Sharon Stanley
@climbingprof.bsky.social
Political theorist at the University of Memphis. Lover of dumplings, pastries, bouldering, alebrijes, and horror movies.
My new book on abortion, privacy, and reproductive justice is out:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-91918-3
My new book on abortion, privacy, and reproductive justice is out:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-91918-3
Are the little pockets of green in otherwise very red areas (like my own city of Memphis in southwest TN) generally just urban/Democratic areas?
August 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Are the little pockets of green in otherwise very red areas (like my own city of Memphis in southwest TN) generally just urban/Democratic areas?
I’m no fan of common good constitutionalism but isn’t this arguing that we can appeal to the common good to place LIMITS on the abstract right to self-defense?
August 1, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I’m no fan of common good constitutionalism but isn’t this arguing that we can appeal to the common good to place LIMITS on the abstract right to self-defense?
Chapter 3 of Shatema Threadcraft’s Intimate Justice alongside Du Bois!
academic.oup.com/book/11648/c...
academic.oup.com/book/11648/c...
Racial Violence and the Post-Emancipation Struggle for Intimate Equality
Abstract. Chapter 3 examines historical accounts of women’s experiences during the Jim Crow era, as well as black feminist claims that threats to the male
academic.oup.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Chapter 3 of Shatema Threadcraft’s Intimate Justice alongside Du Bois!
academic.oup.com/book/11648/c...
academic.oup.com/book/11648/c...
Reposted by Sharon Stanley
We should view taxing billionaires not as a recurring source of revenue but as a strategy for eliminating them as a class.
July 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We should view taxing billionaires not as a recurring source of revenue but as a strategy for eliminating them as a class.
Evidently at least one athlete managed to get a last minute emergency visa. Great for him, but still seems like a completely unacceptable risk for major sporting events in the U.S!
May 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Evidently at least one athlete managed to get a last minute emergency visa. Great for him, but still seems like a completely unacceptable risk for major sporting events in the U.S!
How is that going to work? How can we even ask athletes to risk coming here under this administration? We should lose these events.
May 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
How is that going to work? How can we even ask athletes to risk coming here under this administration? We should lose these events.
I know competitive climbing is a tiny niche sport, but the U.S. is also supposed to host upcoming soccer World Cup and Olympics.
May 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I know competitive climbing is a tiny niche sport, but the U.S. is also supposed to host upcoming soccer World Cup and Olympics.
And these are so often the places that need to hear these messages most! It almost (almost) makes this Memphian pine for the Covid days when everything was on Zoom.
May 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
And these are so often the places that need to hear these messages most! It almost (almost) makes this Memphian pine for the Covid days when everything was on Zoom.