Jonathan Wynn
@jonwynn.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at UMass Amherst. Author of The Tour Guide, and Music/City; and co-author of The City & The Hospital. The Set Up, a novel, is now an audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Set-Up-Audiobook/B0FG9BSBN4 ORCID: 0000-0002-8670-1101
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Jonathan Wynn
@jonwynn.bsky.social
· Jan 1
The Set Up
By Jon WynnMay 20, 2025 Ally, an aspiring actress, is about to give up on getting her big break. But then, after another disappointing audition, a charismatic scene partner says he has a fun gig for h...
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My ‘sociological thriller’ The Set Up is out May ’25. It’s “an M-80 of Vegas noir through an intersectional lens...” Pre-orders are 30% off thru January with the code PREORDER30! beltpublishing.com/products/the.... $14 bucks! But, you may ask: “Why would a sociologist write a novel?”
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‘The state has moved from telling us what we cannot teach to telling us exactly what we can…giving our students a really impoverished version of the discipline,’ Katie Rainwater
‘[Students] will be getting a sociology text, a sociology course without a soul…It is a sanitized version,’ Matt Marr
‘[Students] will be getting a sociology text, a sociology course without a soul…It is a sanitized version,’ Matt Marr
Florida escalates its battle on sociology with new curriculum, textbook. Professors push back
In a dramatic escalation of a years-long battle over sociology in Florida colleges and universities, FIU faculty allege that new state mandates for an Introduction to Sociology course amount to an att...
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January 27, 2026 at 11:35 AM
‘The state has moved from telling us what we cannot teach to telling us exactly what we can…giving our students a really impoverished version of the discipline,’ Katie Rainwater
‘[Students] will be getting a sociology text, a sociology course without a soul…It is a sanitized version,’ Matt Marr
‘[Students] will be getting a sociology text, a sociology course without a soul…It is a sanitized version,’ Matt Marr
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It's been just over a year since many academics and sociology folks came over to Bluesky. Thought Id share for some more community building and the later arrivals. Feel free to add other sections and areas to the list and or request to be added to any packs!
January 16, 2026 at 6:41 PM
It's been just over a year since many academics and sociology folks came over to Bluesky. Thought Id share for some more community building and the later arrivals. Feel free to add other sections and areas to the list and or request to be added to any packs!
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the well-known cost/nothing ratio.
The EPA will no longer consider how many lives are saved when setting pollution limits, the New York Times reports. Instead, it will consider the cost to businesses of complying with clean air regulations.
January 12, 2026 at 7:58 PM
the well-known cost/nothing ratio.
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My latest for @washingtonmonthly.com: Stephen Miller’s recent declaration that the world is “governed by force” is straight out of “Starship Troopers” … which is highly disturbing but at least a good excuse to rewatch “Starship Troopers”
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Stephen Miller’s Worldview Is Straight Out of “Starship Troopers”
Stephen Miller says the world is governed by force, not rules. Starship Troopers shows the authoritarian future that worldview creates
washingtonmonthly.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:41 AM
My latest for @washingtonmonthly.com: Stephen Miller’s recent declaration that the world is “governed by force” is straight out of “Starship Troopers” … which is highly disturbing but at least a good excuse to rewatch “Starship Troopers”
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/13/s...
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/13/s...
Trying to be smug but only displaying ignorance about a 37-year old local tradition is a perfect way to go out on the last day of being a Northampton city council member.
January 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Trying to be smug but only displaying ignorance about a 37-year old local tradition is a perfect way to go out on the last day of being a Northampton city council member.
"Hey ChatGPT, what's a metaphor for using you?"
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"Hey ChatGPT, what's a metaphor for using you?"
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“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Academic use of "AI" algorthmic software is an ouroboros
December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Academic use of "AI" algorthmic software is an ouroboros
As I head into "deviance" week--when I'll be talking about how white people, like no other community, will never be compelled to pay for the any of the mass shootings done by white men--I am gifted a disgusting and tragic example for class discussion.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
As I head into "deviance" week--when I'll be talking about how white people, like no other community, will never be compelled to pay for the any of the mass shootings done by white men--I am gifted a disgusting and tragic example for class discussion.
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My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
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This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Please help support the victims of domestic violence here in Western Massachusetts by donating to me and/or our UMass Sociology Team in the Hot Chocolate Run for Safe Passage.
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Hot Chocolate Run 2025 - Jonathan Wynn
The Hot Chocolate Run, in Northampton, MA is a fundraiser for Safe Passage. Sign up and give safety, hope, and justice to survivors of domestic violence.
p2p.onecause.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Please help support the victims of domestic violence here in Western Massachusetts by donating to me and/or our UMass Sociology Team in the Hot Chocolate Run for Safe Passage.
p2p.onecause.com/hcr2025/jona...
p2p.onecause.com/hcr2025/jona...
The 3rd installment in Janice Irvine's "queer thoughts/psychedelic heresies" series has arrived: janiceirvine.substack.com/p/is-ketamin...
Is Ketamine Funny?
What is ketamine, anyway?
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November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The 3rd installment in Janice Irvine's "queer thoughts/psychedelic heresies" series has arrived: janiceirvine.substack.com/p/is-ketamin...
#sociologists who like fiction! I am the new Books section editor for @contexts.org, and I would *love* to see your pitches for essays + reviews on sociological novels, memoirs or trade books! More info here: contexts.org/submission-g...
contexts.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#sociologists who like fiction! I am the new Books section editor for @contexts.org, and I would *love* to see your pitches for essays + reviews on sociological novels, memoirs or trade books! More info here: contexts.org/submission-g...
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This week in Freak Scene: Winterpills are back with their first new album since 2016, and it's a little different, but very good:
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Freak Scene #91: Winterpills Return With 'This Is How We Dance'
Plus, Western Mass. trio Our Three debut with the EP 'Never Fall in Love'
buttondown.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This week in Freak Scene: Winterpills are back with their first new album since 2016, and it's a little different, but very good:
buttondown.com/freakscene/a...
buttondown.com/freakscene/a...
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Disturbing news out of Auburn University, where the admin is pressuring professors to sign a statement saying they're complying with an "anti-DEI" law and TPUSA is holding a rally and trying to record classes.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
Auburn University requires faculty to review courses to comply with anti-DEI law
Auburn's provost office posted a web site on how to comply with state and federal DEI mandates on Oct. 31.
www.al.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Disturbing news out of Auburn University, where the admin is pressuring professors to sign a statement saying they're complying with an "anti-DEI" law and TPUSA is holding a rally and trying to record classes.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
This sounds amazing.
“Using music as a time machine, the authors transport the reader from their personal experiences as Black neurodivergent students to their present academic careers.”
@alexamacdermot.bsky.social on Chantelle Jessica Lewis and @profjasonarday.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social buff.ly/0Q9fglU
@alexamacdermot.bsky.social on Chantelle Jessica Lewis and @profjasonarday.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social buff.ly/0Q9fglU
October 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This sounds amazing.
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"One rock? Okay, fine. But every house in the neighborhood? This was obviously a coordinated effort to humiliate our family."
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A Letter to the Parents that Gave My Son Charlie a Bunch of Rocks for Halloween
Fellow parents, I am so angry and drunk right now that I am shaking. This evening, our young son spent several unsupervised hours trick-or-treating...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"One rock? Okay, fine. But every house in the neighborhood? This was obviously a coordinated effort to humiliate our family."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-l...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-l...
