Ian Kennedy (they/them) 🏳️⚧️
@ikennedy.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Illinois at Chicago; non-binary computational social scientist; pro-love; cries at the sad and happy parts of movies
Today, like all the days, you deserve love and care. May you be well~ ❤️🩹
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Today, like all the days, you deserve love and care. May you be well~ ❤️🩹
Dark things are happening. But also, my partner and I are going to have a child and this morning we're preparing for a baby shower.
It's so lovely to come together with our friends and family. May you all be well today.
It's so lovely to come together with our friends and family. May you all be well today.
October 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Dark things are happening. But also, my partner and I are going to have a child and this morning we're preparing for a baby shower.
It's so lovely to come together with our friends and family. May you all be well today.
It's so lovely to come together with our friends and family. May you all be well today.
I had an international student in my office hours yesterday and I ended up explaining the government shutdown to someone who hadn't imagined that governments could shut down.
He asked "why would this be a thing?", very reasonably
He asked "why would this be a thing?", very reasonably
October 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I had an international student in my office hours yesterday and I ended up explaining the government shutdown to someone who hadn't imagined that governments could shut down.
He asked "why would this be a thing?", very reasonably
He asked "why would this be a thing?", very reasonably
Also, their estimation is described as only slightly worse, so describing them as "poor monitors" may be an overstatement?
September 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Also, their estimation is described as only slightly worse, so describing them as "poor monitors" may be an overstatement?
That would be incredible
September 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
That would be incredible
I'll follow anyone who makes this call today!
Comment that you've done it and why supporting higher Ed is important and I'll read all of your skeets forever ♾️
Comment that you've done it and why supporting higher Ed is important and I'll read all of your skeets forever ♾️
If you're serious about standing firm against attacks on academia, then now is the time to support one our most important allies: The TRIO McNair Program: helping underrepresented, first-gen, and low income enter research based gras programs. Call your reps #academicsky
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Protect the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program - Council for Opportunity in Education
We’re stronger together. Call your Member of Congress, send an email, post on social media, host a phone party, invite your Member to campus, and report your actions. Every voice protects students and...
coenet.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I'll follow anyone who makes this call today!
Comment that you've done it and why supporting higher Ed is important and I'll read all of your skeets forever ♾️
Comment that you've done it and why supporting higher Ed is important and I'll read all of your skeets forever ♾️
Use the link above to call your reps and demand they reach out to the department of Ed and demand that they honor their obligations to these students.
September 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Use the link above to call your reps and demand they reach out to the department of Ed and demand that they honor their obligations to these students.
What's especially wild is that the department of Ed has just unilaterally stopped payments--effectively ending the the program. This is super underhanded since the program is still supported by Congress and isn't being formally defunded or ended, and its grants aren't being formally cancelled.
September 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
What's especially wild is that the department of Ed has just unilaterally stopped payments--effectively ending the the program. This is super underhanded since the program is still supported by Congress and isn't being formally defunded or ended, and its grants aren't being formally cancelled.
If you're serious about standing firm against attacks on academia, then now is the time to support one our most important allies: The TRIO McNair Program: helping underrepresented, first-gen, and low income enter research based gras programs. Call your reps #academicsky
coenet.org/protect-the-...
coenet.org/protect-the-...
Protect the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program - Council for Opportunity in Education
We’re stronger together. Call your Member of Congress, send an email, post on social media, host a phone party, invite your Member to campus, and report your actions. Every voice protects students and...
coenet.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
If you're serious about standing firm against attacks on academia, then now is the time to support one our most important allies: The TRIO McNair Program: helping underrepresented, first-gen, and low income enter research based gras programs. Call your reps #academicsky
coenet.org/protect-the-...
coenet.org/protect-the-...
“It is a time to resist injustice that now threatens to be normalized by those who capitulate, sometimes in advance, to bullying tactics of extortion at the expense of basic standards that govern shared governance" -Butler
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“It is a time to resist injustice that now threatens to be normalized by those who capitulate, sometimes in advance, to bullying tactics of extortion at the expense of basic standards that govern shared governance" -Butler
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Thanks for being there too 🙏!
September 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thanks for being there too 🙏!
I'm downtown in beautiful downtown Chicago. All we need to be safe is to get ice and troops out of our city.
September 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm downtown in beautiful downtown Chicago. All we need to be safe is to get ice and troops out of our city.
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Someone asked me what victory against the forces seeking to occupy Chicago looks like. Obviously, those forces being repelled is the goal, but there are layers to what success looks like in these deteriorating conditions. The first is to successfully resist the normalization of military occupation.
September 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Someone asked me what victory against the forces seeking to occupy Chicago looks like. Obviously, those forces being repelled is the goal, but there are layers to what success looks like in these deteriorating conditions. The first is to successfully resist the normalization of military occupation.
Reposted by Ian Kennedy (they/them) 🏳️⚧️
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August 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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It's great to be back in the classroom at UIC Sociology today! Excited to learn from a whole new group of students 🤓
August 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's great to be back in the classroom at UIC Sociology today! Excited to learn from a whole new group of students 🤓
I didn't visit the table, but I also don't review for them
August 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I didn't visit the table, but I also don't review for them
Really excited to be working on _another_ incredible paper with @msoma.bsky.social
He's presenting it at this conference, check it out!
He's presenting it at this conference, check it out!
On Aug 28, as part of the conference below, I'll be presenting new work (co-authored w/ @ikennedy.bsky.social) on the geography of far-right retailers in the U.S.
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To virtually attend, and to get the full schedule, contact @lauradupin.bsky.social. Hope to see you there!
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To virtually attend, and to get the full schedule, contact @lauradupin.bsky.social. Hope to see you there!
Organizations and Urban Inequality - Institute for Advanced Study IAS
In this hybrid event prominent scholars from different disciplines (urban sociology, political science, management studies, geospatial studies, organizational studies) will discuss their upcoming contributions to an accepted forthcoming special issue of Urban Studies (eds. Floris Vermeulen, Laura Dupin and Mingshu Wang).
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August 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Really excited to be working on _another_ incredible paper with @msoma.bsky.social
He's presenting it at this conference, check it out!
He's presenting it at this conference, check it out!
Haha, I am kind of trying to do that. Thank you for your service!
Also, queer life online (and other online sex stuff) is important and valuable and has helped me in dark times!
Also, queer life online (and other online sex stuff) is important and valuable and has helped me in dark times!
August 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Haha, I am kind of trying to do that. Thank you for your service!
Also, queer life online (and other online sex stuff) is important and valuable and has helped me in dark times!
Also, queer life online (and other online sex stuff) is important and valuable and has helped me in dark times!
Reposted by Ian Kennedy (they/them) 🏳️⚧️
Balthazar is thinking about Structural sociology. It looks delighted.
August 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Balthazar is thinking about Structural sociology. It looks delighted.
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Threatening to criminalize one of Ireland's most successful writers for caring about Palestine pretty much guarantees that half of Ireland will find a way to shove this back in the face of the UK government. If they go through with it, they will face a level of piss-taking they've never seen before.
BREAKING: Downing Street has warned Sally Rooney risks committing a terrorist offence if she funds Palestine Action
It comes after the author said she would continue to support the group financially
It comes after the author said she would continue to support the group financially
August 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Threatening to criminalize one of Ireland's most successful writers for caring about Palestine pretty much guarantees that half of Ireland will find a way to shove this back in the face of the UK government. If they go through with it, they will face a level of piss-taking they've never seen before.