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On The Proposal To Replace LGBT With “Gender And Sexual Diversities” (GSD)
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people have made a great deal of progress toward gaining equal status and rights in the US, particularly within the past decade. But, on the eve of the...
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Oppression As Terrorism
What image comes to mind when you hear the term “terrorist“? I can imagine most Americans think of something like the images that a quick Google search yields: Right now, these are the kinds of images...
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My Kind of Sociology! Toward A Self-Defined Activist-Academic Career
Being forced to watch the world whirl by me as I worked on my dissertation was tortuous: two cases on same-gender marriage heard by the US Supreme Court; horrendous media coverage of an already...
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Actually, Racism Could Motivate Sexual Violence
*trigger warning: sexual abuse against children; sexual violence* At the top of the list of yesterday’s most disgusting stories, and the strangest stories, is that of a white woman teacher who cried...
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[kinsey] April Is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) – Are We Aware Yet?
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). Recent events and the media coverage's of them tell us that this month is just as important as ever.
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Revived: Brief Advice For Current Graduate Students
I did it again. I let the fears of professional consequences, of making enemies, of being dismissed as militant and combative lead me to self-censor. After graduating (though I finally defend my...
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Reflections On Self-Doubt In Academia
In her latest blog post, “On Racism, Inferiority, and the Self,” sociologist Crystal Fleming reflected on the sense of inferiority that too many members of oppressed groups feel. She notes: What I...
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No, Really — Where Are You From?
As a part of last weeks Comedy Week on YouTube, David Neptune and Ken Tanaka took on the aspect of racism in which Asians and Asian Americans are exotified, no matter their birthplace: “no, really —...
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Two Interesting CFPs (Call For Papers) On Religion And Intersectionality
Intersectionality and/or religion should take note of two interesting special journal issues. The first is from Gender & Society: special issue on the intersections between religion and gender....
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Link Roundup: Equality And Diversity In Academia
Later this summer, I will be joining my colleagues in sociology for our annual national conference, hosted by the American Sociological Association. This year’s theme is “Interrogating Inequality:...
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