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Ashley C. Rondini, PhD

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Public & Applied Sociologist~Intersectional/Critical Race Feminist~Mama Warrior~Foodie~Poodle Parent~Italiana~Social Policy and Inequalities Scholar, primarily in Healthcare & Education~Alumna of @Clark University @University of Sussex @Brandeis University

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Ashley C. Rondini, PhD @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social · 19d

Happy to share my latest piece from the @asanews.bsky.social Footnotes magazine...
www.asanet.org/footnotes-ar...

Meeting the Moment: Why We Can’t Afford to Let Sociology Classrooms Become Places Where Hope Comes to Die | American Sociological Association

In Howard Zinn’s memoir, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Beacon Press 1994), he tells us that, “To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly

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Ashley C. Rondini, PhD @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social · 14d

Ashley C. Rondini, PhD @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social · 15d

Yeeees, that is a very familiar phrase!!💄

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Ashley C. Rondini, PhD @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social · 15d

Not STEM specifically but have had colleagues in academia "helpfully" advise that I not wear lipstick in order to be taken seriously...lest the gloss outshine my multiple graduate degrees, I guess?

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 16d

In her ASA Footnotes article, “Meeting the Moment,” Ashley C. Rondini @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social @fandmcollege.bsky.social points to ways teachers can help students of sociology cultivate the hope that they will need for the work that lies ahead. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/ASAfallFN

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Professor Tom @pinerosshields.bsky.social · 19d

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Professor Tom @pinerosshields.bsky.social · 19d

As an alternative to Wall’s pretzel bending self contradictory argument about adding sociology programs because we need sociology may I elevate the case made by my colleague and friend Ashley Rondini
on why we need sociology to meet the current moment:

www.asanet.org/footnotes-ar...

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Ashley C. Rondini, PhD @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks for sharing, @pinerosshields.bsky.social --I appreciate you, friend!

Ashley C. Rondini, PhD @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social · 19d

Happy to share my latest piece from the @asanews.bsky.social Footnotes magazine...
www.asanet.org/footnotes-ar...

Meeting the Moment: Why We Can’t Afford to Let Sociology Classrooms Become Places Where Hope Comes to Die | American Sociological Association

In Howard Zinn’s memoir, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Beacon Press 1994), he tells us that, “To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly

www.asanet.org

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linlukey.bsky.social @linlukey.bsky.social · Aug 6

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Ashley C. Rondini, PhD @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social · Aug 6

There is some critically important work being done here by the AAP. publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

Leadership conference: Top 10 resolutions tackle gender-affirming care, immigration, misinformation, payment, and more

Recognizing transgender patients and providing gender-affirming care was voted the top resolution by attendees of the 2025 AAP Leadership Conference.

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Ashley C. Rondini, PhD @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social · Jul 18

I look forward to reading this! Congrats @jessistreib.bsky.social !

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · Jul 17

Tomorrow, LGBTQ Youth Will Lose a Lifeline. What Now? www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/tomorrow-l...

Tomorrow, LGBTQ Youth Will Lose a Lifeline. What Now?

The LGBTQ-specific option on the 988 lifeline gave queer youth immediate access to trained counselors. Now, Trump is shutting it down, despite widespread support and need.

www.unclosetedmedia.com

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · Jul 17

John Lewis walked, bled, and lived for justice.

Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:

By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.

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Ashley C. Rondini, PhD @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social · Jul 17

Since this was written, the "B" representing bisexual Americans in the remaining "LGB" acronym has also been removed from the national memorial literature. It is difficult to keep up with the damage being done. @dcunningham-stl.bsky.social @contexts.org @lettapage.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social

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Rachel Kowalsky @rachel-kowalsky.bsky.social · Jun 16

My newest short story, "Burn," is out in Variant Lit: lnkd.in/eRu8meQm Thanks to Editors Suzy Eynon and Barbara Lock for believing in it and making it shine!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 16

Andrea Gibson, a master of spoken-word poetry who cultivated legions of admirers with intensely personal, often political works exploring gender, love and a personal four-year fight with terminal ovarian cancer, has died at 49.

Andrea Gibson, a Poet of Love, Hope and Gender Identity, Dies at 49

A master of spoken-word performance, Gibson insisted that poetry, especially when read aloud to an audience, was a political act.

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Ashley C. Rondini, PhD @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social · Jul 15

Loved this piece about our inaugural F&M in DC Summer Program! 👏👏👏 @fandmcollege.bsky.social
www.fandm.edu/stories/summ...

D.C. Summer Session ‘Opened My Eyes to a World I Had Never Known’

An immersive summer program brought 13 students to Washington, D.C., for two weeks to connect with thought leaders in government, nonprofits and community organizations.

www.fandm.edu

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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · Jan 29

ICYMI: sociologist @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social on the scripts justifying and reinforcing supremacy: "White Supremacist Danger Narratives."

Free to read, download, and share: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

#Sociology

The title page of Ashley C. Rondini's Contexts culture review: "White Supremacist Danger Narratives." It features a historical image warning of the dangers of Indigenous Americans to White women and children in the United States.

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Ashley C. Rondini, PhD @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social · Jul 15

Thank you @lettapage.bsky.social for your support of this piece!

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Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · Jul 11

One of my faves this issue is @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social and @dcunningham-stl.bsky.social's piece, "TQ+: public memory, structural violence, and transgender erasure," on the indelible trans and queer community refusing erasure by Executive Order! journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · Mar 31

Transgender rights are human rights.

This International Day of Transgender Visibility, Amnesty Feminists remind us that transgender existence is not up for debate.

We must support the transgender community and demand an end to transgender hate crimes.

#TransVisibility