Sharon Stanley
@climbingprof.bsky.social
Political theorist at the University of Memphis. Lover of dumplings, pastries, bouldering, alebrijes, and horror movies.
My new book on abortion, privacy, and reproductive justice is out:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-91918-3
My new book on abortion, privacy, and reproductive justice is out:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-91918-3
Chapter 3 of Shatema Threadcraft’s Intimate Justice alongside Du Bois!
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Racial Violence and the Post-Emancipation Struggle for Intimate Equality
Abstract. Chapter 3 examines historical accounts of women’s experiences during the Jim Crow era, as well as black feminist claims that threats to the male
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August 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Chapter 3 of Shatema Threadcraft’s Intimate Justice alongside Du Bois!
academic.oup.com/book/11648/c...
academic.oup.com/book/11648/c...
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We should view taxing billionaires not as a recurring source of revenue but as a strategy for eliminating them as a class.
July 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We should view taxing billionaires not as a recurring source of revenue but as a strategy for eliminating them as a class.
Evidently at least one athlete managed to get a last minute emergency visa. Great for him, but still seems like a completely unacceptable risk for major sporting events in the U.S!
May 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Evidently at least one athlete managed to get a last minute emergency visa. Great for him, but still seems like a completely unacceptable risk for major sporting events in the U.S!
How is that going to work? How can we even ask athletes to risk coming here under this administration? We should lose these events.
May 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
How is that going to work? How can we even ask athletes to risk coming here under this administration? We should lose these events.
I know competitive climbing is a tiny niche sport, but the U.S. is also supposed to host upcoming soccer World Cup and Olympics.
May 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I know competitive climbing is a tiny niche sport, but the U.S. is also supposed to host upcoming soccer World Cup and Olympics.
And these are so often the places that need to hear these messages most! It almost (almost) makes this Memphian pine for the Covid days when everything was on Zoom.
May 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
And these are so often the places that need to hear these messages most! It almost (almost) makes this Memphian pine for the Covid days when everything was on Zoom.
I understand there are practical considerations and arrangements that produce this outcome, but it’s depressing to feel like huge swaths of the country are just shut out of this kind of intellectual life.
May 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I understand there are practical considerations and arrangements that produce this outcome, but it’s depressing to feel like huge swaths of the country are just shut out of this kind of intellectual life.
Hive Bagel in Memphis, TN also encouraging folks to celebrate Easter with them! 🥯
April 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Hive Bagel in Memphis, TN also encouraging folks to celebrate Easter with them! 🥯