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@touchysubject.bsky.social
Managing Editor @genderpolicyrpt.bsky.social

Errant academic writing about sexual labor & economies, culture, and politics. (views my own, not employer)

drjayneswift.com
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all of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence about executive power - all of it - can be replaced with a simple flow chart. is the president a Republican? if so it’s ok. if not, it’s presumptively not ok.
June 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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📅 June 7th marks the 60th Anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut. 📜 🏛️

For those concerned about reproductive, gender, and sexual justice, privacy matters. █▬▬

Read Privacy Matters: The Legacy of Griswold

genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/gender-polic...
May 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Why have trans people been so vulnerable to political attacks from the right (and scapegoating from the left)?

My take in @slate.com

slate.com/news-and-pol...
Why Are Trans People Such an Easy Political Target? The Answer Involves a Surprising Culprit.
Making a whole group of people this vulnerable does not just happen overnight.
slate.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
These people threaten to undo 70+ years of legal liberalization that has, overall, benefited LGBTQ people, sex workers, educators, feminists, women, and anyone who wants the freedom to read, write, think, learn and consume anything sex related. Ignoring the war on porn is a dangerous proposition.
Today, in the War on Porn:

Trump just nominated the author of the FCC chapter of Project 2025 as Chairman of the FCC.

Expect an attempt to censor what the Christian right considers “indecent, profane” and “illegal” (aka obscene):
November 18, 2024 at 3:08 AM
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A Tennessee Board of Education has now banned Wicked, Beloved and 35 other books as "pornography."

Under a new TN law, any description of sexual activity is "harmful to minors." Another 150 books have already been flagged for removal.

Sex workers tried to warn you.

www.wsmv.com/2024/11/14/r...
Rutherford County faces heated debate over book bans in school as 150 more titles are pulled from library shelves
The book bans were initiated by board member Caleb Tidwell, who flagged the titles as sexually explicit under school board policy and state obscenity laws.
www.wsmv.com
November 14, 2024 at 1:52 AM