Debby Sneed
@debscavator.bsky.social
Nondisabled researcher of disability in ancient Greece. she/her pronouns in bio. Who do you think you are? I am
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Debby Sneed
@debscavator.bsky.social
· Sep 25
Maybe it's dorky, but I'll introduce myself. I'm a nondisabled university professor who specializes in disability in ancient Greece. I approach this all through the lens of disability studies and critical disability theory, and advocate for disabled students in Classics and Archaeology.
Prestige is so fascinating to me, just the lack of perspective that often comes with it.
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Prestige is so fascinating to me, just the lack of perspective that often comes with it.
In the U.S. Civil War, Colonel Charles F. Johnson was a commander in the so-called Invalid Corps, later renamed the Veteran Reserve Corps. We have his letters to his wife and he shares interesting things, including on July 18, 1863 that he sharted after taking a new medication. What a pun!
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
In the U.S. Civil War, Colonel Charles F. Johnson was a commander in the so-called Invalid Corps, later renamed the Veteran Reserve Corps. We have his letters to his wife and he shares interesting things, including on July 18, 1863 that he sharted after taking a new medication. What a pun!
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For those presenting at SBL, please do consider making your presentations accessible for a wide range of attendees. It really does make a difference and helps make the meeting a more inclusive space: www.sbl-site.org/wp-content/u...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
For those presenting at SBL, please do consider making your presentations accessible for a wide range of attendees. It really does make a difference and helps make the meeting a more inclusive space: www.sbl-site.org/wp-content/u...
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A lot of people who look like me will have a lot to say about Alice in coming days and I stand by this: We take up too much space, something Alice and I talked about a lot. I'm focusing on letting Alice speak for herself, and uplifting those she asked to represent her.
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
A lot of people who look like me will have a lot to say about Alice in coming days and I stand by this: We take up too much space, something Alice and I talked about a lot. I'm focusing on letting Alice speak for herself, and uplifting those she asked to represent her.
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Alt text must provide context for people who cannot see the image. Describe the image's context and purpose. Do not write alt text for cute or clever jokes based on visual content you expect users can see. This is an abuse of alt text, as it violates the whole point of alt text.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Alt text must provide context for people who cannot see the image. Describe the image's context and purpose. Do not write alt text for cute or clever jokes based on visual content you expect users can see. This is an abuse of alt text, as it violates the whole point of alt text.
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Curtis Dozier, author of this forthcoming book on white supremacist engagement with Greece and Rome, has argued that it isn’t “misappropriation.” Sometimes white supremacists actually see the violence in classical texts which liberal readers conveniently gloss over bsky.app/profile/opie...
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Curtis Dozier, author of this forthcoming book on white supremacist engagement with Greece and Rome, has argued that it isn’t “misappropriation.” Sometimes white supremacists actually see the violence in classical texts which liberal readers conveniently gloss over bsky.app/profile/opie...
An important article discussing the challenges faced by young African archaeologists, in a wonderful example of collaboration by archaeologists from Ethiopia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.ph...
View of Against All Odds: An Archaeologist's Journey in Africa
archaeopresspublishing.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
An important article discussing the challenges faced by young African archaeologists, in a wonderful example of collaboration by archaeologists from Ethiopia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.ph...
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These are the words that come to mind when I think of where Alice is now (written either by Rumi or Guillermo Del Toro):
“Unable to perceive the shape of you, I find you all around me.
Your presence fills my eyes with your love,
it humbles
my heart,
for you are everywhere.”
“Unable to perceive the shape of you, I find you all around me.
Your presence fills my eyes with your love,
it humbles
my heart,
for you are everywhere.”
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
These are the words that come to mind when I think of where Alice is now (written either by Rumi or Guillermo Del Toro):
“Unable to perceive the shape of you, I find you all around me.
Your presence fills my eyes with your love,
it humbles
my heart,
for you are everywhere.”
“Unable to perceive the shape of you, I find you all around me.
Your presence fills my eyes with your love,
it humbles
my heart,
for you are everywhere.”
The loss of Alice is huge, but what she started, what she fought for, will continue. Be the person you could be.
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The loss of Alice is huge, but what she started, what she fought for, will continue. Be the person you could be.
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Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
thesicktimes.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
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Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access
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Cambridge University Press
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November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access
view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
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I want to tell a story about this. I was at the Acropolis Museum in Athens showing some esteemed scholars the statue in question and discussing its features when a woman approached and said, "Can I ask you a question about this sculpture? You seem to know about it." I said, of course!
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I want to tell a story about this. I was at the Acropolis Museum in Athens showing some esteemed scholars the statue in question and discussing its features when a woman approached and said, "Can I ask you a question about this sculpture? You seem to know about it." I said, of course!
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It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
As long as it's not Beyonce country music fans are fine with this development
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
I want to tell a story about this. I was at the Acropolis Museum in Athens showing some esteemed scholars the statue in question and discussing its features when a woman approached and said, "Can I ask you a question about this sculpture? You seem to know about it." I said, of course!
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I want to tell a story about this. I was at the Acropolis Museum in Athens showing some esteemed scholars the statue in question and discussing its features when a woman approached and said, "Can I ask you a question about this sculpture? You seem to know about it." I said, of course!
Happy Article Proofs Day to all who celebrate
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy Article Proofs Day to all who celebrate
Alt text is about accessibility, intended for people who use screenreaders. If you use it for other things, like image credits, that's like parking construction equipment in an accessible parking space. Sure, that is a convenient space for that, but it's not what it's for.
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Alt text is about accessibility, intended for people who use screenreaders. If you use it for other things, like image credits, that's like parking construction equipment in an accessible parking space. Sure, that is a convenient space for that, but it's not what it's for.
Tuning in (3pm PT on Nov. 6) to hear Mason Shrader (PhD student, Brown University) talk about "Digging into Disability: How Experience Affects Theory." Join me! www.youtube.com/live/5Fg_QiU...
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Tuning in (3pm PT on Nov. 6) to hear Mason Shrader (PhD student, Brown University) talk about "Digging into Disability: How Experience Affects Theory." Join me! www.youtube.com/live/5Fg_QiU...
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THIS!
“I don't expect Zohran Mamdani to be perfect. None of us should. Perfection isn't the point
of politics. Conviction is.
What matters is that he believes the government should serve the people.”
- Frederick Joseph
“I don't expect Zohran Mamdani to be perfect. None of us should. Perfection isn't the point
of politics. Conviction is.
What matters is that he believes the government should serve the people.”
- Frederick Joseph
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
THIS!
“I don't expect Zohran Mamdani to be perfect. None of us should. Perfection isn't the point
of politics. Conviction is.
What matters is that he believes the government should serve the people.”
- Frederick Joseph
“I don't expect Zohran Mamdani to be perfect. None of us should. Perfection isn't the point
of politics. Conviction is.
What matters is that he believes the government should serve the people.”
- Frederick Joseph
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
Included is a state-of-the-field piece about disability in antiquity (open access), which I co-wrote with @horusofnekhen.bsky.social and @tibg1312.bsky.social. See where we're at with this subfield!
New issue of The Classical Review Vol. 75 , No. 2 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @universitypress.cambridge.org @debscavator.bsky.social
@thedancinggrad.bsky.social @alysonroy.bsky.social @jessicamckenzie.bsky.social @pacman343.bsky.social
@thedancinggrad.bsky.social @alysonroy.bsky.social @jessicamckenzie.bsky.social @pacman343.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Included is a state-of-the-field piece about disability in antiquity (open access), which I co-wrote with @horusofnekhen.bsky.social and @tibg1312.bsky.social. See where we're at with this subfield!
In the early 2000s, the DoD made archaeology awareness playing cards, and I found a pack online! Here's a smattering of images from the deck. Each suit had its own theme and the goal was to educate service members on archaeology, cultural heritage and preservation, looting, etc.
![Picture of a 10 of clubs playing card. Image is a flat landscape with a small hill and text reads, "A mound or small hill in an otherwise flat landscape could be a sign of ancient human occupation. Proceed with caution. [Tell Rimah, Iraq]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gvrpdw74kvf2urtwa54qfsa7/bafkreiee5qcmnjpt3yuhvuyv53xudoreyrdswyzhpmyxxlcdvrv36aklky@jpeg)
![Playing card for the 3 of hearts showing a man hovering over a pit with some terracotta figurines inside. Text says, "To understand the meaning of an artifact, it must be found and studied in its original setting. [Hoard of Sumerian statues, Tell Asmar, Iraq]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gvrpdw74kvf2urtwa54qfsa7/bafkreicnnhpkatr3dv3txewznypfnl7vbb4elqfnf5begat5ydpipjsmk4@jpeg)
![Playing card of the 2 of spades. Picture is of a mudbrick wall with soldiers and civilians in front of it. Text reads, "In the dry climate of the Middle East, a mud brick wall could be thousands of years old. [Qalai Bost archaeological site, Afghanistan]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gvrpdw74kvf2urtwa54qfsa7/bafkreigx3pfibad6a6uhme3fxa6gra6rtwp7rsrlkudvylqtelcwlfm74e@jpeg)
![Playing card of the 7 of diamonds. Image is of a looted museum display. Text reads, "Museums are also victims of conflict and need protection when possible. [Kabul Museum, Afghanistan]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gvrpdw74kvf2urtwa54qfsa7/bafkreidtgroth33u7h7ci7k4mlzucnsielqtotq7bjxx7d6lmej4mengq4@jpeg)
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
In the early 2000s, the DoD made archaeology awareness playing cards, and I found a pack online! Here's a smattering of images from the deck. Each suit had its own theme and the goal was to educate service members on archaeology, cultural heritage and preservation, looting, etc.
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"Denial precedes & facilitates the act and may linger for generations. It sustains the lie that historians must expose":Drawing from Pierre Vidal-Naquet's 📕 on Holocaust denialism, Ras Segal reflects on how genocide denial is the norm in 🇮🇱
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...
A state of denial
Netanyahu’s onslaught against Gaza has been genocidal, but Israelis refuse to see it. This has historical parallels—and roots in Israel’s foundation
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"Denial precedes & facilitates the act and may linger for generations. It sustains the lie that historians must expose":Drawing from Pierre Vidal-Naquet's 📕 on Holocaust denialism, Ras Segal reflects on how genocide denial is the norm in 🇮🇱
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...
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My favorite is always "there's not a racist bone in my body!"
Like, I don't care about your bones. I care about your words and actions!
Osteoracism is not a real condition.
Like, I don't care about your bones. I care about your words and actions!
Osteoracism is not a real condition.
The language that politicians always use to respond to allegations of racism, such as "I'm not racist in my heart," is always premised on the idea that there is a pure, stable interior self that can be abstracted from the way it acts in the world. We are all post-Enlightenment Protestants.
October 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My favorite is always "there's not a racist bone in my body!"
Like, I don't care about your bones. I care about your words and actions!
Osteoracism is not a real condition.
Like, I don't care about your bones. I care about your words and actions!
Osteoracism is not a real condition.