The thing I love most about this show is how unabashedly it states that women are the loves of our lives. Men can be useful, if rarely, but it is in our friends that we find meaning and true love.

Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2w ago

YES, CORRECT, GOOD JOB TEAM. WATCH MORE FASTER NOW

Sharing to simply state: I will NEVER vote for a candidate with anti-trans and/or anti-queer platforms. Never. Doesn’t matter who the opponent is. And a party that embraces candidates like that won’t get another dime from me. So you know, powers that be, make your decisions wisely…

Julia Serano@juliaserano.bsky.social · 2w ago

in the wake of Amy Acton's anti-trans turn in Ohio, I will re-up this @bostonreview.bsky.social essay where I make the case that abandoning trans rights is BAD POLITICS for Dems, as it will turn away their own pro-LGBTQ base w/o winning over a single new voter... www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...

"meeting people where they are" means you have to accept that they sincerely believe what they believe. It does NOT mean that you have to pretend to agree with their beliefs. In fact, you must be honest when you don't. Grown ups have to deal with people who don't agree with them all of the time.

New research from a team I assisted in examining how land grant scientists navigate competing scientific responsibilities. This research expands on Pielke's scientific roles describing the three cultures of ethical thought: arbiters, advocates, and brokers. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Scientific Objectivity and the Pursuit of the Public Good - Science and Engineering Ethics

Scientists are increasingly expected to not only produce objective science but also to use their science and expertise to support the public good. Prior studies indicate that scientists see both respo...

link.springer.com

You can and should point out that police killing people daily is the "norm" in America. But that doesn't mean you *accept* the normalization of this violence and the way some people rush to smugly point these things out contributes to collective fatigue. Your horror has been stolen from you.

I have enjoyed watching this cup on Telemundo more than any previous cup despite not speaking much Spanish. The delight is more palpable and the love of the game overrules capitalism (mostly). Also, I find it adorable that one commentator calls Mbappé, Señor Kylian

JavaconLeche@javaconleche.bsky.social · last mo.

Gooool for TELEMUNDO who not only refuse to run ads during the mandatory hydration breaks, but also straight up just announced that hydration breaks are necessary because of dangerous heat caused by fossil fuel-driven climate change. Bravo Telemundo. #worldcup #futbol

See, people always want to make this just about "sports," but the real upshot here is that, 6-3, trans women can't make a claim under the Equal Protection Clause. And if they can't do that, it's hard to see how they have constitutional rights.

Everyone shut up I finally got a video of Jyn doing her cartoon snoring thing

Many students and members of the public seem to have the mistaken impression that being a professor gives you less freedom in what you say publicly, rather than more.

Ok everyone. I know we all write books. There are many books to be purchased. But, I am kindly asking that you consider pre-ordering my book. The book features 27 beautiful portraits/artwork of rural queer young adults in full color. TABL26 at upcolorado.com for 40% off.

Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵

Class in the US is entirely a matter of aesthetics now. Rich suburban kids are “country”. Beard Dudes who look like they love IPAs are “working class.” Teachers who make $32,000 a year but have to dress up sort of nice in JCPenney clothes are “elites“. None of these words mean anything anymore.

Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What is it about oyster farming in the American imagination that makes a privately educated small businessman “working class”?

I saw a something recently that said members of fandoms no longer exist as fans but believe they are stakeholders. They believe that their opinions and feelings have weight and influence. So they engage performances like they’re directing or a part of the production. It’s wild.

Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I wonder if it’s this particular fandom, or all fandoms lately. Because something is wrong with all of us. And we’re carrying that “wrong” into spaces and topics that used to be joyful refuges.

I remember, in grad school, Chuck Bosk telling us, re: ethnography--if you haven't pissed someone off with your research, you probably haven't done enough to interrogate systems of power.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

When people talk about self-censorship, they often focus on campus events or classroom discussions. But self-censorship of research is different and more impt. Big difference btw "I don't want to offend others" to "I don't want to speak truth to power" www.chronicle.com/article/near...

calls for “viewpoint diversity” are little more than demands for a quota system for political conservatives who otherwise could not hack it www.aaup.org/academe/issu...

Seven Theses Against Viewpoint Diversity

Demands for “viewpoint diversity,” a pillar of the Right’s strategy to remake higher education, collide with the pursuit of truth.

aaup.org

today sure feels like one of the all time ‘so i still just gotta go and do my little job during all this?!’ moments

A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

So much this. Also, the tech bro mafia doesn't really like reading. They don't *appreciate* reading. So just because *they* can't spot the difference between good writing and bad writing, they think most people can't either.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.

My phone is always in my hand or on my person, for that reason it doesn’t come into contact with my money. Any purchase, big or small requires the laptop.

JP@johnathanperk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Somebody said millennials usually use their laptops (instead of smartphones) for major purchases, including booking flights. I can’t stop thinking about this.

Five authors I've read at least five books by Toni Morrison Robert Jordan Haley Cass Steven King Cynn Chadwick

Heather Hogan@heatherhogan.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Five authors I've read at least five books by NK Jemisin Samantha Shannon Malinda Lo Octavia Butler Jane Austen

Looking at what the state prohibits educators from teaching (something no state should have the power to do) informs on truths they don’t want you to understand.

Zachary Levenson@grundrza.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

I don’t know who needs to hear it, but “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid is 1000% worth the read. 3 words: Lesbians in space.

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1. Women in Imperialism 2. Women in the Modern Civil Rights Movement 3. Sociology of Feminist Theory 4. Anthropology of Gobal Gender Violence 5. Literature Seminar on Toni Morrison Totally why I’m the academic and person I am

Matilda for the timeline

Showing cross-racial solidarity is a potential death sentence. There are few things white supremacists hate more.

Franklin Leonard@franklinleonard.bsky.social · 6mo ago

37 year old white male citizen with a lawful permit to carry a firearm, says the Minneapolis Police Department.

Thesis: ICE is un-American and the Minneapolis protestors are real Americans. Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror. Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.

I took a “Women in the Civil Rights Movement” course during undergrad that’s entire aim was to deconstruct this. It changed everything I thought I knew about organizing, the protests, and the way gender works in meaning making. High recommend learning about amazing women who made it all happen

KEW@kidadaewilliams.com · 7mo ago

Black women of the Civil Rights Movement are most often remembered in 3 ways: as part of a larger group (the Little Rock Nine); as isolated individuals disconnected from broader political strategy (Rosa Parks); or as wives of male leaders (Coretta S. King). afro.com/claudette-co... We can do better.