Adora Svitak
@adorasv.bsky.social
Writer & PhD candidate in Sociology & Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale
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Adora Svitak
@adorasv.bsky.social
· Sep 19
Reading Heteropessimism: Painful Attachments in Contemporary Literary Fiction - Adora Svitak, 2025
From viral threads describing male partners’ incompetence at grocery shopping to TV shows like Fleabag, heteropessimism abounds in popular culture. Contemporary...
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Heteropessimism is having a pop culture moment. I wrote about it in my new paper out today in @culsoc.bsky.social ! Please give it a read: doi.org/10.1177/1749...
Huge thanks to my advisor @ralmeling.bsky.social for reading dozens of drafts & supporting me in getting this from early stage to pub!
Huge thanks to my advisor @ralmeling.bsky.social for reading dozens of drafts & supporting me in getting this from early stage to pub!
Reposted by Adora Svitak
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was groped Tuesday by a man on the street who kissed her neck and touched her chest.
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Mexico's president was groped on the street. Now she's waging war on rampant sexual harassment
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's first female president, is pushing measures against sexual harassment after she was groped by a stranger on the street.
www.latimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was groped Tuesday by a man on the street who kissed her neck and touched her chest.
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Reposted by Adora Svitak
*CALL FOR PAPERS* Due Dec 1
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers organized by Rene Almeling & Sarah Richardson
April 16-17, 2026 at Yale University
Details and application form here: www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers organized by Rene Almeling & Sarah Richardson
April 16-17, 2026 at Yale University
Details and application form here: www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
Gametic Politics Workshop
Call for papers for social science and humanities scholars studying eggs, sperm, and gender/sex in the 21st century
www.renealmeling.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
*CALL FOR PAPERS* Due Dec 1
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers organized by Rene Almeling & Sarah Richardson
April 16-17, 2026 at Yale University
Details and application form here: www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers organized by Rene Almeling & Sarah Richardson
April 16-17, 2026 at Yale University
Details and application form here: www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
"A government that demands that we not recognize the complexity of sex stops academic inquiry in its tracks."
“The university is under attack because gender studies is under attack, and if universities don’t stand up to this infringement on academic freedom now, it is not just gender studies that will be lost, but all free and open inquiry.”
— Laurie Essig, in a new post for AAUP’s Academe Blog
— Laurie Essig, in a new post for AAUP’s Academe Blog
October 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"A government that demands that we not recognize the complexity of sex stops academic inquiry in its tracks."
“We can learn and adapt. We did so after the country shifted away from leaded gasoline and asbestos. Forever chemicals are no different, just the next line item in a long list of miracle materials that turned out to be more curse than cure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Opinion | Relax, America, There Is Life After Nonstick Pans
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“We can learn and adapt. We did so after the country shifted away from leaded gasoline and asbestos. Forever chemicals are no different, just the next line item in a long list of miracle materials that turned out to be more curse than cure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Heteropessimism is having a pop culture moment. I wrote about it in my new paper out today in @culsoc.bsky.social ! Please give it a read: doi.org/10.1177/1749...
Huge thanks to my advisor @ralmeling.bsky.social for reading dozens of drafts & supporting me in getting this from early stage to pub!
Huge thanks to my advisor @ralmeling.bsky.social for reading dozens of drafts & supporting me in getting this from early stage to pub!
Reading Heteropessimism: Painful Attachments in Contemporary Literary Fiction - Adora Svitak, 2025
From viral threads describing male partners’ incompetence at grocery shopping to TV shows like Fleabag, heteropessimism abounds in popular culture. Contemporary...
doi.org
September 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Heteropessimism is having a pop culture moment. I wrote about it in my new paper out today in @culsoc.bsky.social ! Please give it a read: doi.org/10.1177/1749...
Huge thanks to my advisor @ralmeling.bsky.social for reading dozens of drafts & supporting me in getting this from early stage to pub!
Huge thanks to my advisor @ralmeling.bsky.social for reading dozens of drafts & supporting me in getting this from early stage to pub!