When your indexer sends you that first index draft, it can be thrilling to see for the first time how readers conceptualize your book.

Here is what to look for in an index draft and how to address any changes you may want your indexer to make.

https://ideasonfire.net/reviewing-your-index-draft/

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Reviewing Your Index Draft - Ideas on Fire

How to review your book's index draft: what to check, how to evaluate quality, what can be modified, and how to request changes

Ideas on Fire

An index is the map that lets readers navigate a book and ultimately use it in their own work. A scholarly book in any field benefits enormously from having a great index. But for interdisciplinary books in particular, a great index isn’t just “nice to have”—it’s imperative.

https://ideasonfire.net/interdisciplinary-index/

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Why an Interdisciplinary Book Needs an Interdisciplinary Index - Ideas on Fire

How an interdisciplinary index helps an author meet their goals, reach diverse audiences, and change the world for the better.

Ideas on Fire

Now also available in (online) bookshops, the selected works of Josh Hoenes (1972-2019), edited by Robin Bauer, Adrian de Silva & Utan Schirmer, and with beautiful illustrations by Tomka Weiß:

https://www.melusinapress.lu/projects/1981-5357

#transgenderStudies #queerStudies #genderRepresentation Diamond #openAccess

Von Fröschen, Einhörnern und Schmetterlingen | Melusina Press

![reviewed](https://www.melusinapress.lu/static/review_badges/reference_to_original_publication.svg) <br/><br/> Der Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaftler und trans* Aktivist Josch Hoenes (1972-2019) hat mit seinen Arbeiten an den Schnittstellen von Wissenschaft, Kunst, (Sub-)Kultur und Politik das noch im Entstehen begriffene Feld der Transgender Studies im deutschsprachigen Raum in den 2000er und 2010er Jahren maßgeblich mitgeprägt. Sein besonderes Interesse galt der Frage nach dem Potenzial kulturell-künstlerischer Arbeiten, in hegemoniale Repräsentationen und Wissensweisen von Geschlecht zu intervenieren und vielfältige (trans*-)geschlechtliche Seinsweisen denk- und lebbarer werden zu lassen. Mit der Wiederveröffentlichung ausgewählter Texte von Josch Hoenes im vorliegenden Sammelband soll sein unvollendetes Werk gebündelt zugänglich gemacht werden, um die damit verbundenen mannigfaltigen Impulse lebendig zu halten: Impulse für die wissenschaftlichen Felder vor allem der Transgender Studies, Gender und Queer Studies, Kunst-, Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften, aber auch für einen breit angelegten Aktivismus, der politische Interventionen und das Schaffen von Räumen und Netzwerken ebenso umfasst wie künstlerisches Wirken als Kritik und Utopie. Gerahmt werden die Texte durch einen im Dialog mit ihnen entstandenen Bilderzyklus von Tomka Weiß.

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cfp | call for papers

#transgenderstudies #pubertysuppression #genderaffiming care
"-16 studies examined gender-affirming medical care 4 transgender youth.
-So far, gender-affirming medical care results in favorable mental health outcomes."
The data are strongest for helping with depression and suicidal ideation. Less so for anxiety and continued dysphoria. Often patients have medication & talk therapy together, & maybe that combination is the best. These treatments are works in progress.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/political-minds/202201/the-evidence-trans-youth-gender-affirming-medical-care

The Evidence for Trans Youth Gender-Affirming Medical Care

Misinformation about the mental health impact of gender-affirming medical care for transgender adolescents has reached a fever pitch. Here's the actual data.

Psychology Today
I’m not savvy enough to work out how to make lists but really want to connect with other academics in #queerstudies #genderstudies #culturalstudies as well as anyone who works on #fandom or #digitalmethods and #sociology ! I love #queertheory #feminism #transgenderstudies and #criticalfemininitystudies 💓💓💓

Hello friends of the Fediverse! My name is Kit and I’m a 1st year #PhDstudent at #McGillUniversity, settled in #Tiohtiá:ke aka #Montréal. I’m a white #queer #trans guy whose work tends to fall within #communicationstudies, #digitalhumanities, and #transgenderstudies.

I’m so happy to be here because tbh I never really figured out how the #birdsite worked and it was wayyy too late to ask 😅

#introduction #academia