Want to write more this year? You probably already know what to do--write daily. Ideally, you'd do it before the other demands of your day start, but that's not always realistic. Plus some of us are just not morning people, so it'd be great if we could stop valorizing early birds. You probably don't write... Continue Reading →

Submissions will soon be due for a Fall 2017 Symposium on Black Love at the University of Kansas. The event is being organized by Dr. Ayesha K. Hardison, associate professor of English and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Dr. Randal Maurice Jelks, full professor of American Studies and African and African American Studies. (Full... Continue Reading →

Some folks objected to my negative assessment of our ability to make meaningful change in our own financial lives. To be clear, I said repeatedly that people with the means to do so should review their financial habits to insure that their money is being used to do what they value. This is the premise... Continue Reading →

A higher ed group that I love dearly recently started a conversation about little ways to save money. Folks shared a range of tips (packing your own lunch and not drinking expensive coffee were favorites) that people were already using to save money. Here is the thing about lunches out and lattes, though: You can pack lunch every... Continue Reading →

Content alert: Brief listing of the course content of my sociology of sex course, which includes readings on sexual violence At the start of this semester, debates about trigger warnings spread over social media, inflamed by a letter that the University of Chicago sent to incoming students declaring that Our commitment to academic freedom means that... Continue Reading →

Heather Rachelle White, author of Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights, Gillian Frank. and Bethany Moreton, author of  To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise are editing a book on sexuality and religion (Ahhhh! That's the sound of my spirit being renewed at the thought of these three... Continue Reading →

As 2016 nears to an end, I'm just now plowing through the rest of my 2015 reading (which is probably not what "slow professor" should mean)--at least the odds and ends, like book reviews. I wanted to share this one, from Ibrahim Abraham (University of Helsinki) in Religion & Gender, over Globalized Religion and Sexual Identity: Contexts,... Continue Reading →

Oh Mylanta! I've actually not watched TV regularly since about when Full House went off the air in the mid-199os. But, thanks to Netflix and a very persistent 9 year old daughter, I caught an episode of Fuller House, the "Velveeta reboot" of the show that hid the truth about Bob Saget's comedic genius from me for years. The... Continue Reading →

Content alert: LGBT teen suicide, white nationalist politics, homophobia in politics The drama began with Drama, Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novel about a middle school play. My daughter had enjoyed her Smile and Sisters, and I was probably more excited than an adult should be about her re-vamping of The Babysitters Club series. We’d given Telgemeier’s... Continue Reading →

If you are teaching God Hates: Westboro Baptist Church, American Nationalism, and the Religious Right this spring and would like to schedule a class visit, please let me know! Speaking with students, learning about their projects and interests, and supporting their research is something I'm passionate about, and I'd love to meet your students (or Sunday school... Continue Reading →