It’s still really hard to talk about this (I have written about it), but I’ve gone through this twice, in a way—was unable to help my dad enough; was able to help my mom but would have eventually gone broke.There was a terrible moment when I realized we had enough for her to die on, but not live on.

91% of abortions are in the first trimester. Just 1% of abortions are at/after 21 weeks. 9th month abortions are not a thing. Anyone who says otherwise is lying through their teeth.

As a Swiftie who likes to hyperfocus, my best productivity hack is to put the Eras Tour on and jam on a paper for the 3.5 hour duration.

Great take on this piece, informed by research on women who are NOT rich or white.

JCjessicacalarco.bsky.socialSep 24, 2024 6:37pm

So many thoughts on this NYer piece on the Catholic economist and mom of 14 whose book argues against government safety nets and women's ambition and for more kids and more religion as the key to a happy mom life. 1/

Okay I have officially deactivated my account on the other, increasingly terrible site. Glad academia seems to have moved over here. Although is anyone else considering threads? Would then need to make a professional insta I fear

Burdens accessing tax benefits are highly inequitable. Your employer based health insurance subsidy is automated, earnings reporting from your salaried job is automated. Low-wage workers face an array of obstacles, which you don't, to access the growing pool of benefits distributed through the IRS

DMdonmoyn.bsky.socialJan 31, 2024 3:16pm

New from me & @pamherd.bsky.social: how the US welfare state has evolved Good news: programs that have grown have become less burdensome. Bad news: there is greater inequality in the experience of burden. (Please support the non-Taylor Swift take industry) donmoynihan.substack.com/p/fewer-burd...

Fewer burdens but greater inequality?

The implications of moving more of the safety net through the tax system

Friendly reminder that Condé Nast workers are on strike until midnight EST tonight. Don't click on or share links from Condé Nast pubs! This includes -Vogue/Teen Vogue -Them -GQ -Bon Appétit -Vanity Fair -Self -Architectural Digest -Glamour -Epicurious -Allure (Wired & New Yorker are a diff union)

Big day: I officially accepted an offer to join the faculty of the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work at UW-Madison next fall. Feels totally unreal to write. Faculty?! Me?! But I'm so excited, so honored, so humbled by the privilege it is to do this work.

All my love to Death Panel, as they just released this 3h+ episode on the past year of (as they so aptly name it) "the sociological production of the end of the pandemic" - it's incisive, well-researched, and just plain cathartic to listen to. They brought the receipts.

Please @ me if you want to talk about the Golden Bachelor