Georgiann Davis
@georgianndavis.bsky.social
Intersex scholar-activist and sociologist at the University of New Mexico
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“When white people talk about how we “made it,” we must also acknowledge that whiteness is an invisible and built-in advantage in how we achieve success.” @georgianndavis.bsky.social explains why, despite similar experiences, she isn’t like JD Vance.
When the American Dream Goes Sideways; Or, Why I Am Not Like JD Vance
“It’s in right now to be with an Indian girl,” Mom quipped after seeing Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, flash across the Fox News screen she was watching. “Please,” I begged, “please do…
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October 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“When white people talk about how we “made it,” we must also acknowledge that whiteness is an invisible and built-in advantage in how we achieve success.” @georgianndavis.bsky.social explains why, despite similar experiences, she isn’t like JD Vance.
Reposted by Georgiann Davis
Georgiann Davis’ account of growing up intersex and obese in a dysfunctional family is a ‘queer’ response to J. D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. But will the Trump administration spoil her happy ending?
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/hillbilly-energy-middle-school-dropout-academic-tenure
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/hillbilly-energy-middle-school-dropout-academic-tenure
October 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Georgiann Davis’ account of growing up intersex and obese in a dysfunctional family is a ‘queer’ response to J. D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. But will the Trump administration spoil her happy ending?
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/hillbilly-energy-middle-school-dropout-academic-tenure
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/hillbilly-energy-middle-school-dropout-academic-tenure
Reposted by Georgiann Davis
In their new book, Five Star White Trash: A Memoir of Fraud and Family, ASA member Georgiann Davis @georgianndavis.bsky.social @unm.edu chronicles her surprising journey from middle-school dropout to professor. @nyupress.bsky.social
Five Star White Trash
An unforgettable journey from seventh-grade dropout to celebrated professor Her family was white, but not the right kind of white. They were five star white ...
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September 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In their new book, Five Star White Trash: A Memoir of Fraud and Family, ASA member Georgiann Davis @georgianndavis.bsky.social @unm.edu chronicles her surprising journey from middle-school dropout to professor. @nyupress.bsky.social
Reposted by Georgiann Davis
Intersex people have existed since the beginning of time and will exist until the end of time. No law, executive order, judge or advocate of pseudoscience can erase us. Their goal is to conceal any existence outside of an impossibly narrow sex binary. Our existence is resistance.
January 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Intersex people have existed since the beginning of time and will exist until the end of time. No law, executive order, judge or advocate of pseudoscience can erase us. Their goal is to conceal any existence outside of an impossibly narrow sex binary. Our existence is resistance.