This is a FREE event with my colleague speaking at the Kinsey Institute next month about Black lesbian detective fiction for anyone who is interested and wants to join!
She recommends authors Nikki Baker and Penny Mickelbury - any others anyone likes?
The Kinsey Institute is hosting a free online lecture with author and professor Stephanie Andrea Allen, PhD, exploring Black lesbian detective novels as a distinctive corner of detective fiction, where mystery, identity, and inclusion intersect. Details and signups at Keeping Secrets: Black Lesbian Detective Novels and the Politics of Representation with Author Stephanie Andrea Allen / Kinsey Institute, Indiana University Calendar
Sharing this awesome story in Rolling Stone about the fascinating "Cynthia Plaster Caster" collection held at the Kinsey Institute. It truly shows the beauty/diversity of archives in action.
<<Her friends gave her collection — casts, diaries, boxes of tchotchkes she collected throughout her life — to the Kinsey Institute, where curator Rebecca Fasman began the difficult task of cataloging thousands of items. “The [diaries] almost read like fan fiction...except it’s real,” Fasman says. She hopes to mount a retrospective museum show of Albritton’s work.>>
The Kinsey Institute is hiring its first Annual Giving Officer to build and grow a sustainable annual giving program to strengthen philanthropic support for its world-renowned research and archives.
The candidate will lead multi-channel fundraising campaigns, develop donor-centered communications, strengthen recurring giving, and help create a sustainable culture of philanthropy that supports one of the world's leading research institutes focused on sexuality and relationships.
They're looking for someone with a bachelor's degree and experience in fundraising, development, or related fields who is digitally savvy, proactive, thoughtful, and excited to contribute to our mission of providing trusted knowledge on sex, relationships, and wellbeing.
Details:
📍Hybrid/flexible (potentially open to remote for the right candidate)
💼 $60,000-70,000 salary + generous benefits
⏰ Apply by July 30, 2026
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