NEXT PUBLIC TALK APRIL 17, 2026 I’ll bring the vibe. LETS GO.
Dr. Mike Mena
@mikemena.bsky.social
Founder of "The Social Life of Language" on YouTube. Linguistic Anthropologist. Critical Race Theorist. Photographer. Videographer. Artist.
Do you like comic books and want to think more seriously about the linguistics of them? Are you a social scientist or a linguist who wants to know more about nation-building or language planning in fiction? HAVE I GOT EXACTLY THE ARTICLE YOU NEVER ASKED FOR, on CAMP Anthropology. 🐦🐦
X-Men, Krakoa, and Linguistic Sovereignty
by Erika Alpert Krakoan national co-founder Magneto explains to diplomats at the new Krakoan Embassy in Jerusalem why mutants have decided to create their own language, from House of X #1 (Hickman …
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JULY 14th (2025) PSC-CUNY PRESS CONFERENCE @bradlander.bsky.social I attended as PRESS. Free to use. Media orgs that need explicit permission, please email me directly.
If a tree falls in forest with no one around… did it make sound? Answer: nobody cares. If an academic writes an article, and only 0.00001% of the population actually reads it… did it make a change? Answer: no. (And nobody cares.)
Overview of trip to TRANSLANGUAGING CLASSROOM SUMMER INSTITUTE lol
Arrived at TRANSLANGUAGING CLASSROOM INSTITUTE, NEW MEXICO.
BREAKING: After LA rebellion, Trump declares all of Mexico is now a DEI nation-state.
When it comes to threatening a MEXICAN’S family… Well… …what we are seeing in LA is the FIND OUT stage after one FUCKS AROUND.
Heading into the NYC protests. One of our students is participating in the hunger strike! 😱✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Brooklyn College students tend to LEAD the resistance 🥰🥰🥰
America is gonna learn: don’t fuck with Mexicans. This is OUR home too. Direct action. youtu.be/OOMIiINxY_Q?...
FBI investigating Los Angeles protests over ICE raids
YouTube video by CNN
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ARTICLE ACCEPTED!!!! My next article will appear (HOPEFULLY) in the inaugural issue of Racial Justice in Multilingual Education in August, right next to a bunch of other KILLER articles.
NEW VIDEO FOR YOUR SYLLABUS! Let’s make our social theory accessible and fun! This one is for race theorists! But, if you like comics, well that’s just a bonus! WATCH FULL VIDEO: youtu.be/LVXDPWR1kG8?...
*NEW VIDEO for your SYLLABUS* What would W.E.B. DU BOIS say about race in comic books? This video explains “double-consciousness” theory in a FUN but nuanced way, using graphics, humor, and a bit rage!. 👇🏽👇🏽 youtu.be/LVXDPWR1kG8?...
Black & Brown Superheroes are ANNOYING: On "double-consciousness" theory (Du Bois 1903)
YouTube video by Dr. Mike Mena
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ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW VIDEO Video is already LIVE for PATREON MEMBERS www.patreon.com/c/SocialLife... For everyone else: WEDNESDAY! This video will help ya understand "double-consciousness" theory, via racialized superheroes. LET'S MAKE SOCIAL THEORY... NOT BORING, PLEASE.
NEXT TALK! I'll be in New Mexico at the TRANSLANGUAGING CLASSROOM INSTITUTE (June 12-13). I'll also be facilitating a workshop of my "languaging representations" chart, or as I describe it, translanguaging theory made visual. :)
This is me, having total FOMO from missing SLA conference. Literally the one I LIKE cuz it’s way smaller than giant ones… :(
This last protest, I had a close call with an officer who was harassing one of my students. He looked at me, looked down at my beard, looked up at my face, and gave me a really fucked up little smile. He was saying: "I know what you look like now." I'm going to attend in PRESS shirts from...
NEW VIDEO COMING SOON! Can anyone guess the topic?? 🤫🫣🤭🫣🤫
Students left as soon as they walked This is faculty all in back watching on screen. They wouldn’t let us take seats in audience either. It was the most depressing commencement ever. Many faculty didn’t even show, some refused to come in protest.
