Audra Mitchell
Professor, writer & Canada Research Chair, Global Political Ecology. Artisanal theory and concept-maker. Tylenol side effect. Ineffective altruist. Fun. Most recent book: 'Revenant Ecologies'. www.audramitchell.org Kitten photos b/c we all need them.
- Reposted by Audra MitchellAhead of ISA 2026, join us to organise for academic boycott for Palestine! Tues 3rd Feb online 🍉 #BDSatISA #FreePalestine #NoConferencingAsUsual us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- "Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group"-UN Convention Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of #Genocide, art. 2 (d). And no 'intentionality' puritans, pls - there is no denying that these outcomes were foreseen and designed. #Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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- This point is too often getting lost in discourses that frame Denmark as a 'protector' of Greenland in the face of US imperial threats
- From my column of nearly a year ago, a reminder that Trump’s Greenland gambit is an attempt to steal an indigenous nation that is working toward its own independence: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/08/o...
- Phil is a dedicated advocate for abolition and against fascism, who, like so many Americans, are facing unreal levels of housing insecurity. Please donate if you have capacity.
- Surely in 2025 it is possible for journalists to do better than smearing dirt on the faces and hair of ambiguously but obviously racialized people in order to represent white fantasies of 'ancient humans' www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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- Hey #academicsky: friendly reminder that taking the exact ideas or sources, or the exact way someone puts together ideas or sources from someone else's work and framing them as your own is plagiarism. Ideas are what we theorists make in the lab, through long hours of work and years of honing.
- Longer thoughts on this www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
- Some 'ceasefire'. This was the plan all along. Settler colonial genocide in action www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
- Between today's destructive CDC panel and the unabashed embrace of white supremacist conspiracy theory (see article) can anyone seriously deny that this is a #eugenicist regime? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- "The beliefs RFK Jr. espouses kill people. These beliefs have already killed people" 💯
- Spoke to @melodyschreiber.com about the only story that matters re Olivia Nuzzi--her role in elevating RFK Jr, a man who is doing and will do so much harm to global health, even for decades after he leaves this position. I don't care about her hikes in the desert, her exile or her terrible prose.
- Reposted by Audra Mitchellone of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
- Reposted by Audra Mitchellllps.substack.com/p/alice-wong.... what is remembered lives. @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social and me wrote our assess off on our Crips for eSims memory song for our beloved @sfdirewolf.bsky.social . #AliceForever
- Reposted by Audra MitchellAlice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
- Prof. Farhana Sultana is a path-breaking scholar of political ecology who has been placed on leave by Syracuse University for a post made on her personal SMs in a context of cascading political repression. Pls sign this letter calling for her immediate reinstatement docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Reposted by Audra MitchellLooking to do some reading this weekend? Check out our Beyond Do No Harm reading guide, which shares articles, books + more for anyone wanting to dive deeper into topics around criminalization of care or providing care for criminalized populations: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
- Holy shit, it's almost like they're saying Autistic people are diverse! Glad to see journos are still calling on Uta Frith and that ilk to provide highly technical terms like 'ragbag' to describe the diversity of our communities. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- Also, guys, I feel like we had this discussion back in 2013 (and the decades preceding it). A wee bit of homework may be in order
- Reposted by Audra MitchellI don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".
- hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
- 100% this. Autistic people (and Autistic communities and cultures) exist in ways that scramble all lines of class, race, gender and disability. Very threatening to a lot of forms of power.
- THERE. ARE. NO. 'CAUSES'. OF. AUTISM. (other than being born as a member of Homo sapiens, which is a huge risk factor for turning out to be Autistic).
- Reposted by Audra MitchellDreadful to see this - Farhana Sultana is a stellar academic, with a commitment to social justice. She repeatedly said she was being targeted on this platform & on others. I note her account is deleted. Shame on Syracuse for not standing up for colleagues ⬇️ solidarity to her & Jenn Jackson
- If you're interested in the crossing points between crip theory, anti-eugenics, environment, global health and global ethics, check out @octoqueenphd.bsky.social 's new podcast #UnwellToBeginWith. It was a blast to be the first guest, & a fantastic episode with @stressedbranch.bsky.social is now up
- For our 1st episode, I spoke with @audralmitchell.bsky.social about why crip knowledge systems belong in fields like IR & environmental studies; how policing gets normalized in classrooms; & why crip politics is about a lot more than just disability unwell-to-begin-with.podbean.com/e/episode-1-...
- If you're in the UK, come check out the Planetary Futures conference at the University of Manchester next month! There's a fantastic line-up of speakers and a limited number of bursaries available for early career researchers #extinction #climate #ecology blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...
- [Alt text: a group of people facing away from the camera hold up a lime green banner with the symbol of extinction rebellion and the words 'rebel for life' in black text. They stand facing an ornate white building]
- We Will Not Stop Talking About Palestine: consider signing this pledge by educators and others to keep up calls to #endthegenocide #endthefamine docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... [alt text: a text with black font and hyper-linked font sits against a lavender background)
- Excited to give this talk at the Oslo Center for #EnvironmentalHumanities next month! I'll be bridging themes from #RevenantEcologies with new work on unconditional ecological ethics #politicalecology #extinctionstudies www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english...
- [Alt text: a dark green book cover with a stylized image of conifer trees mirroring each other sits on a tan background. White text over the trees says 'Revenant Ecologies'. Smaller light green text below says 'Defying the violence of extinctino- and conservation. The name Audra Mitchell is below]
- My amazing colleague (and all-round amazing human) Corin is finally getting a long-awaited surgery. If you can spare a few dollars or share this post, it will go a long way to supporting his recovery. Thanks! www.gofundme.com/f/corins-sur...
- Alt text: a white man wearing glasses, a grey t-shirt and white shoes is seated in a wheelchair in a forest. On the lefthand photo he is facing the camera, and on the right he is reaching his hand toward a stump.
- Oh dear. What I thought was a simple question - 'what is this WPlace?' has hurtled me back into my lifelong battle with existential dread (That said, I do have quite a few politicians to grief). #WPlace #thevoid #existentialdread
- Also, the void looks suspiciously like #Quebec
- Francesca Albanese's point is crucial: state recognition is important, but is not a substitute for concrete actions to #endthegenocide www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... [alt text: a range of people, including children and adults, hold empty metal containers at a food distribution site]
- The question we all want the answer to: why do animals keep evolving into anteaters? #evolution #animals #biodiversity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... [alt text: a light brown anteater with a black snout and claws rests in the fork of a moss-covered tree]
- Don't be fooled by recent announcements - not nearly enough food is getting into Gaza to #stopthefamine or #endthegenocide www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... [alt text: an emaciated child looks over their left shoulder at the camera against a backdrop of grey tent material]
- STOP KILLING STARVING, INJURED PEOPLE QUEUING FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND FOOD. This is not complicated. #endthegenocideNOW www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... [alt text: two women, one dressed in black and a second dressed in leapard print, hold a crying child in a red and blue t-shirt]
- The #conservation and #ecology worlds have lost one of their brightest stars this week. This beautiful tribute reflects on the life a transformative scientist, scholar, community organizer and caretaker of the planet. Sending care to her many loved ones. www.heritagefuneralcentre.ca/obituaries/S...
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- Crime against humanity, NOT 'humanitarian city' #stopthegenocideNOW #stagesofgenocide www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... #Gaza [alt text: a group of people in a desert landscape stand looking at cardboard boxes. A man in centre front in a green t-shirt & jeans carries a box on his shoulder]
