Very touched that my students submitted for me to get this UW-Madison Distinguished Honors Faculty Award!! Love to feel that teaching on gender & sexuality topics matters to & inspires our undergrads!

It is time!!! The submission portal is open for the SPSP Sexuality Preconference, which will take place in Chicago on Feb 26, 2026! This year’s theme is “The State of Sex,” & submissions for presentations are open until October 23rd! We hope to see you there! www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/2025/9/...

Pew earlier this month: "In 34 states and D.C., more people say abortion generally should be legal than say it generally should be illegal...Arkansas is the only state where the balance of public opinion is against abortion by a statistically significant margin." www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Incredibly grateful for the opportunity to give one of this year’s plenary talks at the International Academy of Sex Research in Portland, Maine!! This community of scholars has always been so supportive of my work, and it was a joy to share it on the big stage!

Woohoo! Our Feminist/Queer Science article was selected as an Editor's Choice paper(!), which is offered to those that "represent the best science that is exceptionally important, impactful, & deserves visibility for the whole field!" Read it here! psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-...

Breaking News: The Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on HIV vaccines, terminating a $258 million program critical to the research.

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

"You may recall that we used to issue heartfelt, strategically worded statements affirming our unshakable commitment to DEI—usually right after a national tragedy...we are now fully prepared to replace those sentiments with constitutionally sanitized synonyms" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our...

Any measure to “persuade” young women to get married and get pregnant that isn’t “because it makes them happy” is a measure to coerce, entrap, and control. It’s rape culture, and it’s dehumanizing as fuck.

The Pope literally used one of his last moments on Earth to scold JD Vance for his unchristian policies towards migrants and refugees. This lapsed catholic appreciates that more than I can verbalize. The people running our country are evil.

Also, feminism has shown the way! Subsidized childcare! Robust, paid parental leave. Tax credits! Reproductive freedom. Universal healthcare. Until they make the world better, there is little incentive to have kids (though they are adorable lil munchkins)

"the government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder for elected officials or others to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of solutions being deployed against them." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

'academia is a calling' i whisper to myself as I reply to the 34th email concerning a reimbursement of a $160 flight to Detroit

There are notable gender differences in the way people view AI, but these gaps are more pronounced among experts we surveyed: 63% of men in this group say AI’s impact on the U.S. over the next two decades will be very or somewhat positive, compared with 36% of women.

Buy an external hard-drive right now & back up your data. Back up your papers. BACK EVERYTHING UP. Password-protect it & keep it in a drawer at home. One click from any university & your login is suddenly invalid, your data is blocked/deleted, & your research ceases to exist.

"We are the guardrails now" – the Raging Grannies (including my mom!) - at Hands Off protest in Madison

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate Minnesota’s transgender community and recommit to standing up for our neighbors in the face of hatred. As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.

The NIH have terminated hundreds of HIV-related research projects. The damage is irreparable. Soon, we will see delays in scientific progress and difficulties in training the next generation of scientists. Even worse, hundreds of thousands of people will die. youtu.be/q9icRYpLIbY?...

These and so so many other grants terminated. So much knowledge blocked. Many jobs eliminated instantly. I’m angry and sad. Sending love and solidarity to colleagues and strangers across the country grappling with nonsense actions of this regime.

My grants were terminated.

This powerful excerpt from last week's salon hosted by the Intersectionality Training Institute with Dr. Elle Lett and GenderSci Lab Director Sarah Richardson offers valuable insights on their hopes and dreams for the future of sex and gender science 🌟 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw5T...

Everyone--EVERYONE--in higher education has to understand that this is Trump's plan for you, too: federal control over scholarship, curricula, discipline, admissions--everything. They want you to submit. Your only other option is to stand up, together.

In news that will surprise absolutely no one: New research confirms that states with abortion bans are losing OB-GYNs.

"As I did this, and developed a good publication record, the feeling of being a promising “little sister” morphed into being a resented wife, and after tenure, a despised mom." 💯 So accurate.

📣I’ve got more science to share! 📣 IASR is excited to announce additional symposia at our meeting in Portland, Maine. 🐳 Come hear from some amazing folks: such as @profcarlos.bsky.social or Vasileia Karasavva & all their wonderful collaborators. Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/3k8hud4r

It is I!! Come to IASR this year to hear me talk about orgasms! Usually when I say that, people are like WOOHOO(🤠👍🏻!), but then I have to be like, oh…wait no…it’s THE DARK SIDE of orgasms! (cue: gasps! intrigue! 🤯!)

The celebration of "hardcore" work culture is keeping us from gender equality. If men can only be "successful" by working so much they're eating every meal at the office, then they have incentive to avoid any care work that might pull them away. Which means pushing all the care onto women instead.

The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard. https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX

Another sharp and appropriately scathing op-ed from @liliacortina.bsky.social !! 👏🏻🔥 www.freep.com/story/opinio...

As a reminder, sex researchers went through grant defunding for years psychologicalscience.org/observer/nih... One grant actually was defunded jstor.org/stable/2749760 Sex researchers have fought attempts at research defunding for decades...and we aren't going *anywhere*

If professors had actual brainwashing power, we wouldn't see gender and racial bias in student evals.

Woohoo! Just made it into Denver for SPSP 2025! Can’t wait to see everyone! @spspnews.bsky.social

Another great approach for scientist opeds, writing for your hometown paper about the importance of science funding. (Ungated copy in the original thread)

For over 20 years, I've been at schools affiliated w the Council of Independent Colleges; in my experience, CIC has been an unflinching advocate for higher education. So I'm unsurprised, but still heartened, to see this from CIC president Marjorie Hass today. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

What is happening to trans people is an extension of what can happen to all people who could be redefined out of existence. Which is all people. What is happening to trans people is a universal threat.

🔍 Seeking Participants! Are you in an open relationship? We'd love to hear about your experiences! 🌈 Participate in both/or: 1️⃣ Quick Anonymous Survey: tinyurl.com/openCNM 2️⃣ In-Depth Interview: Email [email protected] to share your story. Know someone who fits? Please share! 💌

I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.

Dear US scientists, We've been hearing a lot of questions of the form "Why aren't universities doing anything!? They need to speak out!" We can explain. It's bad news. We're on our own. But understanding why can help us all figure out our plan. Read along in thread 1/x 🧪

In an interview with @cnn.com, MSF's Dr. Javid Abdelmoneim describes the horrific violence against civilians in #Sudan, worrying levels of malnutrition, and barriers for aid organizations. The freezing of US aid in this situation is 'effectively a death sentence'. www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/T...

good summary ---- Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...

Men’s monopoly on global health leadership is at odds with the scientific evidence, writes @jocalynclark.bsky.social. And with the current backlash against rights and equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts, it’s even more important to advocate for gender equality www.bmj.com/content/388/...

So, a quick reminder ...

The University of Michigan has always prioritized diversity when it comes to faculty hiring and research, and that is why it’s one of the best! An excellent op-ed by the one and only @liliacortina.bsky.social ! www.freep.com/story/opinio...

Woohoo! I will be giving a plenary talk on orgasm coercion at this year’s International Academy of Sex Research conference in Portland, Maine! 😍 This will include a first look at data from a U.S. nationally representative sample! Check out the rest of the 🔥 lineup at www.iasrsite.org/upcoming-mee...

Do narratives that prioritize women's orgasm during heterosex benefit or constrain women's sexuality? My new article in the Annual Review of Sex Research, covers research supporting...both! Thrilled to finally share this with the world! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New research is out today! We interviewed 30 patients who had telehealth abortions. By reducing various logistical hurdles and the potential of stigma at a clinic, telehealth mitigates what call structural abortion stigma.

Are people born wicked or is wickedness thrust upon them? Personality psychologists and social psychologists have long debated whether wickedness is a stable personality trait or a product of context. In this essay, I will…

There’s a temptation to explain Justin Baldoni’s behavior as a way to cover up his sexual harassment. But I suspect it’s deeper than that. Blake Lively successfully resisted a lot of his attempted harms. I expect a lot of the public smearing was just about regaining control and punishing her.