Jenni
@jennismovingcastle.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sociology. Medical Sociology. 🔮
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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/🧵
As someone with pretty extensive knowledge of the breadth of the OCR investigations (being at a university with an investigation), I was actually very curious how they were going to process this massive series of anti-DEI investigations after firing everyone.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Education Dept. asks hundreds of fired employees to temporarily return
The federal Education Department is asking hundreds of staffers in the Office for Civil Rights to temporarily return to help clear a backlog of cases.
www.usatoday.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
As someone with pretty extensive knowledge of the breadth of the OCR investigations (being at a university with an investigation), I was actually very curious how they were going to process this massive series of anti-DEI investigations after firing everyone.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Paul Dano is the male version of Mia Goth and I won't be taking comments or corrections on this at this time
December 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Paul Dano is the male version of Mia Goth and I won't be taking comments or corrections on this at this time
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
See ~I~ realized these people were unreasonable and unreachable back in 2018 when the new MAGA contingent was arguing, during a townhall at a HIGHSCHOOL, that the death penalty is good because Jesus got the death penalty.
We are not the same.
We are not the same.
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
See ~I~ realized these people were unreasonable and unreachable back in 2018 when the new MAGA contingent was arguing, during a townhall at a HIGHSCHOOL, that the death penalty is good because Jesus got the death penalty.
We are not the same.
We are not the same.
Me upon hearing Netflix is buying HBO
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Me upon hearing Netflix is buying HBO
I'm not taking the bait. I refuse.
December 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I'm not taking the bait. I refuse.
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If SCOTUS sides with the gov, it will drastically change our conception of American citizenship and lead to children being rendered stateless.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If SCOTUS sides with the gov, it will drastically change our conception of American citizenship and lead to children being rendered stateless.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Hi what did you guys do today, I bet it didnt involve bothering ASA to change language on their webpage because lawyers at your university didn't believe you (that all the communities and sections are open to any ASA member) and you have spent all day in the most unhinged meetings of your career.
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Hi what did you guys do today, I bet it didnt involve bothering ASA to change language on their webpage because lawyers at your university didn't believe you (that all the communities and sections are open to any ASA member) and you have spent all day in the most unhinged meetings of your career.
Having a kid in early 2024 under Biden, really, genuinely, is starting to feel like getting the last chopper out of nam.
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Having a kid in early 2024 under Biden, really, genuinely, is starting to feel like getting the last chopper out of nam.
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The actual scandal of elite American education has never been the supposed unfairness of affirmative action. The scandal is preferences for rich failsons like Kushner who go on to make the world worse for everyone.
@stanforduniversity.bsky.social decided to essentially spend $3 million a year to keep admitting legacy students in secret.
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The actual scandal of elite American education has never been the supposed unfairness of affirmative action. The scandal is preferences for rich failsons like Kushner who go on to make the world worse for everyone.
I vividly remember a few scholars arguing trans women were a risk to cis women in prisons & this is why y'all were TERFs. Even though prison staff are the biggest threat to incarcerated women. Can't imagine having such strong opinions & yet contributed positively to the lives of literally no one.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I vividly remember a few scholars arguing trans women were a risk to cis women in prisons & this is why y'all were TERFs. Even though prison staff are the biggest threat to incarcerated women. Can't imagine having such strong opinions & yet contributed positively to the lives of literally no one.
Hi if I have to slowly descend into madness so do the rest of you.
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Hi if I have to slowly descend into madness so do the rest of you.
I dont know what Kalshi is and I'm going to just sit this one out
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I dont know what Kalshi is and I'm going to just sit this one out
If you see this repost this with your model of positive masculinity.
Shout out to Jamie Campbell Bower being just intentionally kind and supportive and gender expansive during the Stranger Things press tour.
Shout out to Jamie Campbell Bower being just intentionally kind and supportive and gender expansive during the Stranger Things press tour.
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If you see this repost this with your model of positive masculinity.
Shout out to Jamie Campbell Bower being just intentionally kind and supportive and gender expansive during the Stranger Things press tour.
Shout out to Jamie Campbell Bower being just intentionally kind and supportive and gender expansive during the Stranger Things press tour.
My child watching all the other kids at daycare as they start puking one by one:
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My child watching all the other kids at daycare as they start puking one by one:
The irony being that the US has consistently crushed fuel economy cars, reducing our choice to purchase cars with incredibly high gas mileage.
Its never once been about consumer choice beyond, choose a gas guzzler like a real American.
Its never once been about consumer choice beyond, choose a gas guzzler like a real American.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The irony being that the US has consistently crushed fuel economy cars, reducing our choice to purchase cars with incredibly high gas mileage.
Its never once been about consumer choice beyond, choose a gas guzzler like a real American.
Its never once been about consumer choice beyond, choose a gas guzzler like a real American.
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...