Happy Merry Hard Candy Christmas from the Chicken Ranch:

Visiting Texas is surreal: nonstop hostile news targeting trans people, yet on the ground there’s everyday allyship—apologies, revived queer discounts, solidarity feels, and smiles like crazy. The progressive community feels stronger than it has in decades. #notallbadnews #mytexas #hillcountrynews

Holidayin’ #snickerdoodlelatte #latteup #winterflavors

When you tell folks you'll be back at work after January 6th and then they try to set meetings on the 6th.

Just another regular day on this broken island when a well-known UK trans-exclusionary academic gets blanket media coverage to share her experience of being 'cancelled' by a university. Without the creation of controversy, trans-exclusionary data activism would cease to exist.

If I could have any art from ATX, it would be this:

Every time I get told I’m in the wrong bathroom, my response that “I agree and you should let your governor know” seems to really perplex them. #translife #transtxforever #translivesmatter

A conversation with former Census Bureau Director Rob Santos on the state of federal statistics—threats to data quality and independence, why the ACS and decennial census matter, how census data are collected, political pressures on federal data, and more. #SOGIdata #FederalData #demography

Goodnight, Heron #theyneedasantahat

Christmas hibachi may be a new tradition.

@ariellekuperberg.bsky.social and I dropped by the ASA Podcast to discuss our new article in Contexts, From Wonder Woman to Fifity Shades. Check it out: sagesociology.sage-publications.libsynpro.com/contexts-fro...

Tenure-track Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin Call for applications for the position of Assistant Professor in Sociology, commencing on 3 August 2026. Application deadline: 26 January 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPW155/a...

I have so many questions!!

Holy crap chart from Gallup

Our research finds that LGBTQ students are more likely to choose to attend colleges away from their families and seek a more welcoming environment than their non-LGBTQ peers. Read the full report: bit.ly/LGBTQ4yrcollege

More wild stuff from the homestate. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers next week as who knows what accidental trouble I may get into with my sense of humor.

How much easier and more efficient it would be to just give money to researchers instead of making them beg for it.

New pub! @MargotHanley and I coauthored this article on anthropomorphized artificial intelligence in @BigDataSoc. We show how engineers make technology that conveys what we call "shifting personhood" by selectively designing anthropomorphic qualities. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Not surprised at all.

Sex in Public: The Transformative Social Power of Our Erotic Lives is now available for pre-order. #sex #sexuality #book #books #newbook #pleasure #freedom #erotic #eroticism #feminism #liberation #desire #relationships #identity #community www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/angel...

Love the creativity! #resist

It's surreal watching how Australia deals with gun violence and a mass shooting in time with the US this week. I hope others see and feel this, especially the youngers.

It’s not hard. Ultimately, this is what legislatures and representatives are for: See problem (sometimes, sadly, because of tragedy), do something for the common good to tackle problem.

F* AI searches Syllabi idea: Check if reading lists are even required on your syllabi. If not, dont include the information there. Consider a only required information syllabi, and offer a course outline and reading list as a separate article first day of class moving forward. #AcadLife

They need three guards? This is wild. I may need to start an interview project. How do you really feel about guarding a restroom? Is this what you expected when you became a state trooper? Or for Capitol duty?

It so odd when it gets colder as the day goes on in NOLA.

Once again trans folks are ahead of the curve. #masculinities #biggerandbetterdontgotogether #menshealth #lgbthealth

Dear MacKenzie Scott, consider University of New Orleans or gender research. Instead of a NSF grant, we could apply for SF grants. #moreresearchfundingstreamsforchristmas #everydayimhustlin

They need three guards? This is wild. I may need to start an interview project. How do you really feel about guarding a restroom? Is this what you expected when you became a state trooper? Or for Capitol duty?

"Remember that an AI girlfriend responding to your loneliness might just be a man in a Nairobi slum, wondering if he'll ever feel real love again" An important report here data-workers.org/wp-content/u...

Still grateful for and honored by this piece, posted here ICYMI Human Interaction Is Now a Luxury Good www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/o...

This article from American Journal of Sociology explores whether the stigma of a student's parental incarceration shapes teachers' evaluative behaviors, considering racialization and consequences on these students' education trajectories. https://ow.ly/y2zB50XCQa4. American Journal of Sociology

People are buying fuzzy socks and coloring books while cancer patients actually want practical gifts like meals, laundry help and grocery delivery. Our story from a sociologist who was diagnosed with cancer in her early 30s, in @washingtonpost.com: buff.ly/guPZsus

Have a wonderful winter break!

This is the final chapter of my dissertation, supported by the National Institute on Aging! 10 states now have conscientious objection laws for health care providers, and these laws were associated with lower HIV testing rates and worse health among LGBQ+ folks.

New experimental paper on intuitions about whether people have obligations *to themselves* From philosopher Laura Soter (@laurasoter.bsky.social) in JPSP psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-...