mikemena.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

LET'S GO!

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

After only one month with Trump, all the "progress" we spoke of in our academic articles is exactly what makes them all officially OUTDATED.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

TODAY’S HEADLINE: “Right-wing father learns Trump stole his job, not immigrant”

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Scholar of color TIP: when entering a room of conservative white academics, wear a Harvard hoodie and your academic language is instantly more VALUABLE!! I got mine at garage sale for $3 bucks! What? Ain’t my fault yall think Harvard automatically creates good scholars. Yall tricked yourself.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I'm just gonna be real: I sure hope that SOMEDAY we can agree that part of being an "expert" means you should be able to explain your expertise to the public. Our academic articles did not stop trump from being elected once, or TWICE. I'm predicting a third run... are you really not?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

NEW ACADEMIC BLOG POST! "Why are all the brown superheroes so… whiny?: A Doubled-Double-Consciousness," by Dr. Mike Mena. read: campanthropology.org

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Thanks trump. In December my eggs were $2.99.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Hi. I’m Mike. And, I use a full-blown cinema camera as my zoom webcam. Why? Because I look prettier.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

As the president of Mexican Facebook, and as the elected president of the entire Mexican race, I'm here to let you know that Facebook in Spanish is "cara del libro" (correctly pronounced as: Cah-rah-dell-lee-bro). Now you know. You are welcome. Coming soon: proper bluesky translation. Stay tuned.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

"The only ones that can lead OUR liberation are black and brown people. youtu.be/f0tTmeEjEk8?...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Not a joke, totally true.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

My fucking brain hurts seeing folks say I won’t vote for Trump “again”. Bro. Term limits. Jesus, my brain hurts.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

I discovered my secret to writing. I only write One hour per day… ONLY. Even when I’m on writing fire. I force myself to stop. WHY? Because of days like today, where I hate everything about my life AND WRITING. But I only gotta do this for one hour. Just ONE good paragraph AT LEAST!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Just cuz everyone KNOWS there is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, that doesn’t make the pot of gold real. Just cuz everyone KNOWS “standard language” promises a pot of gold too, that doesn’t make standard language real. Leprechauns, unicorns, and standard language don’t exist.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Apparently academic language is most expensive when its racialized nature is critiqued. $108 for a kindle? Absurd.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Clearly, my Tex-Mex skin has a gotten used New York winter… keep in mind in south Texas they canceled school when the THREAT of a freeze was possible. Today I’m like oh good it’s “warm” outside.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Yup. I support this re-re-renaming.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Current FUN reads. Comic books and racism… and racism in comics!! My fave topics.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

In an effort to counter bad information with VETTED information, here is what a ICE/legal warrant looks like. I’m personally co-signing to its authenticity. It was provided by lawyers during a training on how to protect students at my campus.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Often, when I'm speaking, there is really only one SINGLE thing that makes me nervous: throwing out disciplinary critiques of our "discipline", which, often ya gotta talk about people you know... like IRL! Scary. So, this is one of my HYPE articles for bravery! LOL RECOMMENDED.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

My furniture came with subliminal nazi symbols that you can only see while deconstructed… You know what that’s called right? Structural racism. 🫣🫣

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Feeling powerless is a violent feeling.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Pretty soon Octavia butler novels will need to be moved from “fiction” to the “American political science” section.

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

For the love of god, stop deleting my zoom invite emails you damn email app! STOP IT! I said: QUIT YOUR SHIT.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

We should never expect elites to do the right thing. And, as a card-carrying member of an elite club called “having a PhD and getting to sip wine in fancy academic spaces”, i can honestly say I don’t trust 90% of y’all and don’t expect a goddamn thing from you either. 🤷🏽‍♂️

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

So… one side is mine, the other is my colleagues… which side is mine? 😋

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

EL GUAPO sighted in Brooklyn coffeeshop!!! Do I get an autograph? Or join revolution? I can pull off bandido bandana look!

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Mastery of a language is really only desirable to the masters themselves. It’s time to change things up.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Man, I’m having trouble saying bye to Twitter. But I hate Twitter.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

NOW THATS AN ARTICLE TITLE! Read the new piece by Mariam Durrani! READ: demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu/articles/let...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

NEW VIDEO: "Teaching and Learning Translanguaging Theory: The Ultimate Cheat Sheet" TODAY I give away all my secrets to understanding the theory AND how I get others to understand it. It's all about the chart! Tag an educator who may be interested. youtu.be/WSAbnyKD2HI?...

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

My most important video, to be published Jan 23rd. Sneak peek at new video! Is it for you? Find out in this short vid and get a look at this translanguaging chart I’ll be releasing Jan 23rd.

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

A message to my students…. your prof, dr. m Words: Toni Morrison Visuals: Mike mena

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Another satisfied YouTube fan lil ol me!! 😎😎😎 (Wish all these dudes would get a life, like, bro, you spent how much time on this????)

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

NEW VIDEO COMING THURSDAY! I give away literally ALL my secrets to teaching and learning translanguaging theory! There are two BIG ONES THO… I talk about one specific reading and suggest placing at weird spot… people gonna be mad. Check back THURS (jan 23)

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Bruh! IT HAPPENED. My YouTube channel came out in this book over three whole pages! Like… wuuuuut 🤠🤓🥰

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

New DLP ARTICLE by Jen Delfino!! READ HERE: demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu/articles/stu...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Of all things… I did a blogpost 🤓 campanthropology.org/2025/01/15/6...

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

"Have you ever heard of soft linguistic terrorism? It's a real issue, and it's time we address it. Check out my latest blog post where I respond to @mikemena.bsky.social's article. Read, listen, or watch my take on this important topic!" bild-lida.ca/blog/uncateg...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments