My colleague Stephanie Li joined me on the two-time Webby Awards nominated Left of Black to discuss her book 'Ugly White People: Writing Whiteness in Contemporary America'( @uminnpress.bsky.social).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYNM...

A warning for our times:

“Authoritarianism is harder to recognize than it used to be,” but “When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

From Leavitt to McMahon to Noem and now Means, Trump is strategically placing women in highly visible top jobs. And arguably, the goal here is two-fold: (1) soften the face of fascism, and (2) use the presence of token women to defend the administration against claims of sexism and misogyny.

I read some of Merrill Singer's work as an undergrad and signed up to be a medical anthropologist. RIP to a legend. 🖤

Why is the administration trying to get rid of Head Start?

Because it challenges their narrative of waste, fraud, and abuse. And because it gets in the way of their efforts to trap people in precarity and make them easier to exploit.

My latest for @msnbc.com:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

This is a great piece.

"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."

Ten Americas: a systematic analysis of life expectancy disparities in the USA
"One's life expectancy varies dramatically depending on where one lives, the economic conditions in that location, and one's racial and ethnic identity. "
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The HPV vaccine has been recommended in the US since 2006. New study out today shows that cervical cancer deaths in young women in the years that followed have plummeted, decreasing 15% per year from 2013-2015.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

www.idsnews.com/article/2024...

Today is an excellent day to remind all of you Americans that the Brazilian electoral court banned Bolsonaro from running in the next election within six months from his attempted insurrection. By now, 14 months later, he’s had his passport confiscated so he won’t escape from punishment.

When Roe fell, I was stunned at how many people thought it wouldn't impact them. And whenever I brought up IVF and fertility treatments, people told me I was exaggerating. But anyone who's ever come across advocates for so-called "embryo adoption" knew where this was all headed.

A few days ago I met a pal, an OB-GYN who is working at a service that sends abortion pills (mifepristone and misoprostol) to women who need them in states that ban abortion. She asked me to help spread the word about how to use the service, and asked me to ask you guys to pass on the info. 1/6

Post-Dobbs, there are already prosecutions for miscarriages, and legally-binding theocratic proclamations like this will turbocharge them.

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

🆕 It’s week 2 of the 5-week series in @bmj_latest on lessons from the US Covid response to inform population health improvement!

Anna Diez Roux (at Drexel) & I were guest editors

Yesterday 2 new pieces were published

The 1st is by Justin Feldman & Mary Bassett
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www.bmj.com/content/384/...

White chin hair!!! 😱😵‍💫👺That is all.Carry yon.

5 article review asks in 4 days! I get it that people are able to get to their to do lists once the semester is over but really?! I'm not answering until after break. Soz not soz!

An appetizer while 🦃 is cooking. Wishing all joy with people they 💕 today!