Tina Fetner
@fetner.bsky.social
Sociologist of sexualities. McMaster U 🇨🇦.
Author of Sex in Canada: The Who, Why, When, and How of Getting Down Up North.
https://tinafetner.ca/sex-in-canada/#read-sex-in-canada
Author of Sex in Canada: The Who, Why, When, and How of Getting Down Up North.
https://tinafetner.ca/sex-in-canada/#read-sex-in-canada
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Regular reminder that mother's day has radical roots and rich political history, from its start as an activist day to improve living conditions in 1858, to its antiwar extension in 1872, to the antiwar and anti-nuclear weapons movement led by moms in the 1960s. Moms have always been the most radical
The force behind so much of Chicago's response were the most mom moms who have ever mommed.
January 14, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Regular reminder that mother's day has radical roots and rich political history, from its start as an activist day to improve living conditions in 1858, to its antiwar extension in 1872, to the antiwar and anti-nuclear weapons movement led by moms in the 1960s. Moms have always been the most radical
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So gratifying to see this Signs Short Takes discussion on Man Up, w short essays on my book by @tristanbridges.bsky.social @amyfarrell617.bsky.social @jazzmyth.bsky.social & Alex DiBranco, along with a short response essay by me. Grateful.
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Cynthia Miller-Idriss’s Man Up
Tristan Bridges, Amy Farrell, Alex DiBranco, and Jasmine Mithani discuss Cynthia Miller-Idriss’s new book Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
So gratifying to see this Signs Short Takes discussion on Man Up, w short essays on my book by @tristanbridges.bsky.social @amyfarrell617.bsky.social @jazzmyth.bsky.social & Alex DiBranco, along with a short response essay by me. Grateful.
signsjournal.org/cynthia-mill...
signsjournal.org/cynthia-mill...
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
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LGBTQ+ well-being varies sharply worldwide in a global sample (N=82k). Structural and family homophobia strongly reduced well-being—especially for those facing economic precarity. Reducing homophobic stigma should be a public health priority. #SOGIData #LGBTQHealth
Homophobia, economic precarity and the well-being of sexual and gender diverse people in a 153-country survey - Nature Human Behaviour
A cross-country survey among 82,324 sexual and gender diverse people finds that family rejection, homophobic reactions, and institutional stigma and discrimination are linked with individual well-bein...
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December 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
LGBTQ+ well-being varies sharply worldwide in a global sample (N=82k). Structural and family homophobia strongly reduced well-being—especially for those facing economic precarity. Reducing homophobic stigma should be a public health priority. #SOGIData #LGBTQHealth
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I’m grateful to contribute a public-facing article to ASA's Contexts Magazine on how national contexts shape attitudes about abortion.
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@scholars.org @johnjaycjphd.bsky.social
#PublicSociology #ComparativeResearch #ReproductivePolitics #ASA
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@scholars.org @johnjaycjphd.bsky.social
#PublicSociology #ComparativeResearch #ReproductivePolitics #ASA
How Country Context Shapes Personal Opinions About Abortion - Amy Adamczyk, 2025
Amy Adamczyk on variation in global abortion attitudes.
journals.sagepub.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I’m grateful to contribute a public-facing article to ASA's Contexts Magazine on how national contexts shape attitudes about abortion.
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@scholars.org @johnjaycjphd.bsky.social
#PublicSociology #ComparativeResearch #ReproductivePolitics #ASA
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@scholars.org @johnjaycjphd.bsky.social
#PublicSociology #ComparativeResearch #ReproductivePolitics #ASA
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In which Rogers Brubaker, Marion Fourcade & @kjhealy.co comment and Greta Krippner and I reply. Read if you like getting into the theoretical and technical weeds of the relationship between categorization, quantification, and different imaginaries of the relationship between variables and persons.
Comment and Reply: "The Person of the Category"
Editorial Note: In 2023, Rogers Brubaker submitted a comment to Theory and Society on an article that Greta Krippner and Daniel Hirschman had published the year prior in the same journal. Richard Swed...
www.theoryandsocialinquiry.org
December 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
In which Rogers Brubaker, Marion Fourcade & @kjhealy.co comment and Greta Krippner and I reply. Read if you like getting into the theoretical and technical weeds of the relationship between categorization, quantification, and different imaginaries of the relationship between variables and persons.
Hear ye! Hear ye! 🇨🇦 Canada’s universities have new money to recruit international scholars.
Here is McMaster’s call for applications: research.mcmaster.ca/home/support...
Here is McMaster’s call for applications: research.mcmaster.ca/home/support...
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Nominees - Research & Innovation
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December 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Hear ye! Hear ye! 🇨🇦 Canada’s universities have new money to recruit international scholars.
Here is McMaster’s call for applications: research.mcmaster.ca/home/support...
Here is McMaster’s call for applications: research.mcmaster.ca/home/support...
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Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
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1. This is terrible.
2. This is such a BS claim from a university: “We are committed to teaching students how to think, not what to think.” No! We do, in fact, commit to teaching you what to think. You sign up for a psych course, you have to learn psychology. You can ignore it later if you choose.
2. This is such a BS claim from a university: “We are committed to teaching students how to think, not what to think.” No! We do, in fact, commit to teaching you what to think. You sign up for a psych course, you have to learn psychology. You can ignore it later if you choose.
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
1. This is terrible.
2. This is such a BS claim from a university: “We are committed to teaching students how to think, not what to think.” No! We do, in fact, commit to teaching you what to think. You sign up for a psych course, you have to learn psychology. You can ignore it later if you choose.
2. This is such a BS claim from a university: “We are committed to teaching students how to think, not what to think.” No! We do, in fact, commit to teaching you what to think. You sign up for a psych course, you have to learn psychology. You can ignore it later if you choose.
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American presidents who've had things named after them en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooverv...
Hooverville - Wikipedia
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December 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
American presidents who've had things named after them en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooverv...
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Where those Harper’s Letter folks at
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Where those Harper’s Letter folks at
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yeah. I think a lot about how the function of transphobia is oftentimes seemingly more about bonding amongst bigots and less to do with trans people ourselves ... even though the hate being this widespread and rampant is like literally killing us ...
This is the logical outcome of all the so-called “anti-woke,” anti-cancel culture crusading the right has carried out for years. Sanctions for outright racism and Nazism are good and part of the glue that keeps society from unraveling.
Ross Douthat was the EIC of this publication when we were in college.
“variations of a racial slur used casually in a group chat of members; an unpublished issue featuring a call for mass executions; and draft versions…that included two images of swastikas and a Nazi slogan in the subtitle.“
“variations of a racial slur used casually in a group chat of members; an unpublished issue featuring a call for mass executions; and draft versions…that included two images of swastikas and a Nazi slogan in the subtitle.“
December 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
yeah. I think a lot about how the function of transphobia is oftentimes seemingly more about bonding amongst bigots and less to do with trans people ourselves ... even though the hate being this widespread and rampant is like literally killing us ...
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Trade wars are good, and easy to win”
December 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Trade wars are good, and easy to win”
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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I shouldn’t be surprised and yet this one caught me off guard. WTF.
In addition to this administration trying to kill kids, and they're also coming for our binders? OUR BINDERS.
December 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I shouldn’t be surprised and yet this one caught me off guard. WTF.
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Check out my latest article in Contexts: From Wonder Woman to Fifty Shades
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From Wonder Woman to Fifty Shades - Alicia M. Walker, Arielle Kuperberg, 2025
Mainstream media often plants seeds of curiosity. Challenging common notions about kink, BDSM practitioners share their media-fueled awakenings in their own wor...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Check out my latest article in Contexts: From Wonder Woman to Fifty Shades
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Is there anything better than students saying that they enjoyed your class after they submit the final exam? Just pure kindness and joy. 🥰
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Is there anything better than students saying that they enjoyed your class after they submit the final exam? Just pure kindness and joy. 🥰
It’s so important in these dark times to share the history of brave resistance from dark times past.
All about the Compton's Cafeteria riot, when drag queens and trans women rose up against police at a diner in San Francisco.
Years before Stonewall, a cafeteria riot became a breakthrough for trans rights
All about the Compton's Cafeteria riot, when drag queens and trans women rose up against police at a diner in San Francisco.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It’s so important in these dark times to share the history of brave resistance from dark times past.
Texas A&M, Indiana University, and now University of Oklahoma. Are no university administrators willing to stand up to this coordinated wave of anti-trans bullying?
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Texas A&M, Indiana University, and now University of Oklahoma. Are no university administrators willing to stand up to this coordinated wave of anti-trans bullying?