Meredith L. Chivers, PhD, CPsych

Thank you Canada‼️❤️

US resumes visas for foreign students but demands access to social media accounts The U.S. State Department says it’s restarting the suspended process for foreigners applying for student visas but says all applicants will now be required to unlock their social media accounts for re...

"The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it is restarting the suspended process for foreigners applying for student visas but all applicants will now be required to unlock their social media accounts for government review."

Come study in the land of the free 🙃

apnews.com/article/stud...

Thrilled to share how Liminal Learning is helping young people launch into adulthood. Here, I explain the rationale of our hybrid (offline/online) learning model. www.youtube.com/watch?v=47nS...

If you're interested in joining us on a Quest, get in touch here: liminal-learning.com/upcoming-que...

Liminal Learning aims to help young people 'thrive in a world of flux' – Kingston News (Kingston, Ontario) A new venture, based partly in Kingston, is aiming to support young adults in their journey toward independence, or “purposeful adulthood."

#ICYMI
The non-profit organization Liminal Learning is an educational response to the challenges faced by young people as they navigate towards adulthood, according to Kevin Bowers, co-founder and teacher at LCVI. #YouthSupport #YGK
Learn more: www.kingstonist.com/news/liminal...

Just read about this neurosci wonder thru @fixthenews.com.web.brid.gy. 🤯 Know too many affected by motor neuron disease whose lives could be revolutionized by brain-computer interfaces like these. Truly awesome work 👏

The Journal of Sex Research Volume 62, Issue 5 of The Journal of Sex Research

Issue 5 of #JSexResearch is now online with contributions from @drjustingarcia.bsky.social @mlchivers.bsky.social @typicaltims.bsky.social @drkristenmark.bsky.social
@kinseyinstitute.bsky.social @sexsciencesociety.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/hjsr20/6...

My Phd student Noah is recruiting Trans* and Non-Binary folks to participate in a survey study on well-being (uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...). Check it out if relevant and of interest to you, and appreciate any signal boosting in your networks!

Invitation to participate in research on relationship experiences of queer and trans people. Invite has a QR code and link to instagram page.

Graduate student Karla Kenny has launched a survey focusing on relationship experiences of queer and trans people. Please share to help out.

This photos shows five skiers collapsed after crossing the finish line of a skiing race. They are exhausted.

Professors at the end of this semester.

Backyard scilla carpet in full bloom 😍 happy #earthday

These Faculty Senates Are Trying to Band Together to Stand Up to Trump The idea of a compact among institutions is based on the idea that there’s strength in numbers, and it comes amid frustration that few presidents are speaking out against the administration’s actions ...

Faculty senates at Rutgers University, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the University of Indiana at Bloomington, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have passed resolutions calling for the creation of a mutual-defense compact. chroni.cl/4cBFrnu

Trump administration axes more than $125M in LGBTQ health funding, upending research field The administration’s cancellation of hundreds of grants is dismantling the LGBTQ-focused research field, built out of nothing over a quarter-century.

Devastating losses for SGM health research, and sexuality research as a whole

www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

Researchers take a more positive approach to trans identity Australian researchers have developed a world-first scale to measure an almost universal experience for trans adolescents and adults – gender euphoria – that could have significant implications for me...

ABCqueer [Mar 31] -- Australian researchers have developed what may be the first validated scale to measure 'gender euphoria' -- a common experience among trans people which occurs when one finally feels comfortable in one's own skin and is recognized as such by others. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

My mixed emotions on Transgender Day of Visibility Around the world, trans people are under attack. So, while Transgender Day of Visibility is a celebration, we need to talk about the dread as well, says a University of Melbourne expert.

It's Transgender Day of Visibility, and I have mixed emotions. So I wrote something about it 😊

(this is the first in a series; the next one is in a few weeks and is about disinformation campaigns)

pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/my-...

Louise Glück on rebirth. For spring, for hope, for those returning from oblivion having found their voice

Screenshot of new open access editorial led by Cynthia Graham, published in Journal of Sex Research, titled "Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research", co-signed by many editors of sexuality and gender journals.

Grateful to these sexuality and gender journal editors for this statement of support

Link is open access to Journal of Sex Research, kudos @cygraham.bsky.social @liamwignall.bsky.social and other signatories

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#AcademicSky

Thank you for calling this out!! If I had a nickel for every sex research talk that used the feet-in-bed meme.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

Want to know how much of your work Meta pirated in training LibGen?

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Scientists are not allowed to pay above certain rates because it would be considered inherently coercive to those "too poor to say no".
Paying $100 to make someone sign a petition appears to fit the definition of coercion.

The Prioritization of Women’s Orgasms During Heterosex: A Critical Feminist Review of the Implications for Women’s Sexual Liberation Orgasm is considered by many to be an essential part of women’s ideal sexual experiences. As a result, sexual liberation narratives have often advocated for the prioritization of women’s orgasms – ...

Do narratives that prioritize women's orgasm during heterosex benefit or constrain women's sexuality? My new article in the Annual Review of Sex Research, covers research supporting...both! Thrilled to finally share this with the world! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

lol — all good!! So not offended in the least.

So I went to my FB account to look at past #IWD posts and this is what Meta is censoring … in screenshots

Woman at the Stand Up for Science rally in Boston with sign that says “Nobody puts science in the corner!” And the Pride flag on it.

Crowd at the stand up for science rally in Boston

@standupforscience.bsky.social rally in Boston!!

Oh what my anti-acknowledgement section would say. Years later, I co-authored a commentary about sexual harassment in sexuality research w/ @debbyherbenick.bsky.social @drloribrotto.bsky.social, Sari van Anders, Sofia Jawad Wessel, & Jayleen Galarza

Find it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Hey!! I’m not THAT much older than you lol. We sure do have some tales to tell.

#IWD25

For International Women’s Day, this poem “Like A Girl” from Becky Hemsley #IWD25