Author Archives: Lyndsey Beutin

Lyndsey Beutin is Associate Professor of Communication Studies & Media Arts at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She is the author of Trafficking in Antiblackness: Modern-Day Slavery, White Indemnity, and Racial Justice (Duke University Press, 2023).
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When Queer Lovers Collaborate: The Rough Edges of Smooth Knowledge in a Diabetes Research Project

Connect1d is a Canadian organization that was founded to involve the experiences of type 1 diabetics in research about type 1 diabetes. Its website states, “Many of us have lived experience with T1D, and we want to work closely with the diabetes community to co-create what the future of living with T1D looks like” (accessed Sept 15, 2025). It sounds good, so then, what is wrong with this image (see below)? (read more...)