Archaeologist, teacher, feminist, mom, writing about systemic oppression in archaeology She/herhttps://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3mfrsbjr4bs24So, is membership in Sigma Xi worth paying dues for? I've been nominated and am curious what folks think. #academicsky26 Feb 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrsbjr4bs24https://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3meyvqk53dk27Another new article! "From Leaky Pipelines to Watering Cans: Feminist Recommendations for Change" in @saa-aap.bsky.social by Samantha Fladd, Sarah Kurnick, and a bunch of other awesome feminist archaeologists! 🏺 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/advances-in-archaeological-practice/article/from-leaky-pipelines-to-watering-cans-feminist-recommendations-for-change/2C5A2E0496F1D94C8ED5282D886541E816 Feb 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyvqk53dk27https://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3me2lzmaspk2cOops, forgot the 🏺 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Feb 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2lzmaspk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3me2lumpsec27New article! "Changing the Landscape of Archaeological Publishing" in Current Anthropology, by a giant collaborative group of coauthors fearlessly led by Jess Beck and including @bridgetalex.bsky.social @benmarwick.bsky.social @christinawarinner.bsky.social https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/73978904 Feb 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2lumpsec27https://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3mcksyocils24My review of "Mothering and Archaeology" edited by @savarchaeoalliance.bsky.social and Suzanne Spencer-Wood is out in Historical Archaeology! rdcu.be/eZpdj #academicsky 🏺 https://rdcu.be/eZpdj16 Jan 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcksyocils24https://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3mbu772p4xk2yMonday was my first day of Archaeology and Disability class! 🏺♿ Besides getting to know one another and going over the syllabus, we collaboratively created a timeline of disability history from our own existing knowledge.07 Jan 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbu772p4xk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3mbp22uhzks2kHey fellow archaeologists! Are you going to the Society for Historical Archaeology 🏺 #sha2026 meeting this week? Come chat with me and Maureen Meyers about publishing in Advances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social on Friday morning!05 Jan 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbp22uhzks2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3m7iqka25t22nMy Archaeology and Disability 🏺♿ course starts on 1/5, but I'm traveling with my family 12/17–1/2, so I am getting everything ready now! I'm really excited about the grading (or, really, #ungrading) structure of the course, which gives students a lot of freedom, choice, and room for risk-taking! 🧵08 Dec 2025 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7iqka25t22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3m7247juhss2dSuper excited to be preparing for my Archaeology 🏺 and Disability ♿ course for winter quarter! Registration starts this week, and I hope lots of awesome @stanford.edu students sign up! I'll be posting about the class here on BlueSky too, and would love to have some good pedagogy conversations!02 Dec 2025 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7247juhss2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3m5u5wytads2xI'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching? "Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies" Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific #academicsky 🏺♿17 Nov 2025 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5u5wytads2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3m4bkaggyoc22A song for the academic job market: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b-pnznho_RI "I am just fine, just as I am. I don't have to try to be better than anybody else 'cause I love myself just the way that I am." @mamanous.bsky.social 's intended audience might be my kids, but I sing her songs to myself daily.28 Oct 2025 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bkaggyoc22https://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3m2kawnrcp22gI'm starting to work on designing my "Archaeology and the Public" course for next spring. Does anyone have syllabi, assignments, or lesson plans they'd be willing to share on the subjects of public arch, collaborative arch, pseudoarch, or journalistic & pop culture depictions of arch?🏺 #academicsky06 Oct 2025 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2kawnrcp22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3lz2cqenu5c2sThis, AND even if they were only the rights of a tiny minority, they'd be worth fighting for. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz2cqenu5c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3lxv6hjf7p226UGH. People! Let's be clear about who our enemies are! The university admin staff is a potential ally who you should befriend, not an enemy you should be rude to. Strategy!02 Sep 2025 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxv6hjf7p226https://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3lxalc4yrds23DID YOU KNOW that the biggest danger to the children of this world is moms who text?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2025 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxalc4yrds23https://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3lxak7q7t4223This morning, I was walking my child to school, holding their hand, and with my other hand, I pulled out my phone and sent my partner a quick text. A complete stranger said to me "Don't ignore your child's safety, looking at your phone!" PSA: it is rude to comment on strangers' parenting.25 Aug 2025 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxak7q7t4223https://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3lw5t5j74yk2mDeadline extended to 8/20! Join us? 🏺♿ [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2025 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw5t5j74yk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3lvuj6lygjs2xJust finished @annaleen.bsky.social 's latest, Automatic Noodle! What a delightful book about queer/trans/crip/robot resilience, chosen family, and noodles! I will now need to head to Terra Cotta Warrior to try biang biang noodles for myself.08 Aug 2025 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvuj6lygjs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3lvlr74rno222CALL FOR PRESENTERS 🏺♿🧵 Overcoming Access Barriers in Archaeology A Lightning Round session at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology #saa2026 April 29–May 3, 2026 San Francisco, CA https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd71GvwhGUdzDIRVyYccDCFXSmN_NwpOnxzzyyHEplrLMN2WQ/viewform?usp=dialog04 Aug 2025 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvlr74rno222https://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3lv545ekfws2yWorth. Every. Penny. WHO TRIES TO STEAL HORSES OFF A CAROUSEL?? [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2025 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv545ekfws2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lheathstout.bsky.social/post/3lv4ux7whw22gTFW you can't find the historic newspaper you need for the decade you need it through your university library or public library, only online behind a paywall... and then you remember that you have RESEARCH FUNDING! https://media.tenor.com/aYKDIFZ2LFsAAAAC/spanky-throwing-money.gif?hh=408&ww=49829 Jul 2025 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:ffue64kosoccdsiyvfisoztm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv4ux7whw22g