In this holiday season, I want to share this reminder: Be grateful you still have a job and that your department hasn’t been merged with philosophy yet. Oh sorry, make that sociology, we killed the philosophy department as a gift to the provost last Christmas.

Libgen allowed me to save my students hundreds of dollars a semester. Not to mention finding books for my own research that have gone out of print or are STUPID expensive My book wouldn’t have sold as well if it hadn’t been available on Libgen

8 straight hours of office work is totally fine though! We promise!

Don’t pretend to be upset about the pause on NSF and NIH grants. You weren’t getting funded anyway. And no you can’t pause your tenure clock.

Today I got called a "freak" and "scum of the country" because I'm a quadriplegic unable to work and I'm worried about my SNAP, Medicaid, and Section 8. People need to get it that eugenics is real in America and these people really view me as subhuman. We can't stay quiet.

Nominations for our section's awards are due March 1, 2025! Nominate yourself or a colleague for the Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award, Distinguished Contribution to Research Article Award, Cristina Maria Riegos Student Paper Award, & Julian Samora Career Award

For Valentine’s Day, Dr. Arielle Kuperberg & I would love it if you shared our study recruitment tweet.

Last week, Loughborough doctoral researcher Rhianna Garrett, published an image on X to celebrate the submission of her PhD thesis. The post attracted millions of online engagements, and many positive and supportive messages about her work. Some of the comments however were

Let me repeat again. For breakfast or for lunch, you will eat the oppression you allow for your neighbor. Anything you support this administration doing to “illegals,” they will soon do to you when they make YOU illegal.

My friends are paying $40,000/year for daycare.

The Board of Trustees voted today and it’s official — tenured and promoted. I waived my right to know who my letter writers were, but if you are out here: THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for your care, attention, and advocacy 🥹💖

My kindness keeps YOU safe from ME

This might be my new favorite letterboxd list

I wonder what happened 18 years ago that would cause a sharp decline of birth rates across the board that we never really recovered from but the banks and large corporations did

Huge news for academic freedom in Texas. State leaders have tried since 1917 to fire professors at public universities who have views they disagree with. There’s no law in Texas that says a professor can’t teach LGBTQ or “DEI related” material, even with SB 17 and SB 37. #txed

My mom, absolutely unprovoked— “put on that song Chicharrón by Billie Eilish”