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Gayle Kaufman

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Sociologist and Gender & Sexuality Studies scholar at Davidson College, They/Them, Photo by Katie Rainbow 🏳️‍🌈

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 19d

This spring @pewresearch.org asked people if they were happy with how democracy is working in their country.

In the US, just 37% were satisfied.

Countries with higher #s:
Sweden 75%
India 74%
Indonesia 66%
Australia 61%
Germany 61%
Canada 60%
Mexico 51%
UK 48%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Across all 23 countries surveyed, a median of 58% of adults are dissatisfied with how their democracy is working, while 42% are satisfied.

Satisfaction with democracy varies widely in Europe, from 75% in Sweden to just 19% in Greece. There is a similarly broad range of views in the five Asia-Pacific nations polled (Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea).

In Israel, as well as the African and Latin American nations surveyed, assessments of how democracy is working tend to be more negative than positive. For example, 63% of adults in South Africa are dissatisfied with their democracy, while 36% are satisfied.

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 20d

It’s here: the absolute coolest thing I have done all year, and that is saying something!

“Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age” is an original podcast produced by Long Story Short Media featuring leading extremism expert Cynthia 1/

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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 28d

After 3 years, 14 drafts, and 3 paper awards, I finally published this paper on the semiotics of (un)doing gender in my favorite journal—Sociological Theory! @sociologicaltheory.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0735...

Sociological Theory - Original Article
Gender Uptake: Theorizing the Semiotics of (Un)Doing Gender
Yuchen Yang
Abstract
“Doing Gender” is often read as a theory of how people signify femininity/masculinity via expressive “performances.” This prevailing interpretation falls short of what the theory calls for—an ethnomethodologically informed analysis of gender’s emergent “naturalness.” To further this agenda, I theorize the audience’s “gender uptake” as a central component of doing gender by elaborating ethnomethodology’s attention to interpretive acts. Integrating Dorothy Smith’s intellectual legacy for feminist interpretive sociology, ethnomethodology’s neglected insight on categorization, and cultural sociology’s recent rediscovery of Peircean semiotics, I argue the facticity of gender’s “naturalness” remains underdetermined until the audience makes a series of ideological moves that cannot be predetermined by the performer. With case studies of how feminist parents account for their children’s gender-stereotypical interests, I illustrate how this audience-centered approach helps us unpack the interactional production/naturalization of categorical differences processually as open-ended negotiation of sign relations, where meaning emerges from selective attention.
Keywords
accounts, categorization, childhood, doing gender, ethnomethodology, pragmatist semiotics

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Rieke Schröder @riekeschroeder.bsky.social · Sep 8

New open access article out in Gender, Place & Culture: Particularly vulnerable. Negotiating intersections within the ‘Berlin model’ of queer refugee support.

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Particularly vulnerable. Negotiating intersections within the ‘Berlin model’ of queer refugee support

Since 2015, the ‘Berlin model for support of LGBTI refugees’ organises funding and support for those individuals coming to Berlin because they are fleeing persecution due to their sexuality and/or ...

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Carla Rowold @crowold.bsky.social · Sep 8

💫Very happy to share that my first single-authored paper has been published in @sfjournal.bsky.social. I suggest to combine Life Course Feature Selection with Ñopo decomposition to disentangle which life-course events drive gender inequalities such as Gender Pension Gaps doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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Full-time employment is all that matters? Quantifying the role of relevant and gender-exclusive life-course experiences for gender pension gaps

Abstract. Gender pension gaps (GPGs) represent crucial indicators of gender inequalities over the life course. Despite reaching higher levels, they have re

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JJ Wright, Ph.D. @drjjwright.bsky.social · Sep 1

✨New Publication✨Excited to share my paper in the International Journal of LGBTQ+ Youth Studies!
We ask: What if queer joy was the key to dismantling rape culture?
LGBTQ+ communities offer vital lessons for preventing violence + building joyful sexual cultures www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2PWGV...

Queer joy, centred sexuality, education: offering a novel framework for gender based violence prevention by JJ Wright, Jay Fallon, and Ella's Greenberg in the international Journal of LGBTQ plus youth. A new publication!

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Aug 28

OutHistory is beginning to compile a bibliography on the war on LGBTQ+ history, featuring government directives, media stories, and organizational responses. We welcome suggestions for additional items to include at [email protected].
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The War on LGBTQ+ History · LGBTQ+ People Have Been Here Before: The Power of Our History, by Marc Stein and the OutHistory Advisory Board · OutHistory

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · Aug 22

Reading bell hooks, 'Theory as Liberatory Practice," and came across this gem:

“Children make the best theorists, since they have not yet been educated into accepting our routine social practices as "natural," and so insist on posing to those practices the most embarrassingly general /1

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Aleks Lewicki @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social · Aug 22

OUT NOW: 'Vigilant Whiteness: Racism, Transphobia and the Mainstreaming of Far-Right Politics in Britain' - by @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social & Maddy Clark @identitiesjournal.bsky.social - a brief summary🧵(2-11) below: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A screenshot of the abstract displayed under the link in the post

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Gayle Kaufman @gaylekaufman.bsky.social · Aug 20

Congratulations! 🎉

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Jenni Tabler @jennismovingcastle.bsky.social · Aug 19

New publication alert. We used mixed methods and a socioecological framework to explore LGBTQ+ young people's coping strategies in conservative environments.

Something we really enjoyed was discussion of green space, being in nature, and companion animals.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Communities of caring and coping: An exploration of resilience among LGBTQA2S + young adults in resource-deficit regions

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQA2S+) young adults (18-30 years) living in politically conservative regions (i.e., “red states”) face stigmas and stressors...

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Fei Huang @fei-huang.bsky.social · Aug 18

New article out! I look at how stay-at-home fathers understand, experience and express emotions - and how these emotions evolve in caregiving and intimate relationships - to show how gendered power is sustained and what it takes to disrupt it.
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

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Gayle Kaufman @gaylekaufman.bsky.social · Aug 16

Congratulations! 🎉 I'm looking forwarding to discussing this award-winning article in my class this semester 🤓

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · Aug 15

Okay, here is a finished draft of the syllabus for my Fall graduate seminar on social theory. Reading list is at the bottom.

drive.google.com/file/d/1Yqy9...

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Gayle Kaufman @gaylekaufman.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hi friends! I'm super happy that we have an opening for a tenure-track assistant professor in Gender & Sexuality Studies at Davidson College. Job ad just posted (link below). Please share widely.

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Assistant Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies

The Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSS) at Davidson College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor starting July 1, 2026. This position is open to candidates from all...

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · Aug 15

🎉 Delighted to share new research out today: The Political Consequences of the Mental Load

📄 European Sociological Review
doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
@europeansocreview.bsky.social

What happens to political engagement when the “mental load” of running a household gets too heavy? 🧵

The political consequences of the mental load

Abstract. How do levels of cognitive household labour—the ‘mental load’ involved in anticipating, fulfilling, and monitoring household needs—affect politic

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Michelle Ho @michellehsho.bsky.social · Aug 15

📢Hybrid launch for #EmergentGenders @dukepress.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️co-sponsored by Rutgers University Women's #Gender and #Sexuality Studies and CLAGS @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social🌈special thanks to Martin Manalansan and @mattbrim.bsky.social!

📅Sept 17 (Wed)
⏰4-5:10pm ET
🔗 tinyurl.com/rutgersclags...

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · Aug 14

10.9% couples include at least one sexually diverse partner—twice+ rate seen when only one partner’s identity is counted. Most bi & multi-identity individuals have het partners; g/l & straight adults often partner within their identity. #SOGIData
@chrisajulian.bsky.social @wendymanning.bsky.social

Half of the Picture: A Research Note on Measuring the Sexual Identity Composition of Couples | Demography | Duke University Press

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Gayle Kaufman @gaylekaufman.bsky.social · Aug 11

Is it me or does the whole month of August feel like Sunday? #AcademicLife

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Chantal Hailey @chantalahailey.bsky.social · Aug 9

“Without the impetus to go outside the box, I didn’t realize the box that I was in.” Patricia Hill Collins #asa2025

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Dr. Shaonta’ Allen @shaonta.bsky.social · Aug 9

“If you are in the masters house, did you honestly think you would live there comfortably?”- PHC on resistance within the academy… 🫢🥴🫠 #ASA2025 #BlackFemSoc

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Gayle Kaufman @gaylekaufman.bsky.social · Aug 9

Safe travels and happy conferencing to all those attending #ASA2025! I'm sat here prepping syllabi on Sociology of Sport and Sex, Love, and Relationships 🤓

Gayle Kaufman @gaylekaufman.bsky.social · Aug 9

Also prepping syllabi this morning - one on soc of sports and one on love, sex, and relationships #InTheSameBoat

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · Aug 7

Reposting my list of the 11 peer-reviewed critiques published to date of the Cass Review, plus two other VERY authoritative ones also...

Chapeau @notrightruth.bsky.social

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Peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review

(In chronological order)

Horton, C (2024) The Cass Review: Cis-supremacy in the UK’s approach to healthcare for trans children. International Journal of Transgender Health 1–25

Grijseels, D (2024) Biological and psychosocial evidence in the Cass Review: a critical commentary. International Journal of Transgender Health 1-11

Brezin, F et al (2024). Endocrine management of transgender adolescents: Expert consensus of the French society of pediatric endocrinology and diabetology working group. Archives de Pediatre.

Olson, K., Raber, G. F., & Gallagher, N. M. (2024). Levels of satisfaction and regret with gender-affirming medical care in adolescence. JAMA Pediatrics 1, 178(12), 1354–1361

Aaron, D & Konnoth, C (2025) The Future of Gender-Affirming Care — A Law and Policy Perspective on the Cass Review New England Journal of Medicine 392.6

Gawlik-Starzyk, A et al (2025) Framework guidelines for the process of caring for the health of adolescent transgender (T) and non-binary (NB) people experiencing gender dysphoria — the position statement of the expert panel. Endokrynologika Polska 76.1

Lockmiller, C (2025) False Positive: Transphobic Regimes, Ableist Abandonment, and Evidence-Based Practice In the Library with the Lead Pipe 5 Mar 2025

Noone, C et al (2025) Critically Appraising the Cass Report: Methodological Flaws and Unsupported Claims. BMC Research Methodology 25.128

Kennedy, N (2025) Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban. Journal of Gender Studies 1-17

Giordano, S (2025) Keep calm but do not carry on: ethical issues with the recommendations made by the Cass Review (2024) Journal of Medical Ethics 15 June

Xian, S et al (2025) Trans Experiences In Healthcare: Testimonial Injustice in Clinical Practice Voices in Bioethics 11(2025)

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · Aug 5

How does child marriage alter women's work-family life courses? How do key interventions fare? Mariam Abouelenin & I look into these Qs – we highlight accelerated transition into adulthood as a key feature of life course transitions in the Global South:
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Rushed into adulthood: Child marriage and women’s work-family life courses in Egypt

Prevalent in the Global South, child marriage powerfully shapes women’s work and family lives. Analyzing data from the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey…

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Thomas Davidson @thomasdavidson.bsky.social · Aug 1

I’m delighted to share that the August 2025 special issue of Sociological Methods & Research on Generative AI is out now. Along with my co-editor, Daniel Karell, we put together this issue to build on the conference we organized last year.

Here's a thread on each of the ten papers:

A screenshot of the Sociological Methods & Research website showing the special issue title

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ASA Family Section @asa-family.bsky.social · Apr 24

Do you want to be included in our family starter pack or know other family sociologists who should be included? Leave a comment here, and follow our starter pack to hear the latest research on families! go.bsky.app/E3PGiEm

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Maude Pugliese @maudepugliese.bsky.social · Jul 9

1/10 🚨Why do women accumulate less wealth than men across countries and time?

I had the privilege of co-directing the latest Special Issue of #SER @sasemeeting.bsky.social with @celinebessiere.bsky.social on gender and wealth accumulation. 🧵 ⤵️

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Gender and wealth accumulation: an international perspective

Abstract. Why do women accumulate less wealth than men globally? As wealth inequality rises both within countries and worldwide, studies on gender and weal

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Katherine Twamley @ktwamley.bsky.social · Jul 21

Look what came in the post! What a joy it was to work on this with an amazing set of colleagues. Will be available open access from Thursday 24th July. policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/caring-fathe...

Photo of print copy of book 'Caring Fathers in the Global Context'

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Gender and Justice Journal @genderandjustice.bsky.social · Jul 18

We seek a committed & dynamic feminist to join the existing team as a new book review editor @genderandjustice.bsky.social
Details:
✳️Deadline 1 August 2025 17:00 CEST
✳️Informal enquiries: [email protected]
✳️Info: www.lexnetwork.org/gender-and-j...
@lexnetwork.bsky.social

Gender and Justice – Call for Book Editor – LEX Research Network

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