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@drcompton.bsky.social

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Sociology Prof (social psyc, methodology, and some demography!). Usually thinking about food, sexualities, masculinities, and sneakers. 🏳️‍⚧️ He/they/them/him NOLA

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · Jan 9

RT this so I can pin it!

Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · Jan 9

I really hope you start a class with "But back to the lecture at hand, perfection is perfected so I'mma let 'em understand...". Just once?

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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 6d

The latest issue of TSQ is now live! Check out this very special issue on queer nightlife, edited by Amin Ghaziani (@aminghaziani.bsky.social), at www.tandfonline.com/toc/utsq20/6...

Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 6d

My special issue of The Sociological Quarterly on queer nightlife is out! A real passion project, attempting to articulate what unique contributions sociologists can make to a vibrant interdisciplinary conversation. It’s all open access for 6 months. www.tandfonline.com/toc/utsq20/6... #sociology

The Sociological Quarterly

Queer Nightlife. Volume 66, Issue 4 of The Sociological Quarterly

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 1h

My keyboard smells great. Who knew...

Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 1h

Marriage may not be for the children anymore.

Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 1h

#MorningReads
Over half of U.S. adults (55%) support both divorce & forgoing marriage, even w/ children involved. These views are more common among women, LGBTQ+ people, and those cohabiting or divorced, & less common among older, religious, and conservative adults. w/ @gaylekaufman.bsky.social

For the Children: Attitudes Toward Marriage and Divorce in the United States

The deinstitutionalization of marriage suggests more support for divorce and the forgoing of marriage. In this study, we examine attitudes toward both marriage and divorce in the context of having ...

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 1h

And some mornings, your opening writing practice is demoonpieing your keyboard. #justwrite #latteup

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 13h

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 17h

She read me like a last will

Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 17h

#Hardatwrite Hey #nsf I’m looking at you! #writingtreats #writingsugar

Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 18h

theres a mango habanero that is great and especially for how cheap it is!

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 18h

I’m curious!

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 20h

Nashville Blues by Cory Morrow on Apple Music

Song · 1998 · Duration 4:10

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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 20h

This is super easy folks. Open the article, and then in Newsom's form below (the contact one), select "active bill" and then the pulldown for each bill name. Please speak up to protect our neighbors against those targeting them!

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

Newsom has less than a week left to sign the ten queer rights bills on his desk. Keep the pressure on!!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 21h

Yall!!! I just learned about fried lobster tails!!! I didn’t even know this was a thing. Nola is sleeping!

Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 1d

#MorningReads Did you need a review of Butler's new book, Who’s Afraid of Gender? Huge bonus it is by one my favorite theorists Kristen Schilt?:

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 1d

Nashville Crazy by Chase Matthew on Apple Music

Song · 2019 · Duration 3:35

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 1d

#pecanlatte #frothymonkey #latteup #justwrite

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Dialectical Systems @dialecticalsys.bsky.social · Jun 10

Embodied & enactive approaches aren’t just about individual cognition — they’re about society.

A new Mind & Society special issue brings enactivism into conversation with ethics, social theory & political philosophy.

www.dialecticalsystems.eu/publications...

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 1d

Nashville Skyline Rag by Bob Dylan on Apple Music

Song · 1969 · Duration 3:15

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 1d

Another amazing steak. #butcherandbee #nopic

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 2d

Once a cornerstone of online democracy, the humble hashtag is quietly vanishing — and with it, a little piece of user power, says @etymology.substack.com.web.brid.gy.

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TLDR 👇

#langksy #linguistics #digitalcommunication #digitaldiscourse

Why platforms are killing the hashtag

Today I write in anticipatory nostalgia for the cornerstone of a more democratic internet—one which is slowly being stolen from us.

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 1d

Dang Lloyd!

Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 1d

The Trevor Project’s 2025 U.S. National Survey on LGBTQ+ youth mental health closes in two weeks. In a year of growing challenges for LGBTQ+ young people, their voices matter more than ever. Please share! #SOGIData #LGBTHealth

To proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below.

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 1d

I spy a tiny pumpkin. 🎃

Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 1d

Perfect gif for it!