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Jeff Lockhart @jwlockhart.bsky.social · 19h

The two genders, apparently.

Photograph of a combined "men" and "animal relief" sign

Photograph of a combined "women" and "nursery" sign

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 17h

You guys. I just spoke to a journalist in the Balkans about #Cornell. THE BALKANS. This story has legs. Who have you been talking to?

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I made the same case for the impossibility of reforming historically White, generally wealthy fraternities a while back. (Hey TIME, I pitched you a follow up. Check your inbox.)

time.com

Why Colleges Should Get Rid of Fraternities for Good

'Reform is simply not possible'

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I drive a 20-year-old car and if and when I buy another, I hope to have straddled the accursed screen era entirely.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

On the BBC I argued for gender integration, but I dunno. Seems like putting women directly into a dangerous environment and it doesn't interrupt the equally gross race, class dynamics. I'm leaning toward the collective action solution. Students already have the power! Spread the word!

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bans are tricky because: 1. Americans have the right to freedom of association. 2. We risk also banning non-toxic entities on campus that also call themselves "fraternities," like co-ed philanthropic orgs and multicultural frats. 3. Frats that are banned do sometimes go underground, which is worse.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

2. If the non-affiliated men on campus collectively organized, agreeing not to pledge a dangerous fraternity, it would collapse. 3. If the men in dangerous fraternities collectively organized, agreeing to disaffiliate en masse, it would collapse. Why not just ban them?

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I botched an answer about the "frat problem" on BBC last night. Here's what I wish I'd said: I think students on campuses with dangerous fraternities should take the matter into their own hands. 1. If women collectively organized, permanently boycotting a dangerous fraternity, it would collapse...

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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We need a serious reckoning when it comes to fraternities in the US I was in a sorority at UF and most of my male friends were in fraternities. The frats at that time were constantly making national news for their nefarious deeds 25 years later and NOTHING has changed

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Two fraternity members charged with hazing 30 pledges at UW-Madison • Wisconsin Examiner

Police are looking into a hazing incident at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, involving a suspended fraternity.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thanks for touting the book! The more distance I get from it, the more I appreciate its lessons. I've got a copy on order for you!

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thrilled to appear alongside fellow sociologist @nbedera.bsky.social in this very well-reported @chronicle.com story about the shape of the scandal at Cornell. As the calls from journalists are still coming in, I'm grateful each day that this story doesn't fade from the headlines.

chronicle.com

At Cornell, a Rape Case Defines an Era

A new generation of college students has reason to be both fatalistic and fed up.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And you know what, it's about time. "The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction." - Toni Morrison

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I keep thinking about this. If the lesson we learned from #metoo is nobody cares, no amount of good data, accurate language, thoughtful education, or legal reform will help. We're going to have to defeat them.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You know what else is fratty? America.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Also, if I may add, since the 1930s or so the "frat boy" has been America's classic collegiate and the "frat party" its iconic college party. Many campuses are, just generally, fratty, whether there are frats there or not.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 02/10/2026

Today is a good day to follow news outlets that take a strong stand against Generative AI slop, btw: bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is despicable. Experts, beware.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#MeToo exposed the fact that many, many powerful men abuse women as a lifestyle. Looking back, I fear the lesson we've learned is that we're okay with that.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I feel you. It's fall break here which means I only teach today this week. Otherwise I would die.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026

Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc

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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)

An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 29/09/2026

This is crap for two reasons. 1: polls show, clear majorities of all parties support expanding childcare access 2: if parents are wary of childcare, it's because Reps spent four decades vilifying employed moms, stoking false fears of daycare, and underfunding programs in ways that limit care quality

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"biology textbook authors describe plant reproduction through a set of habitually repeated stories that reliably draw on conventional gender stereotypes, reflecting those found in mainstream accounts of human reproduction. In doing so, they cast male plants and plant parts as active heroes..."

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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Historically White, wealthy fraternities traffic in risk. They revel in recklessness. Violence and contagion are the same opportunity to consolidate their power and demonstrate their impunity. It won't stop; it's their currency.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

All the news about the Cornell 7 has inspired some folks, like the fantastic @jessicavalenti.bsky.social, to re-up their calls for banning historically White fraternities. 10 years ago I reviewed the history of these orgs, arguing they were un-reformable. I stand by my argument. In my new book...

time.com

Why Colleges Should Get Rid of Fraternities for Good

'Reform is simply not possible'

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Everything is gender part n of N. goodauthority.org/news/republi...

Graph showing diverging opinions by party about whether “society as a whole has become too soft and feminine”.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's official! I'll be giving a talk to launch my new book at Octavia Books on Dec 8! EXPOSED: A COLLEGE IN CRISIS PUTS SCIENCE TO THE TEST is about the folly of leading w/ science and tech alone, w/ a rompish case study featuring students on campus during Covid. From @wwnorton.com! Link below!

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Exposed: A College in Crisis Puts Science to the Test | Lisa Wade, PhD

For half a century, Americans have been told that science and technology is the future. We invested in the so-called “hard sciences,” while casting the “soft sciences” as

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"If Rubin were actually sincere about not having sufficient evidence to make sweeping claims about the discipline, then she would not make such sweeping claims about the discipline. Yet she does. Over and over again." @juliango.bsky.social on the U Chicago responses to the Rubin report on sociology.

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guest post: scholarly malpractice and the vanderbilt-washington university report on sociology

The following is a guest post by Julian Go. By now readers of scatterplot will be aware of the Sociology portion of the Vanderbilt-Washington University Report (VWUR) by Ashley Rubin. Part of the “…

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Study finds sharp decline in Black, Hispanic researchers receiving NIH funding Drop in those receiving grants and fellowships in 2025 shows impact of Trump administration rollbacks to diversity initiatives www.science.org/content/arti...

science.org

Study finds sharp decline in Black, Hispanic researchers receiving NIH funding

Drop in those receiving grants and fellowships in 2025 shows impact of Trump administration rollbacks to diversity initiatives

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s very simple. AI isn’t independent or autonomous. It’s a tool being specifically programmed to commit crimes against humans and against rival businesses. But the fantasy of autonomy is an incredible facade that means total deniability and our political and media classes have already bought in.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This 🧵 will have readings that I assign in my Sociology of AI class.

A flyer for the class Sociology of AI

The overview says: SOC 3900 Sociology of AI uses a sociological lens to study what is popularly called "artificial intelligence." In this class students will learn about cutting edge research examining the origins, impacts, and struggles over the broad set of technologies and practices involving AI. Through an international focus, this class will cover numerous topics related to AI, including: gig work, algorithmic bias, data colonialism, resource extraction, digital labor, data center studies, and environmental and climate effects. This class will primarily focus on sociological research, but will also include scholarship from geography, history, international studies, and environmental studies, as well as other social scientific and humanistic disciplines. No prior knowledge of AI is required for this class

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her school

Norman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine.

Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.

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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem

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Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

On this day in 1967, the National Organization for Women protested the @nytimes.com for sex-segregating its help wanted ads. The protestors’ signs declared: “Women can think as well as type.” Meanwhile, the Times contended that its policy “helps achieve full employment.” #WeTheMen

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Michel Estefan @mestefan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Which do you think is a stronger indicator of people’s trust in universities: what people say (better yet, what some say other people say)or what people do? 🤔

theatlantic.com

The College Backlash Is a Mirage

Americans are more pessimistic than ever about the value of a degree—but enrollment keeps going up.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Congratulations, Dr. Topping!

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is why it's great seeing so many local movements using a multitude of delay tactics against data center construction.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's never a bad time to remind ourselves that many flight attendants are not paid, or only paid a % of their wages, for time spent waiting on delays, even flights that get cancelled. So, when passengers are getting screwed, so are they. Be kind. #asa2026 #airtravel

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Sociology, too! None of my outlines have ever survived the process of writing. I'm always surprised and often delighted by where the process takes me. It's one of the frustrations and joys of an intellectual life. #sociology #socpeptalks

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Pamela Toler (she/her) @pdtoler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

One of the best parts of being a historian? Changing my mind. Sometimes one letter or one newspaper article sends me back to rethink everything I thought I knew. That's not failure. That's good history. 🗃️

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