Anyway I have issues with WGSS just as a trans woman of color, but also my gosh WGSS scholars are just so bad at talking about stuff outside the purview of their field while being unafraid to make hilariously wrong sweeping statements.
You can't unsee it once you notice.
You can't unsee it once you notice.
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Anyway I have issues with WGSS just as a trans woman of color, but also my gosh WGSS scholars are just so bad at talking about stuff outside the purview of their field while being unafraid to make hilariously wrong sweeping statements.
You can't unsee it once you notice.
You can't unsee it once you notice.
Yeah, it’s pretty obviously compliance in advance. As if we don’t need WGSS more than ever right now! Solidarity, Deidre — that’s awful.
August 17, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Yeah, it’s pretty obviously compliance in advance. As if we don’t need WGSS more than ever right now! Solidarity, Deidre — that’s awful.
Students feel like they can’t enroll in majors like Af-Am Studies and WGSS because they’re getting messages from all sides that they’re not remunerative. And yet they desperately want the knowledge, so classes are full. That seems to be the situation everywhere.
These are “low enrollment” majors but the classes are regularly at capacity. They changed the funding structure a few years ago here, switching the allocation from course enrollments to majors then blamed these departments for a structural, top-down change. This is entirely a political choice.
The closing of African American Studies and GWSS at Iowa is absolutely heartbreaking. It is such an important time to study these subjects. Words really cannot express how upsetting this decision is. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...
February 26, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Students feel like they can’t enroll in majors like Af-Am Studies and WGSS because they’re getting messages from all sides that they’re not remunerative. And yet they desperately want the knowledge, so classes are full. That seems to be the situation everywhere.
Like ... do y'all know that Julia Serano is a biologist? That's her day job?
"Whipping Girl", the foundational text of modern transfeminism, is not actually a product of the queer academy!
We are actually utterly, totally locked out of WGSS! We kind of HAVE to do this communally, publicly!
"Whipping Girl", the foundational text of modern transfeminism, is not actually a product of the queer academy!
We are actually utterly, totally locked out of WGSS! We kind of HAVE to do this communally, publicly!
April 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Like ... do y'all know that Julia Serano is a biologist? That's her day job?
"Whipping Girl", the foundational text of modern transfeminism, is not actually a product of the queer academy!
We are actually utterly, totally locked out of WGSS! We kind of HAVE to do this communally, publicly!
"Whipping Girl", the foundational text of modern transfeminism, is not actually a product of the queer academy!
We are actually utterly, totally locked out of WGSS! We kind of HAVE to do this communally, publicly!
I've just posted the syllabus for my grad seminar Practicing WGSS: The classroom, the field, the university. Check it out!
lisadiedrich.org/2025/01/21/p...
lisadiedrich.org/2025/01/21/p...
Practicing WGSS: The classroom, The field, The university (Syllabus)
Practicing WGSS WST 698 sp25Download
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January 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I've just posted the syllabus for my grad seminar Practicing WGSS: The classroom, the field, the university. Check it out!
lisadiedrich.org/2025/01/21/p...
lisadiedrich.org/2025/01/21/p...
But like, did y'all know that there's actually a fair amount of transmascs in the academy, specifically in WGSS?
If you didn't, it's because most of them spend a lot of time ... talking ABOUT transfems!
Not TO us. ABOUT us.
That, or they talk about transmascs as basically butch lesbians.
If you didn't, it's because most of them spend a lot of time ... talking ABOUT transfems!
Not TO us. ABOUT us.
That, or they talk about transmascs as basically butch lesbians.
April 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
But like, did y'all know that there's actually a fair amount of transmascs in the academy, specifically in WGSS?
If you didn't, it's because most of them spend a lot of time ... talking ABOUT transfems!
Not TO us. ABOUT us.
That, or they talk about transmascs as basically butch lesbians.
If you didn't, it's because most of them spend a lot of time ... talking ABOUT transfems!
Not TO us. ABOUT us.
That, or they talk about transmascs as basically butch lesbians.
We are hiring in WGSS!
Thrilled to share that WGSS at SBU is hiring an Assistant Professor as part of the Native American & Indigenous Studies program. The appointment will be housed in WGSS, with courses & service expected to help grow the interdepartmental NAIS Initiative. More info👇
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September 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We are hiring in WGSS!
wgss, sociology, anthropology, English, rhetoric, philosophy always need more trans theory in general. but transfem theory? missing in action, foul play presumed
April 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
wgss, sociology, anthropology, English, rhetoric, philosophy always need more trans theory in general. but transfem theory? missing in action, foul play presumed
I've kind of stopped talking about it as much but the total shutout of trans women from WGSS, Queer and Trans Studies is also glaring, and is usually ignored by people who go "OH YEAH, WELL I'VE HEARD OF JULIA SERANO!"
Which is extra-funny because she's a biologist.
Which is extra-funny because she's a biologist.
August 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I've kind of stopped talking about it as much but the total shutout of trans women from WGSS, Queer and Trans Studies is also glaring, and is usually ignored by people who go "OH YEAH, WELL I'VE HEARD OF JULIA SERANO!"
Which is extra-funny because she's a biologist.
Which is extra-funny because she's a biologist.
And you thought they’d stop by gutting WGSS and the humanities.
Stares in cancelling NIH study sessions.
Maybe we were all in this together more than you thought.
Stares in cancelling NIH study sessions.
Maybe we were all in this together more than you thought.
January 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
And you thought they’d stop by gutting WGSS and the humanities.
Stares in cancelling NIH study sessions.
Maybe we were all in this together more than you thought.
Stares in cancelling NIH study sessions.
Maybe we were all in this together more than you thought.
There's still time to register for Summer WGSS courses🌈🎓! WGSS 250 and WGSS 105 are now both asynchronous and WGSS 250 has been extended to a 6 week course. You don't need to be a currently enrolled undergraduate student at the University of Maryland to join. #academicsky #whatwheredc
May 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
There's still time to register for Summer WGSS courses🌈🎓! WGSS 250 and WGSS 105 are now both asynchronous and WGSS 250 has been extended to a 6 week course. You don't need to be a currently enrolled undergraduate student at the University of Maryland to join. #academicsky #whatwheredc
I can’t tell you the number of letters of recommendation I’ve written for WGSS majors & minors going on to med school or other health professional schools. Obvs, they need science courses too, but their WGSS courses benefit them conceptually & pragmatically (& yes make their applications stronger).
February 26, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I can’t tell you the number of letters of recommendation I’ve written for WGSS majors & minors going on to med school or other health professional schools. Obvs, they need science courses too, but their WGSS courses benefit them conceptually & pragmatically (& yes make their applications stronger).
Yep, in my 20 years of teaching WGSS, I can confirm that the WGSS major-to-badass-physician pipeline is a thing.
November 19, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Yep, in my 20 years of teaching WGSS, I can confirm that the WGSS major-to-badass-physician pipeline is a thing.
Gender Studies 101 from the chair of WGSS at Stony Brook.
“..WGSS asks questions, interrogates dominant assumptions and involves a great deal of debate and disagreement,” Montegary wrote. “In contrast, those opposing gender studies are the people imposing an ideology — enforcing strict gender and sexual norms — insisting on a singular definition of sex..”
February 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Gender Studies 101 from the chair of WGSS at Stony Brook.
Above all, I protect my peace. Many questions here about my work in WGSS or identities as a trans queer person aren’t sincere. But if you’re sincere, enroll in a WGSS course or buy a few books from your local indie bookshop. Trolls get immediately blocked. Blocking brings much joy.
November 18, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Above all, I protect my peace. Many questions here about my work in WGSS or identities as a trans queer person aren’t sincere. But if you’re sincere, enroll in a WGSS course or buy a few books from your local indie bookshop. Trolls get immediately blocked. Blocking brings much joy.
Prosle godine je moj brat sudjelovao u akcijama koje su dovele do otvaranja prvog WGSS-a (Woman and Girl safe space) u ratnoj drzavi u kojoj radi (nebitno koja). Mislila sam da ne mogu biti ponosnija do danas. Zasto? Zato jer su uspjeli otvoriti drugi WGSS💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
February 9, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Prosle godine je moj brat sudjelovao u akcijama koje su dovele do otvaranja prvog WGSS-a (Woman and Girl safe space) u ratnoj drzavi u kojoj radi (nebitno koja). Mislila sam da ne mogu biti ponosnija do danas. Zasto? Zato jer su uspjeli otvoriti drugi WGSS💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
I wish someone would explain what "gender ideology" actually is. I taught in a WGSS program and I have zero clue what it is...besides right-wing propaganda.
March 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I wish someone would explain what "gender ideology" actually is. I taught in a WGSS program and I have zero clue what it is...besides right-wing propaganda.
Stunned by this news. I've long been an admirer of Durba Mitra's scholarship, her advocacy for the Schlesinger Library, and her vision for what WGSS history (and teaching!) can be. Harvard, of course, disagrees.
Everyone in academia should read this piece about our dear, brilliant colleague @durba.bsky.social
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
A Surprise Tenure Denial in Harvard’s Gender Studies Program Leaves Some Faculty Shaken | News | The Harvard Crimson
Durba Mitra’s colleagues thought she was a near-perfect tenure candidate. When her bid was shot down in June, they were left questioning the process.
www.thecrimson.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Stunned by this news. I've long been an admirer of Durba Mitra's scholarship, her advocacy for the Schlesinger Library, and her vision for what WGSS history (and teaching!) can be. Harvard, of course, disagrees.
I often teach Bourdieu's HOMO ACADEMICUS in my WGSS teaching practicum grad seminar. I cut it this semester because there was so much contemporary work that I wanted to add, but I still think it's brilliant & relevant now. Here's my syllabus for Practicing WGSS.
lisadiedrich.org/2025/01/21/p...
lisadiedrich.org/2025/01/21/p...
Practicing WGSS: The classroom, The field, The university (Syllabus)
Practicing WGSS WST 698 sp25Download
lisadiedrich.org
February 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I often teach Bourdieu's HOMO ACADEMICUS in my WGSS teaching practicum grad seminar. I cut it this semester because there was so much contemporary work that I wanted to add, but I still think it's brilliant & relevant now. Here's my syllabus for Practicing WGSS.
lisadiedrich.org/2025/01/21/p...
lisadiedrich.org/2025/01/21/p...
WGSS Undergraduate Research Day coming up on May 7, 2025! Join us for research presentations from undergraduate majors, minors, and certificates in WGSS, Black Women's Studies, and LGBT Studies courses, assistantships, and internships.🌈🎓#feministscholarship #WGSS #UniversityofMaryland #academicsky
April 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
WGSS Undergraduate Research Day coming up on May 7, 2025! Join us for research presentations from undergraduate majors, minors, and certificates in WGSS, Black Women's Studies, and LGBT Studies courses, assistantships, and internships.🌈🎓#feministscholarship #WGSS #UniversityofMaryland #academicsky
there's this absurdly ridiculous phenomenon where trans women are effectively locked out of WGSS and queer studies, and even trans studies to a degree, but the transmasc presence provides NOTHING in terms of materialist analyses of their oppression either, so NOBODY WINS
April 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
there's this absurdly ridiculous phenomenon where trans women are effectively locked out of WGSS and queer studies, and even trans studies to a degree, but the transmasc presence provides NOTHING in terms of materialist analyses of their oppression either, so NOBODY WINS
Yale: WGSS nears end of hiring process for new Transgender Studies professor
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
WGSS nears end of hiring process for new Transgender Studies professor
The department seeks to fulfill requests from both students and faculty for a specialist in trans studies, continuing its faculty expansion.
yaledailynews.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Yale: WGSS nears end of hiring process for new Transgender Studies professor
yaledailynews.com/bl...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Happy Pride Month from WGSS! Interested in studying the media, scholarship, and activist contributions across the LGBTQ+ community? Consider joining the LGBTQ Studies🌈🎓 program or taking a WGSS or LGBT coded course this fall.
June 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Happy Pride Month from WGSS! Interested in studying the media, scholarship, and activist contributions across the LGBTQ+ community? Consider joining the LGBTQ Studies🌈🎓 program or taking a WGSS or LGBT coded course this fall.
I'm teaching an undergraduate seminar in WGSS called Documenting Mental Illness. Check out the syllabus on my website. 👇
www.lisadiedrich.org/teaching/doc...
www.lisadiedrich.org/teaching/doc...
Documenting Mental Illness — Lisa Diedrich
Our goal is to expand and complicate our understanding of the biopsychosocial politics of mental illness, as well as to think broadly and creatively about effective, and even radical, ways to treat me...
www.lisadiedrich.org
August 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I'm teaching an undergraduate seminar in WGSS called Documenting Mental Illness. Check out the syllabus on my website. 👇
www.lisadiedrich.org/teaching/doc...
www.lisadiedrich.org/teaching/doc...
Read this inspiring article on my Stony Brook colleagues in the Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and their fierce commitment to doing the work in the spirit of resistance: sbstatesman.com/133028/news/...
SBU’s Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department remains committed despite political uncertainty
As President Donald J. Trump’s second term rapidly changes the political landscape in the United States, the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Department at Stony Brook University is prepar...
sbstatesman.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Read this inspiring article on my Stony Brook colleagues in the Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and their fierce commitment to doing the work in the spirit of resistance: sbstatesman.com/133028/news/...