@drnikko.bsky.social and I are putting together a special issue proposal for Big Data and Society on "Trans Data"! If you're an #STS nerd, or a #transstudies nerd, or ideally both, do submit ideas if you have them - docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Call for Papers Special Issue of Big Data & Society on Trans Data Data and trans lives go - both fortunately and unfortunately - together. From surveillance systems seeking to normalise and control t...
I have a piece in The Baffler today! It's from my historical research on trans medicine, and it's about solidarity and feminism and avoiding helplessness and the time a bunch of cis activists in 1970s Boston got so pissed about gatekeeping around gender-affirming care they started their own clinic.
I have a piece in The Baffler today! It's from my historical research on trans medicine, and it's about solidarity and feminism and avoiding helplessness and the time a bunch of cis activists in 1970s Boston got so pissed about gatekeeping around gender-affirming care they started their own clinic.
timely for this to be out this week: a longread from me about the history of trans healthcare in the UK i.e. why we are in the mess we are in
featuring some historical enemies – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, John Randell – and an amazing line about gender doctors from @notrightruth.bsky.social
88 signatures so far - if you live in the UK PLEASE email your MP about adding their name - it will take you less than 5 minutes with the form below. Yes, even if your MP is a transphobe - it's good for them to know how many of their constituents disagree with them.
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I feel this in the marrow of my bones. The future of a university should be shaped by leaders whose own careers depend materially on the future they are shaping.
The export control directive banning state of the art language models from Anthropic is only counterproductive to the US AI industry if you don’t view it as yet another act in the current production of AI safety theatrics.
