Kate Davis
@katedavisphd.bsky.social
PhD in Religion and Gender focusing on religion in North America and writing about gender performance. Currently doing a post-doc in Ohio.
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Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
December 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
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Practice is so important. All the time I’ve spent drawing, painting, and crocheting has made me really good at not getting writing done.
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Practice is so important. All the time I’ve spent drawing, painting, and crocheting has made me really good at not getting writing done.
I’m only going to be at AAR for one day, but if anyone is are around on Monday let me know! And also: come to our Mormon Studies panel at 5pm rm 105 in Hynes. It’s going to be a great discussion. I had way more to say about Lawrence Foster’s Religion and Sexuality than I thought I did!
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I’m only going to be at AAR for one day, but if anyone is are around on Monday let me know! And also: come to our Mormon Studies panel at 5pm rm 105 in Hynes. It’s going to be a great discussion. I had way more to say about Lawrence Foster’s Religion and Sexuality than I thought I did!
I don’t feel like I do a notable amount of professing, relative to the other parts of my job.
October 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I don’t feel like I do a notable amount of professing, relative to the other parts of my job.
Crowdsourcing here: if you had to introduce comedy podcasts to your students as a genre, what 5-10 minute clip would you play?
October 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Crowdsourcing here: if you had to introduce comedy podcasts to your students as a genre, what 5-10 minute clip would you play?
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TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
October 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
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Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
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Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
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October 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
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www.psypost.org/students-rate-identical-lectures-differently-based-on-professors-gender-researchers-find/# #AcademicSky - it never ends.
Students rate identical lectures differently based on professor's gender, researchers find
When philosophy students were asked to evaluate identical lectures assigned to men or women professors, their responses varied by gender. The study suggests gender bias plays a role in how teaching is...
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September 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Is there anything more Sisyphian than checking the "keep me logged in on this device" box?
September 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Is there anything more Sisyphian than checking the "keep me logged in on this device" box?
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Staring wistfully out the window, wondering what my cat is up to right now.
September 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Staring wistfully out the window, wondering what my cat is up to right now.
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When historians talk about the coming “archive apocalypse,” this is what they mean.
LINK ROT: 38% webpages that existed in 2013 were no longer available 10 years later.
Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website.
Many implications for knowledge 🧪
Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website.
Many implications for knowledge 🧪
September 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
When historians talk about the coming “archive apocalypse,” this is what they mean.
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Major Dorimus Church's mother was formerly enslaved to his father. Born in Tennessee in 1869, in the aftermath of the Civil War, he and his mother and his siblings were listed in the 1870 census as Black. 1/6
September 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Major Dorimus Church's mother was formerly enslaved to his father. Born in Tennessee in 1869, in the aftermath of the Civil War, he and his mother and his siblings were listed in the 1870 census as Black. 1/6
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Mini marsupial bounces back from the brink!
Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back.
https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb
Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back.
https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb
September 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Mini marsupial bounces back from the brink!
Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back.
https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb
Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back.
https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb
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In England they call it vocal chip
July 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
In England they call it vocal chip
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Sick of everything being Orwellian or Kafkaesque. I demand more Scarrylous situations, where animals drive vehicles and run small businesses.
July 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Sick of everything being Orwellian or Kafkaesque. I demand more Scarrylous situations, where animals drive vehicles and run small businesses.
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A.I. is just Spiritualist seances for the 21st century
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A.I. is just Spiritualist seances for the 21st century
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A newly published revelation from the LDS Church's 3rd president raises interesting questions about history and canonization. We asked a historian about it.
An 1880s LDS polygamy revelation raises ‘awkward questions’ today, says historian
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints quietly posted a document online written by its third president in mid-June. The church previously denied its existence for over a century.
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June 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A newly published revelation from the LDS Church's 3rd president raises interesting questions about history and canonization. We asked a historian about it.
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Free to Access article until June 30: “Technologies of the Selfie: Mormon Influencers and the Performance of Gender Online” by @katedavisphd.bsky.social from Mormon Studies Review, Vol. 12. cc: @jstuart.bsky.social
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May 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Free to Access article until June 30: “Technologies of the Selfie: Mormon Influencers and the Performance of Gender Online” by @katedavisphd.bsky.social from Mormon Studies Review, Vol. 12. cc: @jstuart.bsky.social
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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Free to Access article until June 30: “Technologies of the Selfie: Mormon Influencers and the Performance of Gender Online” by @katedavisphd.bsky.social from Mormon Studies Review, Vol. 12. cc: @jstuart.bsky.social
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April 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Free to Access article until June 30: “Technologies of the Selfie: Mormon Influencers and the Performance of Gender Online” by @katedavisphd.bsky.social from Mormon Studies Review, Vol. 12. cc: @jstuart.bsky.social
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"What influencers choose to share, and what they choose to conceal, contribute to the public perception of what it means to be a Mormon woman."
@katedavisphd.bsky.social in a Mormon Studies Review Vol. 12 forum, "Mormon as Spectacle."
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@katedavisphd.bsky.social in a Mormon Studies Review Vol. 12 forum, "Mormon as Spectacle."
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March 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"What influencers choose to share, and what they choose to conceal, contribute to the public perception of what it means to be a Mormon woman."
@katedavisphd.bsky.social in a Mormon Studies Review Vol. 12 forum, "Mormon as Spectacle."
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/msr/arti...
@katedavisphd.bsky.social in a Mormon Studies Review Vol. 12 forum, "Mormon as Spectacle."
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/msr/arti...
“Amassing authoritarian power depends in part on a willingness of the people to believe in the power exercised. In some cases, Trump’s declarations are meant to test the waters, but in other cases, the outrageous claim is its own accomplishment.” As always Butler cuts to the heart of the matter.
Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage
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February 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“Amassing authoritarian power depends in part on a willingness of the people to believe in the power exercised. In some cases, Trump’s declarations are meant to test the waters, but in other cases, the outrageous claim is its own accomplishment.” As always Butler cuts to the heart of the matter.