Interested in quality of age data? Or how to measure tech-facilitated gender-based violence? Are you in St Louis? Stop by my posters this morning at PAA! #PAA2026

No, no, no, no, no, FU NO!

We’ve got some thoughts about the potential future of the Demographic and Health Surveys. #DHSdata

After 2 years of work, our special issue in @contraceptionjl.bsky.social on "Emergency of FemTech in the SRH Landscape" is out! It includes 14 papers on fertility tracking, contraception, and abortion in the digital age, plus our summary Editorial. A 🧵on what we found; please help us share! 1/8

This is part of why I despise the debate-bro culture of "viewpoint diversity" and "civil discourse" initiatives. They often imagine that there are two (and almost always only two!) equally valid, equally defensible stances to take + fall into the hellhole of bothsideism

Four journalists, including three working for the Associated Press, were detained in Cameroon while reporting from a facility where migrants deported by the Trump administration are held, according to two lawyers.

Are there UFOs or aliens in the Epstein files? Release them all so we can find out.

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

I also love that the title specifies in the U.S. rather than assuming it.

ASA member Donald Tomaskovic-Devey @dont-d.bsky.social w/ Steven Boutcher @umassamherst.bsky.social found that white men experience levels of job loss and retaliation from employers similar to those other groups experience when they file complaints. @us.theconversation.com

Are you interested in the politics of demography*? Would you like to present research or take part in a panel on the topic at this year's @bspsuk.bsky.social conference? If so, this call for papers is for you 👇 *Papers covering the whole spectrum of population research are also being accepted!

Racist, racist, racist AF!

Colleagues and I have a commentary that we need more data re gender identity, not less. This administration is moving us backward.

This is interesting

The number of trans youth suicides in the UK quadrupled in 2021 following significant restrictions in access to care. The NHS tried to cover this up with a fake report that tried to hide the truth. goodlawproject.org/new-data-sho...

Let the Epstein scandal spread as far and wide as it needs to.

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors. Great work everyone.

A win!

This is a great example of state officials stepping up to ensure compliance with the law, if the feds won’t do it. Maine secy of state @shennabellows.bsky.social finding a way of restricting ICE illegal conduct wgme.com/news/local/m...

Say what now?

Now is a really great time to check your immunization status and get yourself /your kids vaccinated!

“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.”

#MorningReads Study mapping LGBT-affirming Christian churches across the U.S. and finds strong geographic clustering. Affirming churches more common in the NE, Midwest, & West, but undersupplied in the South—shaping LGBTQ access to religious capital & well-being. #ReligionStudies #QueerSpaces

I had a great Q & A with @alannavagianos.bsky.social at @huffpost.com about whether low birth rates are a problem in and of themselves. www.huffpost.com/entry/should...

Remember to nominate a colleague who has made an outstanding contribution to sociology for an ASA 2026 Annual Award before Jan. 1! Read about all the award categories, including the new “Early Career Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship Award” here: asanet.org/awards. #ASA #sociology #awards

Kavanaugh stop Kavanaugh detention Kavanaugh deportation

About to kick off our briefing on US Birth Rate Trends: Patterns, Drivers, and Implications for American Families - come watch the livestream on our YouTube channel! www.youtube.com/populationas...

Beyond the Headlines: What’s Really Happening with Global Fertility www.prb.org/resources/ba... @prbdata.bsky.social

Le travail domestique compté dans le temps de travail global : ça, c’est grâce au féminisme.

So next time I pick up my $10 Rx from the pharmacy, the pharmacist is going to give me $70?

I had the pleasure to preview this work at @popassocamerica.bsky.social earlier this year. So glad to see it published!

It’s out! Our commentary on the future of global data on gender and sexual diversity. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos. I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.

A paper I reviewed and thoroughly enjoyed got a decision of “minor revision”. Congratulations to the authors, whomever they may be! I look forward to seeing the final in print soon.

Exactly

A schoolgirl who was abducted with 24 others from a dormitory in northwestern Nigeria has escaped and is safe, as hunters joined security forces in the search for the missing students. n.pr/3JWLn0w

The HPV vaccine has been a miracle. We need to go full steam ahead—not backtrack—with rollout.

Being at ICFP last week was a roller coaster of emotions--simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking. I had the chance to present new research with Julia Fleuret on informed choice for contraceptive use among women with disabilities. Take a look here. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

While at ICFP last week, I presented new work with @jeffedm.bsky.social on links between contraceptive use and decision-making and better mental health outcomes in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Mozambique. Take a look! www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Interesting analysis! PS. This type of work will not be possible 5 years from now unless we save the DHS now.

Spread the word. This may be even more important this year than usual.

There are many reasons to love local reporting and news service. This headline is but one. www.ffxnow.com/2025/11/04/m...

Are you at ICFP 2025? Join me today as I present on Women with Disabilities, Contraceptive Use, and Informed Choice in Nine Countries at a session on SRHR for persons with disabilities at 10:20!

Wait until my son learns his cousins are, in fact, MY cousins’ kids. I’ll lose his vote for sure.

An update. This should have been a part of the plan from the get-go. www.arlnow.com/2025/10/27/m...

Some pluses and minuses to this approach. Hopeful!

"The Wish programme can empower women and give them a rare chance to make a decision about their body and life, he says. “That’s not something exotic. It’s not a luxury. It’s a necessity … if they make this cut, they are cutting a necessity.”" www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

I admit it. It’s possible, maybe, that I got a little too excited about introducing reference management software to my 10th grader today…

A man fleeing ICE agents ran out onto a busy highway and was struck and killed in Virginia, authorities say.