Influence

New Media

[Discussion of police accountability meeting]. May 7, 2021 (reposted Dec 12, 2021). TikTok. 1.8 million views; 2500+ shares.

This photo is usually divorced from its specific content. [Discussion of book burning and the suppression of knowledge about trans people by Nazis]. Facebook. Jan 4, 2017. 24,000+ shares on Facebook; reposted on Tumblr with 3,500+ notes; Reddit.

I am not Orlando. Facebook. June 13, 2016. 14,000+ shares on Facebook; reposted on Tumblr with 45,000+ notes.

Therapy is not meant to replace intimate, giving friendships. Facebook. Feb 26, 2020. 9,700+ shares; reposted on Tumblr with 12,000+ notes.

There are no trans women named Iphigenia: A brief pamphlet regarding claims by white cisgender rich gay men that Queers Against Pete is homophobic. Facebook. Feb 10, 2020. 150+ shares; reposted on Tumblr under the name “I want a dyke for president” with 1500+ notes.

[Criticism of lax CDC recommendations regarding masking based on survey of epidemiologists]. TikTok. May 14, 2021. 167k views, 1200+ shares.

[Criticism of lax CDC recommendations regarding masking and physical distancing based on CDC-cited research]. TikTok. May 13, 2021. 66k views; 1100+ shares.

[Discussion of neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 and pandemic flu]. TikTok. July 3, 2021. 154k views, 800+ shares.

A lot of the logic of white supremacy is organized around the logic that some people are inherently cleaner than others. TikTok. May 3, 2021. 37k views; 700+ shares.

I think it’s important, when talking about oppressive laws and policies, to name start dates in addition to end dates. Facebook. Oct 15, 2020. 700+ shares.

PSA: “rubber bullets” are often lead bullets with a rubber coating. Facebook. June 1, 2020. 450+ shares.

Prince Philip was a lifelong eugenicist. Facebook. Apr 9, 2021. 300+ shares.

A lot of my work is about how stigma impacts marginalized people, but in studying how people have resisted Nazi occupation I’ve been struck by the fact that macro dynamics moderate these mechanisms much less than I would have predicted. [Discussion of bullying as a tactic of resistance in Nazi-occupied Norway]. Facebook. Jan 9, 2021. 200+ shares.

Longform Writing

I’m not concerned about offensiveness. For Radical Reference. Sep 23, 2018.

What is postmodernism? YMMV. For Radical Reference. Aug 26, 2018

I don’t have to take this from YOU. For Radical Reference. Jul 11, 2018

How Donna Minkowitz Nailed, and Botched, Her Apology. For Radical Reference.Jun 22, 2018.

Aesthetics of violence: The “apolitical” bomb and other fictions. For Radical Reference. Mar 22, 2018

Freedom of conscience or right to discriminate. For Left Voice. Jan 22, 2018

In good faith: Intent & impact in social justice. For Radical Reference. May 2, 2017

What’s the opposite of “socially constructed”? For Radical Reference. April 10, 2017

Books & Articles Mentioning Me or My Work

Members of SB transgender community want more protections. Grace McCormick, Santa Barbara News-Press. June 17, 2020. We sure do!

‘Being gay is not enough’: Buttigieg’s candidacy divides LGBTQ Democrats. Avichai Scher, NBC News. Feb 20, 2020 discusses “There are no Trans Women named Iphigenia.”

We are Everywhere: Protest, Power, & Pride in the History of Queer Liberation (Matthew Riemer & Leighton Brown, 2019) discusses my piece on Donna Minkowitz, Brandon Teena, and transphobia in public reporting on trans murder victims.

Alana M. Vincent’s “Speakers for the Dead” in The Ethos of History: Time & Responsibility. Ed. Stefan Helgesson, Jayne Svenugsson, & Hans Ruin, 2018, discusses “I am not Orlando.” This piece is also discussed in The ‘I am not Orlando’ meme is false and dangerous by Kyle Munzenrieder for Miami New Times. June 17, 2016.

J. Michael Bailey retrospectively dedicates his 2019 article, How to Ruin Sex Research to me and twelve other trans critics. In it, he advises that the field can be saved only be resisting trends such as “advocate for marginalized groups” and “focus on moral and political implications.” Anything that can be ruined by doing that deserves to be ruined!