KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So either he has finally learned his zip code, or he hasn't pumped his own gas in years. Yeah, that's the kind of person that I want to lead technological progress and be propping up half the stock market. 000
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Excited to contribute a piece to this collection! doi.org/10.1093/9780...doi.orgEmerging Technologies and the Future of SinglehoodAbstract. The lives of single people are changing in today’s technologically advanced era. The internet has increased opportunities for interactions outsid 021
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Saving this for my Soc of Religion class in the fall! 010
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Really 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/...journals.sagepub.comImagining Sexual Futures - Kenneth R. Hanson, 2026 041
Reposted by KenHanson.bsky.socialJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I 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 25985195
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 27/02/2026journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... www.asanet.org/top-download... 000
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I 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 =) 210
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026One 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. 020
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026I 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 031
Reposted by KenHanson.bsky.socialJenni @jennismovingcastle.bsky.social · 13/01/2026The *checks notes* party of *checks notes* business, voting to defund *checks notes* the Wyoming Business Council 131
Reposted by KenHanson.bsky.socialDecorative Jord @jnatc.im · 12/01/2026Immense skill issue to not have found this immediately obvious in 2016 3556843956
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Starting the New Year off right, by #cancelingSpotify #jointheresistance #RESISTICE 130
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 09/12/2025In my mind Federal Way is "where Wal-Mart is" and therefore has no downtown. 020
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Great interview, thanks for having me on the show Rena Malik, M.D.! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYfE...youtube.comHow AI Companions and Sex Dolls Quietly Change the Way You Think About Love ft. Dr. Ken HansonYouTube video by Rena Malik, M.D. 030
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 16/11/2025So 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..." 020
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025So 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 120
Reposted by KenHanson.bsky.socialSasha Senderovich 🌻 @returnstosender.bsky.social · 18/08/2025A 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. 471031755
Reposted by KenHanson.bsky.socialCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 12/05/2025It 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.npr.orgIs AI the future of America's foreign policy? Some experts think soLarge language models like ChatGPT and DeepSeek are increasingly being looked at for their potential to help make decisions in high-stakes situations. 1731280
Reposted by KenHanson.bsky.socialFuturism @futurism.bsky.social · 06/05/2025If 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 021
Reposted by KenHanson.bsky.socialSex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · 06/05/2025What 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....journals.sagepub.comWhither A Sociology of Sex Toys? Contested Histories, Current Trends, and Potential Futures - Kenneth R. Hanson, Whitney E. Brooks, 2025While 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... 083
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Excited to be part of this landmark issue in @asanews.bsky.social 's new journal! Check it out today! 030
Reposted by KenHanson.bsky.socialSex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · 21/04/2025The 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 0136
Reposted by KenHanson.bsky.socialSex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Who 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...asanet.orgNews | American Sociological AssociationThe 2025 ASA elections will open Wednesday, April 16, and close Monday, May 19, 5 p.m. Eastern. Ballots will be sent out via email 053
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 29/03/2025The 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. 010
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 29/03/2025the trend of young men leaving higher education in droves. In won't. Young men (en masse) have already been so heavily propagandized, led astray, and culturally turned off by school that it's too late. Any hope we do have of de-radicalizing people is being quickly dashed—and that's the point. 020
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 29/03/2025The 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 120
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 24/03/2025The thing about LinkedIn is that it's objectively terrible and people keep using it. 120
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Bad news for All-Inclusive resorts coming soon, will be forced to go with the much less controversial "Pete Hegseth approved drunken debauchery is included in the price at this gluttonous resort! Bring your kids!" 160
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I 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. 000
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 08/01/2025If 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. 010
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 15/12/2024I have been very impressed with my Braven BRV-1 Portable's durability. Takes drops with no issue, has gotten much more wet than it should have, several times, and still came back to life. Sound quality is so-so but if you want rugged I recommend it! 110
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I'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. 040
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024IDK if anyone else feels this way but the Marriott Bonvoy app has more security features than my BANK. FFS 110
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 20/11/20242 = 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. 040
Reposted by KenHanson.bsky.socialKenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Since 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 171
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Since 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 171
Reposted by KenHanson.bsky.socialUniversity of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 13/11/2024We'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? 1618
Reposted by KenHanson.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 13/11/2024People 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 206108392738
Reposted by KenHanson.bsky.socialjimi adams @jimiadams.bsky.social · 24/09/2024I'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.uscjobs.sc.eduTenure-Track Assistant Professor-Artificial Intelligence 11313
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 09/07/2024Does their MTV Unplugged album count? Cause I can 100% listen to that straight through. 010
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 09/07/2024New article for my fellow sextech scholars! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com“Naughty Japanese Babe:” An analysis of racialized sex tech designsRecent technological developments and growing acceptance of sex tech has brought increased scholarly attention to sex tech entrepreneurs, personified … 040
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 18/05/2024My latest article! link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comSex Doll Specifications versus Human Body Characteristics - Archives of Sexual BehaviorSex dolls have been criticized for reproducing unrealistic expectations about human bodies. Yet precise sex doll measurements are lacking in the literature nor has there been any systematic attempt to... 040
Reposted by KenHanson.bsky.socialAnnie! @annielooney.bsky.social · 01/02/2024Any Replika or other chatbot users out there? A good friend of ours is doing a study on it! Contact Dr. Ken Hanson to inquire! 😊💜 021
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 01/02/2024@davecat.bsky.social @annielooney.bsky.social 040
KenHanson.bsky.social @kenhanson.bsky.social · 01/02/2024Hi! 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. 272
