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Georgiann Davis

@georgianndavis.bsky.social
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Intersex scholar-activist and sociologist at the University of New Mexico

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
the original gift link to the story has expired, so here’s another one. I worked on this for 2+ years and learned so much from the dozens of birth mothers who shared their experiences in open adoption.
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When Adoption Promises Are Broken
Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.
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Georgiann Davis @georgianndavis.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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Five Star White Trash Giveaway
Win a Copy of Five Star White Trash by Georgiann Davis!   Lit Hub and NYU Press are giving away 25 copies of this bold, witty memoir. As intersex scholar-activist Georgiann Davis shares her remarka…
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
“When white people talk about how we “made it,” we must also acknowledge that whiteness is an invisible and built-in advantage in how we achieve success.” @georgianndavis.bsky.social explains why, despite similar experiences, she isn’t like JD Vance.
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When the American Dream Goes Sideways; Or, Why I Am Not Like JD Vance
“It’s in right now to be with an Indian girl,” Mom quipped after seeing Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, flash across the Fox News screen she was watching. “Please,” I begged, “please do…
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Georgiann Davis’ account of growing up intersex and obese in a dysfunctional family is a ‘queer’ response to J. D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. But will the Trump administration spoil her happy ending? www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/…
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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
In their new book, Five Star White Trash: A Memoir of Fraud and Family, ASA member Georgiann Davis @georgianndavis.bsky.social @unm.edu chronicles her surprising journey from middle-school dropout to professor. @nyupress.bsky.social
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Five Star White Trash
An unforgettable journey from seventh-grade dropout to celebrated professor Her family was white, but not the right kind of white. They were five star white ...
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interACT Advocates @interact.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Intersex people have existed since the beginning of time and will exist until the end of time. No law, executive order, judge or advocate of pseudoscience can erase us. Their goal is to conceal any existence outside of an impossibly narrow sex binary. Our existence is resistance.
"No one can legislate away our existence" text with the interACT logo sits in a purple circle on top of a collage of dozens of intersex people and allies smiling, waving, holding hands with friends, playing instruments, and carrying intersex flags.
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