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Jyoti Puri
@jpuri.bsky.social
Prof; author; Argentine tango dancer; eye for style; problem solver; lifelong learner; feminist scholar; researching South Asian migrant death;
I am excited to be on the editorial board of the new journal, Sex & Sexualities (@sexandsexualities.bsky.social), co-edited by @amylstone1.bsky.social and Dr. Krystale Littlejohn. Stay tuned for the launch of the website in mid-April and the first issue in May!
April 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Reposted by Jyoti Puri
1/ As other universities remain silent in the act of self-preservation, we are moving into some dangerous times. There will be no “self” to preserve.

“Remaining silent will not protect us — but it does come with at least two major costs.
First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.
www.thecrimson.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This sums up how I have been feeling.
Ya-Nehisi Coates and our spineless Democratic Party!
February 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Reposted by Jyoti Puri
An interview just up in Polity, in which I explain how I ended up as a political scientist, that discipline's avoidance of "the political," the necessity of trans studies. Sadly, it's paywalled, but if anyone wants a copy, just DM. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Ask a Political Scientist: A Conversation with Paisley Currah on the Impact of Trans Studies in Political Science | Polity
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 20, 2024 at 12:09 PM
November 18, 2024 at 2:19 PM