Skipping toward seniority*: one queer scholar’s romp through the weeds of academe

AbstractThis reflective essay, which is both autobiographical and historical in nature, is framed by answering the questions posed by the editors regarding my work: What values inform it, how I actually do it, and why do I do it? Quite simply, I am writing to encourage social change for all queer people, be it merely the little corner of my own social world. Furthermore, I consciously strive to be a ‘paid pestering queer.’