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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Really enjoyed writing this review of "Six in a Bed: The Future of Love—from Sex Dolls and Avatars to Polyamory" and "Subjectified: Becoming a Sexual Subject" for Contemporary Sociology! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Imagining Sexual Futures - Kenneth R. Hanson, 2026

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I am begging people looking to make major donations to universities to either 1) care as much about academics as they do sports, or 2) make unrestricted gifts instead. Signed, A faculty member at a university with brand new athletic facilities and crumbling teaching and research infrastructure

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I am amazed to learn that TWO of my works were among the ten most downloaded articles in @asanews.bsky.social journals last year. Thankful to readers, and more importantly research participants. Links below if you're curious. If you're assigning my work in your class, thank you! Happy to zoom in =)

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

One day I fear universities will be nothing more than mostly empty buildings with human administrators who oversee AI profs. And they will wonder, where did all the students go? Why doesn't anyone trust education anymore? They will make ask ChatGPT these questions, and make committees, to no avail.

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Carrie Jenkins @carriejenkins.net · 28/01/2026

Could be lower

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I know these were going around a long time ago, but now that BSKY is more established, I've got a baby little starter pack for sex tech scholarship — if you wanted to be added, hit me up!!!! go.bsky.app/CiRAxPB

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Jenni @jennismovingcastle.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The *checks notes* party of *checks notes* business, voting to defund *checks notes* the Wyoming Business Council

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Decorative Jord @jnatc.im · 12/01/2026

Immense skill issue to not have found this immediately obvious in 2016

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

So how long until we are selling artisanal education? "Have your child taught by REAL teachers, read from textbooks written by REAL authors? A rigorous and authentic learning experience..."

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

So tired of AI slop, half-baked papers that should have been desk rejected instead of sent out, and fearing students looking to go viral for a gothca TikTok clip. All the best things about being a professor are eroding and soon all that will be left is empty lecture halls playing Canvas recordings

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Sasha Senderovich 🌻 @returnstosender.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.

I've now been allowed and asked to share more details about what's going down at the University of Oregon, which involves imminent announcement of firings, among others, of tenure-track and tenured faculty. Given the units impacted (see below), please share this with your professional networks in related disciplines and start getting ready to put pressure (or begin putting pressure already) on the University of Oregon upper admin to abandon this alleged plan before they finalize it.

It appears that, with no prior consultations, the departments of Religion and Classics (two separate units), and the programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies, Arabic Studies, and Holocaust Studies (the latter five all parts of a previously-consolidated mega unit called the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages) are facing imminent announcement of elimination (expected the week of Sept 7), with layoffs of pre-tenure, tenured, and career faculty in these units. The reason given is "financial exigency" -- upper administrations of several universities across the country (and in blue states like Oregon also) appear to be giddy to use the context of Trump attacks on higher ed to dismantle the humanities.

Faculty at OU won a faculty union not long ago; this may be, in part, a retaliation for that, I've been told. The union is working with AAUP, etc.; my understanding is that the maximum spotlight is needed at this point.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 12/05/2025

It would be wildly foolish it is to rely on any sort of AI to make decisions in tense international situations. But using an LLM to do so is terrifyingly stupid. It's a category error to think that a machine designed to generate plausible text would be good at reasoning about existential risk.

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Is AI the future of America's foreign policy? Some experts think so

Large language models like ChatGPT and DeepSeek are increasingly being looked at for their potential to help make decisions in high-stakes situations.

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Futurism @futurism.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

If sex tech becomes mainstream, we might see a society where intimacy is redefined, blending physical and virtual experiences. We must tread carefully to preserve genuine connections. #futurism

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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

What might the future of sex look like? Futurologists and sexologists are quick to embrace sex tech as the final frontier of pleasure, but sociologist @kenhanson.bsky.social argues we need to examine our past first to figure out where we're going. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Whither A Sociology of Sex Toys? Contested Histories, Current Trends, and Potential Futures - Kenneth R. Hanson, Whitney E. Brooks, 2025

While being part of many people’s sexual lives, sex toys are rarely the focus of sociological research. To better understand the role sex toys might play in the...

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Excited to be part of this landmark issue in @asanews.bsky.social 's new journal! Check it out today!

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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

The website for the new @asanews.bsky.social journal, Sex & Sexualities is live!! It publishes cutting-edge sociological research on sexualities by fostering space for rigorous intersectional, interdisciplinary, transnational, feminist, and critical research. journals.sagepub.com/home/SNS

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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Who are the inaugural co-editors of Sex & Sexualities, the new @ASAnews journal? Check out this announcement from the American Sociological Association about co-editors Dr. Krystale Littlejohn and Amy L. Stone www.asanet.org/footnotes-ex...

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News | American Sociological Association

The 2025 ASA elections will open Wednesday, April 16, and close Monday, May 19, 5 p.m. Eastern. Ballots will be sent out via email

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The juxtaposition between "AI is going to make work obsolete" and "we need to roll back child labor laws to get these crops harvested " is real fucking bleak.

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The laws limiting classroom discussions and content on "DEI" topics will destroy American education. Universities are already seeing a massive decline in numbers. Why would anyone go into massive debt to learn what is clearly propagandized and restricted speech? Some might think this will reverse

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The thing about LinkedIn is that it's objectively terrible and people keep using it.

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I know the world is terrible right now but I'm re-reading The Protestant Ethic for my soc of religion class and all I can think about is how much Weber would have hated people like Gary V and grind culture more generally.

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

If say, 1.5 million or so LA residents were feeling desperate about the future and wanted to move to WY, SD, and AK we could seriously turn this ship around politically next election cycle and do something before it's too late.

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I've done it, some students asked for MORE assigned readings in my Self & Society class. I can confidently say that some, although certainly not all, students do in fact enjoy reading for class.

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

IDK if anyone else feels this way but the Marriott Bonvoy app has more security features than my BANK. FFS

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

2 = the numbers of students this week who have come to tell me they are changing their education plans in light of "gestures broadly." One is ceasing education at my institution (grad student so not as huge of a deal), the other is now applying abroad for grad school instead of US PhD programs.

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Since this seems to be the thing to do, putting together a sex tech group. Let me know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/CiRAxPB

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Since this seems to be the thing to do, putting together a sex tech group. Let me know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/CiRAxPB

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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

We're getting familiar with Bluesky while also off attending a number of conferences over the next couple of weeks! If you're a scholar in #AmericanStudies, #Criminology, #Musicology, or #WomenStudies, we’d love to hear from you. Are there any great starter packs you’d recommend?

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

People who say they care about women’s and girls’ sports are noticeably quiet about how eliminating the Department of Education would end federal oversight of Title IX enforcement of the equal existence of women’s and girls’ sports

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jimi adams @jimiadams.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

I'll make my first post here be about our tt faculty opening in socially informed AI - uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/175.... I'm chairing the search committee, so reach out with any questions. Please share far and wide.

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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor-Artificial Intelligence

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Annie! @annielooney.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

Any Replika or other chatbot users out there? A good friend of ours is doing a study on it! Contact Dr. Ken Hanson to inquire! 😊💜

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KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

Hi! Recruiting for a study, eligible interviewees can get a gift card! I don't have a big following on here so I appreciate the boost even if you aren't a Replika user. But if you are, reach out.

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