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drklittlej.bsky.social @drklittlej.bsky.social · Jun 11

So excited about our inaugural issue. Writing this intro with @amylstone1.bsky.social was so refreshing. Check out our intro and the other articles at journals.sagepub.com/home/SNS. Super inspiring 🤩

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · May 30

"Our calculations suggest that the proposed budgetary cuts to the NIH will create a social cost that is 16 times greater than the savings that the administration is attempting to achieve."
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Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe

This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

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✨🌯 jamie @glitterburrito.bsky.social · May 15

Them: “This one’s different!”
Their dating history:

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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · May 8

Then, Jennifer Denbow addresses the advances of #reproductive #technology in these dystopian times. How is a "tech fix" not always a real fix of social problems.

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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · May 8

Then, stef shuster, Grant Bunn, and Celeste Campo-Castillo address how false information is used against sexual and gender minorities in the contemporary US and what we can do about it. #LGBTQ #Misinformation
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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · May 8

Then, Alan Santinele Martino, Thomas Tri, Rachell Trung, and Oscar E. Hughes explore how to center #disabled people as experts in their own sexual lives and desire in #research and conversations about #sexuality. @alansmartino.bsky.social
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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · May 8

First, Brandon Robinson turns to the dating and sex lives of #trans women and #femmes to learn about trans sex and pleasure with an emphasis on #t4t relationships. @brandonrobinson.bsky.social

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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · May 12

How can we write about #race and the #body without centering whiteness? In this article, Cristina Khan and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz provide critical insight into how to write about racialized #embodiment and eroticism.
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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · May 12

How should the #sociology of #sexuality incorporate #race into research in meaningful ways? And how should we also focus on pleasure, joy, and desire? Check out this work by Terrell J.A. Winder and Kendall Ota.

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · May 10

With the news of NSF divisions being abolished and more grants terminated, we urge our community to continue communicating with Congress to #SupportNSF and #SaveNSF. Scripts and tools you can use: shorturl.at/i7WfU

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Letter to scientists and organizations whose progress depends on NSF: We are facing an unprecedented political attack on science. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has begun directing NSF...

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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · May 8

Trying to make sense of these political times? Check out these new articles from Sex & Sexualities about #sex #reproduction, #technology, and #LGBTQ misinformation. All are free or open access! 🧵
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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · May 8

Check out the first issue of the new American Sociological Association (@ASAnews ) journal, Sex & Sexualities, where we consider questions about #pleasure, #sexualcomfort, #t4t, #disability, and #methods.

All articles are free or open access!!

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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · May 6

Want to avoid reinforcing compulsory sexuality in your research? Catch up on asexualities and aromanticism research with Megan Carroll and Maya Wenzel in the newest ASA journal, Sex & Sexualities. #asexual

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New Dimensions, New Directions: Asexualities and Aromanticism in the 21st Century - Megan Carroll, Maya Wenzel, 2025

This article offers an overview of the state of the field for asexualities and aromanticism and suggests new directions for research. Our goal is to inspire fem...

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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · May 6

How is sexual normativity a key logic that undergirds the legal, political, and social processes that shape migration and cross-border mobility? Read all about it in Juhwan Seo's article in the new @ASAnews journal, Sex & Sexualities.

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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · May 6

Even the scholarship that weaves sexuality with race, class, or/and gender tends to operate disconnected from questions of the body. Read more about racialized embodiment in this work by Cristina Khan and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz.

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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · May 6

What might the future of sex look like? Futurologists and sexologists are quick to embrace sex tech as the final frontier of pleasure, but sociologist @kenhanson.bsky.social argues we need to examine our past first to figure out where we're going.

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Whither A Sociology of Sex Toys? Contested Histories, Current Trends, and Potential Futures - Kenneth R. Hanson, Whitney E. Brooks, 2025

While being part of many people’s sexual lives, sex toys are rarely the focus of sociological research. To better understand the role sex toys might play in the...

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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · Apr 29

“The time has come to think about sex. To some,
sexuality may seem to be an unimportant topic,
a frivolous diversion from the more critical
problems...But sexuality should be treated with
special respect in times of great social stress.” Gayle Rubin 1984. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · Apr 29

“Leave it to academics to ruin sex! Too often,
sociologists either ignore actual sex or, when sex
is actually present, they discuss it in a clinical
way... where we would
legitimately expect to see some discussion of
actual sex, it is absent.” Angela Jones, 2018
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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · Apr 29

Check out the new @asanews.bsky.social journal, Sex & Sexualities, for the open access introduction by editors @drklittlej.bsky.social and @amylstone1.bsky.social about #sex, #sexuality, #sociology, #reproduction and the history of the study of sex in sociology. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Apr 23

"The NIH budget has not increased in more than 20 years despite research being more expensive to conduct. This is a necessary data point for policymakers to consider as they determine funding priorities." 🧪

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NIH Funding Has Stagnated Since 2003

This Viewpoint explores how funding has changed at the National Institutes of Health over time and discusses how continued investment is necessary to maintain the current level of biomedical research.

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · Apr 22

Check out this excellent introduction to the inaugural issue of @sexandsexualities.bsky.social, edited by Krystale Littlejohn and @amylstone1.bsky.social. This piece provides a great history of the sociology of sexualities and a beautiful vision for the future. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Nurturing a Sociology of Sex and Sexualities - Krystale E. Littlejohn, Amy L. Stone, 2025

Sex and sexuality are integral to social life. Sexuality intersects with major institutions such as family, law, religion, media, and education. Social norms re...

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Apr 22

Read the first article from the ASA Sex & Sexualities Section's new journal, in which editors Krystale E. Littlejohn @drklittlej.bsky.social, U of Oregon, & Amy L. Stone @amylstone1.bsky.social, Trinity University, consider the importance of nurturing a sociology of sex & sexualities. bit.ly/3EyV56r

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Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH @christenrexing.bsky.social · Apr 21

Thank you to @npr.org for taking the time to talk with me ( @thesavir.bsky.social ) and other experts on these continued attacks on the nation’s public health infrastructure and workforce.

NPR @npr.org · Apr 21

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · Apr 22

“Older Black Americans are twice as likely as white patients to develop [dementia]. Just as it is not illegal to research breast cancer in women, Mezuk said, it should not be illegal to research dementia in Black and lower-income white Americans.”

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NIH terminates $13 million grant on dementia

A $12.9 million grant for a study on dementia risks among at-risk U.S. populations was terminated by the National Institutes of Health.

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Amy L Stone @amylstone1.bsky.social · Apr 22

Lymphedema runs in my family. The NIH has funded over 200 studies of this disorder that have changed the way it is identified and treated.

Nihil Dev @nihildev.bsky.social · Apr 21

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