Sam
@searchingforsam.bsky.social
they/them. college English instructor in Alabama. literature MA. queer studies, Af Am lit, and modernism. speculative fiction enthusiast. just trying to survive capitalism and expand horizons.
It could have happened at another university and very well still might. It's also just one of many obstacles that nonheteronormative people must constantly face for existing. The aftermath of the event will set a precedent that will absolutely matter outside of the University of Oklahoma.
December 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It could have happened at another university and very well still might. It's also just one of many obstacles that nonheteronormative people must constantly face for existing. The aftermath of the event will set a precedent that will absolutely matter outside of the University of Oklahoma.
Happy Publishversary!
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Happy Publishversary!
Adrienne Rich's "Compulsory Sexuality" also seems potentially relevant since much of law related to sexuality and gender has stemmed from ideas of compulsoriness. For introductory texts in general, I must recommend José Esteban Muñoz's Cruising Utopia.
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Adrienne Rich's "Compulsory Sexuality" also seems potentially relevant since much of law related to sexuality and gender has stemmed from ideas of compulsoriness. For introductory texts in general, I must recommend José Esteban Muñoz's Cruising Utopia.
Sorry, I just saw this! Not specifically law, but much of Audre Lorde's work was about recognizing and resisting oppressive systems of power; "The Tools of the Master" especially comes to mind.
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Sorry, I just saw this! Not specifically law, but much of Audre Lorde's work was about recognizing and resisting oppressive systems of power; "The Tools of the Master" especially comes to mind.
Could you elaborate on what you mean?
September 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Could you elaborate on what you mean?
It also kills me seeing students use genAI for personal things like narrative essays and evaluations. The machine doesn't know you. It probably shouldn't know you either, and not in the least because your data is almost certainly being collected by these corporations.
September 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
It also kills me seeing students use genAI for personal things like narrative essays and evaluations. The machine doesn't know you. It probably shouldn't know you either, and not in the least because your data is almost certainly being collected by these corporations.
GenAI doesn't understand that, and students don't understand that genAI doesn't understand that. The rapidly accelerating inclusion of genAI in higher ed hurts both students and teachers so, so much within and outside of classrooms. It's stressful and terrifying how readily people have accepted it.
September 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
GenAI doesn't understand that, and students don't understand that genAI doesn't understand that. The rapidly accelerating inclusion of genAI in higher ed hurts both students and teachers so, so much within and outside of classrooms. It's stressful and terrifying how readily people have accepted it.
True learning, which genAI is (at least currently) incapable of, involves applying examples and clarifying key points beyond mere definitions. That part of the learning process strengthens writing, sure, but it's also where writing transfers into real life experience.
September 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
True learning, which genAI is (at least currently) incapable of, involves applying examples and clarifying key points beyond mere definitions. That part of the learning process strengthens writing, sure, but it's also where writing transfers into real life experience.
Anyway, it kills me seeing students using genAI for things from their perspectives, like narratives and evaluations. The machine doesn't know you. If it did, that would be even more terrifying.
September 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Anyway, it kills me seeing students using genAI for things from their perspectives, like narratives and evaluations. The machine doesn't know you. If it did, that would be even more terrifying.
It was something I had seen via tutoring long before genAI entered the academic mainstream. It's worse now. GenAI has merely given students yet another avenue through which to forego joy and curiosity and wonderment, and genAI does so with the most lifeless, empty rhetoric it can.
September 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
It was something I had seen via tutoring long before genAI entered the academic mainstream. It's worse now. GenAI has merely given students yet another avenue through which to forego joy and curiosity and wonderment, and genAI does so with the most lifeless, empty rhetoric it can.
You're going to do great!
September 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
You're going to do great!