Gerald Roche

Black Creator On TikTok With Tourette's Gives Her Take On BAFTAS Controversy The world is learning a lot about Tourette's syndrome today. It's just a shame it took two black dudes being called the N-word on stage at the BAFTAS to

Black Creator On TikTok With Tourette’s Gives Her Take On BAFTAS Controversy
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After I heard about the incident a few hours ago, I spent some time reading about N-word tics and intrusive thoughts and what I came away with was a feeling of deepened anger about the way white supremacist society has associated “Black person” with this word so it’s there, in people’s brains

you think China is into the idea of "civilizational state" because of some pre-existing tradition? everyone learnt from Huntington. Zhao Tingyang the guy who invented tianxia theory said in interview himself that he was originally a Kantian guy. Then he read Huntington and he thought oh no

New video with @themiskaraminis.bsky.social talking about the recently published paper on the relationship between newspaper reading preference and attitudes toward autism.

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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology | AAA Journal | Wiley Online Library Click on the article title to read more.

"Despite the grim realities of language oppression... this book is hopeful—hopeful of better language policies, better anthropology & ultimately, a better world." Many thanks to Charisma K Lepcha from Sikkim University for this review of my book.
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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology | AAA Journal | Wiley Online Library Click on the article title to read more.

"Despite the grim realities of language oppression... this book is hopeful—hopeful of better language policies, better anthropology & ultimately, a better world." Many thanks to Charisma K Lepcha from Sikkim University for this review of my book.
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JCU statement on institutional name Recent media reporting has mischaracterised the status and nature of James Cook University’s governance arrangements in relation to its institutional name.

We will eventually get rid of all the Australian university names that celebrate colonizers and racists - it's really just a matter of which university gets the public recognition by acting first.
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"The fact that every other social media post by a leftist supporting the protests is met by the usual brain-dead comments painting absolutely everything as part of a global conspiracy is in itself a profound failure of internationalism."

‘Anti-imperialism’ is today rarely anything more than an excuse for authoritarians with left-wing aesthetics to reaffirm their demand that Iranians shut the fuck up about their own dreams and aspirations.

think it’s essential to build global alliances that better integrate Chinese perspectives. The starting point would be listening to and building alliances with grassroots organisations from within China and in the diaspora. As I have said, there are many creative forms of resistance to authoritarian and conservative nationalism within China and among the diaspora. The Western left space is not particularly used to hearing voices that are critical of both Western imperialism and non-Western authoritarianism, as well as drawing linkages between them. Sometimes, the concern about racism and not wanting to encourage imperialist foreign policies leads to an unwillingness to engage with criticisms of the Chinese state, including those from Chinese nationals and from minoritised groups in China. Yao Lin conceptualises this as what he calls ‘interregimatic missolidarisation’. By this he means an ostensibly supportive relationship that does not really correspond to struggles against injustice or oppression within a different regime. This is not only due to cultural or linguistic distance, but also because of the ways in which different structures give rise to different forms of injustice, creating both experiential and discursive barriers to transnational solidarity.38 Our conversations with diaspora Chinese organisers engaged in anti-racist, queer, feminist, and decolonial work reflect this. Their lived experiences are often exoticised or dismissed by ‘mainstream’ civil society, and they find it easier to connect with or be understood by other immigrant groups. This also brings to mind Shadi Mokhatari’s critique of the ‘uncritical anti-imperialist solidarities’ and the victimhood politics of the ‘anti-imperialist-branding states’. Here again, allegedly anti-imperialist actors mis-solidarise with the oppressor, conflate the state with citizens at large, as well as essentialist notions of culture, and disregard the agency of the oppressed.39

This vision of the so-called ‘multipolar civilizational order’ bears a disturbing resemblance to that of the European far right, where racial-civilisational categories are defined in terms of ontological and epistemological difference and ‘indigenous’ civilisational identity is placed in opposition to the ‘globalist’ order.41 For me, then, solidarity requires calling out this misplaced equation of geopolitical opposition with decolonisation or emancipation. It requires listening to and understanding the lived experiences of activists from across the Global South who are organising against authoritarianism and imperialism. Historically speaking, and in the aftermath of 1989, overseas Chinese pro-democracy politics tended to be aligned with the right in Europe and the US. But this is changing. Younger diaspora groups are now looking for new languages and imaginaries, creating decentralised spaces of resistance and solidarity. They are already building transnational alliances against the far right in many ways. What remains is for established left-wing movements to recognise, engage with, and support these emergent transnational practices.

solidarity means not mistaking geopolitical opposition for decolonization

inspired by the works of @linsantu.bsky.social @shadimokhtari.bsky.social and others

read the full interview here on China and the global politics of the far right www.tni.org/en/article/m...

Iranian protesters don't owe us an explanation Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics

My latest: Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics

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Between Recursive Monolingualism and a Thousand Multilingual Plateaus: Thinking With Tibetan Sociolinguistics Click on the article title to read more.

After publishing my book in 2024, I was dreading the possibility that someone might write something even vaguely negative about it. Now that a critical review has been published, I find that I kind of appreciate their thoughtful engagement with the work?
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Between Recursive Monolingualism and a Thousand Multilingual Plateaus: Thinking With Tibetan Sociolinguistics Click on the article title to read more.

After publishing my book in 2024, I was dreading the possibility that someone might write something even vaguely negative about it. Now that a critical review has been published, I find that I kind of appreciate their thoughtful engagement with the work?
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Key Facts Visit the post for more.

See also research from the Monash Deakin Filicide Research Hub, including this helpful discussion of key facts about filicide.
addressingfilicide.org/key-facts/

Here's a thread from last year about filicide in Australia, including more on sympathetic media portrayals of people who murder their disabled children.
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What is filicide? In the past five years, over 548 people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives or caregivers. T hese acts are horrific enough on their own. But they exist in the context of a larger pattern: 1. A parent kills their disabled child. 2. The media portrays these murders as justifiable and inevitable due to the “burden” of having a disabled person in the family.7 3. If the parent stands trial, they are given sympathy and comparatively lighter sentences, if they are sentenced at all. 4. The victim is disregarded, blamed for their own murder at the hands of the person they should have been able to trust the most, and ultimately forgotten. 5. The media sends a message that if you kill your disabled child, you will receive attention and sympathy. The legal system sends a message that if you kill your disabled child, your punishment will likely be minimal. 6. Parents of kids with disabilities see these messages. 7. A parent kills their disabled child.

From the Anti-Filicide Toolkit:

Sympathetic portrayals of parents who murder their children "sends a message that homicide is a normal, understandable response to any discomfort one might experience while parenting a disabled child, and we can’t pretend that other parents of disabled kids aren’t hearing that message."

2026 Anti-Filicide Toolkit - Autistic Self Advocacy Network In the past five years, over 548 people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives or caregivers. On Sunday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation to ...

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network has recently published an "Anti-Filicde Toolkit" which contains warnings and advice about media reporting on filicide of autistic children.
autisticadvocacy.org/anti-filicide/

Preventing Filicide in Families With Autistic Children - Mark T. Palermo, 2003 Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that affects social behaviors and parent-child interaction. It has been associated with an increased risk of soc...

After I learned (somewhat late in life) that I am autistic, one of the terms I was introduced to in my learning about autism was 'fillicide' - "the killing of one's own child".
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Yesterday in Australia two autistic children were murdered by their parents. @australia.theguardian.com felt compelled to report that "The family were described on social media as a lovely couple and a good family." Lovely couples don't murder children.

Key Facts Visit the post for more.

See also research from the Monash Deakin Filicide Research Hub, including this helpful discussion of key facts about filicide.
addressingfilicide.org/key-facts/

Here's a thread from last year about filicide in Australia, including more on sympathetic media portrayals of people who murder their disabled children.
bsky.app/profile/gera...

What is filicide? In the past five years, over 548 people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives or caregivers. T hese acts are horrific enough on their own. But they exist in the context of a larger pattern: 1. A parent kills their disabled child. 2. The media portrays these murders as justifiable and inevitable due to the “burden” of having a disabled person in the family.7 3. If the parent stands trial, they are given sympathy and comparatively lighter sentences, if they are sentenced at all. 4. The victim is disregarded, blamed for their own murder at the hands of the person they should have been able to trust the most, and ultimately forgotten. 5. The media sends a message that if you kill your disabled child, you will receive attention and sympathy. The legal system sends a message that if you kill your disabled child, your punishment will likely be minimal. 6. Parents of kids with disabilities see these messages. 7. A parent kills their disabled child.

From the Anti-Filicide Toolkit:

Sympathetic portrayals of parents who murder their children "sends a message that homicide is a normal, understandable response to any discomfort one might experience while parenting a disabled child, and we can’t pretend that other parents of disabled kids aren’t hearing that message."

2026 Anti-Filicide Toolkit - Autistic Self Advocacy Network In the past five years, over 548 people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives or caregivers. On Sunday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation to ...

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network has recently published an "Anti-Filicde Toolkit" which contains warnings and advice about media reporting on filicide of autistic children.
autisticadvocacy.org/anti-filicide/

Preventing Filicide in Families With Autistic Children - Mark T. Palermo, 2003 Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that affects social behaviors and parent-child interaction. It has been associated with an increased risk of soc...

After I learned (somewhat late in life) that I am autistic, one of the terms I was introduced to in my learning about autism was 'fillicide' - "the killing of one's own child".
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Yesterday in Australia two autistic children were murdered by their parents. @australia.theguardian.com felt compelled to report that "The family were described on social media as a lovely couple and a good family." Lovely couples don't murder children.

"Abolish the Colony" Stencil

"Abolish the Colony"
Stencil seen in Meanjin / Brisbane

Five Key Concepts for Autistic Linguistic Justice: Securitization, Revitalization, Rights, Planning, and Ethics - Gerald Roche, 2025 This perspective article draws on my own lived experience as an autistic person, combined with my academic research at the intersection of languages and politic...

My article 'Five Key Concepts for Autistic Linguistic Justice' is currently the most-read article in the journal Autism in Adulthood. Thanks to everyone who has shown interest in this work - I hope you're finding it helpful.

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