AI is ecocide

Response to ASA's Letter to Membership on "ASA Policy, Member-Led Petitions, and ASA's Future" NAMES WILL NEVER BE SENT TO THE ASA WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT, DATA WILL BE SUMMARIZED & SHARED PLEASE INDICATE BELOW IF YOU ARE WILLING TO HAVE YOUR NAME INCLUDED IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE ASA To memb...

S4P rejects ASA leadership's authoritarian decision to bypass its own procedures & membership engagement re: our BDS resolution.

If the resolution is not considered via existing procedures we will BOYCOTT the 2026 meeting.

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On Thursday, Florida's Board of Governors removed sociology from the general education curriculum of every university in the state. Chancellor Ray Rodrigues attacked the @asanews.bsky.social as illegitimate.

On behalf of sociologists everywhere, I respond to them in today's @miamiherald.com:

The downfall of *Theory and Society* is a networked event. A nicely orchestrated campaign. Thread of some of the links. 1/

📣Launch Event Friday 10 April 15:30! Join us for a library tour & archive workshop, introduction to the Group, food & drinks and a social event at Working Class Movement Library in Manchester during @britsoci.bsky.social Conference. DM us or email asmrstudygroupbsa@gmail.com. Details below👇

Sociologists for Palestine have asked members to send us the letters they have written to @asanews.bsky.social.

We are sharing them here as evidence of how unpopular this decision is with the ASA membership.

Please amplify this thread & any letters that resonate with your position.

Students feel like they can’t enroll in majors like Af-Am Studies and WGSS because they’re getting messages from all sides that they’re not remunerative. And yet they desperately want the knowledge, so classes are full. That seems to be the situation everywhere.

• Sociology of LGBTQ+ Rights in Times of Crisis This panel invites sociological scholarship examining how LGBTQ+ rights are shaped by, and respond to, contemporary crises. From rising authoritarianism and humanitarian crises due to wars and genocides to climate emergencies, crises fundamentally reshape the terrain on which LGBTQ+ rights are envisioned, enacted, and contested. This panel seeks papers (or extended abstracts) that analyze the complex relationship between crisis and LGBTQ+ experiences, communities, and mobilizations. What discourses, strategies, and technologies of "human rights" do LGBTQ+ as well as anti-LGBTQ+ movements deploy under conditions of crisis? How do LGBTQ+ communities, at the intersection of other minoritized communities, become targets of political scapegoating during periods of multiple crises? How do crises exacerbate existing vulnerabilities while potentially opening spaces for mobilization, coalition, and more? The panel is open to highlighting diverse political and cultural contexts as well as theoretical and methodological approaches.

Global Queer/Trans Movements This panel examines contemporary queer and trans movements across diverse global contexts, analyzing how activists mobilize for rights, recognition, and belonging amid an intensifying global wave of anti-LGBTQ backlash. As LGBTQ rights become increasingly contested in political and cultural discourse worldwide (particularly with the rise of illiberal and authoritarian regimes), this panel explores the discourses, strategies, and coalitions that queer and trans movements deploy to resist state homophobia and transphobia, repressive legislation, and anti-LGBTQ mobilization. How do queer and trans movements organize and build coalitions in times of backlash and scapegoating? How do intersections of gender, class, race, and empire become central or marginalized in movement formations? What roles do transnational networks (including global funding flows, transnational advocacy networks, and anti-rights mobilization) play in these processes? How do movement strategies and meanings vary across geographic contexts, and how are they connected to one another? This panel welcomes papers and extended abstracts that advance critical understanding of how queer and trans movements navigate increasingly hostile political climates across different parts of the world.

If you’re working on LGBTQ+ movements or rights and thinking about ASA submissions tonight, I’m organizing two connected panels on queer/trans movements and LGBTQ+ rights in times of crisis and backlash. Submissions are due tonight at 9PM (EST). Thanks for considering!

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.

Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

I also wanted to add some thoughts about “what’s the point of making art/comic/zines in this horrible world”. And let me hold your hands and tell you this. Because they bring joy to people that appreciates the craft. They bring light and a moment to smile in this god awful world. It matters.

Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim

“Abolish ICE” isn’t radical, it doesn’t go far enough.

Latest in @theguardian.com written with my friend @victorerikray.bsky.social.

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If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is.

Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.

This event features Mounia Bennani-Chraïbi (U Lausanne), Alex Hanna (DAIR) @alexhanna.bsky.social, Yatun Sastramidjaja (U Amsterdam) @yatunsastra.bsky.social, Jay Ulfelder (Independent Researcher), and will be moderated by Didem Türkoğlu (Kadir Has) @didem-turkoglu.bsky.social

How are young people around the world organizing amid a global polycrisis—democratic backsliding, rising fascism, war/genocide & climate catastrophe?

Join the ASA CBSM @asa-cbsm.bsky.social virtual conversation on Global Youth Mobilization!

📅 Dec 8, 2025, 11AM (Chicago Time)
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Join us for a workshop on publishing books in Korean studies (broadly defined). Speakers will tackle questions like: How long from idea to contract? How to pitch to editors? What goes in the book vs. articles? How to stay authentic?

🗓 Nov 12 (Wed), 3:30-5PM EST
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Join us for a virtual conversation with ASA Human Rights Section Book Award winners, Chana Teeger and Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman, on race, memory, and injustice. I’ll be moderating this discussion.

📅 November 19 (Wed) 10–11 AM CST / 4–5 PM GMT
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Flexible masculinities: Negotiating gender, sexuality, and ethnicity in global Asia - Minwoo Jung, 2025 How do individuals navigate various forms of hegemonic masculinity as they traverse different geographic and cultural boundaries? This article introduces the co...

A new article out: “Flexible Masculinities: Negotiating Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Global Asia.” I introduce the concept of “flexible masculinities” to understand how people navigate shifting gender norms across different cultural and geographic contexts.

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Share your Story: Research on Immigrant Family Businesses Did you grow up working in your family's motel, gas station, store, or other business? This study explores how those early experiences shape the lives and careers of children of Gujarati immigrant business owners. Who can participate? • Adults who identify as children of Gujarati immigrant business owners What's involved? • A 1-2 hour confidential intervew over Zoom • Receive a $10 Amazon gift card Why join? • Your story matters, help highlight the unique experiences of our South Asian community Interested? Have questions? Contact: Kajal Patel, Ph.D. Candidate Email: klucpatel@gmail.com

Please spread the word! 📢

My PhD student Kajal Patel is recruiting interviewees for her dissertation research on the children of Gujarati immigrant families.

If you grew up helping in your family’s business, please share your stories with Kajal: 📧 klucpatel@gmail.com

I’ll be visiting Budapest as a Junior Fellow at the IAS-CEU @iasceu.bsky.social during Fall 2025. I look forward to engaging with other fellows, visiting scholars, and artists in residence. Friends and colleagues passing through Eastern Europe are most welcome to connect.

We’ll ask: How has feminist/queer scholarship in Korean Studies changed (or not) since then? How do institutional barriers shape feminist/queer scholarship, activism and collaboration across Korea and the US? How do global circulations of Korean culture shape these debates? Where do we go from here?

Join us for a roundtable reflecting on the decade since Feminism Reboot (2015), a turning point in feminist and queer politics and scholarship in South Korea. Together, we’ll reflect on what has shifted, what has stalled, and what futures we might imagine.

Register here: bit.ly/46jg871

I’ll be giving talks both in Taipei and Seoul later this month. If anybody’s around, please feel free to come by and connect.

For Korean readers, I’m also sharing a full Korean translation of the article.

그동안의 작업들 가운데 한국 퀴어 운동의 사례를 직접 다룬 첫 논문이라, 관심 있으실 분들을 위해 한국어 번역본을 함께 공유합니다.

Decolonizing the Global: Contested Cosmopolitanisms in Global Queer Activism In the last decade, the “decolonial turn” has gained prominence across academic disciplines, challenging inherent Eurocentric knowledge paradigms. Extending these conversations, this paper critically....

My new open-access article in the British Journal of Sociology explores how Korean queer activists envision and enact social change by rethinking “the global”—shifting from UN human rights frameworks to regional solidarities across Asia.

Eighty years ago today in 1945, Korea was freed after 35 years under Japanese colonial rule—a day we remember as “the day the light returned (광복절).” On this anniversary, many Koreans hold in hearts the hope of liberation for other occupied lands and colonized peoples.

Amazing! Big congratulations! Can’t wait to read and learn more!

The Migrant Workers Solidarity for Equality condemned the company and government, demanding urgent heatwave policies to protect vulnerable migrant workers. They stated, “In climate disasters, vulnerable groups suffer most. Migrant workers did not come to Korea to die. Migrant workers’ lives matter.”

Labor unions condemned the negligence, discrimination, and lack of protection for migrant workers during the heatwave. They called for stronger enforcement of safety laws and an end to unfair treatment on worksites where migrant workers face harsh conditions.

At his funeral, only Vietnamese friends came. Neither the company nor officials paid respects. A few Buddhist monks visited and prayed for Long’s peaceful rebirth. His Vietnamese friends expressed deep fear that the same could happen to them.