Katie Sutton

@katielmsutton.bsky.social

Hist. gender & sexuality, Weimar Republic, LGBTQ pasts, sexual science / psychoanalysis, visual cultures, neuroqueer. German & Gender Studies, ANU. Views mine. she/they

Delighted to raise a glass to a lovely surprise that arrived in today’s mail - congratulations all! What a wonderful bunch to work with and many thanks @jennifervevans.bsky.social @kerrywallach.bsky.social, Jill Suzanne Smith, Javier Samper Vendrell and Andrew Webber for your generous endorsements!

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Jonah I. Garde@jonahgarde.bsky.social · 2mo ago

‪ It's publication day! The volume Weimar's Queer Visual Cultures edited by the most wonderful editors @katielmsutton.bsky.social, Ina Linge, and Birgit Lang is hot off the press! Proud to be among such stellar authors! Get your library copy here: utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

Amidst all the sadness and violence as the old year drew to a close and new one begins, I was excited to get a mention in this Spiegel article on the sexual politics of the Weimar Republic by the super well-informed @christophgunkel.bsky.social A good time to be reflecting on this past.

(S+) Goldene Zwanziger in der Weimarer Republik: Lust, Rausch, Untergang

Vor hundert Jahren zelebrierte die junge Republik demokratische Freiheit und feierte wildeste Partys und das Queersein – sogar in der Provinz, wie neuere Forschungen zeigen. Und dann kamen die Nazis. ...

spiegel.de

Neurodivergent people have a different way of thinking. Different is good. Diversity is good. It’s why life evolved in webs of diversity. The current regime wants to stamp that out and make copies of themselves in some sort of clonic inbred way that would have spelled extinction for most species.

Day 3 of the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference at @durhamimh.bsky.social is underway! We’ve got a call for papers (+ more) open at the moment for a special issue on critical ND studies, why not check it out? 👏 💫 @ainokash.bsky.social @louisecreechan.bsky.social @ndhumanities.bsky.social

Dr. Daniel P. Jones@danielpjones.bsky.social · last yr.

I’m so excited to share that our call for papers for a special issue of ‘ #Neurodiversity’ is now live! We’re looking for papers, podcasts, videos (and more) that align with the critical turn in #ND studies! 🤩 @ainokash.bsky.social @louisecreechan.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...

And wonderfully provocative Roundtable powerfully interrogating what it means to do critical neurodiversity studies from a truly intersectional standpoint, and the limits of institutional-based knowledges. Learnt a lot.

In light of the news today in the UK, we want to state that the Neurodivergent Humanities Network is - & will always be - a trans-inclusive space. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary folks are non-binary folks. Solidarity to our trans and NB friends, today and forever. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

The African Studies Association has been dealing with this forever. Example: the case of Christiana Ejura Attah in 2017: "British embassy officials decided Attah was likely not to return to Nigeria, because her husband, also an academic, had been granted a visa to the same three-day conference."

University conferences at risk as academic speakers refused UK visas

Warnings Britain is closing the door on academic collaboration after a Nigerian lawyer and at least 14 overseas experts are denied entry for one event

theguardian.com