josh warren, m.a. (they/he)
@socijosh.bsky.social
👨🏼🏫 phd candidate and instructor at kent state
🐆 visiting lecturer at uni of pittsburgh
🔍 queer space, inequalities, social movements, kink/fetish and subculture, queer crim, oral history, visual methods
📍pittsburgh, pa
https://forms.gle/RGbAiBk5BcM6WMMU9
🐆 visiting lecturer at uni of pittsburgh
🔍 queer space, inequalities, social movements, kink/fetish and subculture, queer crim, oral history, visual methods
📍pittsburgh, pa
https://forms.gle/RGbAiBk5BcM6WMMU9
Very excited to read this, especially as I work on finishing my dissertation about Pittsburgh’s leather and kink scene!
New article out! I demonstrate how Chicago’s kink scene responded to COVID-19 and Mpox by creatively recrafting nightlife online, safeguarding cherished venues, and transforming sites of pleasure into spaces of health mobilization. #sociology
ONLINE FIRST
In this TSQ article, Jorge Ochoa (@jorge-ochoa.bsky.social) argues that Chicago kinksters harnessed the creative, retentive, and historically layered—or, in a word, palimpsestic—features of their scene to respond to the unsettled times of COVID-19 and mpox.
Read more at bit.ly/4j9LGkP
In this TSQ article, Jorge Ochoa (@jorge-ochoa.bsky.social) argues that Chicago kinksters harnessed the creative, retentive, and historically layered—or, in a word, palimpsestic—features of their scene to respond to the unsettled times of COVID-19 and mpox.
Read more at bit.ly/4j9LGkP
October 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Very excited to read this, especially as I work on finishing my dissertation about Pittsburgh’s leather and kink scene!
My entry on global firearm violence and masculinity for the Sage Encyclopedia of Gender & Crime was accepted in the first round of review. Happy Sunday, I guess! 💪🏼🍾
October 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My entry on global firearm violence and masculinity for the Sage Encyclopedia of Gender & Crime was accepted in the first round of review. Happy Sunday, I guess! 💪🏼🍾
I’m traveling to Chicago for the first time this weekend for International Mr. Leather! If you’re also attending IML or live in the city and want to meet up, please reach out! 🤗
May 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I’m traveling to Chicago for the first time this weekend for International Mr. Leather! If you’re also attending IML or live in the city and want to meet up, please reach out! 🤗
Just a leathersex webinar while cooking dinner. #researchneversleeps
March 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Just a leathersex webinar while cooking dinner. #researchneversleeps
I’m teaching an online research methods course this summer. Any syllabi or other material anyone would be willing to share? I’ve only ever TA’d for a qual methods class in the past, but v excited for this!
March 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I’m teaching an online research methods course this summer. Any syllabi or other material anyone would be willing to share? I’ve only ever TA’d for a qual methods class in the past, but v excited for this!
What do you think is the best excerpt from Foucault's "The History of Sexuality" for an undergraduate theory class? I've never taught it before; only read it for my own work and classes.
March 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
What do you think is the best excerpt from Foucault's "The History of Sexuality" for an undergraduate theory class? I've never taught it before; only read it for my own work and classes.