Kelly Underman

I'm going to make the switch over to the other place. Please find me there under the same username.

My new piece in @TIME on why people still believe in the disproven vaccine-autism link. Vaccine “injury” suggests autism “recovery” is possible. It’s misinformation that gives families hope. The real problem: being disabled in the US fucking sucks. time.com/7203351/trump-…

#December17 the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. We will be hosting a digital event, but so many people don't know understand the history or the significance of the day. Here is more info: thedecember17thproject.org/blog/december-…

Some personal news. Thanks to @ianbonaparte, I will be working again with @KatyRODonnell at @haymarketbooks on an essay collection about "femmephilia," AND I will be working with @kfzbarrow at Penguin on a book about child liberation (building on @la_louve_rouge_'s work on this).

Apparently this needs to be said: you can't keep cutting your academic mission and expect to be a successful university. #SaveUA University of Akron faculty facing possible layoffs with $27M deficit this year beaconjournal.com/story/news/edu…

Robin Kelley: “We are witnessing a dangerous trend in #highered that extends beyond the question of academic freedom…Severely limiting campus protest and dramatically increasing the police presence is turning universities into miniature police states.” 🔥 academeblog.org/2024/11/07/cop…

Are you worried about the future of higher education? Join @AAUP for our campaign to Organize Every Campus! Sign up and build a strategy to fight for your students, your campus, your colleagues and higher education. aaup.org/news/organize-… @AFTunion @ruaaup PLEASE SHARE

Repeat after me: the “working class” did not overwhelmingly vote for Trump. The WHITE working class and their billionaire leaders did.

I guess Devah Pager was right… a white guy with a criminal record has no issues getting hired.

We wrote an introduction for our @soc_hpe special issue! doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmq… @ahvinson @TaniaMJenkins @laurendolsen @hirsheys

I don’t know how to be a sociologist in this climate

Since Roe was overturned, anti-abortion groups have ramped up messaging that valorizes women who die for their pregnancies. We're going to see a lot more of this x.com/lezscum/status…

If everything is hard today, please look at this picture of Jean when she was extremely small

Book talk behind the scenes — thanks to Chester’s feedback I willllllll be sprucing things up and making it a little more exciting. Perhaps will add some treats

CFP: Revisiting Biomedicalization: Toward a Technology Focused Approach, conference at Yale Feb 28-Mar 1. If you do research on health technologies, submit an extended abstract by the end of the week! Email me with any questions! Details and form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

This is your sign to host a Photo Booth in theme for your new academic book. @laurendolsen

⏰Reminder! We're advertising two professorial posts in our department. There's still time to apply! More details: bit.ly/4cDygLh

Hold Penn Accountable! Sign this petition: tinyurl.com/HoldPennAccoun… @pennfjp @AbolitionSchool @pennfsp