Our Dialogue About “Unhealthy Guys”

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Most years, there are play themes chosen by our five-year-olds that trigger concern. Normally, it is some model of “unhealthy man” play — pirates, zombies, spies, superheroes. A pair years again, they have been going with the generic “unhealthy man,” which largely performed itself out as making fierce faces, posing threateningly, and trying to seize…

Why DEI Work Should not Give attention to Baby-Free Cat Guys

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To the Editor: I’m penning this letter in response to a “Letter from a Baby-Free Cat Man” (October 17, 2024) which argues that DEI (Range, Fairness and Inclusion) efforts on campus want to incorporate childless and childfree adults. As a sociologist and antiracist educator, I’m discouraged after I see DEI and vital ideas, reminiscent of…