Richard Price (they/them)
@advincensorship.bsky.social
Non-binary political scientist studying the censorship of queer stories and LGBTQ educational activism. Bossed around by five cats. Blog intermittently at https://adventuresincensorship.com/
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Publication: Navigating a Doctrinal Grey Area — Adventures in Censorship
I have finally published my first academic article from my censorship research, a little later than I hoped thanks to the never-ending pandemic. “Navigating a doctrinal grey area” is online with Fi...
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It's been 7 years since I started censorship work so lets do a thread. My first publication wrestled with the vague doctrine given by Pico through a case study of how NJ schools handled controversy over Fun Home. adventuresincensorship.com/blog/2021/10...
I'm a little annoyed at the use of Heartstoppers in here. First, how "sexy" should a show about teens be? But also they fucking have sex after a lot of horny working up to it. What exactly does this dude want? And if you need horny, Fellow Travelers is pretty fucking horny
Somewhere I have 100s of pages on this and it’s wild. I need to dig into it more.
Elon logic:
The majority of people who voted to pass the Violence against Women Act were men, so really, it’s men who should be proud they ended violence against women
The majority of people who voted for the Civil Rights Act were white, so while people should get the credit for ending segregation
The majority of people who voted to pass the Violence against Women Act were men, so really, it’s men who should be proud they ended violence against women
The majority of people who voted for the Civil Rights Act were white, so while people should get the credit for ending segregation
Sadly this is the exact foundation of how conservatives want race and gender taught in America. "Sure racism was bad and that is why benevolent white people ended it"
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Elon logic:
The majority of people who voted to pass the Violence against Women Act were men, so really, it’s men who should be proud they ended violence against women
The majority of people who voted for the Civil Rights Act were white, so while people should get the credit for ending segregation
The majority of people who voted to pass the Violence against Women Act were men, so really, it’s men who should be proud they ended violence against women
The majority of people who voted for the Civil Rights Act were white, so while people should get the credit for ending segregation
I don’t think me repeatedly arguing that they’re doing sloppy historical work legitimizes anything.
Once the New York Times decided to publish their work, the National Constitution Center platformed it, and law reviews accepted their articles for publication, the option to ignore them ended.
Once the New York Times decided to publish their work, the National Constitution Center platformed it, and law reviews accepted their articles for publication, the option to ignore them ended.
I’d actually argue Anthony has already served to significantly legitimize this nonsense by taking it in good faith all the other times he’s engaged with Wurman.
Can't do much about the NYT but I do wish this led us to reconsider taking law reviews too seriously. The meanings of some vague provision of the Uniform Commercial Code, law reviews probably OK. The historical meaning of issues of politics and law. Maybe peer review serves a good purpose.
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
I mean, obviously yes. But this downplays the power of hierarchy in conservative thought. Conservatives require a society of higher and lower structures to function. They need an underclass that is lesser and that has no legitimate rights they need to respect.
History Shows Why Birthright Citizenship is so Important
The 14th Amendment aimed to overturn restrictive state laws while making the Constitution more inclusive.
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Here's a short piece I wrote to explain to smart laypersons what the birthright citizenship clause is for and why it's in the Fourteenth Amendment. Excerpted from my forthcoming book. Ungated:
I think I've talked myself into a trip to UNC and Duke over Spring Break and this archival entry made me laugh. Confiscating a book of spells around 2000.
jamelle
@jamellebouie.net
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the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
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I’d actually argue Anthony has already served to significantly legitimize this nonsense by taking it in good faith all the other times he’s engaged with Wurman.
I don’t think me repeatedly arguing that they’re doing sloppy historical work legitimizes anything.
Once the New York Times decided to publish their work, the National Constitution Center platformed it, and law reviews accepted their articles for publication, the option to ignore them ended.
Once the New York Times decided to publish their work, the National Constitution Center platformed it, and law reviews accepted their articles for publication, the option to ignore them ended.
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I'm done with teaching for the semester, but I'm in the middle of grading. To procrastinate grading the book reviews that I require for my American Legal History course I'm gonna make a thread of all the books that the students reviewed.
For what it's worth, my experience was the exact opposite.
I found my students this semester to be more engaged and excited about the work than they have been in years.
I found my students this semester to be more engaged and excited about the work than they have been in years.
Hearing, and seeing, many university professors express despair, of this sort, this fall. Faculty are famously headstrong and truculent, if sometimes grouchy. But this affect is new. ’ve never seen the widespread descent into sorrow before, that I am seeing now.
This was more or less my experience, especially in upper division courses. My students were pretty engaged almost like they enjoyed the material and wanted to be there to learn it. Maybe just out of spite for the world, I get that too.
Publication: The Straight College Strikes Back — Adventures in Censorship
My most recent article just hit print: “The Straight College Strikes Back: 1990s Backlash Against Inclusive Campuses.” It is part of a special issue on LGBTQ Politics in Politics, Groups, and Ident...
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Here's the article adventuresincensorship.com/blog/2025/10...
STRAIGHT at Penn State and anti-gay backlash in the 1990s with Richard S. Price
Podcast Episode · American Campus Podcast · 12/04/2025 · 40m
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Hey I'm on this week's episode of American Campus podcast @americancampus.bsky.social talking about my latest article “The Straight College Strikes Back: 1990s Backlash Against Inclusive Campuses.” Thanks @llassabe.bsky.social for having me!
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Hearing, and seeing, many university professors express despair, of this sort, this fall. Faculty are famously headstrong and truculent, if sometimes grouchy. But this affect is new. ’ve never seen the widespread descent into sorrow before, that I am seeing now.
Today I'm teaching the last few classes of the worst semester of my career. Just poor attendance, rampant AI use, disruptive students, and a sea of blank, disinterested faces. That last one is especially tough. It's hard to perform for a crowd that seems intent on giving no reaction whatsoever.
For what it's worth, my experience was the exact opposite.
I found my students this semester to be more engaged and excited about the work than they have been in years.
I found my students this semester to be more engaged and excited about the work than they have been in years.
Censorship Class: FINISH HIM! — Adventures in Censorship
One of my favorite topics to teach is battles over games and the intersection with free speech. Partly this is because I grew up in this world. I was a nerdy 1990s teen who read sword and sorcery fant...
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Getting closer to being caught up with my censorship class posts. Here is the video games one that again can't do justice to the student interaction. They were so on top of this subject. adventuresincensorship.com/blog/2025/12...
Sen. Roger Marshall on Trump's health: "I'll work 110 hours a week. He outworks me. He's the first person I've ever known that works harder than I do. He runs around that golf course. He's in incredible shape right now. And you talk about sharp! He's playing 4 dimensional chess"
Academia has taught me that the folks who claim to work nearly impossible hours work the least of anyone.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
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Sen. Roger Marshall on Trump's health: "I'll work 110 hours a week. He outworks me. He's the first person I've ever known that works harder than I do. He runs around that golf course. He's in incredible shape right now. And you talk about sharp! He's playing 4 dimensional chess"
What do the editors of this magazine think their job is?
"Too many kids are getting extra time on tests!" should immediately be followed by "how many kids are getting extra time on tests?" If you don't know, either find out or write about something you do know.
"Too many kids are getting extra time on tests!" should immediately be followed by "how many kids are getting extra time on tests?" If you don't know, either find out or write about something you do know.
But how many campus panic stories would survive? 5%? That’s generous.
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What do the editors of this magazine think their job is?
"Too many kids are getting extra time on tests!" should immediately be followed by "how many kids are getting extra time on tests?" If you don't know, either find out or write about something you do know.
"Too many kids are getting extra time on tests!" should immediately be followed by "how many kids are getting extra time on tests?" If you don't know, either find out or write about something you do know.
The above image is a screenshot from the interactive AIDS quilt site. You can search by name and see the panel, which is very cool: www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
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I share this all the time. One of the hardest assignments I give is when queer politics and history students are asked to just sit with this and read sections, to explore it and think about the people lost and their stories.
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Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
The above image is a screenshot from the interactive AIDS quilt site. You can search by name and see the panel, which is very cool: www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
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My uncle, Douglas Colesworthy, on the AIDS Memorial Quilt. He died in 1987. Silence = death.
I try to explain this to my students and intro ones in particular are so confused. I tell them to go back and look at what Republicans said about him the first months of 2016, he was a fucking joke until he was accidentally serious.
I just put together a quick outline for a chapter I am late on. Its 3000 words max. My outline is already 550 words. I'm in deep trouble.
Reposted by Richard Price, Jonathan M. Gilligan
My latest article is now up on ASR. In it, we argue that the U.S. LGBTQ movement is in the midst of a widespread, conflictual process of generational turnover—with important implications for the future of the movement.
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Censorship Class: Tipper Gore and the Dangers of Porn Rock — Adventures in Censorship
I had to follow up the week e xploring comedy and the FCC with the music wars of the 1980s and ‘90s. Music had long been a source of controversy in the U.S. around the questions of race, sex, and dru...
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I fell behind on my censorship class posting but here is my music one. Sadly a lot of the fun of the class can't be adequately expressed here. adventuresincensorship.com/blog/2025/11...
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
Imagine sitting in that room and this is what you come up with.