So Mayer
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But also all reading is performative in Butler's sense: it's an act consciously undertaken that signifies an aspect of our being & thus can shift the definition of that aspect, within social contexts. And reading also acts on us, performative in the sense of performing a task, an affect, a change.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
But also all reading is performative in Butler's sense: it's an act consciously undertaken that signifies an aspect of our being & thus can shift the definition of that aspect, within social contexts. And reading also acts on us, performative in the sense of performing a task, an affect, a change.
2025 vibes, innit. Signs of a wrong timeline.
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
2025 vibes, innit. Signs of a wrong timeline.
Exactly. But apparently this is stressing out the commentariat.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Exactly. But apparently this is stressing out the commentariat.
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Linguistic sovereignty in Kazakhstan globalvoices.org/2025/11/08/t...
The invasion of Ukraine accelerates Kazakhstan’s turn toward linguistic sovereignty
The 2023–2029 Language Policy Concept aims to expand the use of Kazakh across science, IT, media, and governance, including the transition from the Cyrillic script to the Latin.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Linguistic sovereignty in Kazakhstan globalvoices.org/2025/11/08/t...