Sandeep Bakshi
@sandeepbak.bsky.social
Queer vegan of colour academic. Committed to decolonial inquiry. Postcolonial, Queer Studies. Université Paris Cité. He/They.
https://larca.u-paris.fr/en/membre/bakshi-sandeep-en/
http://decolonizingsexualities.org
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https://larca.u-paris.fr/en/membre/bakshi-sandeep-en/
http://decolonizingsexualities.org
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Sandeep Bakshi
@sandeepbak.bsky.social
· Mar 16
Hi, new followers! Welcome.
Expect queer & decolonial studies discourse, coloniality of curriculum debates, commentary on current events esp. India, UK, France, Aus - origin/fam/residence. And US.
My reads, food & scarves.
Receive flak from several constituencies. No hate-follows pls; I don't. Ta!
Expect queer & decolonial studies discourse, coloniality of curriculum debates, commentary on current events esp. India, UK, France, Aus - origin/fam/residence. And US.
My reads, food & scarves.
Receive flak from several constituencies. No hate-follows pls; I don't. Ta!
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Je lance un appel : si vous êtes journaliste et que vous voulez rendre compte de ce qui se passe vraiment à Paris 13, entre espoirs d'avenir et inerties sociales, entre projets de recherche de point et bâtiments en ruine, écrivez-moi ! Nous avons tellement besoin de portraits fidèles...
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Je lance un appel : si vous êtes journaliste et que vous voulez rendre compte de ce qui se passe vraiment à Paris 13, entre espoirs d'avenir et inerties sociales, entre projets de recherche de point et bâtiments en ruine, écrivez-moi ! Nous avons tellement besoin de portraits fidèles...
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En colère pour nos étudiant·es, qui font de beaux parcours malgré les déterminismes sociaux, et qu'on cherche chaque jour à faire adhérer à l'idée d'une délibération pacifique, rationnelle et empirique. Nous sommes aussi très fièr·es de leur esprit critique et de leur refus de se laisser faire !
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
En colère pour nos étudiant·es, qui font de beaux parcours malgré les déterminismes sociaux, et qu'on cherche chaque jour à faire adhérer à l'idée d'une délibération pacifique, rationnelle et empirique. Nous sommes aussi très fièr·es de leur esprit critique et de leur refus de se laisser faire !
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Aujourd'hui, 3 députés RN se sont introduits à l'Université avec des journalistes d'extrême-droite, et filmé des étudiant·es malgré leur refus explicite. L'idée ? Prouver notre islamisation totale, en surfant sur une histoire marginale de prières pendant les intercours. Nous sommes très en colère.
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Aujourd'hui, 3 députés RN se sont introduits à l'Université avec des journalistes d'extrême-droite, et filmé des étudiant·es malgré leur refus explicite. L'idée ? Prouver notre islamisation totale, en surfant sur une histoire marginale de prières pendant les intercours. Nous sommes très en colère.
Are academic folks explicitly stating the absence of AI usage in any form in their presentations? I've been planning to initiate it in mine going forward. Will it at all help quell the tide of cruelty awaiting us? All AI incl generative AI, recall, depletes our planetary resources massively.
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Are academic folks explicitly stating the absence of AI usage in any form in their presentations? I've been planning to initiate it in mine going forward. Will it at all help quell the tide of cruelty awaiting us? All AI incl generative AI, recall, depletes our planetary resources massively.
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LSE Public Lecture "Race and the Question of Palestine"
📍2 Dec, 6PM
Speaker: Lana Tatour
Discussants: Ralph Wilde, Ayça Cubukcu, Neve Gordon
Register here:
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
📍2 Dec, 6PM
Speaker: Lana Tatour
Discussants: Ralph Wilde, Ayça Cubukcu, Neve Gordon
Register here:
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
LSE Public Lecture "Race and the Question of Palestine"
📍2 Dec, 6PM
Speaker: Lana Tatour
Discussants: Ralph Wilde, Ayça Cubukcu, Neve Gordon
Register here:
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
📍2 Dec, 6PM
Speaker: Lana Tatour
Discussants: Ralph Wilde, Ayça Cubukcu, Neve Gordon
Register here:
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
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This Thurs 27 Nov at LSE: "Palestine & the Limits of Liberal Freedom"
Speaker: Hanna Al-Taher (TU Dresden)
Register below 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/palestine-...
Speaker: Hanna Al-Taher (TU Dresden)
Register below 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/palestine-...
Palestine and the Limits of Liberal Freedom
“Freedom Is Always the Freedom of Those in Power: Palestine and the Limits of Liberal Freedom”
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This Thurs 27 Nov at LSE: "Palestine & the Limits of Liberal Freedom"
Speaker: Hanna Al-Taher (TU Dresden)
Register below 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/palestine-...
Speaker: Hanna Al-Taher (TU Dresden)
Register below 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/palestine-...
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L’université Savoie Mont Blanc diffuse une vidéo sur ses réseaux mettant en scène la fermeture de l’établissement depuis le 21 novembre – date à laquelle elle arrive à épuisement de ses ressources. Pour "interpeller sur la faiblesse de la subvention de l’État" #ESR
www.aefinfo.fr/depeche/7415...
www.aefinfo.fr/depeche/7415...
L’USMB publie une vidéo mettant en scène la fermeture fictive de l’université...
L’université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB) diffuse une vidéo sur les réseaux sociaux mettant en scène la fermeture de l’établissement depuis le 21 novembre...
www.aefinfo.fr
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
L’université Savoie Mont Blanc diffuse une vidéo sur ses réseaux mettant en scène la fermeture de l’établissement depuis le 21 novembre – date à laquelle elle arrive à épuisement de ses ressources. Pour "interpeller sur la faiblesse de la subvention de l’État" #ESR
www.aefinfo.fr/depeche/7415...
www.aefinfo.fr/depeche/7415...
Upper-caste/class, anglophone India can never equal this beauty and queerness. B’wood is mostly trash but its appropriations are fire. They are dancing to a famous B’wood song with suggestive sexual overtones.
The absolutely gorgeous outfit in green and red. That red chunni is stunning!
The absolutely gorgeous outfit in green and red. That red chunni is stunning!
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Upper-caste/class, anglophone India can never equal this beauty and queerness. B’wood is mostly trash but its appropriations are fire. They are dancing to a famous B’wood song with suggestive sexual overtones.
The absolutely gorgeous outfit in green and red. That red chunni is stunning!
The absolutely gorgeous outfit in green and red. That red chunni is stunning!
Yup. It's called 'banter'/'light banter'; introduces excessive gradations in order to trivialise racism & impact. A 'move to innocence' practised by whiteness. 'Banter' is the preserve of white cishet, able-bodied folk to demean all but themselves. Historically, it can't be weaponised against them.
Y’know, believing there’s a kind of racism that isn’t hurtful or insulting is itself quite revealing.
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Yup. It's called 'banter'/'light banter'; introduces excessive gradations in order to trivialise racism & impact. A 'move to innocence' practised by whiteness. 'Banter' is the preserve of white cishet, able-bodied folk to demean all but themselves. Historically, it can't be weaponised against them.
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🎓 Le 5 décembre à 14h, soutenance de thèse de Caroline Tran Van : "Medical Student Selection in Britain. Adaptation and Resistance to Mass Higher Education at Two Medical Schools in London: King's College London and St George's Hospital Medical School (1965-2003)" (dir. Clarisse Berthezène)
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🎓 Le 5 décembre à 14h, soutenance de thèse de Caroline Tran Van : "Medical Student Selection in Britain. Adaptation and Resistance to Mass Higher Education at Two Medical Schools in London: King's College London and St George's Hospital Medical School (1965-2003)" (dir. Clarisse Berthezène)
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Interesting …
There’s this lawyer in London, posts amazing vegan recipes and takes issue with the inherent racism within the wider vegan community. He mixes history, food, and community belonging in a dynamic way that is much appreciated. Walter Rodney and cassava leaf dish - imagine 👏🏽👏🏽
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Interesting …
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Organisations like Peta etc., perhaps especially how they operate in settler-colonies like canada and the u.s. by targeting Indigenous communities on whose lands they're occupying, are almost openly a far-right hate group aren't they 💀
There’s this lawyer in London, posts amazing vegan recipes and takes issue with the inherent racism within the wider vegan community. He mixes history, food, and community belonging in a dynamic way that is much appreciated. Walter Rodney and cassava leaf dish - imagine 👏🏽👏🏽
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Organisations like Peta etc., perhaps especially how they operate in settler-colonies like canada and the u.s. by targeting Indigenous communities on whose lands they're occupying, are almost openly a far-right hate group aren't they 💀
A while ago, some white French loudly proclaimed being Islamoleftists. Mostly an aesthetic of non-solidarity. I shied away from a tired performance often resulting in erasure.
France is currently discussing a ban on Ramadan fast for folks below 16 years of age.
It won’t affect white Islamoleftists.
France is currently discussing a ban on Ramadan fast for folks below 16 years of age.
It won’t affect white Islamoleftists.
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A while ago, some white French loudly proclaimed being Islamoleftists. Mostly an aesthetic of non-solidarity. I shied away from a tired performance often resulting in erasure.
France is currently discussing a ban on Ramadan fast for folks below 16 years of age.
It won’t affect white Islamoleftists.
France is currently discussing a ban on Ramadan fast for folks below 16 years of age.
It won’t affect white Islamoleftists.
There’s this lawyer in London, posts amazing vegan recipes and takes issue with the inherent racism within the wider vegan community. He mixes history, food, and community belonging in a dynamic way that is much appreciated. Walter Rodney and cassava leaf dish - imagine 👏🏽👏🏽
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
There’s this lawyer in London, posts amazing vegan recipes and takes issue with the inherent racism within the wider vegan community. He mixes history, food, and community belonging in a dynamic way that is much appreciated. Walter Rodney and cassava leaf dish - imagine 👏🏽👏🏽
One of the most awaited titles of 2025, right? I'll be bringing it back this time from the trip across the channel next week.
Hazel Carby's Racial Fictions has been published! @versobooks.bsky.social
www.versobooks.com/products/333...
Hazel Carby's Racial Fictions has been published! @versobooks.bsky.social
www.versobooks.com/products/333...
Racial Fictions
Drawing on a rich tapestry of historical analysis, literary criticism, and cultural theory, Hazel V. Carby interrogates our racial fictions, which have been constructed, maintained, and weaponized acr...
www.versobooks.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
One of the most awaited titles of 2025, right? I'll be bringing it back this time from the trip across the channel next week.
Hazel Carby's Racial Fictions has been published! @versobooks.bsky.social
www.versobooks.com/products/333...
Hazel Carby's Racial Fictions has been published! @versobooks.bsky.social
www.versobooks.com/products/333...
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Very excited to share that today is publication day for my first monograph!! Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration is published as a part of Bristol University Press's Law, Society, Policy series.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/queering-uk-...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/queering-uk-...
Queering UK Refugee Law
Queering UK Refugee Law - Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration; In the context of a global backlash against migrant and LGBTIQA+ rights , this book examines the experiences of LGBTIQA+ people in...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Very excited to share that today is publication day for my first monograph!! Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration is published as a part of Bristol University Press's Law, Society, Policy series.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/queering-uk-...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/queering-uk-...
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🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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EU Commission registers European citizens initiative calling for the full suspension of the EU/Israel association agreement
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission registers European Citizens\' Initiative on the EU-Israel Association Agreement
Today, the European Commission has registered the European Citizens\' Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel\'s violations of hu...
ec.europa.eu
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
EU Commission registers European citizens initiative calling for the full suspension of the EU/Israel association agreement
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Thank you @sandeepbak.bsky.social ! Berlin folks and friends, doing a talk at Humboldt Uni, part of the W.E.B. Du Bois lecture series, come out if you can, 6pm @ DorotheenstraBe 24, Raum 1.501
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Thank you @sandeepbak.bsky.social ! Berlin folks and friends, doing a talk at Humboldt Uni, part of the W.E.B. Du Bois lecture series, come out if you can, 6pm @ DorotheenstraBe 24, Raum 1.501
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You're told it'll sabotage your career if you're a vocally politically opinionated, queer, woman. But things sabotaging my career are systemic xenophobia, sexism, and horrible job market. Which are a direct consequences of people not being vocally opinionated in the first place.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
You're told it'll sabotage your career if you're a vocally politically opinionated, queer, woman. But things sabotaging my career are systemic xenophobia, sexism, and horrible job market. Which are a direct consequences of people not being vocally opinionated in the first place.
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Ceci est d'une gravité extrême.
Elena Mistrello. Dessinatrice italienne expulsée de France pour « menace grave pour l’ordre public »
➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/nqu
➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/nqu
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Ceci est d'une gravité extrême.
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Certain·es d’entre vous ont déjà vu les nombreuses dénonciations des boucles de harcèlement que subissent depuis trop longtemps @stephlamy.bsky.social et @mariepeltier2024.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Certain·es d’entre vous ont déjà vu les nombreuses dénonciations des boucles de harcèlement que subissent depuis trop longtemps @stephlamy.bsky.social et @mariepeltier2024.bsky.social
Fellow academics, who will theorise the figure of the Black and Brown (POC) white supremacist? At this point they aren’t solely upholding white supremacy but actively consolidating it. Did Trevor Philips just use the phrase ‘snatching suspected illegals off the street’?! When will it horrify us??
Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Fellow academics, who will theorise the figure of the Black and Brown (POC) white supremacist? At this point they aren’t solely upholding white supremacy but actively consolidating it. Did Trevor Philips just use the phrase ‘snatching suspected illegals off the street’?! When will it horrify us??