Blog — Kristin J. Anderson

Guns and the Precarity of Manhood

Men learn to be fixated on performing masculinity which often entails aggression.

Enraged Rattled WrongedKristin AndersonJune 23, 2022entitlement

The Cynical Red Herring of Arming Teachers

What we can expect to play out if teachers are armed.

Enraged Rattled WrongedKristin AndersonMay 27, 2022entitlement

The Census and Entitled Resentment

The changing demographics of the U.S. triggers entitled resentment.

Enraged Rattled WrongedKristin AndersonSeptember 17, 2021entitlement

The Pitfalls of Ally Performance:

Coalition work demands more from an activist than does being an ally.

Modern MisogynyKristin AndersonApril 4, 2019ally, coalition work

Framing the 2018 Elections: #TrustBlackWomen

Black women, who have been ignored by one party, and taken-for-granted by the other, are running for office in great numbers.

Modern MisogynyKristin AndersonMarch 12, 2018misogyny

#ElectBlackWomen (Spanish)

Las mujeres negras que han sido ignoradas por un partido y no valoradas por el otro, se postulan para un cargo en gran número.

Modern MisogynyKristin AndersonMarch 11, 2018misogyny

What the Charleston Massacre Does Not Tell Us About Racism

Until we are ready to truly grapple with the fact that racism is quietly embedded in our everyday laws, institutions and practices—until we see its presence on days without a bloody massacre—vigils and flag debates will do little to end contemporary racism.

Benign BigotryKristin AndersonJune 25, 2015mass shootings

Bypassing the Fifth

Salinas v. Texas quietly undermines crucial Fifth Amendment safeguards and introduces new biases into criminal proceedings that favor the prosecution and thwart individual liberty.

Benign BigotryKristin AndersonJuly 4, 2013false confessions

Indefinite Detention and the Belief in a Just World

Recent exonerations of those convicted of brutal crimes tell us that sometimes mistakes are made, short cuts are taken, or biases guide our pursuits.

Benign BigotryKristin AndersonDecember 14, 2011bias

Dissonance and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Cognitive dissonance theory argues that changing behavior changes attitudes, rather than vice versa.

Benign BigotryKristin AndersonSeptember 10, 2010cognitive dissonance

Are Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer Perched on a Glass Cliff?

One possible reason for putting women in positions with greater risk of failure is that women may be seen as more expendable and better scapegoats.

Benign BigotryKristin AndersonJanuary 11, 2010glass cliff

Professor Gates and the Criminalization of Black Men in America

Stereotypes and racial profiling can have deadly results, such as the numerous police shootings of unarmed and innocent black men.

Benign BigotryKristin AndersonJuly 28, 2009sterotypes, discrimination, bias, racial profiling

Judging Sotomayor: Do Only Women and People of Color Have Personal Biases?

How can one even attempt to separate their biases from their decisions when they refuse to believe they have any biases?

Benign BigotryKristin AndersonJuly 16, 2009bias, identity, ethnicity

Do Gays Flaunt their Sexuality?

Perhaps the most durable stereotype about members of the queer community is that they flaunt their sexuality.

Benign BigotryKristin AndersonJune 22, 2009LGBTQ+, sexuality, prejudice, unconscious

A Protocol for Death

The research on death qualification is conclusive: the procedure is stacked against the defendant and that defendant is disproportionately a person of color and poor.

Benign BigotryKristin AndersonApril 1, 2007death qualification, prejudice