abiocobock
@abiocobock.bsky.social
Sociologist of sexualities, gender, and families. Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame. Feminist. British. Author of Marriage Material: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo237036719.html
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abiocobock
@abiocobock.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hi everyone, new here! By way of introduction, I’m a sociologist of gender, sexualities, and family life. My recently published book “Marriage Material” shows how access to legal marriage has transformed same-sex relationships, challenging dominant ideas about the declining power of marriage.
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We knew this was coming— it's in Project 2025.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
Same-Sex Marriage Is the Law of the Land. Some States Are Debating It Anyway.
State efforts to urge the Supreme Court to reconsider same-sex marriage have not advanced, but they have reopened the issue.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We knew this was coming— it's in Project 2025.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
South bend, IN showing up today!
April 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
South bend, IN showing up today!
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"This weekend, John Oliver did something surprisingly rare in mainstream media: he dedicated 42 minutes to a thoughtful, well-researched segment on transgender athletes in sports that cut through the hysteria and political opportunism dominating this conversation.
www.readtpa.com/p/send-this-...
www.readtpa.com/p/send-this-...
Send This John Oliver Segment to Anyone Still Confused About Trans Athletes
It's the most thoughtful, fact-based explanation you'll find about what's really happening in women's sports
www.readtpa.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"This weekend, John Oliver did something surprisingly rare in mainstream media: he dedicated 42 minutes to a thoughtful, well-researched segment on transgender athletes in sports that cut through the hysteria and political opportunism dominating this conversation.
www.readtpa.com/p/send-this-...
www.readtpa.com/p/send-this-...
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Hands Off! South Bend rally making USA Today news!
April 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Hands Off! South Bend rally making USA Today news!
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Wow! So many people marching in South Bend. We're not used to this. It's usually 20 people milling around at an anti-abortion rally.
www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/2...
www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/2...
'We need to raise our voices': Thousands protest Trump actions in local 'Hands Off!' rally
The protest was one of 1,200 similar rallies taking place around the country on Saturday, April 5.
www.southbendtribune.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Wow! So many people marching in South Bend. We're not used to this. It's usually 20 people milling around at an anti-abortion rally.
www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/2...
www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/2...
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This weekend will see the largest protest day of Trump's second term with hundreds of marches in neighborhoods across the country. #HandsOff #April5
Finds yours here: handsoff2025.com
Finds yours here: handsoff2025.com
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the…
handsoff2025.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This weekend will see the largest protest day of Trump's second term with hundreds of marches in neighborhoods across the country. #HandsOff #April5
Finds yours here: handsoff2025.com
Finds yours here: handsoff2025.com
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What American views of marriage and divorce in the context of having children?
@gaylekaufman.bsky.social & @drcompton.bsky.social tell us @ccfamilies.bsky.social blog hosted by @thesocietypages.bsky.social
Check it out: thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/03/...
@gaylekaufman.bsky.social & @drcompton.bsky.social tell us @ccfamilies.bsky.social blog hosted by @thesocietypages.bsky.social
Check it out: thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/03/...
For the children? American views of marriage and divorce in the context of having children - Council on Contemporary Families
The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota
thesocietypages.org
April 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What American views of marriage and divorce in the context of having children?
@gaylekaufman.bsky.social & @drcompton.bsky.social tell us @ccfamilies.bsky.social blog hosted by @thesocietypages.bsky.social
Check it out: thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/03/...
@gaylekaufman.bsky.social & @drcompton.bsky.social tell us @ccfamilies.bsky.social blog hosted by @thesocietypages.bsky.social
Check it out: thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/03/...
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The Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence invites you to apply to present at our first annual Symposium on 8th July: www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/tra...
Deadline for submissions 28th April
#AcademicSky 🌈🎓
#Conference #OpenCall #Symposium #Opportunity
#Queer #LGBTQIA2S+ #LGBT
Deadline for submissions 28th April
#AcademicSky 🌈🎓
#Conference #OpenCall #Symposium #Opportunity
#Queer #LGBTQIA2S+ #LGBT
Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence (TVCE) 1st Annual Symposium
Guildhall School of Music and Drama is delighted to announced that on the 8th July, in collaboration with the Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence [TVCE], the De-Centre for Socially Engaged Practice an...
www.gsmd.ac.uk
March 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence invites you to apply to present at our first annual Symposium on 8th July: www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/tra...
Deadline for submissions 28th April
#AcademicSky 🌈🎓
#Conference #OpenCall #Symposium #Opportunity
#Queer #LGBTQIA2S+ #LGBT
Deadline for submissions 28th April
#AcademicSky 🌈🎓
#Conference #OpenCall #Symposium #Opportunity
#Queer #LGBTQIA2S+ #LGBT
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More ND postdoc opportunities!
The Initiative on Race and Resilience (IRR) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship focusing on multiracial democracy. See below for detail and link to apply
apply.interfolio.com/164233
The Initiative on Race and Resilience (IRR) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship focusing on multiracial democracy. See below for detail and link to apply
apply.interfolio.com/164233
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March 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
More ND postdoc opportunities!
The Initiative on Race and Resilience (IRR) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship focusing on multiracial democracy. See below for detail and link to apply
apply.interfolio.com/164233
The Initiative on Race and Resilience (IRR) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship focusing on multiracial democracy. See below for detail and link to apply
apply.interfolio.com/164233
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Very nice new postdoctoral gigs just posted at ND! $75K + research funds, low teaching. This year they're running it in Art, Art History, & Design; Film, Television, & Theatre; Sociology; History; German, Slavic, & Eurasian Studies; and the Medieval Institute. alresources.nd.edu/resources/pr...
Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowships
Resources, guides, and key information for Art & Letters faculty and staff
alresources.nd.edu
March 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Very nice new postdoctoral gigs just posted at ND! $75K + research funds, low teaching. This year they're running it in Art, Art History, & Design; Film, Television, & Theatre; Sociology; History; German, Slavic, & Eurasian Studies; and the Medieval Institute. alresources.nd.edu/resources/pr...
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Check out this coverage of our colleague @abiocobock.bsky.social's new book, Marriage Material, on The Society Pages: thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/02/...
3 Qs with Abigail Ocobock Marriage Material: How an Enduring Institution is Changing Same-Sex Relationships - Council on Contemporary Families
The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota
thesocietypages.org
February 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Check out this coverage of our colleague @abiocobock.bsky.social's new book, Marriage Material, on The Society Pages: thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/02/...
Today is the day. Yes it’s just a small act but it’s a start. Money is power. Don’t spend yours today.
February 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Today is the day. Yes it’s just a small act but it’s a start. Money is power. Don’t spend yours today.
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The ASA, American Federation of Teachers @AFT, and AFT-Maryland, facilitated by @DemocracyForward, have filed a complaint today in federal court in Maryland challenging the “Dear Colleague Letter” published by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
Educators Sue to Challenge Trump Administration's Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws, Attack Educational Programs and Student Opportunities - Democracy Forward
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February 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The ASA, American Federation of Teachers @AFT, and AFT-Maryland, facilitated by @DemocracyForward, have filed a complaint today in federal court in Maryland challenging the “Dear Colleague Letter” published by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
@tristanbridges.bsky.social has written on recent sexual identity data from Gallup. Again we see bisexuals (esp. young women) leading the growth in LGBTQ identification. I’m starting a new qualitative project on bisexuality. Would love to connect/collaborate w. others! Who else is working on this?!
Shifts in Gender and Sexual Identities in the U.S., 2024 Update
Every year since 2013, Gallup has released new data on the size and composition of the LGBTQ+ identifying population in the U.S. As in previous years, the 2024 data continue to reveal interesting t…
inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
@tristanbridges.bsky.social has written on recent sexual identity data from Gallup. Again we see bisexuals (esp. young women) leading the growth in LGBTQ identification. I’m starting a new qualitative project on bisexuality. Would love to connect/collaborate w. others! Who else is working on this?!
I was invited to take part in the P. 99 test for my book. “Open the book to p.99 and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you.” Check it out!
Abigail Ocobock's "Marriage Material"
Abigail Ocobock is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame. She applied the “ Page 99 Test ” to her new book, Mar...
page99test.blogspot.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I was invited to take part in the P. 99 test for my book. “Open the book to p.99 and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you.” Check it out!
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When filmed this, I was in the thick of book writing. Now, here we are, just months out from publication. I totally manifested that 2025 release date 🙌🏾
If you missed the @um-psc.bsky.social talk with Christina Cross yesterday, check out our video of Christina discussing how family structure affects Black and White children's outcomes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrYc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrYc...
November 22, 2024 at 8:12 AM
When filmed this, I was in the thick of book writing. Now, here we are, just months out from publication. I totally manifested that 2025 release date 🙌🏾
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"Idaho Republican legislators have introduced a resolution on Tuesday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 decision that established marriage equality nationwide."
Idaho Republicans file resolution to repeal marriage equality
They want to return to a so-called “natural definition” of marriage as between one man and one woman.
www.advocate.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"Idaho Republican legislators have introduced a resolution on Tuesday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 decision that established marriage equality nationwide."
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Did you register for the next WFRN.bsky.social Virtual Plenary? Coming soon! Going Back? Gender, Work, and Family in 2025 focuses on the stalled/unfinished gender revolution in the public and private spheres. Held on January 24 or 25, depending on your time zone. wfrn.org/news/registe...
January 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Did you register for the next WFRN.bsky.social Virtual Plenary? Coming soon! Going Back? Gender, Work, and Family in 2025 focuses on the stalled/unfinished gender revolution in the public and private spheres. Held on January 24 or 25, depending on your time zone. wfrn.org/news/registe...
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Well, that didn’t take long.
Republicans in Idaho want to go back to a time before marriage equality, filing a resolution challenging Obergefell.
www.advocate.com/politics/ida...
Republicans in Idaho want to go back to a time before marriage equality, filing a resolution challenging Obergefell.
www.advocate.com/politics/ida...
January 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Well, that didn’t take long.
Republicans in Idaho want to go back to a time before marriage equality, filing a resolution challenging Obergefell.
www.advocate.com/politics/ida...
Republicans in Idaho want to go back to a time before marriage equality, filing a resolution challenging Obergefell.
www.advocate.com/politics/ida...
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Thanks to Chris Julian for this graphic and our latest on how (unsurprisingly) queer folks are not that different from everyone else and want same and similar things out of life and family. Data is from the American Marriage Survey with @gaylekaufman.bsky.social. Image inspired by Reviewer 2.
October 7, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Thanks to Chris Julian for this graphic and our latest on how (unsurprisingly) queer folks are not that different from everyone else and want same and similar things out of life and family. Data is from the American Marriage Survey with @gaylekaufman.bsky.social. Image inspired by Reviewer 2.
Appreciate this review of my book from the LSE.
Marriage Material: How an Enduring Institution Is Changing Same-Sex Relationships – review
Marriage Material by Abigail Ocobock explores the transformative impact of same-sex couples on the institution of marriage in 21st-century America. Drawing on interviews and survey data, Ocobock ef…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 16, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Appreciate this review of my book from the LSE.
Is this what it’s come to? The royalty as soft power?! I might have to become a royalist after all 🤪
Prince William’s Chat With Trump Shows Why Royals May Be Potent Diplomatic Tool
President-elect Donald J. Trump has a reverence, bordering on awe, for the royal family. British diplomats hope that will help safeguard relations with Washington in a fractious political climate.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Is this what it’s come to? The royalty as soft power?! I might have to become a royalist after all 🤪
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“However broadly one defines the ambit of HHS, Americans should at least agree on this much: The state should address the public in words that are legible to most citizens, rather than using the obscure jargon of any subculture,” Conor Friedersdorf writes:
The Problem With the Government’s Pansexual Pride Day Post
Federal agencies should address the public in language that most Americans understand.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:03 PM
“However broadly one defines the ambit of HHS, Americans should at least agree on this much: The state should address the public in words that are legible to most citizens, rather than using the obscure jargon of any subculture,” Conor Friedersdorf writes: