hi, cis folks! if you’re in kansas, please call & tell your state senator & representative that revoking trans people’s documents & setting bounties on trans folks using the bathroom is fucked. tell them to support a veto—yes, even republicans. contact info: reps.fyi find talking points in the QP

Lambda Legal@lambdalegal.org · 8mo ago

The Kansas State Legislature just passed SB 244, an extremist bill which cruelly targets trans people and their access to restrooms and accurate identity documents. Kansans: The time to act is NOW. 🚨 Contact your legislators and urge them to SUPPORT the veto of SB 244: tinyurl.com/2m77hbkk

Rules created by an elite are insufficient to work with the compexities of the real world because sports ARE political.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 8mo ago

Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych will be allowed to wear a black armband at the Milan Cortina Games but the International Olympic Committee says he cannot wear a helmet painted to honor Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia.

found a stack of these cleaning up my studio the other day. as ever!!!

From @alexiscarlota.bsky.social -- AI-generated nude deepfakes are part of a larger system of gender-based digital harms

AI-generated nude deepfakes are part of a larger system of gender-based digital harms, expert warns - McMaster News

Deepfakes created with tools like Grok are the latest in a long line of digital harms targeting women and gender-diverse people, Alexis-Carlota Cochrane.

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Today marks 81 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Alongside Jews, many Roma, political opponents, and gay men were imprisoned in Nazi camps. This Holocaust Memorial Day, remember that “Never Again” means Never Again, for anyone.

The field of sexualities exists because of scholars who built it. Noms open for the Soc of Sexualities Simon & Gagnon Lifetime Career Award, honoring a career of groundbreaking research & impact. 🗓 Deadline: Feb 1 Tag someone whose work changed how you think about sex, relationships, and power.

I'm looking for someone who can write and/or speak on camera (knowledgeably!) about the criminalization of immigration THROUGH A BLACK LENS. If this is you, please respond. Please share.

Happy Anniversary to all who observe. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-se...

New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant “This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods

404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...

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What I'm reading today: "Family and consensual non-monogamy: Parents' perceptions of benefits and challenges" by Milaine Alarie in @jmfncfr.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/jomf...

The lastest from post-doctoral fellow, Loa Gordon: AI Can Code… But Can It Care? Exploring Automation in Qualitative Research

Society for Applied Anthropology@appliedanthro.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New from Practicing Anthropology: AI Can Code… But Can It Care? Exploring Automation in Qualitative Research by Loa Gordon doi.org/10.1080/0888... #SfAA #SocialScience #Anthropology #AppliedAnthropology #PracticingAnthropology @practicinganthro1.bsky.social

What I'm reading today: "Swedish poly utopia: Dreams, revolutions, and crushed hopes" (Andersson and Carlström 2023). #polyamory doi.org/10.1177/1363...

Did you publish a sociological book about families in 2024 or 2025? You should nominate it for the ASA Goode Book Award! I'm on the committee and looking forward to reading nominated books 🤓

Liana Sayer @lsayer.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Family books published in 2024 and 2025 sought for the ASA Family Section William J. Goode Book Award. www.asanet.org/communities-...

vouch for Orion

Orion Rummler@oriion.bsky.social · 9mo ago

hey, I'm a reporter looking to talk with other LGBTQ+ folks about their relationship to smoking (cigarettes). are you trying to quit? did you pick it back up again recently? do all your friends smoke? let's talk! DM me or Signal me @orionr.80

I'm so proud of this article, based on my MA thesis research. This article looks at the uneven implementation of nonbinary gender identity recognition in Ontario. #anthropology #onpoli #ontario #nonbinary #queer

Anthropologica Journal@anthropologica.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Vol. 67 No. 2 article: “I have to do so much more work… to let them know I’m different” X Gender Markers, Binary Logics, and Nonbinary Labour Victoria Clowater cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/an... @alexandrinebf.bsky.social

My latest article is now out in @anthropologica.bsky.social! In 2017, the Ontario govt added "X" to the available gender marker options on ID cards. However, nonbinary people continue to encounter institutions that misrecognize them or recategorize them within the binary. #anthropology

My latest article is now out in @anthropologica.bsky.social! In 2017, the Ontario govt added "X" to the available gender marker options on ID cards. However, nonbinary people continue to encounter institutions that misrecognize them or recategorize them within the binary. #anthropology

Amazing.

Reece Martin@rmtransit.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Huge news and a big step for Toronto

My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.

👋 Call for sources: My name is Julia Métraux, and I am @motherjones.com disability reporter. I am working on a series (to be published before May 1) profiling three American aging adults (50+) about how you're aging independently while taking care of your health. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Aging with complex chronic illnesses and disabilities at home

Hi! My name is Julia Métraux, and I am Mother Jones' disability reporter. I am working on a series (to be published before May 1) profiling three American aging adults (50+) about how you're aging ind...

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What I'm reading today: #anthropology #polyamory #anthrosky

Rebecca Lester@psychanthro.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Check out my newest piece in American Anthropologist!  Anxious Intimacies: Polyamory, Jealousy, and Lifestyle Politics in America. https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aman.70037

Remember to thank Rebecda Black today for inventing Fridays, we honor her today on Black Friday

Today in words I have added to the Word dictionary while working on my disseration: "throuple"

Gender-affirming care saves lives

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 11mo ago

1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics. It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT. It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse. Transgender care saves lives.

Name a better ice-breaker activity. You can’t! #indigenousresearchday #mcmaster #sexualhealth

I like the part where the men hug one another

Maybe it’s the non-American in me but “don’t ghost us” is so funny because it reads like they’re worried people aren’t going to show up… which honestly? A valid worry. #anthropology

Ezra Klein tomorrow: Guy at University of Washington was giving Nazi salutes the right way.

Conclusion, Trans women under GAHT demonstrate consistently lower CircP, & attenuated systolic BP responses during exercise, suggesting a distinct cardiovascular adaptation.

Kirsti Miller@kirstimiller30.bsky.social · last yr.

Cardiovascular function in transgender women on hormone therapy (GAHT): the role of circulatory Power (CircP), Rate-pressure product (RPP), & blood pressure (BP) responses to exercise. Braga, F., et al. (2025) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This week, we sent two letters to the Board of Canada Soccer, demanding they take action to ensure the Israel Football Association (IFA) is suspended from FIFA and the UEFA. Email Canada Soccer now: buff.ly/oWh2cC6