Cat person. Sometimes sociologist of science, sex, & other stuff.
I wrote about science funding, science reform, and anti-science agendas. scatter.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/s...
science funding and the cherry picking problemScience publishing–like all of science–requires money. There’s no getting around it, even with the open science movement. What appears free to many authors and readers still requires money and infr…scatter.wordpress.comI love Shay's work on this and I'm so excited she's joining my department. Give it a read!
ASA Theory SectionWe are thrilled to announce that Theorizing Our Times, the new blog of the ASA Theory Section, is officially live! Go check out our inaugural post, “Kinship Interlocks,” by @shayobrien.bsky.social! asatheory.com/theorizing-o...
Sherry Turkle has some great interviews about this from the 80s. Men who preferred tinkering with computers over dating because they knew women were humans with their own desires who have autonomy and deserve respect. E.g. they might not agree on a restaurant, and these men had no desire to impose.
Berna Devezerno one is promised easy answers, unmistakeable telltales, happy endings. we do not have a right to demand interaction or connection. even utmost kindness, sensitivity, humility, openness, patience, effort, and compromises can't entitle you to a relationship. you don't treat humans like commodities.
If you're not willing to put your real name on it, then your sexual ethics are probably bad.
Justin WeinbergAlex Rails again.