Ok but I got to do a photoshoot (photographer masked for me!) for my campus’s LGBTQ center’s queer belonging project. Which is your fav? [Photographer: William Hohe, @williamslenses + williamslenses. com]

I love getting to mentor students in multiple disciplines. Please take a look at these amazing students and postdoctoral fellows and let them know if you’d like them to look at your positions.

The SRG Collective@srgcollective.bsky.social · 3d ago

We are so pleased to share that SIX of our members are on the (academic) job market this 2026-2027 cycle. Please check out our job booklet at www.SRGCollective.com to learn a little more about them and their work, and feel free to reach out if they might be a good fit for your institution.

As if I didn’t really feel like I had topped out my career, I’m now in a beautiful magazine, in the table of contents along with Dean Spade. @restrictfilm.bsky.social To order a copy and fight censorship, check out www.restrictfilm.com/tickets/p/re...

My former spouse/forever family Leo Kattari and I have a chapter in Morty Diamond’s upcoming edited collection “To the End: Queer Writers on Divorce and Liberation.” Pre order your copy here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/826795... (or from your fav local bookstore!)

I had some fun doing this episode (in bed! crip4crip!) with Madeline 💜✨

The SRG Collective@srgcollective.bsky.social · last wk.

New SuRGe Ahead Podcast Episode Drop. Drs. @drshannak.bsky.social and Madeline Brodt got to share space for this episode, coming at you queer crip style from the comfort of bed. Here, they talk about disability justice, Southern pedagogy, and the need to navigate conflict in myriad spaces.

This this this.

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg@theradr.bsky.social · last wk.

hi abolish the death penalty the state should never have the power to murder (yes this includes indirectly, I see you, ICE)

The Social Work for Palestine Book Club is back! Join us this October and November as we read Don't Say Palestine by Assal Rad, and then join us on November 19th on zoom for a community discussion. Register here: bit.ly/SW4PNovember...

You can listen on whatever your favorite Podcast provider is (Apple, Spotify, IHeartRadio, etc: rss.com/podcasts/sur...), or check us out on youtube for a captioned option (youtu.be/aO2wWDpO2D8)

Southern pedagogy, coalition building, and navigating conflict from a queer relational perspective

YouTube video by Shanna Katz Kattari

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Y’all. It’s 2026. Why are you still using the word lame for anything other than to describe an animal (human or not) with a limp? Get it together. Being ableist isn’t cool.

This is such an amazing program from @crashpadseries.bsky.social !!

The SRG Collective@srgcollective.bsky.social · 2w ago

Did you know professionals can now access @crashpadseries.bsky.social and get gift cards for their clients if it feels useful? Great for therapists, counselors, educators, etc. @drshannak.bsky.social uses it in class, and it's game changing for a lot of students. crashpadseries.com/queer-porn/c...

Okay rich friends employed with companies that do employer matching: Please help me raise $7k to support @scarleteen.com's fall fundraiser. We're expecting 7 million visitors this year (up from 5 million!) in a climate where access to good sex ed, esp. for LGBTQIA+ young people, is dwindling.

This was so fun to record, and I learned a lot about reproductive rights, Kentucky/Appalachia, and more!

The SRG Collective@srgcollective.bsky.social · 4w ago

New episode of the SuRGe Ahead Podcast dropped today. It's @drshannak.bsky.social and recent MSW grad and reproductive justice activist Lexie Overstreet talking RJ, Appalachia, and Gen Z. Click here for YouTube (with captions): youtu.be/NX9olVFn1Qc

Thrilled to be on this episode of US Association for the Study of Pain ‘s podcast, talking about whether research and science can ever truly be unbiased or apolitical (spoiler alert; it can’t) & talking about ways to navigate doing research on topics now banned. m.soundcloud.com/usasp/episod...

35. Pain Research in a Shifting Political Landscape: Funding, Values, and the Work That Still Matters

Play 35. Pain Research in a Shifting Political Landscape: Funding, Values, and the Work That Still Matters by OUCH! Talking Pain with USASP on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free...

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Totally convenience sampling poll for faculty; How would you feel if you were told AI was being used to summarize your promotion and/or tenure materials? Would you want to opportunity to consent/opt out? Would you worry that opting out might make your work be more deeply scrutinized?

It’s Ypsi Pride today (rescheduled due to wildfire fire smoke). Wishing all of y’all a Happy Pride and a reminder that we get to celebrate beyond a month.

Love hearing me yap? Good news: another episode of the SuRGe Ahead Podcast is available!

The SRG Collective@srgcollective.bsky.social · last mo.

Do you love Heated Rivalry? Interested in affirming sex education and talks about consent? This week’s episode of the SuRGe Ahead Podcast, with Shoshana Benjamin has got it all covered. Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, IHeartRadio, Pandora, etc, or on YouTube w/ captions youtu.be/v4OSzJ7SCKo?...

You know, it’s (funny/sad/ironic/disheartening) that I posted this over a year ago, and this is still very much the case, but also worse?

Shanna Katz Kattari, PhD 🍉🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿️@drshannak.bsky.social · last yr.

The most intersection of being both autistic and trans (and a professor) right now is its own special level of hell. While my whiteness and U.S. citizenship privilege protect me in many ways, all of the attacks on us have my nervous system totally dysregulated.

I love online education. I have since long before the pandemic, having gotten a certificate in online education in ‘14. I love the communities we make together, the vulnerability that comes with being in each other’s homes, the joy from meeting people’s pets & partners & progeny. Congrats Grads!

It’s being reported and legacy media sits on it emeraldbook.org/news/aug-1526/

The Alarming Rise of Black People Found Hanging but Ruled as Suicides – Emerald Book

◆ Emerald Pages ◆ Civil Rights / Investigation The Alarming Rise of Black People Found Hanging but Ruled as Suicides Emerald Book Publication August 15, 2026 7 min read As public hangings of Black peo...

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It’s really really bad in Indiana right now…

🌸 Soft Blossom@softblossom.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The towns not receiving help are in fact the mostly black towns. youtu.be/fjEWxNJKFVQ?...

Dr. Jason Arday’s students (current and former) made this site about him so that all the amazing things about him are not forgotten. leilacancode.github.io/everythinggo... 1) I am sobbing 2) Other than the few comments about Blackness, most of this could have been/has been written about me.

Y’all! My first magazine essay (on neurodivergence and kink!) is going to be in the same issue as writing from @deanspade.bsky.social 😮 if this isn’t the pinnacle of my career… Print run only. Preorder here: www.restrictfilm.com/tickets/p/re...

RE/STRICT Magazine Volume 1 (Pre-Order) — RE/STRICT Film Festival

Featuring: Elliot Cushey, Eriko Hattori, Leo Arcelay-Christiano, Frank Osten, Kenna Sharp, Noah Trapolino, Mae Howard, Sarah Warden, Emilia Nawrocki, everyexcuse, Rico Anthony, Kenny Karpov, Eve Beatr...

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restrictfilm.bsky.social@restrictfilm.bsky.social · 2mo ago

PREORDERS OPEN NOW! RE/STRICT MAGAZINE VOLUME ONE. OUT OCTOBER 2026. LINK IN BIO. PREORDER YOUR COPY TODAY. LIMITED, PRINT ONLY RUN.

Ok, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, I see you. Their conference this year is virtual, for many many reasons, including not asking people from outside the U.S. to travel here, not asking trans folks to travel to states that are attacking them..

I love the many people saying Locked Tomb. I’d also say Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers series or T. Kingfisher’s Paladins/clockwork boys/Swordheart world

☀️ Starshine@starshine.bsky.social · 2mo ago

youve got 5.6 billion to make a 7 season 56 episode show airing over 15 years, wdyd

One of the things that is holding me during all of the rough times is building more community through the @srgcollective.bsky.social and especially through interviewing our members and learning about all the brilliance of their brains and work. Melinda was no exception to this.

The SRG Collective@srgcollective.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New SuRGe Ahead episode just dropped. Join @drshannak.bsky.social & Dr. Melinda Chen regarding her book 'Killing Radicalism: Anti-Rape Advocacy Reimagined" and how she views this work as a tapestry of anti-violence movement(s). Find us on Spotify, YouTube, or our RSS feed rss.com/podcasts/sur...

Please enjoy this rare image of Vlad, our shyest rescue, showing off how much he loves draping himself over his Daddy to be held in this exact way, but only in the basement. Cats are weird and wonderful. Also, this is only our third biggest cat. Will let you sit with that.

Are any other academics reading R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis? I devoured it in two days (good read for sure), and also OOF. So activated by all the academia content and a reminder of the low key cult we are a part of. Def saw one of my PhD students yesterday and told them I hoped I was NEVER like that 😬

Flash event! Health policy roundtable with us tomorrow, August 12th, at 2pm EST. Come hear 3 members talk about reproductive justice, how the Title laws are being used against marginalized folks, and how local policy engagement can make the biggest change. Join us at tinyurl.com/SRGHealthPol...

Please don’t offer disabled people “thoughts and prayers”. Don’t offer empty platitudes and inspirational memes. Offer real, tangible help… and then follow through. We lack support for the most basic activities of daily living. That’s where we need help.

Trying to remember this.

The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they)@theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A meltdown is not a moral event. A shutdown is not a moral event. Burnout is not a moral event. Your nervous system isn’t making a statement about your worth.