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Happening now! Clap back against anti-trans bigotry

Archimedes Banya's new page explaining their revolting MAGA policy of banning trans people from their single-gender spa nights "to shelter religion preferences of women (resp. men) in our community. to further accommodate their religion beliefs we have to limit admission on women's (resp. men's) days to [bold, all caps] BIOLOGICAL WOMEN (resp. MEN) ONLY"

hey bay area queers! NEVER GIVE BANYA YOUR MONEY EVER AGAIN. please review bomb them with me (fun fact - nobody checks if you actually live in the bay before you do this 🤭)

included photo: their policy page. not shown: several reviews describing transphobic harassment of female patrons.

Cant make the protest, with you all in spirit. This is disgusting. Planning to call them every day

Protest at Archimedes Banya 3/4/25 6-10pm 748 innes ave

if you're in SF this is happening tonight to protest their transphobic "biological women's night" bullshit

Genuinely trying to find out if this is still happening? If you see this and know the answer, I’d be grateful for the info. Thx

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Why did Sara Anne Willette delete all her answers to my methodological questions?

I suspect it’s because she muddled her way thru them and revealed she doesn’t actually understand the method she claims to be using

This would be quite concerning if I’m right

Not only did she block me, she deleted her incredibly muddled answers to my super basic methodological questions

Same

The amazing thing about white papers is that you get to have peer review from an unlimited number of sources before committing to a project. It’s far more rigorous than regular peer review, in a way, since you invite one and all to scrutinize your method. Will look out for it!

Otherwise it’s not really a dataset per se, it’s just a spreadsheet, ykwim?

Or if it’s a binary variable, then it might look like a list of criteria used for classificatory purposes, with some examples of what was and was not included and why/ why not 👍🏻

Assuming what you’re saying here is a reflection of the analysis, it sounds like the dependent variable might be “problematic action?”

So then the Q is, how is “problematic action” operationalized? What’s the metric? How is it calculated? That’s the methodological write-up I’d want to see.

Or are you simply building a dataset of descriptive stats here?

Maybe I’m reading too much into “analysis?”

I am also unclear about criteria for case selection, but that’s a separate question I think

I have to log off, maybe you’ll reply later. And if not, I’ll look for that white paper!

Yes but I’m still struggling with the more fundamental basics… with what the dependent variable of this analysis is…

Another word for dependent variable can be “outcome variable,” maybe it’s the terminology I’m using

I totally get that this is network analysis (I’ve done some myself).

I guess I’m confused about where the analysis is very generally headed? I think the simplest way I can put it is to ask what the dependent variable is

*interested

To clarify…

I thought this was an analysis that maps abusive patterns? I guess I’m interesting in learning more on how you’re operationalizing that specifically.

Your only variable is also your case ID variable? I guess I don’t understand what you mean when you say you’re going to run an analysis then?

What’s the ultimate dependent variable here?

And to be clear: I reject the academic monopoly on “peer review.”

What I am saying here is that I of course embrace peer review as a ***general concept***, as a basic good-practice principle for data

Not suggesting this had to go thru academic channels. Community review is all good ofc!!!

If we access the data, there will be a methods section or write up attached, yes? As a researcher myself, i ofc always get more from the nitty gritty on operationalization etc . Network analysis is super tricky and understanding the operationalization is key to interpretation

Looks like reviews are the main way to share thoughts with others?

Is there a way to add actual notes to the reading journal; or it is just a log of what youve read?

No need to share instructions if there is a way, just would like to know so I can motivate myself to keep trying (so far the app doesn’t seem to allow this, but I tend to give up easily)

I read a lot and have so many notes, would be fun to connect more with folks also doing the reading (I’m currently reading Care Work too, among other things)

I use zotero to organize my reading notes because it has a handy way to semi-automatically add pdf links (super relevant for journal articles), and because it folds into word processing applications so citations are easier

Wish there were more functions for sharing tho. Will check out storygraph

This is still happening, isn’t it? Is it why this places feels so sanitized (and not always in a good way)?

This is still happening, isn’t it? Is it why this places feels so sanitized (and not always in a good way)?

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PS this is feeling like a classic philosopher/sociologist conversation, I love it

In other words, clean idealistic models for single-purpose platforms don’t feel like the best thinking tool here. I’m open to it tho! Just not seeing it right now