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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · 2d

Gender and inequality scholars: The submission deadline is approaching for the @russellsagefdn.bsky.social journal issue on "Gender Inequality Beyond Categories: Femininity, Masculinity and Gender Expression." 2-page abstracts due 10/15. The 2nd GSS data release expected 10/10.

Current Calls for Articles | RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · Jun 27

Check out this Call for Articles for a RSF issue featuring research that uses gradational measures of gender, such as the scales on the 2024 GSS. Please consider submitting a proposal by 5pm EST on October 15, 2025.

www.russellsage.org/request-arti...

Request for Articles - Gender Inequality Beyond Categories:

CALL FOR ARTICLES - RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences - Issue on Gender Inequality Beyond Categories: Femininity, Masculinity And Gender Expression

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Stanford Sociology @stanfordsoc.bsky.social · Jun 24

NEW! Call for papers for @russellsagefdn.bsky.social journal issue on "Gender Inequality Beyond Categories: Femininity, Masculinity and Gender Expression" edited by @stanfordsoc.bsky.social's Aliya Saperstein, @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social, & Bianca Wilson.

www.russellsage.org/request-arti...

Request for Articles - Gender Inequality Beyond Categories:

CALL FOR ARTICLES - RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences - Issue on Gender Inequality Beyond Categories: Femininity, Masculinity And Gender Expression

www.russellsage.org

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · May 14

Thank you!!!!

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you! I'm so excited! I look forward to meeting your colleague!

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you!!!

Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you!!! It's an honor to be part of that group :)

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you!!! I'm excited to be rejoining the UC System :). I hope everything is going well for you at Berkeley!

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you!!!

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you!!!!!!

Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you!!!

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you!!!

Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you!!!! ❤️

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · May 13

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Jeff Lockhart @jwlockhart.bsky.social · May 7

Every time I see it in writing, I get excited all over again.

Screenshot of the text "hello professor Jeffrey Lockhart"

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · May 13

Same to you!!!!! I just saw!!!! Huge congrats!!!!

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you!!!!

Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · May 13

I am absolutely overjoyed to be joining the Sociology Department at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social along with @aminghaziani.bsky.social. There are so many amazing scholars at UCSB, and I am honored to become their colleague.

Tristan Bridges posted on Facebook: Big year for our department at UCSB! So many exceptional applicants for our Sexualities position. We could have interviewed 20 and still been forced to leave out exceptionally incredible scholars. It's a statement about the field that there is too much talent for the number of positions available.
We ended up asking for and hiring two scholars I deeply admire - Amin Ghaziani and Laurel Westbrook. They both bring really exciting expertise to the department and I'm very excited to work with both of them and welcome them to UC Santa Barbara.
Very excited for this renewed investment in UCSB Sociology sexualities and gender scholarship!

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · Apr 24

In a big win for public schools, colleges, teachers and students, a court ruled today in our case to block the Trump administration from defunding schools nationwide that teach lessons with references to race or racism.

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · Apr 22

Check out this excellent introduction to the inaugural issue of @sexandsexualities.bsky.social, edited by Krystale Littlejohn and @amylstone1.bsky.social. This piece provides a great history of the sociology of sexualities and a beautiful vision for the future. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Nurturing a Sociology of Sex and Sexualities - Krystale E. Littlejohn, Amy L. Stone, 2025

Sex and sexuality are integral to social life. Sexuality intersects with major institutions such as family, law, religion, media, and education. Social norms re...

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Amy L Stone @amylstone1.bsky.social · Apr 22

So happy that the website is up!!! Check out the free access introduction by Krystale Littlejohn and myself!

Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · Apr 21

The website for the new @asanews.bsky.social journal, Sex & Sexualities is live!! It publishes cutting-edge sociological research on sexualities by fostering space for rigorous intersectional, interdisciplinary, transnational, feminist, and critical research.

journals.sagepub.com/home/SNS

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · Mar 31

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Feb 28

1. Major news: Remember those "Biological men"/"Biological Women" signs at University of Cincinnati?

They have come down thanks to MASSIVE student protests at the college, which have continued.

The latest from S. Baum.

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University of Cincinnati Protests Lead to "Biological" Bathroom Signs Reversal

“Deny, delay, fight back.”

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Laurel Westbrook @laurel-westbrook.bsky.social · Feb 26

I'm so proud of ASA for taking this stand and so grateful to folks in ASA leadership for their work on this.

American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Feb 25

The ASA, American Federation of Teachers @AFT, and AFT-Maryland, facilitated by @DemocracyForward, have filed a complaint today in federal court in Maryland challenging the “Dear Colleague Letter” published by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

Educators Sue to Challenge Trump Administration's Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws, Attack Educational Programs and Student Opportunities - Democracy Forward

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Feb 25

The ASA, American Federation of Teachers @AFT, and AFT-Maryland, facilitated by @DemocracyForward, have filed a complaint today in federal court in Maryland challenging the “Dear Colleague Letter” published by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

Educators Sue to Challenge Trump Administration's Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws, Attack Educational Programs and Student Opportunities - Democracy Forward

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Feb 7

He's running our country like one of his casinos, where the lights and the noise keep people from noticing the grime (and the crime) all around them, and where the free buffet and the chance at a big payoff are designed to make people forget that the house always wins.

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