Associate Professor of Sociology, Drexel University. Feeling Medicine: How the Pelvic Exam Shapes Medical Training (NYU Press 2020). Co-founder @soc_hpe.
My new piece in @TIME on why people still believe in the disproven vaccine-autism link.
Vaccine “injury” suggests autism “recovery” is possible. It’s misinformation that gives families hope.
The real problem: being disabled in the US fucking sucks.
https://t.co/lKhWNFve0P
#December17 the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. We will be hosting a digital event, but so many people don't know understand the history or the significance of the day. Here is more info:
https://t.co/dAq8EO2Y4G
Some personal news. Thanks to @ianbonaparte, I will be working again with @KatyRODonnell at @haymarketbooks on an essay collection about "femmephilia," AND I will be working with @kfzbarrow at Penguin on a book about child liberation (building on @la_louve_rouge_'s work on this).
Apparently this needs to be said: you can't keep cutting your academic mission and expect to be a successful university. #SaveUA
University of Akron faculty facing possible layoffs with $27M deficit this year https://t.co/liWS2yoMhz
Robin Kelley: “We are witnessing a dangerous trend in #highered that extends beyond the question of academic freedom…Severely limiting campus protest and dramatically increasing the police presence is turning universities into miniature police states.” 🔥 https://t.co/iZxJ07kJIO
Are you worried about the future of higher education? Join @AAUP for our campaign to Organize Every Campus! Sign up and build a strategy to fight for your students, your campus, your colleagues and higher education. https://t.co/ePg8cnDDq8 @AFTunion@ruaaup PLEASE SHARE
Since Roe was overturned, anti-abortion groups have ramped up messaging that valorizes women who die for their pregnancies. We're going to see a lot more of this https://t.co/CHqr6kr6zb
Book talk behind the scenes — thanks to Chester’s feedback I willllllll be sprucing things up and making it a little more exciting. Perhaps will add some treats
CFP: Revisiting Biomedicalization: Toward a Technology Focused Approach, conference at Yale Feb 28-Mar 1. If you do research on health technologies, submit an extended abstract by the end of the week! Email me with any questions! Details and form here: https://t.co/L7GolInRA4