Brian Donovan
@swiftiesociologist.bsky.social
Sociologist. Taylor Swift evangelist. Writing a book about swifties.
http://www.swiftiesociologist.com
http://www.swiftiesociologist.com
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And one more other thing I’m seeing now, that Northwestern unsurprisingly didn’t mention in its statement, effectively banning gender affirming care at NU school of medicine
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
And one more other thing I’m seeing now, that Northwestern unsurprisingly didn’t mention in its statement, effectively banning gender affirming care at NU school of medicine
Are you craving 22 different versions of the song "Never My Love?" I got you
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Never My Love Always
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November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Are you craving 22 different versions of the song "Never My Love?" I got you
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I've made this pumpkin olive oil cake three times in the past week. It's the best thing I've ever baked.
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Pumpkin Olive Oil Cake
This moist pumpkin olive oil cake is full of pumpkin and fall spice flavor and topped with cinnamon cream cheese frosting.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I've made this pumpkin olive oil cake three times in the past week. It's the best thing I've ever baked.
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How life is changing for trans Americans under the Trump administration
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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How life is changing for trans Americans under the Trump administration
Since President Trump reentered the White House, his administration has moved to restrict rights for transgender people. Those restrictions range from transition-related medical care for youth to sports participation to identity markers on passports. William Brangham has an update on these actions, the legal challenges to them and what may come next.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
How life is changing for trans Americans under the Trump administration
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Baby names aren’t just personal choices; they reflect culture, geography, gender, identity, and as i've been investigating, politics too. I’ve been analyzing 50 years of U.S. baby naming to see how they map onto political polarization in the U.S.
Here’s what I found 🧵
Here’s what I found 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Baby names aren’t just personal choices; they reflect culture, geography, gender, identity, and as i've been investigating, politics too. I’ve been analyzing 50 years of U.S. baby naming to see how they map onto political polarization in the U.S.
Here’s what I found 🧵
Here’s what I found 🧵
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we dont talk enough about that little flute part in honey
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
we dont talk enough about that little flute part in honey
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Every person I know who is roughly my age is dealing with something like this right now www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father
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November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Every person I know who is roughly my age is dealing with something like this right now www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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1. Nearly every transgender person walks this earth knowing people like us who are no longer with us.
In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward.
These are the people I'm remembering today.
In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward.
These are the people I'm remembering today.
The People I Remember On This Trans Day Of Remembrance
Elisa Shupe, Lia Smith, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and so many more names are worth remembering today.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
1. Nearly every transgender person walks this earth knowing people like us who are no longer with us.
In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward.
These are the people I'm remembering today.
In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward.
These are the people I'm remembering today.
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This short thread by @chanda.blacksky.app is very much worth a read, especially in light of learning once again that high-status political and academic men (eg Larry Summers) can be dangerous pigs and that it’s a constant professional BURDEN to women in the same field, especially women of color. ⬇️
Bsky hasn’t heard the story about the time that I was giving a virtual colloquium to the Aspen Center for Physics in September 2020 and Lawrence Krauss, Geoff Marcy, Christian Ott all attended as a group
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This short thread by @chanda.blacksky.app is very much worth a read, especially in light of learning once again that high-status political and academic men (eg Larry Summers) can be dangerous pigs and that it’s a constant professional BURDEN to women in the same field, especially women of color. ⬇️
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I was in grad school when Larry Summers made his comments about women’s aptitude in science. It was demoralizing, damaging, and enraging.
Come to find out, based on The Crimson’s report, Larry is not only a sex pest, but he has no common sense. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Come to find out, based on The Crimson’s report, Larry is not only a sex pest, but he has no common sense. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I was in grad school when Larry Summers made his comments about women’s aptitude in science. It was demoralizing, damaging, and enraging.
Come to find out, based on The Crimson’s report, Larry is not only a sex pest, but he has no common sense. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Come to find out, based on The Crimson’s report, Larry is not only a sex pest, but he has no common sense. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
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turns out Larry Summers really was a raging sub-literate misogynist creep this entire time, who could have known
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
turns out Larry Summers really was a raging sub-literate misogynist creep this entire time, who could have known
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
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Rewatching "Children of Men" for the 1st time in almost 20 years and OMG, the opening lines.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Rewatching "Children of Men" for the 1st time in almost 20 years and OMG, the opening lines.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
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Interesting choice of words when “hormone therapy” was right there.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Interesting choice of words when “hormone therapy” was right there.
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Happy birthday to the album that made me a swiftie and continues to inspire me to focus on love, be a bad bitch, and laugh in the face of hate. She’s perfect, but I can’t wait for the day we get a few more pieces of this story 🤞🐍🖤
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Happy birthday to the album that made me a swiftie and continues to inspire me to focus on love, be a bad bitch, and laugh in the face of hate. She’s perfect, but I can’t wait for the day we get a few more pieces of this story 🤞🐍🖤
happy Reputation birthday to all who celebrate
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
happy Reputation birthday to all who celebrate
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Instagram always serves me videos of unrealistic and unobtainable lifestyles (people petting capybaras)
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Instagram always serves me videos of unrealistic and unobtainable lifestyles (people petting capybaras)
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What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
Tempted to toss my presentation for today and just talk for an hour about why "Honey" is the best song on TLOASG. #HoneyHive
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Tempted to toss my presentation for today and just talk for an hour about why "Honey" is the best song on TLOASG. #HoneyHive
Giving a talk today on swifties and parasocial relationships at Midland University and the poster they made for this goes so hard.
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Giving a talk today on swifties and parasocial relationships at Midland University and the poster they made for this goes so hard.
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Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania.
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania.
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
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Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it
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The Republican transphobia backfired in US elections
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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The Republican transphobia backfired in US elections (+ more transgender news) - Transgender Report
Voters reject GOP transphobia
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November 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Republican transphobia backfired in US elections
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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My 11-year-old subscribes to Teen Vogue and reads the newsletters almost daily. It's been a reliable source of news for her, and fodder for thoughtful dinner table discussions.
Now, it will serve a new role in our house--as an opportunity to learn about boycotting companies that let us down.
Now, it will serve a new role in our house--as an opportunity to learn about boycotting companies that let us down.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
My 11-year-old subscribes to Teen Vogue and reads the newsletters almost daily. It's been a reliable source of news for her, and fodder for thoughtful dinner table discussions.
Now, it will serve a new role in our house--as an opportunity to learn about boycotting companies that let us down.
Now, it will serve a new role in our house--as an opportunity to learn about boycotting companies that let us down.