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brb gender fatigue
Gender fatigue (n): A condition of exhaustion, occasioned by generally excessive or overwhelming experiences in which one’s gender is present as either an overt or an implicit focus of human activity....
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the trigger warning I’m putting in my syllabus
Lots of academics and teachers think trigger warnings in college classrooms signal the decline of deep, authentic inquiry into complex social issues. They believe trigger warnings are a symbol of the...
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advice for newly minted PhDs on the academic job market
I’m on the academic job market. This is my third time on this particular merry-go-round, although the first two times around I didn’t quite feel ready for any sort of tenure-track position. This year,...
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Today a physician asked me which name I prefer…
…because on the intake form I had crossed off my legal name, Jenna, and written “Jacob” instead. And when the doctor checked in to confirm which name I preferred, I was moved almost to tears. That’s...
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Kayden Clarke shot and killed by police
Here’s an article about a trans man, Kayden Clarke, who was shot and killed by police officers. I want to show you something interesting: The disconnect in how the information in this article refers to...
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Announcement: I’m going to delete hate speech
It’s incredible to me that I even have to say this, but: If you post a comment to my blog that contains hate speech, I’m going to delete that comment immediately. Wikipedia describes “hate speech” as...
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It’s time for the Learning Sciences to embrace queer & trans* theory.
IDK if you knew that I have a PhD in Education. More specifically, my PhD came from a Learning Sciences program, so I’m technically a learning scientist. I have a very complicated and fraught...
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All education is civics education: A meditation on electoral politics
I teach college. That’s a thing I do, and it’s also the biggest and most important piece of my professional identity. Because I was a PhD student, and then a PhD candidate, and then a person with a...
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A quick primer on queer theory and the heterosexual matrix
Let’s talk about the fiction of the gender binary. This fiction is pretty simple: There’s a story our culture tells us about identity. This story convinces us that gender is an either/or proposition....
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AERA screws up (again) on gender inclusivity
“In addition to using gender demographics for membership and research purposes, the expanded and enhanced gender categories send a message of inclusion to individuals of all gender identities within...
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How to make like an ally: The “standing up against transphobic bathroom...
I want you to understand how terrible public restrooms are for me. For almost my entire life, I exclusively used women’s restrooms. Within the last few years, as my appearance has become more...
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What do to if you use the wrong pronouns for me
Update, 8/10/16: I’ve received a few requests to use this blog post in workplace trainings or classrooms. I’m delighted that people are finding my writing useful, and I’d be thrilled if people...
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How I deal with pronouns in my classes
This post is in response to a recent New York Times article by Elizabeth Reis. The article, “pronoun privilege,” argues against having people say their name and pronouns when they introduce themselves...
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A privilege-based view of mindfulness: Ellen Langer, “On Being”
I was listening today to a recent episode of “On Being” about a topic that’s fairly vexed for me: The question of mindfulness. There are many reasons why mindfulness is a vexed topic for me. Most...
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