Lisa Wade
@lisawade.bsky.social
#firstgen #professor and #writer in #nola ❤️. Relentless advocate for #sociology. Author of American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus and a gender and an introduction to sociology textbook. New book on its way. And #cats, of course!
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
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Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
theonion.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
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Very sad to see professors (and journalists) falling for the argument that this policy is a real effort to remove "advocacy" or "ideology" from the classroom, and debating that point. That's like when they said they oppose affirmative action because it's racist. They. Are. Lying.
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Very sad to see professors (and journalists) falling for the argument that this policy is a real effort to remove "advocacy" or "ideology" from the classroom, and debating that point. That's like when they said they oppose affirmative action because it's racist. They. Are. Lying.
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Most white colleges wouldn’t accept Black students, and Black colleges didn’t have the capacity to handle the post-war demand—by 1947, as many as 50,000 qualified Black veterans had been turned away.
How a hostile America undermined its Black WWII veterans
Servicemembers were attacked, discredited, and shortchanged on GI benefits—with lasting implications.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Most white colleges wouldn’t accept Black students, and Black colleges didn’t have the capacity to handle the post-war demand—by 1947, as many as 50,000 qualified Black veterans had been turned away.
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Right-wing media have focused their ire on young women, who voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates last week.
Right-wing media escalate attacks on young women voters following Democratic election wins across the country
In the wake of Democrats’ sweeping election victories across the country on November 4, right-wing media quickly focused their ire on young women, who voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates. F...
www.mediamatters.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Right-wing media have focused their ire on young women, who voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates last week.
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I was only 30 something when I helmed The Enterprise.
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I was only 30 something when I helmed The Enterprise.
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6-7 again for the sociological win 🧪
“The teacher says ‘do problems 6 and 7,’ and boom—a shared moment. Laughter. A known way of moving your hands. It's nonsense that makes sense socially. Because for ten seconds, you belong.”
*culture*
[Becky Kennedy’s post on LI]
“The teacher says ‘do problems 6 and 7,’ and boom—a shared moment. Laughter. A known way of moving your hands. It's nonsense that makes sense socially. Because for ten seconds, you belong.”
*culture*
[Becky Kennedy’s post on LI]
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
6-7 again for the sociological win 🧪
“The teacher says ‘do problems 6 and 7,’ and boom—a shared moment. Laughter. A known way of moving your hands. It's nonsense that makes sense socially. Because for ten seconds, you belong.”
*culture*
[Becky Kennedy’s post on LI]
“The teacher says ‘do problems 6 and 7,’ and boom—a shared moment. Laughter. A known way of moving your hands. It's nonsense that makes sense socially. Because for ten seconds, you belong.”
*culture*
[Becky Kennedy’s post on LI]
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“theorists of late modernity were preoccupied with how … social actors became ‘paralyzed by increasingly uncertain futures.’ Quite to the contrary, we find that people actively develop cultural tools to adapt to ‘new species of trouble.’ We refer to these tools as repertoires of repair.” /1
Repertoires of repair: managing ontological insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract. This article examines the practices used by people who, while in a state of crisis, attempt to restore the sense of continuity and dependability
academic.oup.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“theorists of late modernity were preoccupied with how … social actors became ‘paralyzed by increasingly uncertain futures.’ Quite to the contrary, we find that people actively develop cultural tools to adapt to ‘new species of trouble.’ We refer to these tools as repertoires of repair.” /1
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I did not think I would ever see a serious metafilter post about gooners gooning, but I guess eventually all subcultures get the sociology treatment.
October 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I did not think I would ever see a serious metafilter post about gooners gooning, but I guess eventually all subcultures get the sociology treatment.
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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i love talking about marx ❤️ i love sociology ❤️
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
i love talking about marx ❤️ i love sociology ❤️
Sociology Professor Blues, by Ethan B. Emerson.
"They say I'm a radical, but I really just need a sabbatical."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r12...
"They say I'm a radical, but I really just need a sabbatical."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r12...
Sociology Professor Blues
YouTube video by Ethan B Emerson - Topic
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October 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sociology Professor Blues, by Ethan B. Emerson.
"They say I'm a radical, but I really just need a sabbatical."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r12...
"They say I'm a radical, but I really just need a sabbatical."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r12...
It was a delight to chat with Goutham Yegappan for the podcast Re-Educated. We re-educated ourselves about hookup cultures, sexual scripts, the nature of liberation, and other good stuff. You can find links to listen here: www.reeducated.org/guests/lisa-...
Lisa Wade | Re-Educated
www.reeducated.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM
It was a delight to chat with Goutham Yegappan for the podcast Re-Educated. We re-educated ourselves about hookup cultures, sexual scripts, the nature of liberation, and other good stuff. You can find links to listen here: www.reeducated.org/guests/lisa-...
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Doing a PhD can feel like wandering through a forest with no map. You’re constantly questioning whether you’re smart enough, working hard enough or heading in the right direction. If you’re feeling this way, you’re not alone. More importantly, you’re not broken. patthomson.net/2025/10/25/b...
Building confidence during your PhD
Doing a PhD can feel like wandering through a forest with no map. You’re constantly questioning whether you’re smart enough, working hard enough or heading in the right direction. If yo…
patthomson.net
October 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Doing a PhD can feel like wandering through a forest with no map. You’re constantly questioning whether you’re smart enough, working hard enough or heading in the right direction. If you’re feeling this way, you’re not alone. More importantly, you’re not broken. patthomson.net/2025/10/25/b...
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Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
October 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.
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“If they are so dangerous that you have a license to kill them, how could it make sense to just send them home?” David Smilde told the Times. “Deportation is the logic of civilian law enforcement, not war, which is supposedly what they are engaged in.” www.thetimes.com/world/latin-...
Trump calls Colombian president a ‘drug leader’ and suspends US aid
The US president widens his rancour from Venezuela’s President Maduro to Colombia’s Gustavo Petro, labelling both ‘narco-terrorists’ as the US strikes ‘drug boats’
www.thetimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“If they are so dangerous that you have a license to kill them, how could it make sense to just send them home?” David Smilde told the Times. “Deportation is the logic of civilian law enforcement, not war, which is supposedly what they are engaged in.” www.thetimes.com/world/latin-...
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The harm is real: Black workers pushed out of jobs, HBCUs stripped of resources, Black mothers and fathers denied healthcare, and neighborhoods left without protection from floods, asthma, or poisoned water.
📖 Read the full Blackout Report now.
#BlackoutReport #OnyxImpact
📖 Read the full Blackout Report now.
#BlackoutReport #OnyxImpact
October 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The harm is real: Black workers pushed out of jobs, HBCUs stripped of resources, Black mothers and fathers denied healthcare, and neighborhoods left without protection from floods, asthma, or poisoned water.
📖 Read the full Blackout Report now.
#BlackoutReport #OnyxImpact
📖 Read the full Blackout Report now.
#BlackoutReport #OnyxImpact
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Good news! Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment buff.ly/2PpOPL3
University of Penn follows in the footsteps in MIT & Brown to reject pernicious "compact."
University of Penn follows in the footsteps in MIT & Brown to reject pernicious "compact."
Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment
With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.
www.thedp.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Good news! Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment buff.ly/2PpOPL3
University of Penn follows in the footsteps in MIT & Brown to reject pernicious "compact."
University of Penn follows in the footsteps in MIT & Brown to reject pernicious "compact."
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Brown rejects the Compact! www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...
Brown University president declines invitation for Brown to join federal Compact
In a letter to the White House, President Christina H. Paxson wrote that Compact provisions restricting academic freedom and undermining autonomy would impede the University’s ability to fulfill its m...
www.brown.edu
October 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Brown rejects the Compact! www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...
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Coolness is associated with the same six traits around the world: cool people tend to be extroverted, hedonistic, adventurous, open, powerful, and autonomous. Being kind, calm, traditional, secure and conscientious were more associated with being good than cool. theconversation.com/what-makes-a...
What makes a person cool? Global study has some answers
Coolness has changed. Today it’s about being extroverted, hedonistic, adventurous, open, powerful and autonomous.
theconversation.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Coolness is associated with the same six traits around the world: cool people tend to be extroverted, hedonistic, adventurous, open, powerful, and autonomous. Being kind, calm, traditional, secure and conscientious were more associated with being good than cool. theconversation.com/what-makes-a...
Very excited to start reading Patriarchy Inc. by
@cordeliafine.bsky.social! She brings humor and a keen critique to everything she writes!
@cordeliafine.bsky.social! She brings humor and a keen critique to everything she writes!
October 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Very excited to start reading Patriarchy Inc. by
@cordeliafine.bsky.social! She brings humor and a keen critique to everything she writes!
@cordeliafine.bsky.social! She brings humor and a keen critique to everything she writes!
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I really wish my university had a sociology of social movements course.
October 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I really wish my university had a sociology of social movements course.
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Sociology and Simpsons nerds: Matt Groening has revealed (for the first time) that Homer is based on one of the subjects in the Middletown studies.
Listen to it here:
pca.st/episode/9959...
Listen to it here:
pca.st/episode/9959...
Episode 1684 - Matt Groening
pca.st
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sociology and Simpsons nerds: Matt Groening has revealed (for the first time) that Homer is based on one of the subjects in the Middletown studies.
Listen to it here:
pca.st/episode/9959...
Listen to it here:
pca.st/episode/9959...
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For those who can’t afford Taylor Swift’s new album, be sure to check your local library. My county library has The Life of a Showgirl up on the Hoopla app, and it’s free for me to stream with my library card. Libraries for the win! #taylorswift
October 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
For those who can’t afford Taylor Swift’s new album, be sure to check your local library. My county library has The Life of a Showgirl up on the Hoopla app, and it’s free for me to stream with my library card. Libraries for the win! #taylorswift