Simon Williamson: Our existence is a partisan issue Simon Williamson Out in the Wild April 3, 2018 0One of the things we look at regularly in political science is why people are partisan — that is, why...
Simon Williamson: All hail Adam Rippon Simon Williamson Out in the Wild February 15, 2018 0It isn’t often we get to watch our own in action. Making up five or so percent of the population...
Simon Williamson: The power of shutting up and listening Simon Williamson Out in the Wild January 24, 2018 0I don’t really watch movies, but I am married to someone who reviews them for a living, so I have...
Simon Williamson: A teacher and a trail of victims Simon Williamson Out in the Wild December 27, 2017 0My husband’s hometown, a small city in western Pennsylvania, is currently undergoing its own Harvey Weinstein moment, as decades of...
Simon Williamson: On reacting to bigotry with violence Simon Williamson Out in the Wild October 5, 2017 0It isn’t that I haven’t been exposed to the parts of the US that hate us. My husband is from...
Simon Williamson: Our local governments need to get bold Simon Williamson Out in the Wild September 1, 2017 0On Facebook, I follow a philosopher here at the University of Georgia who often writes about how our local government...
Simon Williamson: Lessening the burden of coming out Simon Williamson Out in the Wild August 12, 2017 0One of the most frustrating things about coming out — even in these most contemporarily accepting times of homosexuality since...
Simon Williamson: It’s about more than ‘political differences’ Simon Williamson Out in the Wild July 20, 2017 0I didn’t think that there could be a group within our community that annoyed me more than the performers over...
Simon Williamson: I find it hard to be forgiving Simon Williamson Out in the Wild June 13, 2017 0My cousin, about 15 years older than me, who grew up under the real throngs of apartheid South Africa, the...
Simon Williamson: Expert bigots are coming for us Simon Williamson Out in the Wild May 12, 2017 0Since the landmark 1973 abortion ruling Roe v. Wade, the federal and state legislatures and the politicians we call “judges”...
Simon Williamson: Bad day at the rodeo Simon Williamson Out in the Wild April 14, 2017 0One of the most common refrains we hear in the post-2016 US is that Democrats lost because they are out...