Mel Channon
@dr-mel-channon.bsky.social
Demographer researching SRHR and menstrual justice currently in 🇳🇵. Reader in Social Policy at Uni of Bath. VP British Society for Population Studies. Terrible at social media.
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Population panics are not new. Before, we had too many births; now we have too few. But the identified source of the problem is always women’s reproductive labor. Women are doing something wrong – having too few or too many – and their behavior needs to be managed for some “optimal” outcome. 5/
The fertility fallacy: Five things you didn’t know about global fertility rates
Many people ask: "Do you want children?" But few are asking: “Do you feel able to have children?” Let @UNFPA—the @un sexual and reproductive health agency—reveal how #TheRealFertilityCrisis is a stor...
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July 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Population panics are not new. Before, we had too many births; now we have too few. But the identified source of the problem is always women’s reproductive labor. Women are doing something wrong – having too few or too many – and their behavior needs to be managed for some “optimal” outcome. 5/
I ended up using the colour picker and a photo of real blood to get it *just* right 😂. I hope you manage to fit the all important graph in!
November 20, 2024 at 5:04 PM
I ended up using the colour picker and a photo of real blood to get it *just* right 😂. I hope you manage to fit the all important graph in!
Yes please (just joined and still trying to figure out what's going on...)
November 16, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Yes please (just joined and still trying to figure out what's going on...)