Ashley C. Rondini, PhD
@ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social
Public & Applied Sociologist~Intersectional/Critical Race Feminist~Mama Warrior~Foodie~Poodle Parent~Italiana~Social Policy and Inequalities Scholar, primarily in Healthcare & Education~Alumna of @Clark University @University of Sussex @Brandeis University
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Meeting the Moment: Why We Can’t Afford to Let Sociology Classrooms Become Places Where Hope Comes to Die | American Sociological Association
In Howard Zinn’s memoir, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Beacon Press 1994), he tells us that, “To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly
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Happy to share my latest piece from the @asanews.bsky.social Footnotes magazine...
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There's a term for e'rybody who will know exactly enough Spanish to do dead-on, at-home versions of karaoke during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show, even though they aren't necessarily fluent, or even conversational, in Spanish otherwise: "BiSINGual"...see what I did there? 🎤
a man with curly hair and a beard is wearing a leather jacket that says prime on the bottom
ALT: a man with curly hair and a beard is wearing a leather jacket that says prime on the bottom
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October 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
There's a term for e'rybody who will know exactly enough Spanish to do dead-on, at-home versions of karaoke during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show, even though they aren't necessarily fluent, or even conversational, in Spanish otherwise: "BiSINGual"...see what I did there? 🎤
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In her ASA Footnotes article, “Meeting the Moment,” Ashley C. Rondini @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social @fandmcollege.bsky.social points to ways teachers can help students of sociology cultivate the hope that they will need for the work that lies ahead. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/ASAfallFN
September 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In her ASA Footnotes article, “Meeting the Moment,” Ashley C. Rondini @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social @fandmcollege.bsky.social points to ways teachers can help students of sociology cultivate the hope that they will need for the work that lies ahead. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/ASAfallFN
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As an alternative to Wall’s pretzel bending self contradictory argument about adding sociology programs because we need sociology may I elevate the case made by my colleague and friend Ashley Rondini
on why we need sociology to meet the current moment:
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on why we need sociology to meet the current moment:
www.asanet.org/footnotes-ar...
September 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Happy to share my latest piece from the @asanews.bsky.social Footnotes magazine...
www.asanet.org/footnotes-ar...
www.asanet.org/footnotes-ar...
Meeting the Moment: Why We Can’t Afford to Let Sociology Classrooms Become Places Where Hope Comes to Die | American Sociological Association
In Howard Zinn’s memoir, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Beacon Press 1994), he tells us that, “To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly
www.asanet.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Happy to share my latest piece from the @asanews.bsky.social Footnotes magazine...
www.asanet.org/footnotes-ar...
www.asanet.org/footnotes-ar...
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There is some critically important work being done here by the AAP. publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
Leadership conference: Top 10 resolutions tackle gender-affirming care, immigration, misinformation, payment, and more
Recognizing transgender patients and providing gender-affirming care was voted the top resolution by attendees of the 2025 AAP Leadership Conference.
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August 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
There is some critically important work being done here by the AAP. publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
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Tomorrow, LGBTQ Youth Will Lose a Lifeline. What Now? www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/tomorrow-l...
Tomorrow, LGBTQ Youth Will Lose a Lifeline. What Now?
The LGBTQ-specific option on the 988 lifeline gave queer youth immediate access to trained counselors. Now, Trump is shutting it down, despite widespread support and need.
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July 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Tomorrow, LGBTQ Youth Will Lose a Lifeline. What Now? www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/tomorrow-l...
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John Lewis walked, bled, and lived for justice.
Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:
By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.
Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:
By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.
July 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
John Lewis walked, bled, and lived for justice.
Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:
By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.
Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:
By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.
Since this was written, the "B" representing bisexual Americans in the remaining "LGB" acronym has also been removed from the national memorial literature. It is difficult to keep up with the damage being done. @dcunningham-stl.bsky.social @contexts.org @lettapage.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Since this was written, the "B" representing bisexual Americans in the remaining "LGB" acronym has also been removed from the national memorial literature. It is difficult to keep up with the damage being done. @dcunningham-stl.bsky.social @contexts.org @lettapage.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social
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My newest short story, "Burn," is out in Variant Lit: lnkd.in/eRu8meQm Thanks to Editors Suzy Eynon and Barbara Lock for believing in it and making it shine!
June 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My newest short story, "Burn," is out in Variant Lit: lnkd.in/eRu8meQm Thanks to Editors Suzy Eynon and Barbara Lock for believing in it and making it shine!
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Andrea Gibson, a master of spoken-word poetry who cultivated legions of admirers with intensely personal, often political works exploring gender, love and a personal four-year fight with terminal ovarian cancer, has died at 49.
Andrea Gibson, a Poet of Love, Hope and Gender Identity, Dies at 49
A master of spoken-word performance, Gibson insisted that poetry, especially when read aloud to an audience, was a political act.
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July 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Andrea Gibson, a master of spoken-word poetry who cultivated legions of admirers with intensely personal, often political works exploring gender, love and a personal four-year fight with terminal ovarian cancer, has died at 49.
Loved this piece about our inaugural F&M in DC Summer Program! 👏👏👏 @fandmcollege.bsky.social
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D.C. Summer Session ‘Opened My Eyes to a World I Had Never Known’
An immersive summer program brought 13 students to Washington, D.C., for two weeks to connect with thought leaders in government, nonprofits and community organizations.
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July 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Loved this piece about our inaugural F&M in DC Summer Program! 👏👏👏 @fandmcollege.bsky.social
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ICYMI: sociologist @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social on the scripts justifying and reinforcing supremacy: "White Supremacist Danger Narratives."
Free to read, download, and share: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
#Sociology
Free to read, download, and share: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
#Sociology
January 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
ICYMI: sociologist @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social on the scripts justifying and reinforcing supremacy: "White Supremacist Danger Narratives."
Free to read, download, and share: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
#Sociology
Free to read, download, and share: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
#Sociology
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One of my faves this issue is @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social and @dcunningham-stl.bsky.social's piece, "TQ+: public memory, structural violence, and transgender erasure," on the indelible trans and queer community refusing erasure by Executive Order! journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
July 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
One of my faves this issue is @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social and @dcunningham-stl.bsky.social's piece, "TQ+: public memory, structural violence, and transgender erasure," on the indelible trans and queer community refusing erasure by Executive Order! journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Transgender rights are human rights.
This International Day of Transgender Visibility, Amnesty Feminists remind us that transgender existence is not up for debate.
We must support the transgender community and demand an end to transgender hate crimes.
#TransVisibility
This International Day of Transgender Visibility, Amnesty Feminists remind us that transgender existence is not up for debate.
We must support the transgender community and demand an end to transgender hate crimes.
#TransVisibility
March 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Transgender rights are human rights.
This International Day of Transgender Visibility, Amnesty Feminists remind us that transgender existence is not up for debate.
We must support the transgender community and demand an end to transgender hate crimes.
#TransVisibility
This International Day of Transgender Visibility, Amnesty Feminists remind us that transgender existence is not up for debate.
We must support the transgender community and demand an end to transgender hate crimes.
#TransVisibility
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Some useful guidance in this if you're new to fighting back & welcome, we are all we've got.
newrepublic.com/article/1931...
newrepublic.com/article/1931...
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance
Ordinary people have more power than they know.
newrepublic.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Some useful guidance in this if you're new to fighting back & welcome, we are all we've got.
newrepublic.com/article/1931...
newrepublic.com/article/1931...
March 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Poodle celebs!
March 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Poodle celebs!
