Male Privilege 101: Safety From Sexual Harassment and Assault
I won’t lie – I pride myself on my pro-feminist ideology, further extended and nuanced through a black queer lens through which to view the world. I spend a considerable amount of time agonizing over...
View ArticleMinority Among Minorities, Outsider Among Outsiders
It is disheartening, but very realistic, to say that marginalized communities are not immune to the norms, values, stereotypes, stigmas, and oppressive practices of the dominant society.
View ArticleResilience: It Gets Better Because We Make It Better
Sociologist Tey Meadow‘s recent op-ed at Huffington Post makes an important point. It is critically important that we acknowledge and address the bullying, harassment, and discrimination faced by...
View Article11/20 Is International Transgender Day Of Remembrance
Today is celebrated as International Transgender Day of Remembrance. The day serves to honor the lives of transgender and gender non-conforming who have been attacked or killed because of their gender...
View ArticleAnother Blind-Spot: Middle-Class Privilege
Yesterday, my partner and I decided to have coffee at a local coffee shop to kill time between dinner and an 8:20pm movie. On the way, we stopped at an ATM to get cash, taking turns. As I waited on...
View ArticleA Call For Bystander Intervention To End Racism
In the recent sociological blog debate on racism versus the supposed dawn of “post-racism” in America, we often touched on problems that make talking about racism difficult, if not entirely impossible....
View ArticleOppression As Terrorism
What image comes to mind when you hear the term “terrorist“? I can imagine most Americans think of something like the images that a quick Google search yields: Right now, these are the kinds of images...
View ArticleJust A Different Kind Of Terrorism For America’s Scapegoats
When I first heard the news about the bombings, I felt what most of the US felt: “Oh, no! That is tragic.” Grief for the families. Curiosity about who did it and why. And, concern for what this...
View ArticleEarning My Stripes As An Intellectual Activist
Last night, I received an email from the Tennessee Anti-Racist Network thanking me for allowing the organization to use my blog post on a bystander intervention approach to anti-racism for their April...
View ArticleComing Out (Or Not) Is A Selfish Act?
This Friday, October 11th, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans* (LGBT) communities will be celebrating National Coming Out Day. Beginning in 1988, one year after the 1987 National March on Washington...
View Article“Maybe You’re Overreacting…?”– Emotional Control And Oppression
Let me start with the premise that I, as a sociological social psychologist, recognize emotions as socially constructed non-verbal ways of communicating a feeling or thought. Sure, I know there are...
View ArticleMale Privilege 101: Safety From Sexual Harassment and Assault
I won’t lie – I pride myself on my pro-feminist ideology, further extended and nuanced through a black queer lens through which to view the world. I spend a considerable amount of time agonizing over...
View ArticleResilience: It Gets Better Because We Make It Better
Sociologist Tey Meadow‘s recent op-ed at Huffington Post makes an important point. It is critically important that we acknowledge and address the bullying, harassment, and discrimination faced by...
View ArticleComing Out (Or Not) Is A Selfish Act?
This Friday, October 11th, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans* (LGBT) communities will be celebrating National Coming Out Day. Beginning in 1988, one year after the 1987 National March on Washington...
View ArticleEarning My Stripes As An Intellectual Activist
Last night, I received an email from the Tennessee Anti-Racist Network thanking me for allowing the organization to use my blog post on a bystander intervention approach to anti-racism for their April...
View ArticleTransgender People And The Criminal Justice System
Last week, I participated on a panel, Transgender People in Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Settings: Recent Research, hosted by the Virginia Anti-Violence Project (VAVP) at University of...
View ArticleThe Myth Of Meritocracy In Academia
Many sociologists, as well as scholars in other disciplines, talk about the “myth of meritocracy” in their classes. They inform their students that many in the US believe good ol’ hard work is the...
View ArticleOpen Scholarship As Intellectual Activism
In March, I participated on a panel on open scholarship at Virginia Commonwealth University. I was invited because of my use of blogging to make academic knowledge more accessible, and being fairly...
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