Jess Calarco
@jessicacalarco.com
Sociologist. Author. Professor. Roosevelt Institute Fellow. Expert on families, schools, kids, privilege, and power. Bylines in NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, Atlantic, etc.
"Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women."
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"Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women."
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Jess Calarco
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Other countries have safety nets. The US has women.
Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net.
Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net.
Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
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Also this.
I was forced to pump in a 55 degree server room because my law firm wouldn't give me a room without a glass door.
Let me tell you how fast your milk dries up when you have to pump in that temperature and John the IT guy has a key to the room you're using that he could open any time.
I was forced to pump in a 55 degree server room because my law firm wouldn't give me a room without a glass door.
Let me tell you how fast your milk dries up when you have to pump in that temperature and John the IT guy has a key to the room you're using that he could open any time.
This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Also this.
I was forced to pump in a 55 degree server room because my law firm wouldn't give me a room without a glass door.
Let me tell you how fast your milk dries up when you have to pump in that temperature and John the IT guy has a key to the room you're using that he could open any time.
I was forced to pump in a 55 degree server room because my law firm wouldn't give me a room without a glass door.
Let me tell you how fast your milk dries up when you have to pump in that temperature and John the IT guy has a key to the room you're using that he could open any time.
This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
This fear is particularly common in highly unequal and individualistic societies.
Because in that context, it's easy for fear-mongers to convince parents that any so-called "imperfection" will doom their kid to a life of struggle and doom them to a life of judgment for having an "imperfect" kid.
Because in that context, it's easy for fear-mongers to convince parents that any so-called "imperfection" will doom their kid to a life of struggle and doom them to a life of judgment for having an "imperfect" kid.
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This fear is particularly common in highly unequal and individualistic societies.
Because in that context, it's easy for fear-mongers to convince parents that any so-called "imperfection" will doom their kid to a life of struggle and doom them to a life of judgment for having an "imperfect" kid.
Because in that context, it's easy for fear-mongers to convince parents that any so-called "imperfection" will doom their kid to a life of struggle and doom them to a life of judgment for having an "imperfect" kid.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
"Endorsing a plan to increase birth rates implicitly supports anti-immigration politics and yields ground to racist fear-mongering... And even progressive pronatalism risks ratifying the notion that women’s most important contribution to solving major social problems is to birth and raise children."
New from me: In the New Republic @newrepublic.com, I wrote that we should refuse to choose between the easy way and the hard way to boost birth rates.
What If Both Sides in the Birth Rate Debate Are Wrong?
The right wants to steer women away from work and toward motherhood. The left wants to provide them with more state support so it’s easier to have children. We should refuse this choice.
newrepublic.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Endorsing a plan to increase birth rates implicitly supports anti-immigration politics and yields ground to racist fear-mongering... And even progressive pronatalism risks ratifying the notion that women’s most important contribution to solving major social problems is to birth and raise children."
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It was never about deporting criminals. It was always about using deportation to criminalize people they want to control.
They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It was never about deporting criminals. It was always about using deportation to criminalize people they want to control.
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Imagine you're overseeing the termination of clinical trials, the destruction of people's livelihoods, the dismantling of scientific research in the US, and you're complaining that Twitter didn't give you a blue check 4 years ago.
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Imagine you're overseeing the termination of clinical trials, the destruction of people's livelihoods, the dismantling of scientific research in the US, and you're complaining that Twitter didn't give you a blue check 4 years ago.
It was never about deporting criminals. It was always about using deportation to criminalize people they want to control.
They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It was never about deporting criminals. It was always about using deportation to criminalize people they want to control.
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This is America.
Harassment, assault, arrests of Americans.
Black and brown Americans.
By their own government.
Endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Harassment, assault, arrests of Americans.
Black and brown Americans.
By their own government.
Endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is America.
Harassment, assault, arrests of Americans.
Black and brown Americans.
By their own government.
Endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Harassment, assault, arrests of Americans.
Black and brown Americans.
By their own government.
Endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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6 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Biden, generally a lukewarm backer of trans rights as President, uses Intl International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference speech to slam Reps/Trump for turning trans rights into "political football...into something scary, something sinister."
Joe Biden slams Republicans for turning transgender rights into ‘political football’
The former president gave a speech expressing support for LGBTQ+ rights at an LGBTQ+ leaders conference on Friday
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
6 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Biden, generally a lukewarm backer of trans rights as President, uses Intl International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference speech to slam Reps/Trump for turning trans rights into "political football...into something scary, something sinister."
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
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Since she’s resumed teaching her class, Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice, Adams said the university has put observers in all her classes. “That’s been very upsetting, very humiliating,” she said.
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Suspended IU prof returns to class — with university observers
Jessica Adams was formally sanctioned by IU at the end of its investigation, which started with an "intellectual diversity" complaint from a student.
www.ipm.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Since she’s resumed teaching her class, Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice, Adams said the university has put observers in all her classes. “That’s been very upsetting, very humiliating,” she said.
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Of babies infected w/Hepatitis B, 90% develop chronic infection.
Of those, 1 in 4 will DIE.
They lose the ability to get rid of toxins & make important proteins. Their skin yellows, their abdomen swells, they’re uncomfortable. A fate no one deserves.
One we can avoid w/ vaccination.
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Of those, 1 in 4 will DIE.
They lose the ability to get rid of toxins & make important proteins. Their skin yellows, their abdomen swells, they’re uncomfortable. A fate no one deserves.
One we can avoid w/ vaccination.
.
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Of babies infected w/Hepatitis B, 90% develop chronic infection.
Of those, 1 in 4 will DIE.
They lose the ability to get rid of toxins & make important proteins. Their skin yellows, their abdomen swells, they’re uncomfortable. A fate no one deserves.
One we can avoid w/ vaccination.
.
Of those, 1 in 4 will DIE.
They lose the ability to get rid of toxins & make important proteins. Their skin yellows, their abdomen swells, they’re uncomfortable. A fate no one deserves.
One we can avoid w/ vaccination.
.
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Only YOU can prevent warrantless raids and illegal detainments.
In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Only YOU can prevent warrantless raids and illegal detainments.
In case you need a break from the chaos in the news, here's an embroidered landscape I finished last night--my latest project to avoid doomscrolling before bed.
December 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In case you need a break from the chaos in the news, here's an embroidered landscape I finished last night--my latest project to avoid doomscrolling before bed.
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This is all-hands on deck. RFK Jr. wants to destroy vaccination in the US. COVID and HBV vaccination were the first step. These diseases WILL come back. And your personal vaccination status is important, but so is the coverage in your community. So up your game and fight. www.vox.com/2015/3/25/82...
The lives vaccines have saved in the US, in one chart
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters expl...
www.vox.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is all-hands on deck. RFK Jr. wants to destroy vaccination in the US. COVID and HBV vaccination were the first step. These diseases WILL come back. And your personal vaccination status is important, but so is the coverage in your community. So up your game and fight. www.vox.com/2015/3/25/82...
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Great visualization about how warming in the Arctic (like we're having right now) is leading to colder winters with more snowfall 👇
How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
The Paradox of Global Warming and Colder Winters - WhoWhatWhy
If the cold weather makes it harder for you to argue with climate change deniers about the existence of global warming, this story is for you.
whowhatwhy.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Great visualization about how warming in the Arctic (like we're having right now) is leading to colder winters with more snowfall 👇
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This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Indiana isn't as big as Texas or Florida, so it rarely gets the same attention nationally. But it's worth keeping an eye on what Indiana is doing, because the GOP has long exploited the state's under-the-radar status as a proving ground for new efforts and policies.
Indiana state house Republicans just approved a new 9-0 gerrymandered map ousting two US House Democrats, giving Republicans 100% of seats in state where Trump got 58% of vote
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Indiana isn't as big as Texas or Florida, so it rarely gets the same attention nationally. But it's worth keeping an eye on what Indiana is doing, because the GOP has long exploited the state's under-the-radar status as a proving ground for new efforts and policies.
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Siccing dogs on people is a slave tracker thing, a Bull Connor thing, a police brutality thing, a jackboot thug thing, an evil abuse of both dog and man which only a fully corrupted spirit could enact.
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Siccing dogs on people is a slave tracker thing, a Bull Connor thing, a police brutality thing, a jackboot thug thing, an evil abuse of both dog and man which only a fully corrupted spirit could enact.
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NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
You know you're a corrupt dictator when...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
Donald Trump awarded inaugural FIFA Peace Prize by Gianni Infantino
FIFA never announced nominees for the new award and has not said how or by whom the winner was chosen.
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
You know you're a corrupt dictator when...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
Leave it to FIFA to dream up a pay-to-play peace prize.
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Leave it to FIFA to dream up a pay-to-play peace prize.
Apparently fact-checking is now considered a threat to national security.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Apparently fact-checking is now considered a threat to national security.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...