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Rachel E. Davis

@redavisphd.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Sociology @mtsuofficial.bsky.social | Affiliate @citap.bsky.social | Studying transactional sex, social media, & gendered violence | she/her

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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 18h
Today’s NYT Connections was so bad they should fire everyone who played a part in its publication.
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861
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freddy vs. jason funderburker @impormable.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
they're so happy
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I hope the survivors who came forward years or decades ago know that they are the reason the Cornell case is resonating the way it is. Every single one of you helped pave a path for people to understand the harms of rape and institutional betrayal. Thank you. I know it’s hard. But thank you.
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
September reading wrap-up 📚 Follow me on fable fable.co/fabler/rache...
Covers of books I read this month along with ratings out of 5. 
Don’t Be Evil by Claire Stapleton (5)
A Violent Masterpiece by Jordan Harper (4)
Strangers by Belle Burden (4)
Endling by Maria Reva (4)
Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash (3.5)
The Frenzy by Joyce Carol Oates (4)
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In what may be the highlight of my career, I guest lectured in my colleague’s class today, and so many students started their questions by complimenting my outfit that she paused class so everyone could give snaps for my outfit 💁‍♀️😅
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paige @bonerwizard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not to sound like an old fart but these e-bikes are a problem. A kid darted in front of my car & I was like bro, did u not see me bro? Why aren't u being safe on that bike bro? Do u know u almost triggered a grim sequence of events that would alter the lives and destinies of everyone involved, bro?
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freddy vs. jason funderburker @impormable.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
wake up, babe. new grim metaphor for American life just dropped
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freddy vs. jason funderburker @impormable.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
hey does anyone need a grim metaphor for American life?
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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
⚠ COMPULSORY NAP ZONE ⚠ MANDATORY DURATION: 1 MINUTE
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026
Right as the last election ballots were counted thieves everywhere coincidentally gave up on their dreams of controlling the market for black market target underwear
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026
There’s an election in November, and six weeks beforehand our nation’s violent underground sock theft rings will reemerge from the sewers to become an imaginary problem that’s way more important than the actual secret police
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
August reading wrap-up 📚 Follow me on fable fable.co/fabler/rache...
Book covers along with ratings out of five:
Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter (4)
Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor (5)
Little One by Olivia Muenter (3)
Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper (3)
Land by Maggie O’Farrell (4)
The Book of George by Kate Greathead (4)
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
An update, since this is a longitudinal study.
Text written on the wall of a public bathroom. Much of the original text has faded. "What is the best sex position?" Options (with number of tally marks in parentheses): Backwards Cowgirl (1), Doggy (10), Cleveland Steamer (0), Mating Press! (2), 69 (0), Pegging (0), Lotus (1), Scissoring (0), Whatever Has Your Mom In It [smiley face]
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I'm pleased to share my chapter in the Handbook on State Criminality, “Digital Sovereignty, Material Atrocities: Social Media Corporations as State Criminal Actors." The topic feels more urgent and relevant today than ever. doi.org/10.4337/9781... #sociology #criminology @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
Book coverScreenshot of my chapter
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Sobbing
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
1994: Bootylicious Chillax Cybercitizen Friendzone Girlboss
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
July Reading Wrap-Up 📚 Follow me on Fable! fable.co/fabler/rache...
Covers of books along with my rating out of 5. 
The Adjunct by Maria Adelmann (5)
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (4)
Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, & Young by Zayd Ayers Dohrn (5)
This Land Is Your Land by Beverly Gage (5)
Brawler by Lauren Groff (4)
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Fruit and Bug Administration @waxwing.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Haro got a job
A single use kitchen gadget: butter boy. He's haro green and kind of has haro face. And he only butters corn
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The Adjunct by Maria Adelmann tore out my heart, forced me to look at it à la "Clockwork Orange," then forced me to eat it.
Image of the cover of The Adjunct by Maria Adelmann, with my five-star rating above it.
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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
father to a favorite daughter. husband to the first wife mini. and i will have my vengeance, in this life or the next
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The person who chose the art for this DC hotel needs to be stopped. 🫣🤣
Photo shows a shelf wall full of odd art and objects. Zoomed in photo of one of the artworks, which shows MLK in a sideways baseball cap with an earring and gold necklace…Zoomed in photo of one of the artworks, which shows former president Barack Obama in a wifebeater tank top with a gold necklace and undercut dreadlocks tied up in a bun…Zoomed in photo of one of the artworks, which shows JFK with a pencil-thin goatee and floppy Gen Z haircut
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 21/07/2026
I guess this is how one becomes someone who haunts estate sales for old Pyrex
worseonpurpose.com
Your Cookware Got Worse On Purpose
One buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is a name on a 200-year lease. And the pans still worth buying.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I am losing my mind. Chat isn’t a search engine. this isn’t normal. framing it as normative is slimy. Tone, vibes all bad.
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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
gotta find a way to say Air Quality Index Over 1000 that doesn't make it sound like the greatest air you are ever likely to have an opportunity to breathe. maybe call it the Air Garbage Index. no chance i'm going outside if there's a thousand air garbage. although, one man's trash....
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I have had two recent experiences where I couldn’t log in to a website or app because it texted me an authentication code then wouldn’t accept the code because it wasn’t “a valid phone number.” And I just realized it’s probably the fault of vibecoding… 🤡
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sarantine @sarantine.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
the bears are truly back in town
at least 18 brown bears stationed around brooks falls in katmai national park, alaska
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Baby bear snuggling with her mama 😭 If you aren’t watching the @explore.org Katmai Falls livestream, what are you doing with your life? www.youtube.com/live/J7ZrIDv...
Yearling cub sitting behind her mother with her arms wrapped around her back in a bear hug
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
win or lose, soccer is about engaging in open corruption
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
She’s chillin 😎
Gray tabby cat lounging at the top of her cactus-themed cat tree.
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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Bethan's Rock is a small grey stone on display at Poole Museum in Poole, England. It was donated to the museum in 2019 by a five-year-old girl named Bethan, and it has since attracted significant attention on social media and become the museum's most famous object. - Wikipedia
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[Spooky Name Placeholder] @mxlabradorite.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This interview in Vanity Fair came out in 2010, and this exchange from it has lived rent-free in my head ever since.
So listen, I’m not sure how to broach this subject. There’s a lot of half-naked men in Jackass, and a lot of anal play and nipple torture and testicle touching. Is it possible that Jackass is at least a smidge gay?

Knoxville: I’m offended you just said a smidge!

It’s more than a smidge?

Knoxville: We’re over here sitting on rainbows and you say a smidge.

You’re a gay pride parade waiting to happen?

Knoxville: We’re a gay pride parade that’s happening! And in 3-D!

It’s not just homoerotic tension?

Knoxville: No, man, it’s all about release with us.

Steve-O: We always thought it was funny to force a heterosexual MTV generation to deal with all of our thongs and homoerotic humor. In many ways, all our gay humor has been a humanitarian attack against homophobia. We’ve been trying to rid the world of homophobia for years, and I think gay people really dig it too.

This was way too easy. I had all of these questions designed to lure you into admitting your subconscious desire to fuck each other. But apparently you’re not suppressing anything.

Knoxville: Suppressing?! Wait till I tell the guys you said suppressing! We’re not suppressing anything! We’re over here sitting on dicks!
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
June reading wrap-up 📚 Follow me on Fable! fable.co/fabler/rache...
Collage of book covers along with rating out of 5. 
Murdered Bimbo by Rebecca Novack (3.5)
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood (4)
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (4)
American Fantasy by Emma Straub (3)
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
scenes without mommy’s face in them are unnecessary in movies. it does nothing to advance the story of where did mommy go
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🚨 Hey folks, I have a new article out in @flsjournal.bsky.social on how defense attorneys operationalize digital evidence in sexual assault trials. I find they rely heavily on rape myths (i.e., she asked for it, she's lying) to get around rape shield laws. Hope you check it out! rdcu.be/fqmcC
rdcu.be
Victims on Trial: Rape Myths and Digital Evidence in Sexual Assault Adjudication
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Blessed to live in Dolly Parton’s America 🫡🦋✨🎼💖
Three-tiered light fixture covered in colorful rhinestone guitars and banjos. Art on the wall depicting Dolly riding a songbird while singing and holding a lasso. Mirror selfie in the bathroom featuring photos of Dolly in the backgroundSemi-truck with the Dolly’s travel stop logo on the door and colorful confetti on the ground beneath it
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eek @eke.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
this is so insane
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
May Reading Wrap-Up 📚 Follow me on Fable! fable.co/fabler/rache...
Photo of each book cover with rating out of 5 
Girls Play Dead by Jen Percy (4)
Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino (4)
Delusions by Cazzie David (4)
This is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman (3)
White on White by Aysegül Savas (4)
The Anthropologists Aysegül Savas (4)
The Sofa by Sam Munson (3)
Introduction to Sociological Theory by Michele Dillon (4)
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🎃 Crash (2004) enjoyer 👻 @timtinkers.online · 25/05/2026
I have been thinking about this headline at least once per week for the last three years
I almost downloaded a pebble-identifying app – but some stones should be left unturned
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Welp!
Excerpt that reads: Because of who's in charge. You've read a million pearl-clutching op-eds about woke professors and cancel culture, but for my money, the real crisis facing American higher education is that colleges and universities are increasingly run by people who are hostile to students and professors, and who are frequently hostile to the idea of the university itself.
For much of the 20th century, institutions of higher learning in the U.S. operated under a model of shared governance. Students and staff had means of influencing the direction of university policy, faculty had broad power over day-to-day operations, and boards of trustees acted under advisement from both groups. In the 1970s, however, after postwar investment in higher education started dwindling, trustees moved to take almost all the practical power for themselves.Excerpt that reads: The result is that the people who perform the activities you probably think of when you think of college-teaching, studying, writing books, playing intramural volleyball, eating 2 a.m. Cheetos in the library- exert little influence over what the institution does.
And the people who do exert influence often have little to do with the life of the institution itself. They don't work or study there; they just call the shots. And you know how sophisticated sports analysts love to say, "The commissioner doesn't work for the fans, he works for the owners"? Well, college presidents, deans, and administrators don't work for students, parents, or faculty members. They work for the trustees.Excerpt that reads: When you understand that this is how universities work, many things that might have struck you as odd quickly start to make sense.
Why did so many institutions of higher education surrender to the Trump
administration's extortion tactics last year
when their students, faculties, and alumni were screaming for them to fight back? Because their administrations answer to the boards, and the boards didn't want to take any risks that could disrupt the steady flow of business. Why are universities spending millions on AI and dubious EdTech systems when their own students are booing AI at graduation ceremonies? Because board members love the tech industry and are often invested in its success. Excerpt that reads: This is how you end up with an elite university where the president can drive his car into a group of students and be lauded by the board.
The president and the trustees are on the same team. The students are on the other team. The trustees know Kotlikoff will reliably enforce their agenda, including cracking down on protests that might be bad for cashflow. It almost doesn't matter what he does; if there's any conceivable defense, they'll keep him in place. (If not, they'll replace him with someone else who can talk about loving free speech while moving to crush it in practice.) Kotlikoff, after all, has already proved his worth: It was on his watch that Cornell agreed to pay $60 million to the U.S. government to get Trump to unfreeze its research grants.
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“The Revolt Against the Girl Bosses Has Finally Come” by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social 🔥 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/o...
Excerpt from the article: Witherspoon, Robbins and Grede are archetypes for dreams too long deferred.
Their brands promised us that in a scary world all we needed was a little bit more money to be less afraid. That message belies the truth that women can see with their own eyes. Once, women bought into their message. They earned educational credentials only to be told that they shut men out of schooling. They delayed childbearing to start competitive careers; now their political leaders are telling them that they're failing at making enough babies.
They started businesses and brands and built side hustles; now they're being told that they did not do it enough or the right way or for the right people.
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The Merlin Bird ID app from @cornellbirds.bsky.social has made me into a casual birdwatcher. 🤓 Today, this gorgeous American Goldfinch swooped by my car in a parking lot, so I pulled into a nearby spot, rolled down my windows, and tuned in to the birdsongs in the treetops. 🎶🐥🪹😌💕 #birdsky
Photo of a tree branch, upon which is sitting a small finch with brilliant yellow coloring, shiny black feathers on its forehead and wings, and a few white markings.
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"When [the infotainment] style is used to cover violence, including death, reporters actively contribute to broader societal and political logics that deem some lives as less worthy of grief, protection or care."
tennessean.com
When an MTSU professor was killed, the narrative shifted | Opinion
The narrative surrounding MTSU professor Ashleigh McKinzie's death highlights how media framing can dehumanize victims.
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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
normal guy
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🧌🥛 🏨 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Now That’s What I Call Lettuce Cam
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
tired: ADD wired: ADHD inspired: AD4K
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
April reading wrap-up 📚 Follow me on Fable at fable.co/fabler/rache...
Covers of books I read in April along with ratings out of five. 
The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy (4)
Maame by Jessica George (4)
The Waterbearers by Sasha Bonét (5)
Gunk by Saba Sams (4)
Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico (4)
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