Victoria Clowater
@clowater.bsky.social
PhD student at McMaster studying anthropology, trans sport, queer issues, polyamory, kinship, anthropology of the state. All pronouns.
www.victoriaclowater.com
Participate in my PhD research: https://surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/137721?lang=en
www.victoriaclowater.com
Participate in my PhD research: https://surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/137721?lang=en
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Victoria Clowater
@clowater.bsky.social
· Sep 20
For my research at McMaster University, I’m looking for poly/nonmonog people for interviews about their experiences with institutions and the government.
If you live in BC or Ontario and want to share your experiences, I’d love to chat. Links to learn more or to participate are below:
If you live in BC or Ontario and want to share your experiences, I’d love to chat. Links to learn more or to participate are below:
My latest article is now out in @anthropologica.bsky.social!
In 2017, the Ontario govt added "X" to the available gender marker options on ID cards. However, nonbinary people continue to encounter institutions that misrecognize them or recategorize them within the binary.
#anthropology
In 2017, the Ontario govt added "X" to the available gender marker options on ID cards. However, nonbinary people continue to encounter institutions that misrecognize them or recategorize them within the binary.
#anthropology
“I have to do so much more work… to let them know I’m different”
| Anthropologica
Anthropologica Journal - Canadian Anthropology Society
cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca
December 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
My latest article is now out in @anthropologica.bsky.social!
In 2017, the Ontario govt added "X" to the available gender marker options on ID cards. However, nonbinary people continue to encounter institutions that misrecognize them or recategorize them within the binary.
#anthropology
In 2017, the Ontario govt added "X" to the available gender marker options on ID cards. However, nonbinary people continue to encounter institutions that misrecognize them or recategorize them within the binary.
#anthropology
Amazing.
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Amazing.
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
Reposted by Victoria Clowater
👋 Call for sources: My name is Julia Métraux, and I am @motherjones.com disability reporter. I am working on a series (to be published before May 1) profiling three American aging adults (50+) about how you're aging independently while taking care of your health. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Aging with complex chronic illnesses and disabilities at home
Hi! My name is Julia Métraux, and I am Mother Jones' disability reporter. I am working on a series (to be published before May 1) profiling three American aging adults (50+) about how you're aging ind...
docs.google.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
👋 Call for sources: My name is Julia Métraux, and I am @motherjones.com disability reporter. I am working on a series (to be published before May 1) profiling three American aging adults (50+) about how you're aging independently while taking care of your health. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Check out my newest piece in American Anthropologist! Anxious Intimacies: Polyamory, Jealousy, and Lifestyle Politics in America.
https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aman.70037
https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aman.70037
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Remember to thank Rebecda Black today for inventing Fridays, we honor her today on Black Friday
November 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Remember to thank Rebecda Black today for inventing Fridays, we honor her today on Black Friday
Today in words I have added to the Word dictionary while working on my disseration: "throuple"
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Today in words I have added to the Word dictionary while working on my disseration: "throuple"
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
November 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I like the part where the men hug one another
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I like the part where the men hug one another
Maybe it’s the non-American in me but “don’t ghost us” is so funny because it reads like they’re worried people aren’t going to show up… which honestly? A valid worry.
#anthropology
#anthropology
October 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Maybe it’s the non-American in me but “don’t ghost us” is so funny because it reads like they’re worried people aren’t going to show up… which honestly? A valid worry.
#anthropology
#anthropology
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Ezra Klein tomorrow: Guy at University of Washington was giving Nazi salutes the right way.
October 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ezra Klein tomorrow: Guy at University of Washington was giving Nazi salutes the right way.
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Conclusion,
Trans women under GAHT demonstrate consistently lower CircP, & attenuated systolic BP responses during exercise, suggesting a distinct cardiovascular adaptation.
Trans women under GAHT demonstrate consistently lower CircP, & attenuated systolic BP responses during exercise, suggesting a distinct cardiovascular adaptation.
Cardiovascular function in transgender women on hormone therapy (GAHT): the role of circulatory Power (CircP), Rate-pressure product (RPP), & blood pressure (BP) responses to exercise.
Braga, F., et al. (2025)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Braga, F., et al. (2025)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cardiovascular function in transgender women on hormone therapy: the role of circulatory Power, Rate-pressure product, and blood pressure responses to exercise
Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) may influence cardiovascular physiology in transgender women, but its impact on hemodynamic responses to exercise remains unclear. This study investigated ci...
www.tandfonline.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Conclusion,
Trans women under GAHT demonstrate consistently lower CircP, & attenuated systolic BP responses during exercise, suggesting a distinct cardiovascular adaptation.
Trans women under GAHT demonstrate consistently lower CircP, & attenuated systolic BP responses during exercise, suggesting a distinct cardiovascular adaptation.
Reposted by Victoria Clowater
This week, we sent two letters to the Board of Canada Soccer, demanding they take action to ensure the Israel Football Association (IFA) is suspended from FIFA and the UEFA. Email Canada Soccer now: buff.ly/oWh2cC6
September 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This week, we sent two letters to the Board of Canada Soccer, demanding they take action to ensure the Israel Football Association (IFA) is suspended from FIFA and the UEFA. Email Canada Soccer now: buff.ly/oWh2cC6
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"Why would it bow to antidemocratic pressures by placing a professor on leave without their request, consent, or involvement? That any university would do this is beyond comprehension and is cause for alarm about the future of academic freedom in Canada."
What Happened to the University’s Commitment to Free Expression? Charley Kirk, uAlberta, and Me | Centre for Free Expression
I was shocked when the University of Alberta administration informed me, one of its law professors, that I was being placed on non-disciplinary leave for my social media comments in the wake of Charli...
cfe.torontomu.ca
September 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Why would it bow to antidemocratic pressures by placing a professor on leave without their request, consent, or involvement? That any university would do this is beyond comprehension and is cause for alarm about the future of academic freedom in Canada."
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“Trans people cannot live alongside people who promise to eradicate us from society.” — @katelynburns.com
What Am I Supposed to Tell My Terrified Friends? | Katelyn Burns
Get more from Katelyn Burns on Patreon
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September 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“Trans people cannot live alongside people who promise to eradicate us from society.” — @katelynburns.com
What are the odds that 1. Someone else is doing their PhD research on the exact same topic as I am and 2. They got REB approval the same week that I did? Because it’s not 0!
September 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
What are the odds that 1. Someone else is doing their PhD research on the exact same topic as I am and 2. They got REB approval the same week that I did? Because it’s not 0!
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For my research at McMaster University, I’m looking for poly/nonmonog people for interviews about their experiences with institutions and the government.
If you live in BC or Ontario and want to share your experiences, I’d love to chat. Links to learn more or to participate are below:
If you live in BC or Ontario and want to share your experiences, I’d love to chat. Links to learn more or to participate are below:
September 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
For my research at McMaster University, I’m looking for poly/nonmonog people for interviews about their experiences with institutions and the government.
If you live in BC or Ontario and want to share your experiences, I’d love to chat. Links to learn more or to participate are below:
If you live in BC or Ontario and want to share your experiences, I’d love to chat. Links to learn more or to participate are below:
Please help me out by sharing this in your networks!
For my research at McMaster University, I’m looking for poly/nonmonog people for interviews about their experiences with institutions and the government.
If you live in BC or Ontario and want to share your experiences, I’d love to chat. Links to learn more or to participate are below:
If you live in BC or Ontario and want to share your experiences, I’d love to chat. Links to learn more or to participate are below:
September 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Please help me out by sharing this in your networks!
For my research at McMaster University, I’m looking for poly/nonmonog people for interviews about their experiences with institutions and the government.
If you live in BC or Ontario and want to share your experiences, I’d love to chat. Links to learn more or to participate are below:
If you live in BC or Ontario and want to share your experiences, I’d love to chat. Links to learn more or to participate are below:
September 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
For my research at McMaster University, I’m looking for poly/nonmonog people for interviews about their experiences with institutions and the government.
If you live in BC or Ontario and want to share your experiences, I’d love to chat. Links to learn more or to participate are below:
If you live in BC or Ontario and want to share your experiences, I’d love to chat. Links to learn more or to participate are below:
Meanwhile in Canada...
I need every one of these “leftist” journalists arguing in favor of authoritarian top down censorship and the mass expansion of the surveillance state to go back to civics 101
September 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Meanwhile in Canada...
Finally got ethics approval after 7.5 months of waiting so get ready for me to not shut up about my research
September 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Finally got ethics approval after 7.5 months of waiting so get ready for me to not shut up about my research
![In 2022, when Kirk was frustrated, for instance, by the presence of Lia Thomas on the University of Pennsylvania women’s swim team, Kirk did not call for “spirited discourse.” Instead, while discussing a recent championship tournament, he said he would have liked to have seen a group of fathers descend from the stands, forming “a line in front of [Lia] Thomas and saying, ‘Hey, tough guy, you want to get in the pool? ’Cause you’re gonna have to come through us.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4l3vaoljeab5t2nf2dwgsc2e/bafkreih2h3344ehgmbvkcpiltvodxp7tr2gl6qrryxasuqws27r5lk2qta@jpeg)
September 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Nothing to add.
September 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Nothing to add.
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The Liberals would have crucified Prime Minister Poilievre for this.
September 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Liberals would have crucified Prime Minister Poilievre for this.