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Not Born But Made
Considering the argument that disability is a product of interactions with a disabling world.
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Gender Shopping at the Second-Hand Store: Constructing Trans Masculinities
I wrote this paper for a sociology class about how trans guys like me sort out what kind of masculinity to do.
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The Manhattan Butt Map
The New York Philharmonic subscriber list circa 1870-2015, residential dynamics of cultural change, and the ways that quantitative research can still…
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Are old toasters better than modern ones?
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What determines the shape of popcorn?
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The Way You Schmeck Me Feel
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Mini Post: Can the new kilogram really help us communicate with extraterrestrials?
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Gender Shopping at the Second-Hand Store: Constructing Trans Masculinities
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How do vinyl records work?
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It's AUSTRA-lopithecus not ASTRO-lopithecus, you weirdos
Ethical considerations of blasting our human ancestors' remains into space for no reason
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Champignons of Health?
On psychedelics and mental health, where it seems like we (people with brains) have been prevented from accessing potentially effective treatments for…
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A Brief History of Mirrors
Oh no, we're perceiving ourselves
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Mini Post: Mars Rover Perseverance has MOXIE
Making something out of the red planet's atmosphere
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Mini Post: Can the new kilogram really help us communicate with extraterrestrials?
For 130 years, there was one golfball-sized hunk of metal to rule (and measure) them all. Now there's a new kilo in town.
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Mini Post: Wall in the Family
Father-son oneupmanship in second-century Rome
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What's the difference between thinking about the future and thinking about the past?
The future is not a capitalist enterprise. Memory shortcomings, the art of astral projection, and building a future we can be proud of.
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