The dark side of American individualism and constant ambition is they ignore the structural constraints that shape lives: "[Insisting] positive thinking and hard work meant I could achieve my goals — intrinsic qualities that should be under my control — it made me feel responsible for my failure."

First year I've felt like reporting information to my government science funding agency is potentially... risky. I'll probably still report, now that I have the protections of tenure, but it makes me sad for both science and the study of science.

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Yes! We have to move the needle on public perception of science. Scientists can share their story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, published June 16! #McClintockLetters #SciComm Share how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

Why do nearly 45,000 scholarly papers cite themselves? My latest for @retractionwatch.com: retractionwatch.com/2025/03/19/p... @lutzb.bsky.social, @mollymking.bsky.social

Some people’s research will be flagged and then will move on with clarification. Other people’s research will be flagged and… it’s done. The differences in who those people are will not be random.

Science is closed for business

Hiring an NSF-funded postdoc: looking for a network science scholar to study determinants and consequences of gender inequalities in scientific collaboration. Learn more here and please spread the word. sites.google.com/view/gender-...

"Luck is a fairy tale we use to make people feel better about the world being unfair as shit." - S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold

Happy Earth Day, all you humans who are trying to save it and humans who are trying to destroy it and humans who are unintentionally somewhere in-between thanks to capitalist social structures. 🌎

"The notion that people who diverge from social norms under existing hierarchies deserve basic human dignity only if they have no choice about that divergence is fundamentally degrading." Such a well-put idea about the issue with using "born this way" rhetoric in the fight for civil rights.

Moving on from banning books to banning ideas... Sociology has been removed from the list of courses Florida public college students are ALLOWED to take to fulfill general education requirements, because it may cover "topics like race, gender and sexual orientation". www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/u...

New article on gender and international coauthorship networks with my fabulous coauthors Kjersten Bunker Whittington and Isabella Cingolani 🧵 doi.org/10.1007/s111...

Finally. Maybe now I can start to bother planning for retirement.

"Disability isn’t something people have. It is something that is done in the details of life – in the words, the acts, in the repeated, apparently inconsequential, behaviours that make up the unremarkable background to our lives." - Colin Cameron

For one brief but very glorious moment I am finally caught up on grading.

@mollymking.bsky.social, Kjersten Whittington and I are hiring a postdoc to study gender inequalities in co-authorship networks. Job ad says apps due Nov. 20 but it will be extended to Dec. 11, so please put the word out and consider applying! More info at: sites.google.com/view/gender-...

Obvious but under-considered point of the day: How disability is measured has MAJOR consequences for the proportion of Americans counted as disabled.

Come do a postdoc with me! We're hiring a network science scholar determinants and consequences of gender inequalities in scientific collaboration. Learn more here and please spread the word.

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