Archive - The Amateurist

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.

Dec 9, 2023 •

October 2023

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…

Oct 23, 2023 •

September 2023

August 2023

A Brief History of Mirrors

Oh no, we're perceiving ourselves

Aug 25, 2023 •

April 2021

Mini Post: Mars Rover Perseverance has MOXIE

Making something out of the red planet's atmosphere

Apr 29, 2021 •

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.

Apr 21, 2021 •

Mini Post: Wall in the Family

Father-son oneupmanship in second-century Rome

Apr 15, 2021 •

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.

Apr 1, 2021 •

March 2021

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