Maggie Butler, PhD, CLC
@bioanthmags.bsky.social
Social scientist studying lactation, perinatal mental health & health equity
Postdoc @ Feinberg School of Medicine
Formerly: MIWI cohort 5 scholar • UIC CoE-MCH postdoc • NU Anthro PhD
📍Chicago (she/hers)
Postdoc @ Feinberg School of Medicine
Formerly: MIWI cohort 5 scholar • UIC CoE-MCH postdoc • NU Anthro PhD
📍Chicago (she/hers)
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
Reposted by Maggie Butler, PhD, CLC
At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request
The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
Reposted by Maggie Butler, PhD, CLC
masked federal agents used multiple canisters of tear gas + other chemical munitions on a crowd of residents in chicago's southeast side around 12:40 p.m.
neighbors had gathered on a residential intersection following a morning during which dozens of border patrol agents terrorized the community.
neighbors had gathered on a residential intersection following a morning during which dozens of border patrol agents terrorized the community.
October 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
masked federal agents used multiple canisters of tear gas + other chemical munitions on a crowd of residents in chicago's southeast side around 12:40 p.m.
neighbors had gathered on a residential intersection following a morning during which dozens of border patrol agents terrorized the community.
neighbors had gathered on a residential intersection following a morning during which dozens of border patrol agents terrorized the community.
Reposted by Maggie Butler, PhD, CLC
ICE is still out here at Broadview firing pepper balls at protesters. Some folks just got hit pretty bad. Air out here is awful and people are retching.
September 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
ICE is still out here at Broadview firing pepper balls at protesters. Some folks just got hit pretty bad. Air out here is awful and people are retching.
Reposted by Maggie Butler, PhD, CLC
Excited to share a new article with Delaney Glass & @lucia-petito.bsky.social in the American Journal of Human Biology! 🧬
We introduce a roadmap for causal inference with observational data in human biology & biocultural anthropology.
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We introduce a roadmap for causal inference with observational data in human biology & biocultural anthropology.
(1/4)
Toward New Directions in Human Biology: A Roadmap for Anthropological Causal Inference With Observational Data
Human biologists seek to understand how cultural, environmental, and biological forces shape observed patterns of human variation. Yet contemporary insights and approaches to observational causal inf....
doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Excited to share a new article with Delaney Glass & @lucia-petito.bsky.social in the American Journal of Human Biology! 🧬
We introduce a roadmap for causal inference with observational data in human biology & biocultural anthropology.
(1/4)
We introduce a roadmap for causal inference with observational data in human biology & biocultural anthropology.
(1/4)
Reposted by Maggie Butler, PhD, CLC
The president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said Monday that suggestions that Tylenol use in pregnancy causes autism are “irresponsible when considering the harmful and confusing message they send to pregnant patients.” https://to.pbs.org/46oVMck
OB-GYN group calls Trump's remarks on acetaminophen 'irresponsible'
The president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said Monday that suggestions that Tylenol use in pregnancy causes autism are “irresponsible when considering the harmful and co...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said Monday that suggestions that Tylenol use in pregnancy causes autism are “irresponsible when considering the harmful and confusing message they send to pregnant patients.” https://to.pbs.org/46oVMck
Reposted by Maggie Butler, PhD, CLC
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
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ICE is the most disruptive presence in Chicago right now. My kid's public school had to cancel planned outdoor activities because ICE is scaring all the children so badly.
September 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ICE is the most disruptive presence in Chicago right now. My kid's public school had to cancel planned outdoor activities because ICE is scaring all the children so badly.
Reposted by Maggie Butler, PhD, CLC
A donor is matching £1,535 ❤️🔥
Today for our giving circle for six families in Gaza, we highlight two little girls, Remas & Toleen. You have seen what famine, bombardment, siege do to little kids. Help them eat.
0/3835 by Friday. Give/find their individual link here: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Today for our giving circle for six families in Gaza, we highlight two little girls, Remas & Toleen. You have seen what famine, bombardment, siege do to little kids. Help them eat.
0/3835 by Friday. Give/find their individual link here: chuffed.org/project/hope...
August 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A donor is matching £1,535 ❤️🔥
Today for our giving circle for six families in Gaza, we highlight two little girls, Remas & Toleen. You have seen what famine, bombardment, siege do to little kids. Help them eat.
0/3835 by Friday. Give/find their individual link here: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Today for our giving circle for six families in Gaza, we highlight two little girls, Remas & Toleen. You have seen what famine, bombardment, siege do to little kids. Help them eat.
0/3835 by Friday. Give/find their individual link here: chuffed.org/project/hope...