Asst Prof, German/Linguistics @ Iowa State University. Opinions my own.https://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3m7illruiik2pHad a great time at the Queer Linguistics Workshop at the 49th Austrian Linguistics Conference @uniklagenfurt.bsky.social! Huge thanks to organizers Oliver Bunk, Nicholas Catasso, J. Mx Gaul & @vzie.bsky.social for making it possible! (Photo from Martin Stegu's talk)08 Dec 2025 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7illruiik2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3m7g7k7mznk27🤔07 Dec 2025 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7g7k7mznk27https://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3m7aibvexts2gNext week at @unibonn.bsky.social, I’ll be talking about how the battle over gender-just language in Germany is often less about grammar and more about feeling, and why it matters for language scholars engaging in these debates. Details in the flyer and in the link in thread if you are nearby! ⬇️05 Dec 2025 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7aibvexts2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3m3iqe4j5cs2eSpotted at Ames No Kings 🫶18 Oct 2025 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3iqe4j5cs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3m323tjug5c2yFirst they came for Krampus… 🤔 https://www.thegazette.com/staff-columnists/steen-wont-let-krampus-take-kids-to-hell/13 Oct 2025 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m323tjug5c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3lzws7cc37224It’s on29 Sep 2025 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzws7cc37224https://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3lzqphig7rs2fIn our nation’s capitol promoting gender ideology ✅26 Sep 2025 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqphig7rs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3lzhujwgbyk2lAnyone else in the US having serious delays receiving int’l mail? Several simple letters from Germany have taken 2+ months to arrive recently…other direction is fine, maybe even faster than usual 🤔23 Sep 2025 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzhujwgbyk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3lyytc6ex7k24Week 4 of American Kindergarten going just about as expected ✅ 🏈17 Sep 2025 02:51 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyytc6ex7k24https://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3lvkfpcspqc2zJust out: new article on gender-just language across 8 first-year German textbooks. I was (mostly) pleasantly surprised! 🙏 to editors Katherine Kerschen, Claire Scott, and @spracheistleben.bsky.social for this special issue on trans and non-binary identity! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tger.7003004 Aug 2025 04:55 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvkfpcspqc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3luofeupczs2sWorth sharing again as Universities start to share congratulatory posts about Fulbright awardees… [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2025 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3luofeupczs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3ltyrfb5dks2bmais loch ☠️15 Jul 2025 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyrfb5dks2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3ltjytui7xk2nIt’s a cow, you’re welcome09 Jul 2025 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjytui7xk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3ltjxpzgkvs2nWell09 Jul 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjxpzgkvs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3ltcyfxbuqc25heute im Buchstabenmuseum ❤️‍🔥06 Jul 2025 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltcyfxbuqc25https://bsky.app/profile/ldpres.bsky.social/post/3lswb2q7nls2pAnother day, another good one for the final voicing hypercorrection collection01 Jul 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:lrl7gzaxi2forvaesswae4cl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lswb2q7nls2p