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Dr Andrew Joseph Pegoda

@drajp.bsky.social

AJP, he/they. Queer. Crip (Neurofibromatosis). *SARS CoV-2 never left* Views mine. https://andrewpegoda.com

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Texas Observer@texasobserver.org · 23h ago

Out today from @drajp.bsky.social: We say that people should be able to form their own opinions. This right to form one’s own opinion should extend to a student’s opinion that studying gender and sexuality, variables that impact everyone, is worth their investment.

University of Houston Nixed Its Gender and Sexuality Classes. That Won’t Stop Texas’ Crusade Against Higher Ed

College administrators wrongly hope that anticipatory obedience will satisfy a GOP-run Texas Legislature that is increasingly hostile toward education.

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Dr Andrew Joseph Pegoda@drajp.bsky.social · 23h ago

Don't miss my latest. Special thanks to @scholars.org @dominik-d.bsky.social especially @rachelsomerstein.bsky.social for helping with very helpful edits! And thanks to @texasobserver.org and @byjustinmiller.bsky.social for further edits and for publishing it!

Texas Observer@texasobserver.org · yesterday

New from Andrew Joseph Pegoda: In an attempt to overcomply with Texas law, the University of Houston will eliminate over 100 women's studies, gender and sexuality courses from the core curriculum. It won't be enough to appease extremist Republicans.

Dr Andrew Joseph Pegoda@drajp.bsky.social · 7mo ago

All I want for Christmas is for people to acknowledge the pandemic continues and to adapt their behavior accordingly. This starts with wearing high-quality masks. Millions will be reinfected with this novel virus today.

Jack Turban MD@turban.bsky.social · last yr.

Weaving stories of the kids I’ve learned from with the latest scientific research, I explain everything from what gender identity is, to what gender-affirming medical treatments entail, to the research on bathroom bills, sports, conversion therapy, and more.

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Dr Andrew Joseph Pegoda@drajp.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My latest! "More sophisticated forms of engagement than 'agree' and 'disagree' exist in the classroom. Ideally, we want to consider lots of different, different perspectives and think about how and why those ideas exist." thedailycougar.com/2025/11/21/d...

Don’t agree or disagree, just learn - The Cougar

Social media forces us to think in polarities: we either “agree” (and maybe “like” or “love”) or “disagree” with what the algorithm sends our way. Carrying this kind of thinking […]

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Dr Andrew Joseph Pegoda@drajp.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Sometimes, like today, I am even more extremely and deeply frustrated and irritated at how ridiculous people en masse are being about how the world has changed since March 2020 and how they refuse to follow science and consider how easily they could protect others.

Dr Andrew Joseph Pegoda@drajp.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Brain surgery to remove a large tumor on the pituitary will be January 5 at MDAnderson. They are also going to remove three painful neurofibromas while I'm under. Total surgery time will be about four and a half hours.

Dr Andrew Joseph Pegoda@drajp.bsky.social · 9mo ago

A frustration I have with most articles, webinars, discussions, and other conversations about college teaching is that they totally ignore and erase that a majority of said instruction now occurs in online, not face-to-face, classes.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 9mo ago

If you are a person who told everyone they were overreacting in 2016, and you have since realized you were wrong, I think you have a valuable role to play right now: Talk to people who aren't convinced things are *that bad* about why you were wrong and what you wish you had done differently.

Jeff Anderson@jefeja.bsky.social · 10mo ago

My experience is that these self-appointed critics and would-be reformers of the higher ed system *never* take the opportunity to talk to people in the higher ed sector. They’re just not curious and don’t ask questions. They know the answers in advance. They’re the antithesis of real scholars.

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 10mo ago

This is key to understanding the FedSoc Supreme Court: the facts do not matter. They will invent their own reality and substitute it for the reality we're actually living in.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 10mo ago

Kavanaugh recently suggested immigration stops are no big deal if you're a legal resident bc ICE just promptly releases you That is not, in fact, what ICE does He invents a fiction bc the reality of the policies he supports is too disturbing for him to imagine ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...

Victor Ray@victorerikray.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I encourage people to watch this video. The selected footage shows the professor doing nothing even slightly out of line, whereas the student misinterprets the law and hopes to impose her religious beliefs on the material. Administrators caving to this is terrifying.

Dan Hirschman@asociologist.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...