Direct action.

youtu.be/OOMIiINxY_Q?...
FBI investigating Los Angeles protests over ICE raids
YouTube video by CNN
youtu.be
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 5
WATCH for DETAILS!
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 5
PLUS, guess what, my "Languaging Representations Chart" will now be a "peer-reviewed" one! That's right, something I created for a YouTube video now has an "official" academic home! I'll be presenting a workshop at the TRANSLANGUAGING CLASSROOM INSTITUTE (June 12)... the official "debut" of chart!
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 5
ARTICLE ACCEPTED!!!!

My next article will appear (HOPEFULLY) in the inaugural issue of Racial Justice in Multilingual Education in August, right next to a bunch of other KILLER articles.
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 4
NEW VIDEO FOR YOUR SYLLABUS!

Let’s make our social theory accessible and fun! This one is for race theorists! But, if you like comics, well that’s just a bonus!

WATCH FULL VIDEO: youtu.be/LVXDPWR1kG8?...
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Dr. Mike Mena @mikemena.bsky.social · Jun 4
As for the obnoxious title… yes, it is, and it is clickbait. Watch the essay to figure out why they are NOT annoying 🤭😉😉
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