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Archie Crowley
@archiecrowley.bsky.social
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Sociolinguistics & language ideologies & trans stuff & cats. Assistant prof at Elon University in North Carolina (they/them)

https://sites.google.com/site/elonaaup/
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maxreuvers.bsky.social
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
archiecrowley.bsky.social
Congratulations on book pub day to friend and colleague @alkleintop.bsky.social!! I'm so excited to read her book "Counting the Cost of Freedom: The Fight Over Compensated Emancipation after the Civil War." Use the code 01SOCIAL30 to get 30% off from UNC Press 🎉🎉🎉 uncpress.org/978146968867...
A book cover with black text that reads "Counting the Cost of Freedom: The Fight Over Compensated Emancipation after the Civil War. Amanda Laury Kleintop"
August 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
archiecrowley.bsky.social
So proud of my undergraduate student Azul who presented her research at @elonuniversity.bsky.social’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience poster session yesterday!
A Latina woman wearing a black blazer smiles while standing in front of a blue and yellow poster titled “Trans and nonbinary experiences in Alamance County”
July 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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joshuaraclaw.com
Celebrate nonbinary people’s day by reading my paper on multiple pronouns journals.linguisticsociety.org/proceedings/...
A trans linguistic perspective on multiple pronoun use in English, a paper in the proceedings of the linguistic Society of America written by Joshua Raclaw
July 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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kirbyconrod.bsky.social
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
archiecrowley.bsky.social
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
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kringelberg.bsky.social
12 of my colleagues & I are doing teach-ins on campus tomorrow about various attacks on Higher Ed & our areas of expertise. There will also be a community mapping project & information for getting involved building campus solidarity for the challenges to come.
#DefendHigherEd #DayofActionforHigherEd
April 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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kringelberg.bsky.social
GIVE YOUR SPARE CASH NOW
southernequality.org/tyep/
Trans Youth Emergency Project: Supporting Families of Trans Youth
Supporting families of trans youth nationwide through the logistical and financial burdens of navigating bans on gender-affirming care.
southernequality.org
March 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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jslx.bsky.social
🏳️‍⚧️ Have you read any of the articles in our collection on trans language activism?

Discover them here:
buff.ly
March 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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joshuaraclaw.com
Teaching my ling anthro students about language acquisition and socialization which means I get to to tap the sign for @meganfigueroa.bsky.social's amazing work on ideologies of language acquisition as linguistic racism
A graphical abstract for Figueroa 2024: it shows visually how linguistic input, whether spoken or signed, leads to successful language acquisition, BUT we then get culturally specified standardized tests which measure successful language acquisition as meeting a white norm: the language of racialized communities becomes pathologized, a parallel to deaf language use (see also, Henner and Robinson's Crip Linguistics)
March 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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jacqmessing.bsky.social
Today's news. This new edition. Connect the dots.
www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Ev...
February 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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zeeshanpathan.bsky.social
Linguistic violence is part of the fascist project.

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e...
Trump plans to sign executive order making English the official language of the U.S.
The U.S. has never had an official language, though many states have designated English.
www.cbsnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
archiecrowley.bsky.social
It's a weird time to be doing very trans research, but I'm grateful to be in community with so many great scholars working on trans linguistics -- some gathered in the latest issue of Gender and Language: utppublishing.com/toc/gl/18/3
A screenshot of the University of Toronto Press Website for the journal Gender and Language. It lists three titles: "Cultivating trans linguistics: Creativity and contestation" by Cedar Brown, deandre miles-hercules, and Lal Zimman; "Interrogating the cisgender listening subject in the study of trans voices" by J Calder and Ariana Steele; and "Misgender or out yourself: Vulnerability in pronoun sharing practices" by Cedar Brown. A screenshot of the University of Toronto Press Website for the journal Gender and Language. It lists four titles: "‘But […] how can you call yourself not binary???’: Linguistic self-determination, gatekeeping and trans identities in the French-speaking context" by Jordan J. Tudisco; " Claiming transgender identity: Contextualising linguistic tensions over the term transgender in Hong Kong" by Kimberly Tao; " That /s/tiene tumbao: Chonga-fied sibilants and the disidentificatory sociophonetics of Miami Latinx drag" by Dozandri C. Mendoza, and " Language ideologies, life-making and vitality in trans communities in the US South" by Archie Crowley.
February 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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lingsocam.bsky.social
LSA joined dozens of scholarly societies in signing a letter that begins, "American science and innovation have advanced humanity for generations... But today, science is under threat." We commit to championing integrity and conveying the importance of science. unitedsciencealliance.org
February 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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lavlang.bsky.social
Hello! We're hoping to get connected with #lavlang -ers here in the good(better?) place so, Lavender Language & Linguistics people new & old give us a follow & share that we're here? 🦩

We've also got a #lavlang31 conference website to share (Manchester 20-22 August): lavlang2025.wordpress.com
Lavendar Languages and Lingusitics Conference, 20th-22nd August, 2025
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
lavlang2025.wordpress.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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kirbyconrod.bsky.social
in case you missed it, my piece for the Demystifying Language Project is up: Is singular they old or new? #linguistics
Is Singular They Old or New? – Demystifying Language Project
Why are they/them pronouns easier for some people to use? The answer can tell us a lot about the English language, and how it is changing.
demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu
January 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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lissu.bsky.social
A student stayed after class to give me the most amazing gift basket of homemade goodies, including these magnets. I LOVE them. We could totally sell these as merch at NWAV, Sociolinguistics Symposium, etc.
An image of 6 homemade, hand-drawn magnets. Magnet 1 shows a picture of a bottle with a label that reads "Prescriptivism repellent." Magnet 2 shows a drawing of a bored cat and reads "Sounds prescriptivist, but okay." Magnet 3 is a picture of a bottle of jam, with a label on the drawing reading "Sociolinguistics is my jam." Magnet 4 is written like a dictionary definition. It reads: "Sociolinguistics (noun) 1. Like normal linguistics, but cooler." Magnet 5 reads: "How many sociolinguists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?" Followed by a small drawing of a light bulb and the words "It varies." Magnet 6 shows this text: "Miss Ms Mrs Prof Dr, ACTUALLY"
December 10, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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montreallx.bsky.social
If you're...
1) 18 or older,
2) native speaker of American English, &
3) a member of the LGBTQIA+ community (broadly construed),

take a few minutes to do Emily Duggan's MA thesis survey on the social meanings of queer identity terms! (shared on her request)

msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
A flyer with a pastel rainbow background and a small progress pride flag in each corner. At the top, in large white letters with a pink border, it says Call for LGBTQIA+ Survey Participants! The body of the flyer says, If you meet the following requirements, please consider taking my five minute survey on queer identity terms. No identifying information will be collected, and your responses will inform my MA thesis research in language, gender, and sexuality at Michigan State University. You must be 18 +, a native speaker of American English, and identify as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community! Scan here or visit this link to take the survey! A picture of a QR code and the link follow. At the bottom, it say Questions? Contact survey creator Emily Duggan at: duggane1@msu.edu.
November 21, 2024 at 7:19 AM
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disabldlinguist.bsky.social
The LavLang Summer Institute 2025 is accepting applications! I will be teaching a course in Crip Linguistics🦻

💻 Program dates: June 9 - June 19, 2025 (online!)
Pass along to interested students & colleagues!

🗓️ Priority deadline to apply: December 15, 2024
forms.office.com/r/sFnM0TkM4q
Microsoft Forms
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November 16, 2024 at 4:43 AM
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montreallx.bsky.social
Starter pack of people doing LGBTQ+/queer linguistics (writ large)!

Please share and let me know if you'd like to be added :)

go.bsky.app/2mjmgqt
November 15, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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montreallx.bsky.social
The virtual gallery for the art show I organized this summer is now open! Like art by multilingual trans artists about the relationships they have with their languages? Check out:

✨ transxlanguaging.wordpress.com ✨

And use the comment box at the bottom of any page to join in on the collaboration 🤗
trans*languaging
transxlanguaging.wordpress.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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americandialect.org
The American Dialect Society is once again soliciting nominations for the Words of the Year! Please submit your 2024 WOTY nominations using this Google Form: bit.ly/WOTY2024noms
More details here: americandialect.org/2024-woty-no...
November 5, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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haymarketbooks.org
For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free

Another world is possible if we fight for it

www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Ten book covers: How We Get Free, Hope in the Dark, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Palestine in a World on Fire, Let This Radicalize you, Socialism... Seriously, The Black Antifascist Tradition, Elite Capture, Class Struggle Unionism, and Unbuild Walls. More details at the included link.
November 9, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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kirbyconrod.bsky.social
omg so excited that this is finally out - Proceedings of LSA has a special issue on teaching and learning #linguistics that i'm so grateful to have had some small part in
journals.linguisticsociety.org/proceedings/...
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2024): PLSA Special Issue – The Future of Teaching Linguistics | Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America
journals.linguisticsociety.org
October 30, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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kirbyconrod.bsky.social
While I'm at it, you should also check out (and bookmark for future reference!) @lalzimman.bsky.social's really excellent round-up of #linguistics research on pronouns: lgbtqlinguistics.wordpress.com/2024/10/06/p...
Pronoun research roundup
The following is a list of research on trans people’s use of pronouns in English and a few other languages where scholars have written about trans and gender-neutral pronoun innovations. Lang…
lgbtqlinguistics.wordpress.com
October 20, 2024 at 12:21 AM