Benjamin Smith

Linguistic anthro-ist; adoptee; intersex; assoc prof at Sonoma State. Interested in what "socialization" might mean. Also, NBA, dogs, politics.

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

@matthewclaussen @BK Take the plunge!

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

heading for bluer skies: @bk-smith.bsky.social

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

Shift from a construction to a conversation metaphor. What conversations can you contribute to meaningfully? What conversations can you start, or redirect, or close?

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

About research and why to do it: please no more "filling in the gaps." Not all gaps in knowledge should be filled or are worthy of allocating resources to fill them. Also, some filled gaps need more attention: they are a part of structures that need to be torn down.

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

I love those "verify that you are human" thing-ies where you have to click a box before moving on. Feels like a mild cliffhanger as the website churns trying to figure it out. Am I human again today? Yes, here I am, human again, checking my balances.

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

@RickLenzie He understands that couches cannot give consent.

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

JD Vance is to Appalachia what Olive Garden is to Italy.

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

Coming from a guy here who had a 2/ day Mountain Dew habit until the end of grad school.

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

Dude spent too much time at Yale and with the tech bros to dance this dance.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Vance: I had a Diet Mountain Dew yesterday and one today. I'm sure they will call that racist.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Vance: I had a Diet Mountain Dew yesterday and one today. I'm sure they will call that racist.

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

I will not vote for Joe Biden for president.

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

I suspect the only way to get Biden to gracefully withdraw is for him to see an immediate 10% dip in polling. The only way to do that is to say:

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

Here I am pitching, again, my updated etsy store. Nerd stuff! Leftist stuff! Fun gifts! Hope you get a smile out of some of these listings (and descriptions): https://t.co/9GvQa0RTVF

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

@matthewclaussen Cool! I'll find you.

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

Seriously considering making X an ex. Threads, I guess?

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

Opinion: now's the time that "disability studies" needs to be more firmly institutionalized in the American university (and elsewhere). It's long been time for it. But, with long covid, health impacts of climate change, etc., it's an emergency.

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

@joefeldman19 Good call! Definitely

[Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith]

Is submersible : submarine like flatbread : pizza? Like, just a nasty little pinch of exclusivity?

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: The Bible has been removed from all elementary and middle school libraries throughout the Davis School District in Utah after a parent utilized a new law that permits the removal of "pornographic" books from school libraries.

The removal of the Bible was requested due to it being "one of the most sex-ridden books around."

The Utah Legislature in 2022 approved a contentious bill HB374, which lawmakers have described as a way to weed out content found to be pornographic from K-12 libraries and classrooms.

Utah Parents United, a conservative parents rights lobbied strongly for the passing of HB374.

The parent argued that the Bible contained topics such as incest, bestiality, genital mutilation, and infanticide, making it pornographic under the new definition set forth in Utah Code Ann. § 76-10-1227.

A GOP lawmaker expressed sadness regarding the situation.