Ryan Thoreson
@ryanthoreson.bsky.social
Law prof teaching human rights, law and sexuality, con law & torts. 26.2 x 24. ⚖️ 🏳️🌈 🏃
I’ve held my tongue for three years but as a Diet Pepsi drinker the selection in our building’s vending machine is steadily driving me to madness.
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I’ve held my tongue for three years but as a Diet Pepsi drinker the selection in our building’s vending machine is steadily driving me to madness.
In the end Cuomo couldn’t even convince a million people to go vote for him, much less flee New York.
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
In the end Cuomo couldn’t even convince a million people to go vote for him, much less flee New York.
Fourth place in the Louisville Marathon this morning! It’s a very fun technical course and also everything hurts.
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Fourth place in the Louisville Marathon this morning! It’s a very fun technical course and also everything hurts.
Still unsure if this is a good time or the worst time to publish these reflections, but my symposium piece on Obergefell revisiting the argument that marriage equality would domesticate queer intimacy is now out here: chaselaw.nku.edu/content/dam/...
October 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Still unsure if this is a good time or the worst time to publish these reflections, but my symposium piece on Obergefell revisiting the argument that marriage equality would domesticate queer intimacy is now out here: chaselaw.nku.edu/content/dam/...
I realized I never shared this in the chaos before fall break, but very excited to start as a deputy editor of Human Rights Quarterly this semester!
October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I realized I never shared this in the chaos before fall break, but very excited to start as a deputy editor of Human Rights Quarterly this semester!
Me in 2022: these parents are out of control
Me in 2025: i am the father of a genius, the world must see this
Me in 2025: i am the father of a genius, the world must see this
October 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Me in 2022: these parents are out of control
Me in 2025: i am the father of a genius, the world must see this
Me in 2025: i am the father of a genius, the world must see this
RIP Jane Goodall, an extraordinary woman, and sorry also to my husband who has put a ton of work into our daughter’s feminist Halloween costume.
October 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
RIP Jane Goodall, an extraordinary woman, and sorry also to my husband who has put a ton of work into our daughter’s feminist Halloween costume.
Matthew: “I was reading today about the lipstick effect, where people splurge on small luxuries during economic crises…”
Me: [surreptitiously hiding a pot I just bought just because it looks like a pierced nipple] “oh interesting”
Me: [surreptitiously hiding a pot I just bought just because it looks like a pierced nipple] “oh interesting”
September 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Matthew: “I was reading today about the lipstick effect, where people splurge on small luxuries during economic crises…”
Me: [surreptitiously hiding a pot I just bought just because it looks like a pierced nipple] “oh interesting”
Me: [surreptitiously hiding a pot I just bought just because it looks like a pierced nipple] “oh interesting”
JEFF HILLER! *So* deserving of the Emmy and makes my favorite story of this awards season even that much better.
September 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
JEFF HILLER! *So* deserving of the Emmy and makes my favorite story of this awards season even that much better.
I hate that this is true but what probably gets RFK Jr ousted is pundits leaning into the Apprentice trope and suggesting Trump has lost his touch by not firing him.
September 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I hate that this is true but what probably gets RFK Jr ousted is pundits leaning into the Apprentice trope and suggesting Trump has lost his touch by not firing him.
…let’s not get any ideas
September 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
…let’s not get any ideas
2025 is needing to open the email to find out whether a university president has decided to resist or resign.
September 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
2025 is needing to open the email to find out whether a university president has decided to resist or resign.
This is my personal Mayhem Ball.
September 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is my personal Mayhem Ball.
I want to encourage her to go play but I’m also the girl who camps out at the snack table at a social event.
August 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I want to encourage her to go play but I’m also the girl who camps out at the snack table at a social event.
The laid off staff at PBS have the chance to do the funniest thing.
August 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The laid off staff at PBS have the chance to do the funniest thing.
Move over hot boy summer, 90s lesbian autumn has arrived.
August 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Move over hot boy summer, 90s lesbian autumn has arrived.
gay dad beach reading!
July 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
gay dad beach reading!
Nobody surgically dismembers a chocolate croissant quite like our daughter.
July 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Nobody surgically dismembers a chocolate croissant quite like our daughter.
Me, silently, from the table behind him:
July 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Me, silently, from the table behind him:
After months of being stubborn and cheap I finally got the shattered screen on my phone replaced today.
July 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
After months of being stubborn and cheap I finally got the shattered screen on my phone replaced today.
Making a guide for the grandparents really drives home how fun it is to parent a toddler.
July 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Making a guide for the grandparents really drives home how fun it is to parent a toddler.