Kyle Green

This conversation is part of the Spring 2026 Sociological Life Lessons class @sunybrockport.bsky.social. An experiment that I will be writing about soon for @firstpublics.bsky.social! *posting this with the goal of upping the accountability...

new GTaC! A discussion with Dr. Chris Connor about his research on the electronic music scene and gay dating apps + life lessons that can be taken from the respective projects.
thesocietypages.org/theory/2026/...

and, perhaps most importantly, organized and chaired by Alex Channon, University of Brighton.

MASA Winter Webinar: “On Community in Martial Arts"

4 February, 9:00AM-10:30AM - Online via MS Teams

www.eventbrite.com/e/masa-winte...

feat. panellists Lyn Jehu, University of South Wales and Jack Sugden, Liverpool John Moores University, discussion led by Kyle Green, SUNY Brockport.

A reminder that they defunded the police that target white collar criminals and corruption — at the exact same that time they lavishly funded the police that killed Alex Pretti.

“I was confused as to why the victim was on his side, because that is not standard practice when a victim has been shot. Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice.
Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be
counting his bullet wounds.”

This is INSANE. A SCHOOL. “The guy, I’m telling him like, ‘Please step off the school grounds,’ and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he’s trying to push me, and he knocked me down,” a school official, who spoke to MPR News on condition of anonymity said.

and then returning one more time as the book reviews editor where I had the honor of working with a series of scholars who I admire including Ryanne Pilgeram, Stefano Bloch, @gokceyurdakul.bsky.social, @dsilver432.bsky.social, and @kaareeenah.bsky.social

and then again with Kelsey Berry to write about emergence of a new type of final girl in horror movies - journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

then recording the official @contexts.org podcast with @sarahlageson.bsky.social before returning a few years later as an author to write about masculinity in the surf and on the mats with Clifton Evers - contexts.org/articles/int...

So ends an era of ASA’s public facing journal as @contexts.org officially leaves print behind and moves completely online.
I've somehow spent 1/3 of my life w/ @contexts.org starting on the grad board under the leadership of @chrisuggen.bsky.social, Douglas Hartmann, and @lettapage.bsky.social

a screenshot of text from a website. it reads: The History of the January 1 Birthday The tradition dates back to the early days of organized horse racing, long before electronic timing and online records. Race organizers needed a simple way to group horses by age since a horse’s age often determines what races they can enter. Instead of tracking every horse’s exact birth date (which would have been a logistical nightmare), they decided that all thoroughbreds would share one official birthday: January 1.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!

Also worth noting that this is the concluding issue under the amazing editorial leadership of @sethabrutyn.bsky.social @aminghaziani.bsky.social and @lettapage.bsky.social. I feel lucky/honored to have been invited to tag along as the books editor for the final stretch.

"While we face an era marked by rising authoritarianism, entrenched racism, and a culture of hyper-individualism, the hope for a more livable society remains real and worth striving for." @mlamont.bsky.social @ruha9.bsky.social @gokceyurdakul.bsky.social

"They remind us that the work of seeing and valuing others begins not with abstract policy but everyday acts of recognition. This vision offers important possibilities, inspiring ongoing effort and collective care."

"And yet, scholars like Michèle Lamont and Ruha Benjamin urge us to imagine a different society. Their books challenge us to consider how a more just and livable world might be built, how it emerges and fails, and how it might be reclaimed in moments when justice is endangered."

Check out @gokceyurdakul.bsky.social's excellent review of @mlamont.bsky.social's Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How It Can Heal a Divided World & @ruha9.bsky.social's Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want in the newest issue of @contexts.org - journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

An amazing list of quality journalism/writing worth reading and supporting! Thanks to @marisakabas.bsky.social for sharing.

but really, setting basketball nostalgia and fandom aside, the level of research is stunning.

Posters Season 1 - YouTube

a belated Thanksgiving thanks to James Hamilton for creating the Posters Basketball podcast and filling the hole left in my heart when @netw3rk.bsky.social and @sheaserrano.bsky.social pulled the plug on Six Trophies.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

New episode of the Dear Adam Silver podcast! Abigail and I spoke to Maryam Amirvaghefi about the dark humor underlying her (*incredible!) art, the shared experience of losing, her sport fandom origin story, and trying to avoid reductive readings of her work -->
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

can't claim hero status but I am proud and happy to provide a space for nerds like @drcrmatthews.bsky.social!

new GTaC! @drcrmatthews.bsky.social joins for a wide-ranging conversation on the co-production of knowledge, radical honesty in the methods section, finding inspiration in the work of Simone Weil, and understanding research as sacred.
thesocietypages.org/theory/2025/...
@thesocietypages.bsky.social

Few things said are more correct than this

@dieworkwear.bsky.social - any insights into the styling possibilities of the wood ax?

With the absence of any news to occupy your mind, you probably are wondering what Zach Snyder used to accessorize his dapper suit for the 2023 Hollywood Reporter profile.
And, if you can only remember the top portion of the photo you would be justified in guessing a croquet mallet of course!
Well…

This looks to be a great and necessary conversation!

50 things you can actually do If you're feeling helpless

In my personal newsletter this week: 51(ish) things you can do to make a difference. amandalitman.substack.com/p/50-things-...

Another great issue from the @contexts.org crew! Check out @kaareeenah.bsky.social's review of @karenlevy.bsky.social's Data Driven and Madison Van Oort's Worn Out! - journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... - I really appreciate the part on moving from an either/or to a both/and approach to organizing.