Dr. Canton Winer
@cantonwiner.bsky.social
Asst. Prof of Sociology and Gender/Sexuality Studies
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Interesting! I haven’t come across people describing the feelings I noticed in my research as dysphoric (in fact many explicitly said they weren’t dysphoric), but I really see where you’re coming from.
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Interesting! I haven’t come across people describing the feelings I noticed in my research as dysphoric (in fact many explicitly said they weren’t dysphoric), but I really see where you’re coming from.
I’m so glad you were able to make it and that the discussion connected with your personal experience!
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I’m so glad you were able to make it and that the discussion connected with your personal experience!
I’ve written before about how slut politics and asexuality also share more resonance than is apparent at first glance.
You can read about that here: open.substack.com/pub/cantonwi...
But I’m eager to think more about aromanticism and the queer resources it offers us.
You can read about that here: open.substack.com/pub/cantonwi...
But I’m eager to think more about aromanticism and the queer resources it offers us.
Sluts and Asexuals, Unite!
Reflecting on a slut-affirming night out
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I’ve written before about how slut politics and asexuality also share more resonance than is apparent at first glance.
You can read about that here: open.substack.com/pub/cantonwi...
But I’m eager to think more about aromanticism and the queer resources it offers us.
You can read about that here: open.substack.com/pub/cantonwi...
But I’m eager to think more about aromanticism and the queer resources it offers us.
And both aromanticism and relationship anarchy can push us toward centering autonomy, community, flexibility, and care in how we relate to one another.
October 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
And both aromanticism and relationship anarchy can push us toward centering autonomy, community, flexibility, and care in how we relate to one another.
Aromanticism and relationship anarchy both challenge amatonormativity, or the assumption that everyone does/should desire a central, exclusive, romantic relationship and that such a relationship is the most fulfilling path to a meaningful life.
October 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Aromanticism and relationship anarchy both challenge amatonormativity, or the assumption that everyone does/should desire a central, exclusive, romantic relationship and that such a relationship is the most fulfilling path to a meaningful life.
Kirk’s own words in the moment he was shot were part of a project of political violence.
It would be poetic if it weren’t so deeply disturbing.
It would be poetic if it weren’t so deeply disturbing.
An ugly day in America.
Q: Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?
Kirk: Too many [Cheers]...
Q: Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?
Kirk: Counting or not counting gang violence?
Gunshot.
Q: Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?
Kirk: Too many [Cheers]...
Q: Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?
Kirk: Counting or not counting gang violence?
Gunshot.
September 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Kirk’s own words in the moment he was shot were part of a project of political violence.
It would be poetic if it weren’t so deeply disturbing.
It would be poetic if it weren’t so deeply disturbing.
Respectfully, I think it’s problematic to medicalize this experience (especially since there’s no evidence of anything health related in my data). Your experience is valid—but it doesn’t invalidate the experiences of the dozens of people I’ve interviewed.
September 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Respectfully, I think it’s problematic to medicalize this experience (especially since there’s no evidence of anything health related in my data). Your experience is valid—but it doesn’t invalidate the experiences of the dozens of people I’ve interviewed.
I agree that there could be some overlap in how these terms are defined. However, the people I interviewed explicitly said that they didn’t feel the agender label fit them very well. I take that seriously and I’m not placing that label on them.
September 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I agree that there could be some overlap in how these terms are defined. However, the people I interviewed explicitly said that they didn’t feel the agender label fit them very well. I take that seriously and I’m not placing that label on them.
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As I learned in critical theory: "Law is the institution by which Power declares itself Virtue."
September 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
As I learned in critical theory: "Law is the institution by which Power declares itself Virtue."
It’s a topic I’m genuinely curious about. I’ll probably explore the relationships between agender and gender detachment in a future project. Always happy to hear others’ perspectives.
September 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It’s a topic I’m genuinely curious about. I’ll probably explore the relationships between agender and gender detachment in a future project. Always happy to hear others’ perspectives.