Marissa Velarde, PhD MPH
@marissavelarde.bsky.social
Repro health & justice researcher & activist in the Deep South. Nueva Yol 4eva. Latina mami.
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Me writing my silly little papers during a 2nd Trump administration
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The NYT fired everyone who knew that sugar cane is kinda important to Puerto Rico.
They're dumber than dogshit over there. This is so fucking embarrassing.
They're dumber than dogshit over there. This is so fucking embarrassing.
At the start of his Super Bowl performance, Bad Bunny appeared in a field of green grass wearing a jersey featuring the number “64.” Fans immediately started tossing out theories about what the number meant.
What Was the ‘Ocasio 64’ Reference on Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Look?
And where did his suit come from? The answers may surprise.
nyti.ms
February 9, 2026 at 4:36 AM
The NYT fired everyone who knew that sugar cane is kinda important to Puerto Rico.
They're dumber than dogshit over there. This is so fucking embarrassing.
They're dumber than dogshit over there. This is so fucking embarrassing.
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Wrote about Bad Bunny and how after more than a century under U.S. rule, after attempts to erase our national identity, after the man-made crises and natural disasters that have befallen our people, in the face of every challenge, seguimos aquí. We’re still here.
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
The Triumph Of Bad Bunny’s Unapologetically Boricua Halftime Show
The Puerto Rican artist’s Super Bowl performance was a reclamation and a reminder that, after more than 500 years of colonization, seguimos aquí.
www.thecut.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Wrote about Bad Bunny and how after more than a century under U.S. rule, after attempts to erase our national identity, after the man-made crises and natural disasters that have befallen our people, in the face of every challenge, seguimos aquí. We’re still here.
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
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Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
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Today @theflytrapmedia.com published a really powerful piece by @kwanetaharris.bsky.social on gender-based violence against incarcerated women.
She writes: "We become perfectly obedient victims of intimate partner violence, except the violence is legal and the abusers wear badges."
She writes: "We become perfectly obedient victims of intimate partner violence, except the violence is legal and the abusers wear badges."
Ain't We Women, Too?
For many incarcerated women, the state is their abuser, but the gender-based violence we experience behind bars goes ignored.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Today @theflytrapmedia.com published a really powerful piece by @kwanetaharris.bsky.social on gender-based violence against incarcerated women.
She writes: "We become perfectly obedient victims of intimate partner violence, except the violence is legal and the abusers wear badges."
She writes: "We become perfectly obedient victims of intimate partner violence, except the violence is legal and the abusers wear badges."
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Immigrants are not seeking care out of fear, unless they feel like they are dying.
A slew of new policies that limit which immigrants qualify for health care benefits could have a severe impact on public health, @lauralew105.bsky.social reports.
A slew of new policies that limit which immigrants qualify for health care benefits could have a severe impact on public health, @lauralew105.bsky.social reports.
Health care eligibility cuts add to Trump administration’s anti-immigrant attacks
A slew of new policies that limit which immigrants qualify for health care benefits could have a severe impact on public health, advocates say
prismreports.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Immigrants are not seeking care out of fear, unless they feel like they are dying.
A slew of new policies that limit which immigrants qualify for health care benefits could have a severe impact on public health, @lauralew105.bsky.social reports.
A slew of new policies that limit which immigrants qualify for health care benefits could have a severe impact on public health, @lauralew105.bsky.social reports.
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One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
My first dissertation paper is now published! You can read it here (for free!): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Assessing the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Abortion Care Utilization and Delays and Whether There Was a Differential Impact Among Latinas in North Carolina
We evaluated the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on abortion service utilization and delays to care among people in North Carolina and assessed whethe…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
My first dissertation paper is now published! You can read it here (for free!): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
Yes, and not just for immigrants and their families but for entire communities. I write a little about this issue here ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...
January 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Yes, and not just for immigrants and their families but for entire communities. I write a little about this issue here ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...
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Y'all I hate using Canva for slides. Why is it so popular? What am I missing?
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Y'all I hate using Canva for slides. Why is it so popular? What am I missing?
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I understand the reasoning behind zeroing in on ICE & DHS abducting citizens. But when you lead with what's perceived as your most sympathetic cases, you cede the moral high ground & make arguing for others harder. It is wrong for armed, masked gestapo to grab people - doesn't matter their status.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I understand the reasoning behind zeroing in on ICE & DHS abducting citizens. But when you lead with what's perceived as your most sympathetic cases, you cede the moral high ground & make arguing for others harder. It is wrong for armed, masked gestapo to grab people - doesn't matter their status.
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Dept. of Ed is reclassifying all the female dominated professions (nurse, therapist, speech pathologist, PA) as not having “professional” degrees, which makes it harder for them to get educational loans.
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Dept. of Ed is reclassifying all the female dominated professions (nurse, therapist, speech pathologist, PA) as not having “professional” degrees, which makes it harder for them to get educational loans.
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
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If you had strong feelings about Qatar hosting the World Cup, now’s your time to shine when it comes to critiquing FIFA and Infantino’s latest coddling of authoritarianism.
I will not be buying any World Cup tickets or merchandise due to FIFA’s collaboration with the Trump regime.
Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.
Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.
Fifa agrees World Cup matches can be moved at Trump’s request
The president has been warning host cities under Democratic control that he will call on Fifa’s president to switch venues if he deems there is a problem
www.thetimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If you had strong feelings about Qatar hosting the World Cup, now’s your time to shine when it comes to critiquing FIFA and Infantino’s latest coddling of authoritarianism.
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I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
Read Mamdani's full victory speech (and grab a tissue): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Read Mamdani's full victory speech (and grab a tissue): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
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Big moment for me, my first-ever publication credit!
The Digital Defense Fund team contributed to this paper on practical data privacy practices for research with abortion seekers, including those facing the most serious threats. Just out in Contraception:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Digital Defense Fund team contributed to this paper on practical data privacy practices for research with abortion seekers, including those facing the most serious threats. Just out in Contraception:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Society of Family Planning Research Practice Support: Digital and data security for abortion research in a post-Dobbs era—A primer for qualitative researchers
Abortion is banned or severely restricted in nearly half of the United States. Research on the impact of these restrictions and abortion care has neve…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Big moment for me, my first-ever publication credit!
The Digital Defense Fund team contributed to this paper on practical data privacy practices for research with abortion seekers, including those facing the most serious threats. Just out in Contraception:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Digital Defense Fund team contributed to this paper on practical data privacy practices for research with abortion seekers, including those facing the most serious threats. Just out in Contraception:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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even for an unhinged presidency this week has been pretty fuckin unhinged tbh
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
even for an unhinged presidency this week has been pretty fuckin unhinged tbh
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Another reminder that people around the world risk their lives for liberties that many Americans seem ready to surrender without a fight or even a lawsuit. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...
September 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Another reminder that people around the world risk their lives for liberties that many Americans seem ready to surrender without a fight or even a lawsuit. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...
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The orgy of liberal pundits tripping over each other to praise Charlie Kirk—when he caused so much violence to the lives of Black and LGBTQ people (including me specifically)—is telling about why the Dems can’t build an antifascist coalition.
September 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The orgy of liberal pundits tripping over each other to praise Charlie Kirk—when he caused so much violence to the lives of Black and LGBTQ people (including me specifically)—is telling about why the Dems can’t build an antifascist coalition.
FREAKIER FRIDAY but instead of mother-daughter swap a wife-husband swap. The husband will cry when he realizes that not only is he responsible for his day job but also family management.
August 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
FREAKIER FRIDAY but instead of mother-daughter swap a wife-husband swap. The husband will cry when he realizes that not only is he responsible for his day job but also family management.
RESEARCH IDEA! What if we recruited people to fill out research surveys at concerts? For example, surveying people's knowledge and contraceptive beliefs at a Bad Bunny concert. Who will fund me to do it?!
July 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
RESEARCH IDEA! What if we recruited people to fill out research surveys at concerts? For example, surveying people's knowledge and contraceptive beliefs at a Bad Bunny concert. Who will fund me to do it?!
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Publishing “both sides” is not just moral bankruptcy, it is an affront to the central mission of journalism (yes, even of opinion journalism): to help people honestly understand the world. There aren’t “both side” to climate change, slavery, genocide in Nazi Germany, nor to genocide in Gaza.
July 23, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Publishing “both sides” is not just moral bankruptcy, it is an affront to the central mission of journalism (yes, even of opinion journalism): to help people honestly understand the world. There aren’t “both side” to climate change, slavery, genocide in Nazi Germany, nor to genocide in Gaza.
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I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
www.science.org
July 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)