Jenni
@jennismovingcastle.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sociology. Medical Sociology. Health Disparities. 🔮
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Jenni
@jennismovingcastle.bsky.social
· Feb 12
I know we are all feeling a particular way about the government removing photos of non-white, non-male leaders from their buildings. Here are images from my rural queer joy exhibitions; we put up big photos of the gays™️ in Wyoming. My book under review is about the value of art for communication 1/🧵
My students brought up the Yellowstone super volcano erupting and one of them said, "wouldnt that be nice," and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.
December 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
My students brought up the Yellowstone super volcano erupting and one of them said, "wouldnt that be nice," and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.
Academia has this way of making you feel utterly unsuccessful even when by any reasonable standard you are doing just fine.
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Academia has this way of making you feel utterly unsuccessful even when by any reasonable standard you are doing just fine.
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"If one of the most anti-abortion states in America can muster only a sliver of support for total bans, what does that tell you about how popular abortion rights really are? Just as important: if deep red states don’t want abortion banned, who does?"
jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-b...
jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-b...
The Most Unpopular Laws in America
Nobody wants abortion bans—not even deep red states
jessica.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"If one of the most anti-abortion states in America can muster only a sliver of support for total bans, what does that tell you about how popular abortion rights really are? Just as important: if deep red states don’t want abortion banned, who does?"
jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-b...
jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-b...
What people see walking into my office to ask for help when I have a mysterious grant issue? Another grant due Feb, the fall 2026 schedule, an RNR, two coauthored papers I am giving feedback on, and a paper I am leading but don't have the brain power to move forward on, and a class to wrap up
a skeleton is sitting at a desk with a bunch of papers including one that says ' a ' on it
ALT: a skeleton is sitting at a desk with a bunch of papers including one that says ' a ' on it
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
What people see walking into my office to ask for help when I have a mysterious grant issue? Another grant due Feb, the fall 2026 schedule, an RNR, two coauthored papers I am giving feedback on, and a paper I am leading but don't have the brain power to move forward on, and a class to wrap up
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Karoline Leavitt: “You’re either a U.S. citizen or not — You can’t be a U.S. citizen & a citizen of another country”
The Supreme Court thought differently as it ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it - not that they care
The Supreme Court thought differently as it ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it - not that they care
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Karoline Leavitt: “You’re either a U.S. citizen or not — You can’t be a U.S. citizen & a citizen of another country”
The Supreme Court thought differently as it ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it - not that they care
The Supreme Court thought differently as it ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it - not that they care
Ok but my brain kept reading this as Pete Buttigeig and I was fighting for my life send help .
I keep seeing random flashes of “NO they’re PETIT BOURGEOISIE” being argued about various arguments, and look, I’m begging you to understand that we have to update our understanding of Marx for a modern economy.
December 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Ok but my brain kept reading this as Pete Buttigeig and I was fighting for my life send help .
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
Large sample models with p<0.001 significance for every variable but the coefficients are -0.00001, 0.00001, 0.00000001
December 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Large sample models with p<0.001 significance for every variable but the coefficients are -0.00001, 0.00001, 0.00000001
Love op-eds from people with 0 grasp on the reality of what is happening at Universities.
Anyway, he calls STEM "hardcore" and says that universities should adapt to market pressures 🙃
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Anyway, he calls STEM "hardcore" and says that universities should adapt to market pressures 🙃
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
It’s time to stop worshipping the liberal arts | Letters
Letters: While such institutions have intrinsic value, that doesn’t mean they are entitled to be socially favoured or economically exceptional for ever, says Jianyang Geng
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Love op-eds from people with 0 grasp on the reality of what is happening at Universities.
Anyway, he calls STEM "hardcore" and says that universities should adapt to market pressures 🙃
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Anyway, he calls STEM "hardcore" and says that universities should adapt to market pressures 🙃
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Imagine TSA having a lil cashiers box and a card reader at screening. That a TSA employee will have to process payments, make reports on the payments. Drop cash off at a bank.
On a practical level, this will cost more than they could possibly recoup from ~6% of travelers who don't have Real IDs.
On a practical level, this will cost more than they could possibly recoup from ~6% of travelers who don't have Real IDs.
December 2, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Imagine TSA having a lil cashiers box and a card reader at screening. That a TSA employee will have to process payments, make reports on the payments. Drop cash off at a bank.
On a practical level, this will cost more than they could possibly recoup from ~6% of travelers who don't have Real IDs.
On a practical level, this will cost more than they could possibly recoup from ~6% of travelers who don't have Real IDs.
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It’s not that I expect my life to have no problems; I’m just tired of these particular problems and ready to take on different ones
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It’s not that I expect my life to have no problems; I’m just tired of these particular problems and ready to take on different ones
With 0 context on the fact that this does not apply to all content illustrates how utterly insane this is.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
With 0 context on the fact that this does not apply to all content illustrates how utterly insane this is.
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TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
"Our forefathers built this country off the back of enslaved people" fixed it for her
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"Our forefathers built this country off the back of enslaved people" fixed it for her
I am so weary and that is the point. I went to college when there were literally no posted rubrics. The rubrics are not the point.
December 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I am so weary and that is the point. I went to college when there were literally no posted rubrics. The rubrics are not the point.
Oh the American Bar Association is absolutely going to be suing the federal government after the Office of Civil Rights review thats happening at a bunch of universities right now.
December 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Oh the American Bar Association is absolutely going to be suing the federal government after the Office of Civil Rights review thats happening at a bunch of universities right now.
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Me, wearily.
I will go check my rubrics. Again.
I will go check my rubrics. Again.
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Me, wearily.
I will go check my rubrics. Again.
I will go check my rubrics. Again.
These are like those articles that are like, it's easy to buy a house at 25 if your parents give you $250,000
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
These are like those articles that are like, it's easy to buy a house at 25 if your parents give you $250,000
I vote ASA just cancels all the science bits of ASA and Sociology gets together for one mega emotional support hang out
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I vote ASA just cancels all the science bits of ASA and Sociology gets together for one mega emotional support hang out
When I am sick my depression escalates to the highest degree and reading ~everything~ going on is not helping.
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
When I am sick my depression escalates to the highest degree and reading ~everything~ going on is not helping.
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“Have you tried not being sick?”
Me: Hold on, let me write that down.
Me: Hold on, let me write that down.
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“Have you tried not being sick?”
Me: Hold on, let me write that down.
Me: Hold on, let me write that down.
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National Guard aren’t ICE or Border Patrol. They didn’t sign up looking to harass and repress people. They’re volunteers, part time, in case of emergency. They didn’t ask for this.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
National Guard aren’t ICE or Border Patrol. They didn’t sign up looking to harass and repress people. They’re volunteers, part time, in case of emergency. They didn’t ask for this.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
I would like to thank my co-parent Ms Rachel for helping us survive yet another sick day.
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I would like to thank my co-parent Ms Rachel for helping us survive yet another sick day.
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