Category: Position Statement
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On Changing My Mind
Over the last fifteen years, I have encountered numerous situations where people will pull up old communications of mine, quote me to myself, and try to pull a “gotcha moment” by showing how what I said then differs from what I am saying now. This has happened to me in enough different situations now that… Read more.
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Personal Policy on Artificial Intelligence Use
A position statement on the environmental, ethical, and labor market concerns associated with artificial intelligence and the need for aggressive regulation to prevent its social and environmental costs and maximize its benefits. Read more.
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Developing a Healthier Relationship with My Environmental Footprint as a Human
In my decade plus of engagement with environmental movements on social media and otherwise, I have to confess that at one time I reached a point where I concluded I would be better off dead. I know that sounds extreme, but I am serious – that is where I landed intellectually. Specifically, I decided that… Read more.
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On Responding to Publication Feedback and Managing Publication Anxiety
A position statement about responding to feedback on your scholarship and navigating “publication anxiety” in the present publishing climate. Read more.
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Being Viewed as Good, Important, or Respectable Is Socially and Politically Constructed Bullshit
To be a scholar or an artist, in many ways, is to practice some form of visibility by trying to build a body of work that is representative of you, your ideas, and your expression. As a scholar and an artist, I recognize that in 2026, being visible feels fundamentally incompatible with being a full,… Read more.
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We Need to Deal with Tenderqueers and Unhealthy Social Dynamics in Queer Communities
A position statement to share my thoughts on the term “tenderqueer” and use the term as a jumping off point to offer a broader perspective on unhealthy social dynamics I have observed within (white-centering) queer and trans communities. Read more.
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Punishing and Shaming Individuals Is Ineffective for Social Change and Often Backfires
A position statement about why the (over) individualization of harm and an (over) reliance on individual punishment and related behavior change approaches is not only ineffective for advancing social change, but it also leads to resentment, disengagement, and in worse cases, significant opposition and radicalization. Read more.
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In Opposition to the Psychiatrization of Ethics, Morality, and Justice
A position statement in opposition to what I would describe as a hostile takeover of ethics, morality, and justice by the professional disciplines of Western psychology, therapy, and social work. Read more.
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On Noncarceral Approaches to Responding to Harm and Preventing Violence
A position statement about responding to harm and violence by supporting victims and survivors materially and preventing harm and violence at the community, structural, and societal levels rather than relying on ineffective punishment-based approaches. Read more.
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Palestine and the Military Industrial Complex
A position statement about how the genocide in Palestine remains an urgent public health emergency and a critical issue of disability rights and disability rights that concerns all engaged in these fields/disciplines. Read more.
