SB Paxson
@sbpaxson.bsky.social
PhD in Sociology and my work focuses on lesbians, mental health, representation, social theory, social change, and ethics! Love tv and queer dance parties🦩🏳️🌈 She/they
Matilda for the timeline
January 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Matilda for the timeline
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Showing cross-racial solidarity is a potential death sentence. There are few things white supremacists hate more.
37 year old white male citizen with a lawful permit to carry a firearm, says the Minneapolis Police Department.
January 24, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Showing cross-racial solidarity is a potential death sentence. There are few things white supremacists hate more.
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Thesis: ICE is un-American and the Minneapolis protestors are real Americans.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
January 23, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Thesis: ICE is un-American and the Minneapolis protestors are real Americans.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
I took a “Women in the Civil Rights Movement” course during undergrad that’s entire aim was to deconstruct this. It changed everything I thought I knew about organizing, the protests, and the way gender works in meaning making. High recommend learning about amazing women who made it all happen
Black women of the Civil Rights Movement are most often remembered in 3 ways: as part of a larger group (the Little Rock Nine); as isolated individuals disconnected from broader political strategy (Rosa Parks); or as wives of male leaders (Coretta S. King). afro.com/claudette-co... We can do better.
Claudette Colvin, MLK, and the erasure of Black women from civil rights canon
Claudette Colvin, a civil rights activist who challenged segregation as a teenager, is pictured years after her historic arrest that preceded the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Julienne Louis Anderson, a lif...
afro.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I took a “Women in the Civil Rights Movement” course during undergrad that’s entire aim was to deconstruct this. It changed everything I thought I knew about organizing, the protests, and the way gender works in meaning making. High recommend learning about amazing women who made it all happen
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
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Something sociologists know (and the general public doesn’t) is that most people don’t actually hold very firm political beliefs. They just follow political directives from people they trust—in large part, to seek social status and acceptance.
Stigma is a powerful tool in shaping ideology.
Stigma is a powerful tool in shaping ideology.
January 13, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Something sociologists know (and the general public doesn’t) is that most people don’t actually hold very firm political beliefs. They just follow political directives from people they trust—in large part, to seek social status and acceptance.
Stigma is a powerful tool in shaping ideology.
Stigma is a powerful tool in shaping ideology.
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How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here
January 10, 2026 at 5:21 AM
How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here
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This also reflects the dangers of rugged individualism & individualizing inequality. Everything is disconnected from systems of power. It’s ahistorical & as Charles Mills wrote, perpetuates an epistemology of ignorance—a system of not knowing how white supremacy functions in everyday life over time.
I’m not linking but I just read a columnist (one of my favorites) say Trump “has no ideology beyond his own power.”
Ten years in, this trope should die. Trump's ideology is white supremacist and that goes a long way in explaining his imperialism and protectionism.
Ten years in, this trope should die. Trump's ideology is white supremacist and that goes a long way in explaining his imperialism and protectionism.
January 9, 2026 at 12:58 PM
This also reflects the dangers of rugged individualism & individualizing inequality. Everything is disconnected from systems of power. It’s ahistorical & as Charles Mills wrote, perpetuates an epistemology of ignorance—a system of not knowing how white supremacy functions in everyday life over time.
Media depictions of coming out often flatten the experience in a way that serves heterosexual audiences more than queers, but Heated Rivalry shows the complexity of the different pressures that make that moment deeply queer. That final scene with Shane’s mom has me sobbing on my couch. Well done 👏
December 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Media depictions of coming out often flatten the experience in a way that serves heterosexual audiences more than queers, but Heated Rivalry shows the complexity of the different pressures that make that moment deeply queer. That final scene with Shane’s mom has me sobbing on my couch. Well done 👏
It’s been 24 years since Willow and Tara broke up in “Tabula Rasa” on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, but everytime Michelle Branch’s “Goobye to You” comes on shuffle, I bawl.
December 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’s been 24 years since Willow and Tara broke up in “Tabula Rasa” on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, but everytime Michelle Branch’s “Goobye to You” comes on shuffle, I bawl.
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Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
December 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
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Honestly, if Netflix saved “Wheel of Time” all would be forgiven. Well, maybe not all but most.
December 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Honestly, if Netflix saved “Wheel of Time” all would be forgiven. Well, maybe not all but most.
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Good luck. Go with God (and take this shit with you)
A new preprint server welcomes papers written and reviewed by AI
With human peer review struggling to keep pace with machine-generated science, aiXiv enlists bots to help
www.science.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Good luck. Go with God (and take this shit with you)
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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I feel like the last couple decades of "is representation good or not?" discourse missed more important questions of "how fragile is representation?", "what do we do when multiple industries eliminate it as an intentional move against us?" and "how can we sustain queer artists when shit goes south?"
"According to the report, [...]during the 2024-25 television season, queer characters increased across platforms by 4%, bringing the total to 489. However, the Thursday report found that 41% of those characters will not return." www.thewrap.com/glaad-where-...
Nearly Half of All LGBTQ+ Characters Will Disappear From TV Next Season, GLAAD Study Finds
The 2024-25 TV season recorded 489 queer characters across broadcast, cable and screenings, but cancellations and plot find a deep decline to come
www.thewrap.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I feel like the last couple decades of "is representation good or not?" discourse missed more important questions of "how fragile is representation?", "what do we do when multiple industries eliminate it as an intentional move against us?" and "how can we sustain queer artists when shit goes south?"
I miss the Wheel of Time
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I miss the Wheel of Time
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"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
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Uncertainty is a feature of science, not a flaw.
Admitting uncertainty isn't the same as pretending both sides are equal.
Populists exploit this nuance to sow doubt on issues like medicine, climate and vaccines.
news.sky.com/video/n...
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Admitting uncertainty isn't the same as pretending both sides are equal.
Populists exploit this nuance to sow doubt on issues like medicine, climate and vaccines.
news.sky.com/video/n...
8/10
Nigel Farage says 'science is never settled', reacting to Trump paracetamol claims
The Reform UK leader went on to say that 'when it comes to science' he 'doesn't side with anybody.'
news.sky.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Uncertainty is a feature of science, not a flaw.
Admitting uncertainty isn't the same as pretending both sides are equal.
Populists exploit this nuance to sow doubt on issues like medicine, climate and vaccines.
news.sky.com/video/n...
8/10
Admitting uncertainty isn't the same as pretending both sides are equal.
Populists exploit this nuance to sow doubt on issues like medicine, climate and vaccines.
news.sky.com/video/n...
8/10
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Science thrives on openness to new evidence.
But that openness isn’t a license to ignore consensus or amplify fringe claims.
The burden of proof lies with challengers, not the scientific mainstream.
7/10
But that openness isn’t a license to ignore consensus or amplify fringe claims.
The burden of proof lies with challengers, not the scientific mainstream.
7/10
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Science thrives on openness to new evidence.
But that openness isn’t a license to ignore consensus or amplify fringe claims.
The burden of proof lies with challengers, not the scientific mainstream.
7/10
But that openness isn’t a license to ignore consensus or amplify fringe claims.
The burden of proof lies with challengers, not the scientific mainstream.
7/10
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“Settled” doesn’t mean 100% certainty - it means overwhelming evidence.
The earth is round.
Vaccines save lives.
These aren’t 50-50 debates.
Uncertainty shouldn't be an excuse for false balance.
www.livescience.com/...
6/10
The earth is round.
Vaccines save lives.
These aren’t 50-50 debates.
Uncertainty shouldn't be an excuse for false balance.
www.livescience.com/...
6/10
'Vaccine rejection is as old as vaccines themselves': Science historian Thomas Levenson on the history of germ theory and its deniers
Live Science spoke with author Thomas Levenson about his new book on the history of germ theory.
www.livescience.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“Settled” doesn’t mean 100% certainty - it means overwhelming evidence.
The earth is round.
Vaccines save lives.
These aren’t 50-50 debates.
Uncertainty shouldn't be an excuse for false balance.
www.livescience.com/...
6/10
The earth is round.
Vaccines save lives.
These aren’t 50-50 debates.
Uncertainty shouldn't be an excuse for false balance.
www.livescience.com/...
6/10
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“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change.
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
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Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you
How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.
www.livescience.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change.
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
As someone who is doing research metric analysis right now, this is driving a lot of questions for admin. UF is changing the way it evaluates some faculty based off of this—setting up incentives for research published in Q1 journals with grad students as 1st author as an example
Quietly, many U.S. universities are shifting their evaluation of faculty research to align it with the Scopus database of Elsevier. Elsevier recently bought into the US News & World Report rankings used by students and their parents (and alumni, and *far* too many scholars). Why? In part, A.I. ...
October 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
As someone who is doing research metric analysis right now, this is driving a lot of questions for admin. UF is changing the way it evaluates some faculty based off of this—setting up incentives for research published in Q1 journals with grad students as 1st author as an example
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Quietly, many U.S. universities are shifting their evaluation of faculty research to align it with the Scopus database of Elsevier. Elsevier recently bought into the US News & World Report rankings used by students and their parents (and alumni, and *far* too many scholars). Why? In part, A.I. ...
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Quietly, many U.S. universities are shifting their evaluation of faculty research to align it with the Scopus database of Elsevier. Elsevier recently bought into the US News & World Report rankings used by students and their parents (and alumni, and *far* too many scholars). Why? In part, A.I. ...