Nic Frame
@nicframe.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rockford University. Study of the non-religious and secularism. Queer. (they/them)
Top tier decorations and entertainment for Jane Adams birthday at Rockford University!
September 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Top tier decorations and entertainment for Jane Adams birthday at Rockford University!
9/10 is Rockford graduate Jane Addms birthday and every year RU volunteers to help the community. My group help out at the Northwest community center! Picking up trash, mopping floors, and cleaning windows. A great experience for all!
September 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
9/10 is Rockford graduate Jane Addms birthday and every year RU volunteers to help the community. My group help out at the Northwest community center! Picking up trash, mopping floors, and cleaning windows. A great experience for all!
I am proud to say that I is completely official - I am Dr. Nic Frame! Thank you to my mentor Dan Olson for all of your help over the years! And thank you to my mentor @drmann.bsky.social too! (though I could have only one of you hood you me)
August 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I am proud to say that I is completely official - I am Dr. Nic Frame! Thank you to my mentor Dan Olson for all of your help over the years! And thank you to my mentor @drmann.bsky.social too! (though I could have only one of you hood you me)
When you are visiting your parents and they decided to surprise you with a little graduation party. The sash says Ph.inisheD 😂
June 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
When you are visiting your parents and they decided to surprise you with a little graduation party. The sash says Ph.inisheD 😂
Okay, okay! I get it, Fitchburg University. You have already filled the job position. You don't need to reject me more than ten times! 😂
January 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Okay, okay! I get it, Fitchburg University. You have already filled the job position. You don't need to reject me more than ten times! 😂
Today, on Trans Day of Remembrance, an anti-trans speaker came to Purdue. The pro-LGBT groups decided not to focus on protests as they had before and instead focused on Trans Joy. A student asked me to give a speech, but unfortunately, there wasn't time. I wanted to share it still:
!["I teach sociology. The class I teach most frequently is social problems. In that class, I teach about the racism in our society, the poverty, the sexism, the anti-lgbt sentiments. With all this bad in the world, what room is there for joy?
When [student who invited me] brought this event to my attention last week, I tried to think about what I could talk about. I could draw upon my lectures. Cite studies and statistics about trans mental health and the effect of bathroom bills. Perhaps go more in-depth with theory and talk about how anti-trans rhetoric is based around the medicalization of sex and a culture based on white supremacy.
Then I was told this was to be about Trans Joy. What do I know about joy? I teach about societal problems. This Friday my class will discuss LGBT oppression by the government and political institutions. How can I talk about joy?
So I asked myself, what is joy? I know what happiness is. Despite my own mental health issues as a nonbinary trans person - and graduate student - I have indeed felt happiness. But what about joy? With the increasing hardship and stigmatization that trans people will face in the coming years - what joy is there?
Then today I had an optometrist appointment at a new location. And when the aide called for me using my legal name she took looked at me and asked if I had a preferred name.
“Yes - Nic.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pobg76pt5rxrpo32g3vvzgqa/bafkreicokolbmaq6yi4f5fxh74a63nkod7nijvayreffeaxwoobetko22m@jpeg)
November 21, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Today, on Trans Day of Remembrance, an anti-trans speaker came to Purdue. The pro-LGBT groups decided not to focus on protests as they had before and instead focused on Trans Joy. A student asked me to give a speech, but unfortunately, there wasn't time. I wanted to share it still:
Grading students' first essay (of 4) of the semester. I am unsure if this student knows my name...or my gender...or age...definitely not a Miss either way.
September 17, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Grading students' first essay (of 4) of the semester. I am unsure if this student knows my name...or my gender...or age...definitely not a Miss either way.
I don't remember applying for this award or being told I was nominated but I'll take it! Thank you very much to the CIE for this honor! I hope I can continue to teach at an outstanding level!
May 14, 2024 at 5:04 PM
I don't remember applying for this award or being told I was nominated but I'll take it! Thank you very much to the CIE for this honor! I hope I can continue to teach at an outstanding level!
A perfectly crafted first post on Blue Sky.
Behold. My cat.
Behold. My cat.
November 6, 2023 at 10:40 PM
A perfectly crafted first post on Blue Sky.
Behold. My cat.
Behold. My cat.