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On Jan. 10, I gave a talk at the Censorship in the Sciences conference, which was held at the University of Southern California. As the fires raged in Los Angeles, I gave my talk, 鈥淏ack to Stick Figures: How Woke Warriors Destroyed Anthropology,鈥� via Zoom. I highlighted the out-of-control censorship in my field of study, anthropology, including bans on the use of photographs of human remains in peer-reviewed academic journals, prohibitions on displaying books with realistic drawings of human remains at conferences, and the removal of images of human remains from online databases.

One may wonder what has led to such censorship. One prominent narrative is that images of human remains cause harm to indigenous peoples. Progressive anthropologists have accepted this narrative, rather than trying to help people understand the importance of research, and the fallacy of blaming societal ills, such as alcoholism, missing and murdered women and children, and poverty, on beliefs about restless spirits roaming the earth and wreaking havoc on their lives.

In order to bring attention to this censorship, I posted on X a photo of my title slide and it quickly went viral, garnering over 645K views. Then, Heterodox Academy (who helped sponsor the conference) posted the video of my talk. The video now has over 250K views and 3800 comments.

Many people commenting expressed disbelief, with some even saying they thought the story was satire. Others wondered why anthropologists would engage in this censorship. And, many expressed their support for my fight against censorship.

Although a handful of viewers scoffed at the term 鈥渨oke warriors鈥�, or called the talk 鈥渞acist鈥�, the vast majority supported open science that is not controlled by ideologues of any sort.

What a difference from the comments I received just over four years ago, when I posted a photo of me holding a skull. Most of the comments were overwhelmingly negative, calling me everything from a racist to a ghoul to a graverobber; support came quietly, and mostly privately.

Some of the neutral posts included suggestions to 3D scan the bones and then return them to the tribes. Ironically, now tribal activists claim digital data, such as 3D scans, can 鈥渆ntice the spirit of someone to inhabit鈥� and, thereby, continue to be harmful.

Among the general public, there seems to be a cultural shift; people are no longer willing to accept censorship as normal, even when it is in relatively obscure fields.

I hope progressive anthropologists and other scholars 鈥� from museums to academic journals to libraries 鈥� take notice of this shift. However, because of three rejections I recently received, I鈥檓 doubtful this will occur.

I submitted an abstract titled 鈥淎ssessing Bone Loss Through Humeral Radiographs: From Bioarchaeological Research to Forensic Applications鈥� to the Southwestern Anthropological Association (SWAA) annual conference; it was rejected. I鈥檇 been a member of SWAA since 1998 (even having won the student prize that year); I鈥檇 brought some of my own students to SWAA over the years; and, I鈥檇 published my presentations in their proceedings. The given reason for the rejection was that there was 鈥渘o space available鈥� in the program; considering there were multiple extensions to the deadline, I suspect this excuse was a lie. Questions about how many other rejections were sent out went unanswered.

It鈥檚 not just anthropologists. I reached out to Pima County Library, offering to give a talk about censorship in the sciences and discussing my latest book. The Wheeler Taft librarian rejected my offer, stating, 鈥渨e do not have capacity to offer any new author talks,鈥� which looks suspiciously like another 鈥渟pace鈥� claim. No other librarians have responded.

Finally, my submission to the Tucson Festival of Books had a notice about changing the book cover (which depicts me holding a skull). I contacted organizers about this and was told it wasn鈥檛 a concern. Nevertheless, my submission was rejected. When I asked whether the cover played a role in the decision, I received an unclear response: 鈥淚 wouldn鈥檛 think that a book cover would make any difference.鈥�

Censorship is wrong whether it comes from conservatives or liberals. I鈥檇 hoped that those who love science and books would agree.