Robyn Lewis Brown
@robynlbrown.bsky.social
Sociologist/prof @universityofky and former journalist @forbes and @billboard writing about gender, disability, stress, and mental health. Also: sailing enthusiast, angsty tween wrangler, and lover of good fiction and dogs.
ABD! Congratulations to Cynthia Emami on passing her doctoral qualifying exams! (Cynthia’s dissertation committee is also the first that Jordan Brown and I have co-chaired.) @uliogho.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
ABD! Congratulations to Cynthia Emami on passing her doctoral qualifying exams! (Cynthia’s dissertation committee is also the first that Jordan Brown and I have co-chaired.) @uliogho.bsky.social
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I'm excited that this thread gives me the opportunity to follow a prompt from yesterday to "post a tweet you still think about" with something I took as advice from you years ago!
August 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I'm excited that this thread gives me the opportunity to follow a prompt from yesterday to "post a tweet you still think about" with something I took as advice from you years ago!
Terrific to see the Oxford Handbook on the Sociology of Disability featured by @oxunipress.bsky.social again at the ASA @asanews.bsky.social meeting - and to connect with my lovely co-editors @mmaroto.bsky.social and @dnpetti.bsky.social!
August 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Terrific to see the Oxford Handbook on the Sociology of Disability featured by @oxunipress.bsky.social again at the ASA @asanews.bsky.social meeting - and to connect with my lovely co-editors @mmaroto.bsky.social and @dnpetti.bsky.social!
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We in the legal profession really need to have a moment of introspection about how our commitment to "civility" above all else didn't just enable everything we're seeing now, it helped *cause* it.
Some arguments should not be met with civility. Sometimes civility only serves oppression.
Some arguments should not be met with civility. Sometimes civility only serves oppression.
August 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We in the legal profession really need to have a moment of introspection about how our commitment to "civility" above all else didn't just enable everything we're seeing now, it helped *cause* it.
Some arguments should not be met with civility. Sometimes civility only serves oppression.
Some arguments should not be met with civility. Sometimes civility only serves oppression.
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“In the first six months of his second term, the Trump administration has waged what appears to be an all-out war against disabled people.”
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Trump Administration’s War on Disability
Executive actions, budget cuts, layoffs, and legislation—all enacted in the Trump administration’s first six months—have curtailed disability rights and services, including access to Medicaid and the ...
www.americanprogress.org
August 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“In the first six months of his second term, the Trump administration has waged what appears to be an all-out war against disabled people.”
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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It makes no sense to frame this as some sort of correction — adequate nutrition is more important for kids with health conditions, not less.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
July 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It makes no sense to frame this as some sort of correction — adequate nutrition is more important for kids with health conditions, not less.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
Still feeling inspired from an amazing trip to Morocco for the @isa-sociology.org Forum in Rabat! This was my first ISA meeting and I loved connecting with old friends and meeting new colleagues in the global sociology community.
July 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Still feeling inspired from an amazing trip to Morocco for the @isa-sociology.org Forum in Rabat! This was my first ISA meeting and I loved connecting with old friends and meeting new colleagues in the global sociology community.
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#Theoutpost
As the meteors blaze through Earth’s atmosphere at over 130,000 mph, they burn up in brilliant flashes of different colors – and those colors reveal what elements are inside.
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As the meteors blaze through Earth’s atmosphere at over 130,000 mph, they burn up in brilliant flashes of different colors – and those colors reveal what elements are inside.
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July 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
#Theoutpost
As the meteors blaze through Earth’s atmosphere at over 130,000 mph, they burn up in brilliant flashes of different colors – and those colors reveal what elements are inside.
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As the meteors blaze through Earth’s atmosphere at over 130,000 mph, they burn up in brilliant flashes of different colors – and those colors reveal what elements are inside.
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