Theodora K. Hurley
@tkhurley.bsky.social
she/her. Ph.D. Candidate at UChicago Sociology, Associate Editor of the American Journal of Sociology, Bowdoin College grad. Professionally: health, gender, sexuality, inequality, etc. Personally: dance, traditional Irish music, Maine coast, 🏳️🌈, etc.
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I'm happy to be on here! I'm a sociologist and gender & sexuality studies scholar writing a dissertation on challenges to mainstream medicine's authority. Currently writing from my beloved Portland, Maine. Send me your favorite pieces/posts/thoughts on alternative health, anti-medicine, MAHA, etc.
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JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Making a presentation and...yeah
May 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Making a presentation and...yeah
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I suggest folks start putting "anti-AI statements" in their publications and talks. For example, state that you didn't use AI for any aspect of your work and that you didn't cite any studies that used AI.
This shows worker solidarity and makes visible the collective action against AI.
This shows worker solidarity and makes visible the collective action against AI.
If this isn't a cautionary warning for academics then I don't know what is.
You are putting yourself one step closer to unemployment each time you use AI to write an email, synthesize literature, code any data, use the socratic method to organize ideas, or write syllabi, lectures & papers.
You are putting yourself one step closer to unemployment each time you use AI to write an email, synthesize literature, code any data, use the socratic method to organize ideas, or write syllabi, lectures & papers.
This week, I spoke with one of the Duolingo contractors impacted by its 'new' AI strategy, and they clarified that
1) it's not new. Duolingo has *already* fired an estimated 100 writers and translators.
2) they worked for months training an AI system that still makes egregious mistakes.
1) it's not new. Duolingo has *already* fired an estimated 100 writers and translators.
2) they worked for months training an AI system that still makes egregious mistakes.
May 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I suggest folks start putting "anti-AI statements" in their publications and talks. For example, state that you didn't use AI for any aspect of your work and that you didn't cite any studies that used AI.
This shows worker solidarity and makes visible the collective action against AI.
This shows worker solidarity and makes visible the collective action against AI.
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Medical toxicologist here to confirm: all available, real-world data has proven mifepristone is actually even safer than many over the counter medicines.
Mortality rates:
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
Mortality rates:
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
FYI
Viagra has more serious side effects than Mifepristone
Mifepristone has a lower risk of side effects than penicillin
So why is it such a big deal to these GOP boys anyway?
Viagra has more serious side effects than Mifepristone
Mifepristone has a lower risk of side effects than penicillin
So why is it such a big deal to these GOP boys anyway?
January 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Medical toxicologist here to confirm: all available, real-world data has proven mifepristone is actually even safer than many over the counter medicines.
Mortality rates:
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
Mortality rates:
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
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I asked RFK Jr. a simple question:
January 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I asked RFK Jr. a simple question:
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At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.
Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNN
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citiz...
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.
A Butlerian turn in animal behavior? In all seriousness, it’s cool to see theoretical convergences in social + natural sciences.
January 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
A Butlerian turn in animal behavior? In all seriousness, it’s cool to see theoretical convergences in social + natural sciences.
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Check out my latest OpEd!
Americans are going rogue when it comes to their health. "It is not necessarily a rebellious spirit but an unreliable health care system that compels staunch individualism."
www.newsweek.com/americans-ar...
Americans are going rogue when it comes to their health. "It is not necessarily a rebellious spirit but an unreliable health care system that compels staunch individualism."
www.newsweek.com/americans-ar...
Americans Go Rogue in Response to a Broken Health Care System | Opinion
From raw milk to vaccine skepticism to biohacking, many Americans are going rogue in their pursuit of health.
www.newsweek.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Check out my latest OpEd!
Americans are going rogue when it comes to their health. "It is not necessarily a rebellious spirit but an unreliable health care system that compels staunch individualism."
www.newsweek.com/americans-ar...
Americans are going rogue when it comes to their health. "It is not necessarily a rebellious spirit but an unreliable health care system that compels staunch individualism."
www.newsweek.com/americans-ar...
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If you work with any federal data--on demography, economics, health, education, climate, agriculture, whatever--and you notice any changes this year in data availability, quality, or completeness, please let me know.
January 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
If you work with any federal data--on demography, economics, health, education, climate, agriculture, whatever--and you notice any changes this year in data availability, quality, or completeness, please let me know.
I love reading outside my immediate area. Excited for Native Lands by Shari M. Huhndorf, which "examines the connections between Indigenous culture and politics, focusing on the ways that Native artists and writers represent histories and meanings of land that support Indigenous territorial claims."
Native land claims and culture are inseparable
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
January 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I love reading outside my immediate area. Excited for Native Lands by Shari M. Huhndorf, which "examines the connections between Indigenous culture and politics, focusing on the ways that Native artists and writers represent histories and meanings of land that support Indigenous territorial claims."
Proof, aside from the actual writing, that I wrote a lot in October.
January 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Proof, aside from the actual writing, that I wrote a lot in October.
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BIDEN: EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT HAS BEEN RATIFIED www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Equal Rights Amendment | The White House
I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years, and I have long been clear that no one should be discriminated against based on their
www.whitehouse.gov
January 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
BIDEN: EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT HAS BEEN RATIFIED www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
Love this. It's so important to teach our students *how* we want them to engage instead of expecting them to have this knowledge and these skills already! Great idea to spend a day workshopping class discussion skills like asking questions, making connections, sharing appreciation and awe, etc.
Helpful read, particularly for those teaching lower level and discussion based courses. Since covid, my students haven't had access to taken for granted classroom norms as they did from HS before Covid, and especially for discussion--> how to and what it could look like. #teaching #academicbluesky
Class Engagement Tips from My Most Engaged Students
These 7 tips for promoting classroom engagement came from an exceptionally engaged group of students.
emilycontois.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Love this. It's so important to teach our students *how* we want them to engage instead of expecting them to have this knowledge and these skills already! Great idea to spend a day workshopping class discussion skills like asking questions, making connections, sharing appreciation and awe, etc.
This thread has a link to donate and request children’s and YA books for schools, teachers, and families who’ve lost books in the L.A. fires. Super important work this is!!
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This thread has a link to donate and request children’s and YA books for schools, teachers, and families who’ve lost books in the L.A. fires. Super important work this is!!
I can’t stop thinking about this clause. From Tad Friend’s engrossing article on the rare book dealer Glenn Horowitz. (“A Controversial Rare-Book Dealer Tries to Rewrite His Own Ending,” The New Yorker, October 21, 2024.)
January 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I can’t stop thinking about this clause. From Tad Friend’s engrossing article on the rare book dealer Glenn Horowitz. (“A Controversial Rare-Book Dealer Tries to Rewrite His Own Ending,” The New Yorker, October 21, 2024.)
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2024 was a banger year for Native Americans in publishing. It feels like we are in a moment and I felt so lucky to be a small part of it. Here are some of my fav 2024 books by Native authors. What were your favs?
January 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
2024 was a banger year for Native Americans in publishing. It feels like we are in a moment and I felt so lucky to be a small part of it. Here are some of my fav 2024 books by Native authors. What were your favs?
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My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.
January 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.
Catching up on mail and enjoying the autumn’s UE News. Really cool to read about unionized rail crew drivers in southern CA working with environmental justice groups to get new rules around train pollution, which hugely affects the health of working class people who live and work by the railroads.
January 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Catching up on mail and enjoying the autumn’s UE News. Really cool to read about unionized rail crew drivers in southern CA working with environmental justice groups to get new rules around train pollution, which hugely affects the health of working class people who live and work by the railroads.
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Also … if this is your lede on the debates “in the history profession” you should just stop right there.
January 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Also … if this is your lede on the debates “in the history profession” you should just stop right there.
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Created a new starter pack on SOGI things, queer demography, and folks interested in surveying sex and sex surveys--very loosely some quantitative sexualities. Let me know if you want to be added, its just a starter and I drew from my head of who was currently here:
January 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Created a new starter pack on SOGI things, queer demography, and folks interested in surveying sex and sex surveys--very loosely some quantitative sexualities. Let me know if you want to be added, its just a starter and I drew from my head of who was currently here:
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Cleopatra lived closer in time to 'yeet' being in the dictionary than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
January 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Cleopatra lived closer in time to 'yeet' being in the dictionary than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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I agree. I think sociology is uniquely positioned to help undergrads understand the world around them, critically evaluate current events, etc. Sociology is education for informed and engaged citizenship. These are lifelong skills!
January 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I agree. I think sociology is uniquely positioned to help undergrads understand the world around them, critically evaluate current events, etc. Sociology is education for informed and engaged citizenship. These are lifelong skills!
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I have long stopped teaching “assimilation” debates which at this point are a relic. But I think we’re at a juncture when theoretical learning makes less and less sense at an undergrad level. We need to allow students to make sense of their world.
January 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I have long stopped teaching “assimilation” debates which at this point are a relic. But I think we’re at a juncture when theoretical learning makes less and less sense at an undergrad level. We need to allow students to make sense of their world.
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My classes are now designed to teach why people immigrate, starting with colonialism, where borders came from & what they do, how the legal pathways have shrunk over time. It’s incredible how students have no idea & how many report fighting family members on why people don’t just “get in line?”
The main thing I’ve learned from studying US immigration law is that 99% of Americans have no idea how our immigration system works, or what modern migration even looks like.
January 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My classes are now designed to teach why people immigrate, starting with colonialism, where borders came from & what they do, how the legal pathways have shrunk over time. It’s incredible how students have no idea & how many report fighting family members on why people don’t just “get in line?”