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Assistant prof + sociologist of work and culture at the Stratford School, U Waterloo.

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Mapping Misogyny: Global Patterns in Incel Forum Activity I just got back from a really incredible conference hosted at Stockholm University, “Men and Masculinities in Transition.” Scholars from all around the world came to present work and le…

I recently heard a scholar claim that Sweden has the highest rate of incels per capita of anywhere in the world. I wrote a post on my attempt to look into the claim. Spoiler: I think he was right. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/m...

25.06.2025 16:50 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 2

I had the honor of working with Ray and his brilliant student Ria Chakraborty this past year. Among his many other accomplishments, he was committed to bridging the social and physical sciences. What a tremendous loss. My heart breaks for his family and students.

22.06.2025 00:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
tuxedo winnie the pooh meme

casual: caused by
formal: shaped by

tuxedo winnie the pooh meme casual: caused by formal: shaped by

12.06.2025 13:09 👍 122 🔁 18 💬 3 📌 1

Pugh talks about this in The Last Human Job, maybe that’s where you read it? I prefer to wait in the checkout line with a human cashier for this very reason.

15.05.2025 14:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sade - Lover’s Rock

02.05.2025 02:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion: The name can change, but the work must not: why Canada still needs DEI Workplace diversity initiatives are in rapid retreat south of the border, and backlash in Canada is looming. But in order for the country to become the meritocracy it strives to be, we need to fully e...

“No one wants a meritocracy more than those who are systemically disadvantaged.”

Great insights on the nature of DEI policies in Canada and their importance moving forward.

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

09.02.2025 01:44 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Search Jobs - University Affairs

My department, University of Waterloo Stratford School, is hiring for a teaching stream position in business!

Here is the job ad: universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...

Please share this with your networks and reach out if you have any questions.

04.12.2024 14:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Also worth pointing out that Bezos’s support of the incoming administration is worth your opposition; bleeding his profits is A Good Idea for all workers

29.11.2024 11:23 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Saying hi to this new site by sharing my last ASR pub, w amazing colab @imarinescu.bsky.social! We show that privatized childcare services play a direct role creating family income inequality in the US, bc unaffordable childcare hurts lower income families most doi.org/10.1177/0003...

22.11.2024 16:19 👍 233 🔁 78 💬 11 📌 7

Thanks for this! Could you add me please?

15.11.2024 07:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Attending the #womensconference in #NewYork #CSW68
And thinking what an honor: so many women are not allowed to speak or show off

We are there for you:

💚women in #Iran
💚Women in #Syria
💚women in #Afghanistan

And all women they have no right to raise their voice

17.03.2024 11:50 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Same same!

07.03.2024 14:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Accelerating progress towards gender equity in health and science Since 2000, women's representation in health professions has increased steadily across the globe. In 2019, nearly half of all doctors in countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Dev...

In time for #InternationalWomensDay2024 Sarah Kaplan, Lechin Lu and I write about accelerating progress toward gender equity in health and science for the The Lancet: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

06.03.2024 19:57 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A CP round up showing the 14 beautiful women murdered that day. 14 women who never got to be the engineers they worked so hard to become.

A CP round up showing the 14 beautiful women murdered that day. 14 women who never got to be the engineers they worked so hard to become.

Today is the day that made every Canadian woman of my generation a feminist.

Today, we remember.

Je me souviens.

(L’ecole polytechnic massacre, Dec 6, 1989.)

06.12.2023 15:49 👍 263 🔁 113 💬 6 📌 6