Debra Guckenheimer, PhD
@debraguckenheimer.com
Writer, activist, artist, teacher, sociologist, 🥄 , neurodivergent, disabled, queer, single mom. 🏳️🌈 Pronouns: she/they debraguckenheimer.com #livingwithableism #resist
Okay what is this? Why did she decide to have her last interview on this corporate platform by a White man?
RoseMarie@rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 4h agoFeminist icon and Ms. magazine founder Gloria Steinem shared her last words. The day after her death, Netflix released her episode of Famous Last Words, a series in which Brad Falchuk privately interviews influential people and (cont.) 🧵 www.vulture.com/article/glor...?
Compare how this academic is treated in comparison to Professor Jason Arday. www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraud
New evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ...
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD@debraguckenheimer.com · 3w agoI know how pervasive both plagiarism from those in power and the way oppression plays out in academia. Can we talk about what resistance looks like as sociologists? debraguckenheimer.substack.com/p/academia-i...
To honor Gloria Steinem, I will continue to find people striving for freedom for all people to live authentically. I will practice hope by engaging in resistance.
Ms. Magazine@msmagazine.com · yesterday"The most important monument to Gloria will not be a statue, an award or even a shelf of remarkable books. It will be the work we—working together—do next," writes Ms. Executive Editor Kathy Spillar.
Reminder that many disabled people, single parents, workers, people who are taking precautions for their health, caregivers of disabled people, etc. vote by mail out of necessity. I vote by mail because I live abroad. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/politics/whistle-blower-voting-by-mail.html
Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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I just witnessed a German man attack a Black man and his young son on the streets of Berlin. As the mom of kids of color who has returned to the city my Oma fled, i am shaken. A group of us stopped it. I am grateful for all of you resisting fascism and oppression with me.
When books are destroyed, we know what comes next. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
The AI company apparently found destructively scanning ‘all the books in the world’ easier than dealing with copyright in its quest for training data
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This models how science is being dismantled and replaced with absurd claims that support targeting scapegoats. The targeting is so wide that it claims that being educated and respectful around gender makes one violent. It is a part of a movement to label LGBTQ people, academics, etc. as terrorists.
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · last wk.Trump's HHS department has released a report through Rutgers claiming that support for trans people is linked to violence and authoritarianism. One measurement classifies you as authoritarian if you agree with "all conservatives are fools." Subscribe to support our journalism.
"artificial intelligence poses a grave threat to jobs and human life, and that urgently addressing the risks should be “the world’s top priority.”. -Bill Gates
Google the definition of “trumpery”.@resun4hope.bsky.social · last wk.Bill Gates Warns A.I. Is More Dangerous Than Big Tech Will Admit www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/t...
I'm the next installment of pushing women and disabled people out of higher education while trying to break the system altogether.... www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Faculty Quit as Texas University Orders Them Back to Campus
The new policy, announced in June, is a response to a Texas law restricting remote work for public university faculty. The Texas AAUP says it has prompted chaos and tears.
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Things you could do this week to honor the impact Dolly has had: *Donate to the Imagination Library or a local kids reading initiative *Read with a kid you care about *Support and protect LGBTQIA kids *Support a Black owned business *Schedule your vaccine appointments *Show up authentically as you
He is reminding us that he is a pedophile. Also, content note for ableist rubbish.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: "We're telling people when you get your shots for your young child, and this has to do we think with preventing autism, that you go to the doctor for five small shots instead of one big massive shots where those beautiful little bodies can handle it"
We are in the stage of fascism where even those who are engaging in some kind of resistance are moderating their words and actions to stay out of trouble. The level of perceived and actual danger is high. I still believe in us, in resistance and in hope.
Jason Stanley is posting about Jason Arday that models uncritically the dynamics that drove Arday out of academia and to his death. debraguckenheimer.substack.com/p/jason-stan...
Jason Stanley Models the Dynamics that Killed Jason Arday
How We Enact Systems of Oppression, Even When We are Experts
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"Criminal prosecution of scientists is a classic authoritarian tactic,"
NPR@npr.org · 2w agoDr. David Morens, a former aide to Dr. Anthony Fauci, has pleaded guilty to violating federal law by trying to conceal emails about the origins of the COVID-1 pandemic. n.pr/4qo6LfI
Datasets are being ALTERED and erased. If you have U.S. datasets, please save them for the future. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more
Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows
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Talking about this doesn't mean there is nothing to do to stop it. We can bring democracy back. Don't give up. Just don't ignore what we are up against.
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2w agoHere are 10 ways Trump and his allies tilted the midterms in their favor before anyone cast a vote.
Sociologists, what is an appropriate response to our colleague being lynched? Both as individuals and as a field. How many actual cases of plagiarism have we witnessed by faculty that we remained silent about while we let this racist farce slide? We need to be talking about this.
Ibram X. Kendi@ibramxk.bsky.social · 3w agoAnd if you die from all the attacks, the media still calls the attacks on you “accusations” to wash their hands of the blood. Your lynchers announce your death as if they had no role in your lynching. theemancipator.org/2026/08/15/i...
Almost half of trans people in the U.S. want to leave. Many are trapped. Leaving is incredibly difficult, especially for those who are parents, disabled, without resources, etc.
Sandy Ernest Allen@sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 3w agoI respect M. Gessen (in theory), but in here in reality, this is SUCH hotdog guy energy. The NYT encouraged these horrors and here we are.
How many disabled and elderly deaths will occur before we make a plan to make any attempt to address the impact on our lives?
Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 3w agoTemperatures hit as high as 43°C (109°F) in France today as the fifth major heatwave of the year has arrived in Europe. Hundreds of cities and towns across the continent experienced their hottest August temperatures ever recorded.
The U.S. military is focusing on giving testosterone to soldiers...but not basic needs like food and breaks.
Tammy Duckworth@duckworth.senate.gov · 3w agoSailors and Marines are facing a mental health crisis after months at sea with no end in sight to Trump’s illegal war. Meanwhile, Hegseth is pushing dangerous, unauthorized flyovers as “morale boosters.” Want to boost morale? End this war.
"an “ecocide”, saying they were part of the military’s pattern of assaults on south Lebanon’s environment to degrade its ecosystem with munitions, fire and chemicals."
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w agoIsrael deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
Can someone explain to me why we are moving to silence people who talk about what's happening in the world if they aren't positive and solution focused (i.e. believing in quick and not systemic changesl) enough?
US university hires world-renowned Israeli genocide expert to lead Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and then fires him when he says that Israel is committing genocide.
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 4w agoThe University of Minnesota withdrew an offer from Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies after an organized campaign against his hiring
Women in the U.S. are being pushed out of the labor force in order to have babies - given the attacks on family planning.
Bryce Covert@brycecovert.bsky.social · 4w agoYikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org
