Victoria Clowater

Yes yes yes!

hi, cis folks!

if you’re in kansas, please call & tell your state senator & representative that revoking trans people’s documents & setting bounties on trans folks using the bathroom is fucked. tell them to support a veto—yes, even republicans.

contact info: reps.fyi

find talking points in the QP

It’s AI all the way down 😭😭😭

AI generated first draft = more quickly generated publication = higher publication rate = higher citation rate = more clout

It genuinely scares me that people are prioritizing quantity over quality to this extent

Rules created by an elite are insufficient to work with the compexities of the real world because sports ARE political.

a protestor holding up a smartphone with a cop’s arm around his shoulder. text reads PICS OF FACES GO TO DATABASES! CAREFUL WHAT YOU POST!

found a stack of these cleaning up my studio the other day. as ever!!!

AI-generated nude deepfakes are part of a larger system of gender-based digital harms, expert warns - McMaster News Deepfakes created with tools like Grok are the latest in a long line of digital harms targeting women and gender-diverse people, Alexis-Carlota Cochrane.

From @alexiscarlota.bsky.social -- AI-generated nude deepfakes are part of a larger system of gender-based digital harms

Today marks 81 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Alongside Jews, many Roma, political opponents, and gay men were imprisoned in Nazi camps. This Holocaust Memorial Day, remember that “Never Again” means Never Again, for anyone.

Today marks 81 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Alongside Jews, many Roma, political opponents, and gay men were imprisoned in Nazi camps.

This Holocaust Memorial Day, remember that “Never Again” means Never Again, for anyone.

The field of sexualities exists because of scholars who built it.
Noms open for the Soc of Sexualities Simon & Gagnon Lifetime Career Award, honoring a career of groundbreaking research & impact.
🗓 Deadline: Feb 1
Tag someone whose work changed how you think about sex, relationships, and power.

I'm looking for someone who can write and/or speak on camera (knowledgeably!) about the criminalization of immigration THROUGH A BLACK LENS. If this is you, please respond. Please share.

From Wikipedia: In 1999, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in M v H that same-sex couples in Canada were entitled to receive many of the financial and legal benefits commonly associated with marriage. However, this decision stopped short of giving them the right to full legal marriage. Most laws which affect couples are within provincial rather than federal jurisdiction. As a result, rights varied somewhat from province to province. On January 14, 2001, Reverend Brent Hawkes forced the issue by performing two same-sex marriages, taking advantage of the fact that Ontario law authorizes him to perform marriages without a previous license, via the issuance of banns of marriage. The registrar refused to accept the records of marriage, and a lawsuit was commenced over whether the marriages were legally performed. In other provinces, lawsuits were launched seeking permission to marry.

Happy Anniversary to all who observe. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-se...

I’m not from Ottawa but my confidence in that ice just increased exponentially

Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods 404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...

New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant

“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

Curiousity is such a valuable tool! I love asking questions when I'm having an ideological disagreement with someone. It's often the first time they've thought about the why.

What I'm reading today: "Family and consensual non-monogamy: Parents' perceptions of benefits and challenges" by Milaine Alarie in @jmfncfr.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1111/jomf...

The lastest from post-doctoral fellow, Loa Gordon: AI Can Code… But Can It Care? Exploring Automation in Qualitative Research

What I'm reading today: "Swedish poly utopia: Dreams, revolutions, and crushed hopes" (Andersson and Carlström 2023).
#polyamory
doi.org/10.1177/1363...

makes u think

Did you publish a sociological book about families in 2024 or 2025? You should nominate it for the ASA Goode Book Award! I'm on the committee and looking forward to reading nominated books 🤓

vouch for Orion

I'm so proud of this article, based on my MA thesis research. This article looks at the uneven implementation of nonbinary gender identity recognition in Ontario.

#anthropology #onpoli #ontario #nonbinary #queer

Thank you!! 🥰 I’m so so glad it’s finally out in the world

My latest article is now out in @anthropologica.bsky.social!

In 2017, the Ontario govt added "X" to the available gender marker options on ID cards. However, nonbinary people continue to encounter institutions that misrecognize them or recategorize them within the binary.

#anthropology

that took me a minute 😅

is that... uvula?

I love this.

This article builds off of interviews with nonbinary people in Ontario to discuss the limits of gender marker reforms. Binary logics are deeply intertwined in institutions. Nonbinary people are constantly reassigned to binary categories in institutional contexts.

#anthropology #nonbinary #onpoli

My latest article is now out in @anthropologica.bsky.social!

In 2017, the Ontario govt added "X" to the available gender marker options on ID cards. However, nonbinary people continue to encounter institutions that misrecognize them or recategorize them within the binary.

#anthropology

😳

Amazing.