Michael Yarbrough (he/him)
@mwyarbrough.bsky.social
JD/PhD. Interdisciplinary sociologist, law & society, transnational gender & sexuality. I research marriage, esp in S Africa. And I organize with colleagues to defend higher ed. Opinions mine not employer's.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2802-3365
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2802-3365
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TBH sometimes it's hilarious to me that they think they can erase LGBTQ+ people. Girl don't you know what we've ALREADY SURVIVED?
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John Singer Sargent "The Staircase at Capri" (1878)
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
John Singer Sargent "The Staircase at Capri" (1878)
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Idea: Tell Durbin to retire early. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Idea: Tell Durbin to retire early. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
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Yup, and the damage isn’t so much in the story as in the proof of weakness. Trump now knows he has new torture tools to make Dems do what he wants. It’s why at least one of the 7 capitulators oughta be run out of office now, mid session. Get that number down to 6. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Yup, and the damage isn’t so much in the story as in the proof of weakness. Trump now knows he has new torture tools to make Dems do what he wants. It’s why at least one of the 7 capitulators oughta be run out of office now, mid session. Get that number down to 6. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
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When Ezra Klein of all people says the Dems are losing by compromising, you KNOW you fucked up
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
When Ezra Klein of all people says the Dems are losing by compromising, you KNOW you fucked up
Yep, a non-trivial part of this is dumb Dem senators desperate to save the filibuster
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Yep, a non-trivial part of this is dumb Dem senators desperate to save the filibuster
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i suspect there’s some truth to this and also why we should be EXTREMELY skeptical that senate dems as currently constituted would ditch the filibuster should they ever have a trifecta again
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
i suspect there’s some truth to this and also why we should be EXTREMELY skeptical that senate dems as currently constituted would ditch the filibuster should they ever have a trifecta again
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Money quote from Gov-Elect Spanberger (now please just do it).
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Money quote from Gov-Elect Spanberger (now please just do it).
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do you remember the post a while back where someone suggested a sitcom where Cuomo and Dershowitz are roommates in new york city and every episode Cuomo loses an election and Dershowitz is refused a pierogi?
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
do you remember the post a while back where someone suggested a sitcom where Cuomo and Dershowitz are roommates in new york city and every episode Cuomo loses an election and Dershowitz is refused a pierogi?
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The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
aaup-cornell.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
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it does seem like there’s a major—though potentially fleeting—opportunity to invest in left-wing media. more than a million people in the most populous city in america just enthusiastically elected a democratic socialist and the world is watching. putting $$ towards left media rn is good business.
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
it does seem like there’s a major—though potentially fleeting—opportunity to invest in left-wing media. more than a million people in the most populous city in america just enthusiastically elected a democratic socialist and the world is watching. putting $$ towards left media rn is good business.
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Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This feels like the plot of a children's musical with a plucky orphan as its hero
I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This feels like the plot of a children's musical with a plucky orphan as its hero
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Just going to be an incredible decision if SCOTUS says they needed to make an emergency intervention because of the risk that poor people might get food they are legally entitled to
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Just going to be an incredible decision if SCOTUS says they needed to make an emergency intervention because of the risk that poor people might get food they are legally entitled to
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As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
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This is an excellent workshop highly recommended to folks new to (or interested in) sociolegal studies.
Reminder: Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop Applications are due November 13th! Click here to apply: bit.ly/GSECW26
#LawAndSociety #LSA2026SanFrancisco #AcademicMentors
#LawAndSociety #LSA2026SanFrancisco #AcademicMentors
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is an excellent workshop highly recommended to folks new to (or interested in) sociolegal studies.
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UT Austin is discussing eliminating or consolidating our departments of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican/American and Latino/Latina Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Here is what AAADS alumni have to say. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
UT Austin is discussing eliminating or consolidating our departments of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican/American and Latino/Latina Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Here is what AAADS alumni have to say. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Coming November 12, Ep. 4 will host Margo Okazawa-Rey for a conversation on militarism, capitalism, and the power of the collective.
📽️ Watch all episodes here www.youtube.com/@Lawatthemar...
📽️ Watch all episodes here www.youtube.com/@Lawatthemar...
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Coming November 12, Ep. 4 will host Margo Okazawa-Rey for a conversation on militarism, capitalism, and the power of the collective.
📽️ Watch all episodes here www.youtube.com/@Lawatthemar...
📽️ Watch all episodes here www.youtube.com/@Lawatthemar...
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✊ Resistance begins with learning together.
#LawAndLiberation — an ongoing conversation series with grassroots activists, scholars, organizers, educators, legal practitioners, movement leaders where we uncover different dimensions of pressing social issues. 🧵
#LawAndLiberation — an ongoing conversation series with grassroots activists, scholars, organizers, educators, legal practitioners, movement leaders where we uncover different dimensions of pressing social issues. 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
✊ Resistance begins with learning together.
#LawAndLiberation — an ongoing conversation series with grassroots activists, scholars, organizers, educators, legal practitioners, movement leaders where we uncover different dimensions of pressing social issues. 🧵
#LawAndLiberation — an ongoing conversation series with grassroots activists, scholars, organizers, educators, legal practitioners, movement leaders where we uncover different dimensions of pressing social issues. 🧵
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I’ll be speaking @innpeace-online.bsky.social, Innsbruck University, Austria on Monday 17th Nov. Do pop by if you around. It’s my new work on Queer Praxis and Emancipation (for all).
Thank you to @sladjanalazic.bsky.social for the invite and to everyone at Inn Peace Centre.
Abstract in post 👇🏽
Thank you to @sladjanalazic.bsky.social for the invite and to everyone at Inn Peace Centre.
Abstract in post 👇🏽
Join us in welcoming @sandeepbak.bsky.social who will be giving a guest lecture «Queer Praxis, Violence, and Emancipation» at the @innpeace-online.bsky.social on the 17th November
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I’ll be speaking @innpeace-online.bsky.social, Innsbruck University, Austria on Monday 17th Nov. Do pop by if you around. It’s my new work on Queer Praxis and Emancipation (for all).
Thank you to @sladjanalazic.bsky.social for the invite and to everyone at Inn Peace Centre.
Abstract in post 👇🏽
Thank you to @sladjanalazic.bsky.social for the invite and to everyone at Inn Peace Centre.
Abstract in post 👇🏽
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More jobs like this. Not fewer
The Dept of Biology at Loyola University. Chicago has an open lecturer position in Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex. The successful candidate will have a 50% affiliation with the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program and 50% Dept of Biology.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
Biology and Women’s Studies and Gender Studies, Lecturer (Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex ), Non-Tenure track
Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/The Department of Biology and the Women’s Studies and Gender Studies (WSGS) Program in the College of Arts and Scie...
www.careers.luc.edu
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
More jobs like this. Not fewer
This is an excellent workshop highly recommended to folks new to (or interested in) sociolegal studies.
Reminder: Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop Applications are due November 13th! Click here to apply: bit.ly/GSECW26
#LawAndSociety #LSA2026SanFrancisco #AcademicMentors
#LawAndSociety #LSA2026SanFrancisco #AcademicMentors
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is an excellent workshop highly recommended to folks new to (or interested in) sociolegal studies.
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there’s a revolution happening in journalism
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
there’s a revolution happening in journalism
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Re-upping the dedication of Mahmood Mamdani's 2020 book, 'Neither Settler nor Native':
"For Zohran,
You teach us how to engage the world in difficult times.
May you inspire many and blaze a trail!"
"For Zohran,
You teach us how to engage the world in difficult times.
May you inspire many and blaze a trail!"
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Re-upping the dedication of Mahmood Mamdani's 2020 book, 'Neither Settler nor Native':
"For Zohran,
You teach us how to engage the world in difficult times.
May you inspire many and blaze a trail!"
"For Zohran,
You teach us how to engage the world in difficult times.
May you inspire many and blaze a trail!"
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I'm too lazy/out of practice/don't have a license at home to do this properly but close enough for posting work: I overlaid The City's new general election map over their primary map, and turned the general to 70% opacity. This produces four colors.
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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