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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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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
thank you, weather app.. you're the only one i can trust
videos suggested by weather app:
Your cozy breakfast is betraying you

Your city might be drinking the rain
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mars Attacks! I still have recurring nightmares about it despite knowing the movie is silly and not actually scary. 👽🛸
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oh, to be a housecat playing with a bag that smells like spicy chicken!
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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 · 06/09/2026
It’s really interesting! My dialect map shows I talk like people from the southwest, but it looks like other people from the little corner of Tennessee I’m from got the same result!
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Maybe it’s one of those regionalisms that’s basically a holdover of British English
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Oh, purses are pocketbooks where I’m from too!
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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 · 29/08/2026
The Kids of Rutherford County (where I happen to live). Unfortunately, the podcast is behind a paywall now, but you can still listen to the episodes on YouTube for some reason. youtu.be/8YwsmMoB-vo
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The Kids of Rutherford County: Episode 1
YouTube video by New York Times Podcasts
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I just spent the last 8 hours listening to the entire series after seeing your post. You certainly didn’t exaggerate.
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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
Ultimately, I argue that human rights abuses by social media corporations may best be understood as state crimes because these corporations act as sovereign entities globally. I conclude with recommendations for researchers and policymakers to address crimes by social media corporations.
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Social media’s initial promise to democratize information has instead culminated in globally ascendant authoritarianism as a result of the Californian Ideology, which holds that social media corporations are inherently forces for positive social change and can therefore be trusted to self-regulate.
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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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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It’s the libs sticking it (the vaccine) to themselves!
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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 · 28/07/2026
The site is up! thehambutton.com
thehambutton.com
THE HAM BUTTON
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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart."
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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
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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
For example:
Screenshot of a webpage saying “We just sent an access code to your phone number,” followed by a text box where I entered the code, and then an error message reading “Sorry, that phone number is invalid.”
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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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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Mother Country Radicals crooked.com/podcast-seri...
crooked.com
Mother Country Radicals | Crooked Media
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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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