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4 months

I’m as guilty as anyone of thinking of my @Columbia undergraduates as “kids.” But here is what I’ve seen them do in the last two weeks: (1/10)

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@dr_tey

5 months

The following is a statement by faculty at the department of sociology at Columbia University. (1/16)

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Do I agree with every word in every statement, every choice and every tactic? Maybe not. But I am moved by their maturity, persistence and grace. These aren’t kids. These are leaders. (10/10)

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1. I’ve seen small groups of student engage in thoughtful, respectful dialogue across unbridgeable ideological divides. (2/10)

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2. I’ve seen students face hecklers calmly and with grace, simply turning their backs as they are yelled at and insulted. (3/10)

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3. I have seen students struggle to balance coursework and political engagement, cognizant of their responsibilities in both arenas. (4/10)

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I’ve seen student journalists operate both tirelessly and more effectively than the professionals- claiming partial knowledge when that’s what they have, reporting truthfully, not repeating mischaracterizations. (6/10)

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4. I’ve seen students taking care of one another, ordering special meals for students with dietary or religious restrictions, amassing medical supplies for neighbors who need them, sharing info and resources, and working together to problem-solve. (5/10)

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And now I’ve seen them face down police in military grade gear. (9/10)

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For our own part, as members of the faculty of the department of sociology, we will continue to keep our courses open to these students, we will grade their exams and papers, and we will give them final grades in our courses so they may receive credit. (12/16)

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I’ve seen them educate themselves on history, political theory, social movements and real world social differences. I’ve seen teach-ins on antisemitism and anti-Jewish bias, the history of the Middle East, geopolitics, political resistance, poetry, music and art. (8/10)

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I’ve seen groups of students learn skills like working with press, issuing statements, polling participants, compiling data , bargaining and using social media to disseminate information. (7/10)

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We are alarmed by Columbia University’s decision to call upon the NYPD to arrest its students on campus for their participation in the April 18 encampment protests, for the following reasons: (3/16)

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@dr_tey

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First, reliable reports (as well as our own eyewitness impressions) are that the student encampment was not violent and did not threaten violence. (4/16)

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Finally, the suspensions of the arrested students seem to us irregular, unnecessary and resting on shaky legal ground. We call on the university to immediately reverse these suspensions and allow the affected students to return to their dorms and to their courses. (11/16)

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As quoted in the Columbia Spectator, the NYPD Chief asserted that “the students that were arrested were peaceful, offered no resistance whatsoever, and were saying what they wanted to say in a peaceful manner.” (5/16)

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Peter Bearman, Professor of Sociology, Columbia Debbie Becher, Associate Professor of Sociology, Barnard Elizabeth Bernstein, Professor of Sociology, Barnard Yinon Cohen, Professor of Sociology, Columbia Tom DiPrete, Professor of Sociology, Columbia (13/16)

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The relevant Senate committee was not consulted, as required by university rules, but merely notified and the action proceeded despite the Senate committee objecting to it and advising against it. (8/16)

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While all universities must enforce their rules, they must also be wary of resorting to external police officers unless truly unusual circumstances demand it. We call on the University to seek a more prudent course of action going forward. (6/16)

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Gil Eyal, Professor of Sociology, Columbia Yao Lu, Professor of Sociology, Columbia Tey Meadow, Associate Professor of Sociology, Columbia Denise Milstein, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Columbia Debra Minkoff, Professor of Sociology, Barnard (14/16)

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@dr_tey

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Third, the decision to call the police into campus violated also the important principle of protecting free expression on campus. Coupled with the testimony given by the President Shafik and members of the Board of Trustees in Congress, (9/16)

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Second, under the pretext of a “clear and present danger” the decision to call the police into campus violated the important principle of shared governance. (7/16)

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Adam Reich, Associate Professor of Sociology, Columbia Teresa Sharpe, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Columbia David Stark, Professor of Sociology, Columbia Marissa Thompson, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Columbia (15/16)

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Gerard Torrats-Espinosa, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Columbia Diane Vaughan, Professor of Sociology, Columbia Bruce Western, Professor of Sociology, Columbia Josh Whitford, Associate Professor of Sociology, Columbia (16/16)

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in which they failed to defend crucial values of academic freedom, the police action seems like capitulation to forces outside the university that would like to curtail academic freedom and freedom of expression. (10/16)

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@dr_tey

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We do not speak for the whole department, in which there is a diversity of opinions, but feel the moment’s gravity requires us to speak forcefully about recent events at Columbia and the way forward. (2/16)

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@dr_tey

4 months

@LukeMesmerzing @Columbia Where do you think you get all your “data?” We are everywhere. 👻

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@dr_tey

4 years

Why doesn’t every research-focused phd student get a course on the craft of writing? Not just how to get something published, but how to make work that people actually enjoy reading? How much better would that make all of our lives? #AcademicTwitter

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@dr_tey

4 years

“I’m speaking.” Said every girl and woman over the age of 5.

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2 years

Reader, I got tenure.

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@dr_tey

5 years

Cat’s out of the bag: I’m thrilled to report that Trans Kids: Being Gendered in the Twenty-First Century received the American Sociological Association’s 2020 Distinguished Scholarly Book Award. For a kid who got rejected from 26 of the 28 colleges I applied to, this feels good!

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@dr_tey

3 years

I did something this summer that academics never do: I rested. Like really rested. Read novels by the water rested. Stared into space rested. For several weeks. Highly recommend.

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@dr_tey

2 years

Since some have asked: here are my thoughts on the @nytimes magazine story about trans adolescents:

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@dr_tey

2 years

Endnote or Zotero? Or stick with my current method of not being able to find anything and doing references by hand?

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@dr_tey

4 years

Jan: “I hope this email finds you well.” March: “I hope this enail finds you safe and well.” May: “I hope you are managing in this crazy time.” July: “I hope you guys are doing okay, surviving the summer.” Sept: “I hope this email finds you clinging to some shred of sanity.”

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@dr_tey

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@kikiishizawa @Columbia I couldn’t agree more

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@dr_tey

2 years

If you take away the fear of violent physical and psychological punishment, it’s possible more people will come out as trans. That’s actually a good thing.

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@dr_tey

3 years

I will never get anything done ever again.

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@dr_tey

2 years

The idea that a trans teen enters therapy to think about gender for the very first time seems, to me, naive. In families where exploration is a neutral act, kids will try on different gendered options, before finding a resting place. Few kids live in such an environment.

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@dr_tey

2 years

We cannot compare this generation of trans kids to *any* previous generations to make *any* rhetorical point. Feminine boys were brought en masse to psychologists for “cure” throughout the 20th c. That is not the same as coming for affirmative care.

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2 years

The frame of this article is fundamentally off-base on several accounts. First of all, there is little disagreement on the need for medical treatment for trans-identifying youth. All major medical governing boards know it can be an essential part of their well-being.

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@dr_tey

2 years

A note on the current conversations about the new @pewresearch transgender data as reported by @nytimes : nobody can say that there are “more” transgender people now. 1/4

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@dr_tey

3 years

Advice you would give undergraduates writing final papers to improve their writing: wrong answers only.

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@dr_tey

2 years

We don’t know if there are more or fewer assigned boys or assigned girls who are trans. We just don’t. People perhaps come out earlier. Perhaps people who would not have come out in the past do now. We don’t know how many people feel trans and never tell anyone.

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@dr_tey

2 years

As @chasestrangio so perfectly put it: this is one hell of a moment to publish this kind of story.

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@dr_tey

3 years

Tenure file submitted. Not stressful at all. 😨

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2 years

In the 15 yrs I’ve been in conversation with providers of affirming care, I heard few tales of regret Even Ken Zucker told me he had only one patient in his whole career he would consider putting in that category, and he wasn’t even sure the person “regretted” the initial choice

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@dr_tey

2 years

That said, If there are more assigned girls coming out as trans or non-binary now, that merely means that girls are considering their masculinity more carefully and in conversation with clinicians- not that somehow there is no room to just be a tomboy. There is plenty of room.

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@dr_tey

2 years

The *only* point of contention is about the line between “support” and “gatekeeping.” Treating them medically is the ethical stance. Period.

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@dr_tey

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So most exploration is internal. The question of whether youth who assert a trans identity have been thinking about it for minutes, months or years is a question only that child can answer.

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@dr_tey

2 years

For a look inside families affirming gender, to see what that looks like, check out my book.

University of California Press

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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@dr_tey

3 years

Trans Kids, which won the ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, began with an initial article rejected with scathing commentary from a “top tier” journal. All signs point to my second book being a resounding success of the same order!

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@dr_tey

2 years

For a look at the history of gender nonconformity and it’s management, check out this book by @gp_jls

Book Details - University of Minnesota Press

A groundbreaking twentieth-century history of transgender children With transgender rights front and center in American politics, media, and culture, the per...

www.upress.umn.edu

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@dr_tey

1 year

@ElyKreimendahl That’s amazing. 😂 You know, there was a feminist tradition of putting a crust of bread on the Seder plate to protest the adage “a woman belongs on the bimah as much a bread belongs on the Seder plate.” (Precursor to the contemporary queer orange many of us now use.)

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4 years

Queer friends: if today is a particularly painful day, I just want you to know that I’m a dad, and I’m very proud of you.

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2 years

We have no idea how many transpeople there have been across time. “Trans” is an historically specific term. Like “gay.” And while the data Pew released is pretty state of the art, we still have no idea how many trans and gender nonconforming people there are. 3/4

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2 years

After days of hand-wringing, I’ve decided not to attend @ASAnews this year. Not just because I’d rather not get Covid, or pass it to my asthmatic kid. I’m also a single parent with folks depending on me to not get stuck quarantining in LA. I’ll really miss seeing all of you.

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@dr_tey

2 years

Really happy to say that my article with @kate_khanna ,“The Fragile Male: An Experimental Study of Transgender Classification and the Durability of Gender Categories” is forthcoming in @Gend_Soc . Big thanks to the reviewers and editors!

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@dr_tey

2 years

Watching feminists I have admired defend the @nytimes on their trans journalism is truly depressing. The reporting is inaccurate, tone deaf and causing direct, violent harm. This is not something to debate. The truth was out there to be found.

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4 years

The news this week terrifies me. As some of you know, I had an early, “mild” case of COVID-19. This is NOT the flu. This is NOT a cold. After two weeks of acute illness (fever, chills, inability to smell or taste or really eat, aches and pains, dizzying fatigue) ...

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@dr_tey

2 years

But yes, there is more public conversation about transness- promoted as much by anti-trans conservatives as by transpeople. And the term is more available as a way to explain experience. But I wouldn’t hang my hat on reports of “more.” 4/4

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2 years

We will never win a victory for “women” by gatekeeping who gets to be in the category. Fortifying boundaries around the category is fortifying the rigidity of gender. This is true conceptually, practically, institutionally and emotionally.

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2 years

There are more people labeling themselves transgender, and more people who report knowing someone that they (ie the survey respondents) would label transgender. 2/4

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@dr_tey

4 years

Come work with me! The Department of Sociology at Columbia University invites applications for a distinguished scholar at any rank, to fill a position as part of the University’s initiative in the area of race and racism

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2 years

I have met just about every expert cited in that article, and people say what they say. As the saying on opinions goes…..

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@dr_tey

4 months

Columbia’s Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender ( @issgCU ) support the rights of student protesters:

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4 years

Looking forward to the first pants-optional ASA Meeting.

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4 years

Is your class reading Trans Kids? I’ve committed to join 10 classes this fall to help with discussion or do Q&As. There are 5 spaces left. I’m looking to fill them with large undergrad courses or graduate seminars. DM me at Columbia. @ASAnews @AsaSexualities @ASASexandGender

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@dr_tey

5 months

"Protests have a storied history at Columbia. I can't wait to be on the wrong side of that history." This is the best thing I’ve read all day.

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As a polyglot proficient in 10+ languages — including the difficult yet critical dialect of "admin talk" — I thought it might be helpful for me to translate the email that our university president Minouche Shafik just sent to Columbia affiliates. Here goes:

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@dr_tey

4 months

I would like just a quick word with whoever decided that wearing this - in public - in late spring - is an honor.

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@dr_tey

10 months

Some context and advice for prospective graduate students contacting faculty: Context: Many of us get dozens of emails each year. And we spend hours and hours replying to them. We cannot possibly meet with everyone. See advice on making a successful “cold call” below:

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@dr_tey

5 years

@tressiemcphd My grandparents used to cut novels in half, so that they could “share” them. I’m still working that out in therapy.

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@dr_tey

3 years

Hey @SocMethod - seems like a good time for a special issue called “Small N.”

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@dr_tey

3 years

What’s happening in Texas is about inciting terror in trans-affirming adults, not protecting kids. Threatening to remove a child from loving parents, removing a family’s economic security because you disagree with their ways of loving, threatening their clinicians- that’s abuse.

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1 year

How are we still using the word “seminal” attached to a text or an idea? It’s both sexist and… gross.

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4 years

I’m finding the series finale of democracy very suspenseful. You?

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3 years

Here’s the thing: I want everyone to have all their queer feelings. But I will no longer be entertaining condescension disguised as academic “theory” directed towards those of us who have children. 1/4

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3 years

Review of my undergraduate queer theory course: “I joined this class thinking I would finally get a definition for the word queer, but all I got was this lousy superiority complex.”

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4 years

Currently staring at the split of very good champagne I’ve been keeping in my fridge for the moment I finish a draft of this book. Thinking that I should instead drink it next weekend to celebrate surviving the exactly zero hours of child care ive had for the last 174 days.

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@dr_tey

3 years

In solidarity with Columbia’s graduate student workers @SW_Columbia , I will not appear at the @Columbia_MF film screening tomorrow evening.

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@dr_tey

3 years

You know who prefers virtual ASA? This guy:

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2 years

All I know is that as we sit here, the teenage children of republicans are googling “lesbian dance theory.” 💪🏻🌈💃🏻🕺🏼

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4 years

Sociology major: “Even as we hurt, we hoped.”

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3 years

It’s telling interesting to watch major newspapers publish opeds by terrified parents of transpeople, while scholars I know- myself included- can’t place data-driven pieces with sound argumentation. The collective hunger for trans suffering is as terrifying as Abbott himself.

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4 years

Both my parents were vaccinated today.

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2 years

I never thought I would abandon feminism. But anti-trans and “trans-skeptical” feminists are making me doubt what I thought it was. A 🧵

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6 years

A big thank you to everyone who nominated and elected me chair of the Sexualities section of the ASA. The section is responsible for some of my most important career moments and relationships, and I’m looking forward to having the chance to give back.

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2 years

I just said to one of my undergraduates, “but I’m not as old as your parents.” AND I WAS WRONG. 😱

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3 years

I was just asked for my preferred pronouns by my brand new dermatologist, and it made my day.

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@dr_tey

4 years

So, that’s one way to handle things. Here is how many other profs are approaching this moment- this one is from my current undergrad syllabus:

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@peachyounces

4 years

@mtvAdriaan This my professor 😭

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And I think my room eater score is about to go up....

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4 years

Someone asked me today if I knew any sociology jokes. Do you all know any sociology jokes? @ASAnews @isa_sociology

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@dr_tey

4 years

You know you’ve been an academic for too long when you overhear your kid’s 3rd grade teacher say “for as long as there have been people, there have been LGBT people,” and you think to yourself, “well, it depends how you look at it....”

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4 years

Lord knows I’m no statistician, but I am clocking a real inverse relationship between the value placed on faculty by their respective institutions and the extent to which those same individuals are the emotional lifelines of students and departments.

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2 years

TERFS: take a cue from lesbians and just love women. Love them so much that you invite into the fold anyone who wants to join, anyone who takes being a woman seriously, bodily, psychically, socially. You don’t need to decide who that project is for. Trans women are women.

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3 years

Turn 45, check. Hand in tenure file, check. Make terrible, adolescent, thankfully temporary appearance choice.... also check.

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6 years

It’s live!

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2 years

Has anyone gotten Covid from a menu? Can we have menus back now?

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5 years

There are now questions about my book on two websites that help students cheat. Does this mean I’ve made it?

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