Michael J. Murphy
@emmjaymurphee.bsky.social
•Prof., Gender & Sexuality Stds., U. Illinois Springfield uis.edu/wgs
•Founding member, UIS United Faculty uisufinfo.wordpress.com/
•LGBTQIA+ studies, critical men's/masculinity studies, U.S. art/visual culture history.
•Founding member, UIS United Faculty uisufinfo.wordpress.com/
•LGBTQIA+ studies, critical men's/masculinity studies, U.S. art/visual culture history.
Who needs Women’s/Gender Studies Departments? 🙄
February 5, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Who needs Women’s/Gender Studies Departments? 🙄
You’re welcome!
January 31, 2026 at 10:53 PM
You’re welcome!
The history of extrajudicial violence in the U.S. dates to before the founding. It's primarily affected women, people of color, and LGBTQIA+ people. Read! A! History! Book!
January 31, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The history of extrajudicial violence in the U.S. dates to before the founding. It's primarily affected women, people of color, and LGBTQIA+ people. Read! A! History! Book!
And can we acknowledge the utter stupidity of this? There is no such thing as a "male hormone." Testosterone and estrogen and all other hormones are found in all human bodies, no matter their designated sex. Birth control pills are a form of hormone therapy. So is Rogaine. This is dumb!
January 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM
And can we acknowledge the utter stupidity of this? There is no such thing as a "male hormone." Testosterone and estrogen and all other hormones are found in all human bodies, no matter their designated sex. Birth control pills are a form of hormone therapy. So is Rogaine. This is dumb!
History: Repetition or Rhyme?
January 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
History: Repetition or Rhyme?
You could do worse than Cynthia Enloe’s “Bananas, Beaches and Bases” for some 20c history of U.S. extractivist military imperialism, especially in the Americas.
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
You could do worse than Cynthia Enloe’s “Bananas, Beaches and Bases” for some 20c history of U.S. extractivist military imperialism, especially in the Americas.
I think the f*ck not!
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I think the f*ck not!
If you hazard a look, you can't blame others for what you see!
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Dec 1948 Christmas cover of Heart's Sunday newspaper supplement The American Weekly. Artist: J. C. Leyendecker.
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Dec 1948 Christmas cover of Heart's Sunday newspaper supplement The American Weekly. Artist: J. C. Leyendecker.
December 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If you hazard a look, you can't blame others for what you see!
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Dec 1948 Christmas cover of Heart's Sunday newspaper supplement The American Weekly. Artist: J. C. Leyendecker.
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Dec 1948 Christmas cover of Heart's Sunday newspaper supplement The American Weekly. Artist: J. C. Leyendecker.
Currently writing book about this (gay) artist. J. C. Leyendecker, cover of Success magazine, December 1900. Trained in Chicago and Paris, Leyendecker was capable of beautifully decorative and ornate imagery for books, mags, posters, and ads.
December 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Currently writing book about this (gay) artist. J. C. Leyendecker, cover of Success magazine, December 1900. Trained in Chicago and Paris, Leyendecker was capable of beautifully decorative and ornate imagery for books, mags, posters, and ads.
I'm not a tax-ologist but one way the obscenely rich could have an immediate effect is to start giving large, restricted (to direct instruction cost) donations to public colleges and universities. The Ivies don't need anymore of of your money!
December 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I'm not a tax-ologist but one way the obscenely rich could have an immediate effect is to start giving large, restricted (to direct instruction cost) donations to public colleges and universities. The Ivies don't need anymore of of your money!
1. Feminism is not a *thing.* It's a conversation over time having many different voices.
2. Feminism is primarily a project of women for women. How could "it" have failed them?
3. Globally, women and girls have more rights, security, wealth, education, and power than ever. How is this failure?
2. Feminism is primarily a project of women for women. How could "it" have failed them?
3. Globally, women and girls have more rights, security, wealth, education, and power than ever. How is this failure?
December 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
1. Feminism is not a *thing.* It's a conversation over time having many different voices.
2. Feminism is primarily a project of women for women. How could "it" have failed them?
3. Globally, women and girls have more rights, security, wealth, education, and power than ever. How is this failure?
2. Feminism is primarily a project of women for women. How could "it" have failed them?
3. Globally, women and girls have more rights, security, wealth, education, and power than ever. How is this failure?
Red flags from (usually) straight White men: calling a uterus a "womb" and women, "females." Run, do not walk!
December 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Red flags from (usually) straight White men: calling a uterus a "womb" and women, "females." Run, do not walk!
Not sure how much weight to give this poll...
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Not sure how much weight to give this poll...
Here’s the thing: her “beliefs” are irrelevant. Students can “believe” anything they want but I grade submitted work based on demonstrated learning of assigned course materials. A student’s “beliefs” are really none of my business.
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Here’s the thing: her “beliefs” are irrelevant. Students can “believe” anything they want but I grade submitted work based on demonstrated learning of assigned course materials. A student’s “beliefs” are really none of my business.
The banned topics at Texas Tech only show that conservative critics really have no idea what's happening in classes that include those topics. It's partisan political policy, not the outcome of any serious inquiry into teaching and learning. Students will find it tarnishes and cheapens their degree.
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The banned topics at Texas Tech only show that conservative critics really have no idea what's happening in classes that include those topics. It's partisan political policy, not the outcome of any serious inquiry into teaching and learning. Students will find it tarnishes and cheapens their degree.
I’ve been teaching WGS courses for 20 years and almost nothing I teach would be affected by this. (The “two sexes” b.s. is not factual and would be a problem.) That’s because what I actually do in the classroom is so poorly understood by those who wrote this memo.
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I’ve been teaching WGS courses for 20 years and almost nothing I teach would be affected by this. (The “two sexes” b.s. is not factual and would be a problem.) That’s because what I actually do in the classroom is so poorly understood by those who wrote this memo.
Already cut off all donations to my graduate alma mater (WashU) for how they treated pro-Palestinian activists last year. This would rise to a whole different level…
October 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Already cut off all donations to my graduate alma mater (WashU) for how they treated pro-Palestinian activists last year. This would rise to a whole different level…
“Art majors are unemployable!”😶
October 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“Art majors are unemployable!”😶
Meeting to merge the tenure and non-tenure track faculty unions at University of Illinois Springfield! ✊
October 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Meeting to merge the tenure and non-tenure track faculty unions at University of Illinois Springfield! ✊