This week, in my newsletter The Queer Friendly Nonprofit, I look at social media bans in Australia & proposed bans in the UK & USA. I also look at what the literature says about LGBTQIA+ experiences with social media. sethjmeyer.substack.com/p/social-med...

Longer thread later but in my biweekly newsletter this week I talk about what is in the KIDS act and what the academic literature says about social media's impact on LGBTQIA+ youth (spoiler alert: It is complicated but provides community) Read for free here: open.substack.com/pub/sethjmey...

So the only thing I am going to say about the NYTimes article (not linking to it) regarding queer/gay is that this divide has been around for a long time and is stupid AF. I always describe it to students as the heteronormative homosexual v. the radical queer & the movement has gone back & forth.

My new book review is out in @jsepajournal.bsky.social!

This is a fantastic thread on sports and the perspective to take on supporting transgender people in sports.

My book review of @kevinguyan.bsky.social new book Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications, and the Dangers of Inclusion is now available open access at @jsepajournal.bsky.social. Overall, I thought it was a great book with a lot of implications for public admin. jsepajournal.org/index.php/js...

For many years, we go to a county fair in the rural county that my husband is from. It has so many more people than this.

Great article and they interviewed a nonprofit scholar which is not as common as one might think!

My husband is HIGHLY ENCOURAGING me to wait for the walking signal to cross the street with my son instead of just going when I feel it is safe and, as a New Yorker, this is physically painful.

This week we are hearing about a Jewish person who works hard to support LGBTQ+ rights kicked out of a pride event for being Jewish, a lot of non-Jews explaining antisemitism to Jews, & now a guy with a nazi tattoo is being supported by a major trans rights PAC. ...

This is the problem with when people talk about zionism/antizionism. There are so many definitions. While some people may see this as a problem, I think the problem is people trying to create one definition. Zionism is a Jewish movement & Jewish philosophy is messy & debatable.

This looks like a fantastic article that will be good for a few of my classes. Looking forward to reading it.

Jonathan Ross killed Renee Good. Pass it on.

Today's activity with my six year old during his week between school & camp is making chocolate dinosaur cookies with buttercream. He piped with a piping bag for the first time & enjoyed it. He was concentrating and took it very seriously.

There are a lot of issues with that TL did but want to talk about "privilege". It has become this insult that gets thrown or a competition. Having a discussion on privilege is important, but it needs to be taken seriously. I talk about privilege when I discuss working in other countries

It's Father's day, my day off. So what did I do? Bake of course. I usually don't like Funfetti bc it sometimes has a chemically after taste no matter the sprinkles I use. This came out really yummy & was easy af. www.foodbyremi.com/recipe/funfe...

6 year old was home today so he helped roll out the strands and shape the dough. Together we made a six strand challah (yes I took pics and yes it was adorable). Shabbat shalom everyone.

This week in my newsletter I list books that celebrate and examine LGBTQIA+ history (some of which are 15% off at @bookshop.org) that look at LGBTQIA+ figures (I found a way to use demon twink in my newsletter) as well as queer identities in diverse cultures. sethjmeyer.substack.com/p/reading-is...

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

News is coming in that the FTC is suing World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) claiming that WPATH overstates the benefits of gender affirming care for youth. A previous subpoena was blocked bc it was believed to be retaliation. www.usnews.com/news/top-new...

I find this a lot in the US. People see a disconnect between how one votes and how it harms others, putting it on LGBTQIA+ folx to "get to know them better" instead of MAGA to "not vote to hurt LGBTQIA+ people". Even when I was bullied for being gay, I was told "They are actually really nice".

So where do I send my students to find basic information about other countries? Is it Wikipedia? I think it might be Wikipedia. Wow, we have gone a long way from "Wikipedia is not a reliable source). I am open to suggestions for where students can find information on different countries.

Working on an assignment for a class I am teaching and I was going to recommend using the CIA World Factbook and then I was reminded that it no longer exists because we live in such a stupid time. This administration is so stupid.

Burnout 3. My friend Jolie and I spent so many hours in High School playing that game. Best racing game ever.

Lox. I really don't like it. Or whitefish salad.

Hosted a brunch for some local queer families today. Made an herb frittata, cinnamon rolls, gougeres, Madeleines, macarons with a vanilla buttercream, bruleed grapefruit, and lemonade.

Big news in both nonprofit & opera news.

My challah is ready for shabbat. Shabbat shalom everyone.

Important new federal rule is being proposed that could impact a lot of nonprofit organizations that receive federal funds. I wrote an article on my substack showing why the idea of binarys in gender & "biological sex" doesn't hold up scientifically: open.substack.com/pub/sethjmey...

17 years married today, 21 together. 2 states, 5 homes, 6 degrees, 2 kids, & a shitton of #queerjoy. And an adorable anniversary card from my 6 year old.

This is a fantastic thread on making powerpoint slides, not just students!

Here is the current @altmetric.com count for this article that got the EIC kicked out of the ADA conference.

Challah cooked for shabbat. Shabbat dinner on the stove. Shabbat Shalom everyone.

For Pride Month, I want to focus on queer joy and creativity in my newsletter, The Queer Friendly Nonprofit. So in my newsletter this week, I give a basic introduction to ballroom/house culture. Skip doomscrolling & watch the YT videos of balls & voguing! sethjmeyer.substack.com/p/celebratin...

Merge two movies: Bring it On the Golden Pond.

@raulpachecovega.bsky.social was not only an amazing academic but did a lot to support researchers with their writings and research. His most recent post on his blog explores how to map out scholarly debates. He also explored how to chose a project. www.raulpacheco.org/blog/

Join the amazing team at @ijpa2022.bsky.social as our social media editor!

OMG this is awful news. Raul was an amazing scholar and supporter of academics.

Today is my legal anniversary. When we got married all those years ago, NY would recognize out of state marriages but you couldn't perform them. So we got married legally in CT & then religious ceremony one week later. Just a reminder of how far we have come in a short period of time.

Everything-topped six-strand challah! Getting ready for shabbat.

Had some bananas that were going bad so made a whole wheat banana bread using the King Arthur Flour recipe. So yummy. Can't add chocolate chips to the top bc my son just picks those out.

I have a journal article that has said Processing for 7 months. I have reached out to the Editor and Associate Editor three times now and crickets. I tried to give them grace but this is just so annoying. Need to withdraw with nothing to show for it.

From a logistical standpoint, this would be insane. Airports are complex organizations and you cannot just move thousands of flights from one state to another. Between customs, air traffic control & flight patterns this would be a massive undertaking under a competent govt which this one is not.

Would welcome pitches from trans Jewish people, certainly! The last time someone approached me on the subject was last July, and it was great to be able to publish their piece - www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-im-a...

I think I might use this for my first year seminar when discussing AI in college. Here is the link to the article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

For a while, Sy has been to make Blintzes from a book he likes: Mr. Mintz's Blintzes. He was so excited all day today that I was making Mr. Mintz's Blinztes for Shabbat. Spoiler alert: one taste & he did not like them. But I made everything from scratch, including the crepes. Not worth the effort.

Made a seven heavens challah for shavout. Its a Mizrachi tradition to commemorate receiving receiving the torah from Mt. Sinai. Shabbat shalom!

Not my most successful cheesecake but still going to be yummy. We are doing Shavout dinner tomorrow for shabbat so look forward to tasting it.

It is Shavout today so that means it is time to make cheesecake today!!! This is my favorite recipe because it is my father's. Only my second time making this recipe so we will see how it goes today.

Absolutely horrible news coming out of San Diego.