Jess Calarco

Other countries have safety nets. The US has women. Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net. Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...

Spooky Season Preview: My mushroom fairy in her element (and wearing the mushroom hat we made).

I'm going to try to do this cleanly. Today's right wing governments are networked to each other. Those networks are well-documented. You can read about them in books. Following the elections in one node of that network is good practice for understanding the U.S. node.

I live in a rural town and, like, I don't know how to tell you this, but the girls play on the boys team and vice versa all the time because otherwise we don't have enough players for a game and it's literally always fine so stop being weirdos about kids sports and just let trans kids play.

This is one of my favorite slow feeds. It’s totally worth starting from the beginning (although like me you might get stressed out by the end of the month from ‘there’s no ROOM!’ ocd but if so, it’s okay she always finds the room):

I'm definitely gonna run out of space before the end of the month, but with the Justice Department's double Dan Sullivan duplicity in Alaska, I couldn't help using some extra space in my stitch-the-news daily news diary to embroider the two Spiderman meme.

My dad's ideal birthday features chips on the table, cake in a bag, and confidence in a can.

The 5-year cancer survival rate is up to 70% SIDS deaths have decreased by over 50% 89% decline in tornado deaths All thanks to federal investment in science and OUR tax dollars at work!

In the wake of all this, I hope that at the very least, we never see another think piece lambasting adult children for cutting off ties with their parents.

It was another busy week, so I didn't get to post this yesterday, but Week 42 of my stitch-the-news daily news diary included: A lying "lawyer" Barbie An admonition to vote A golf club A trash can on fire A pitchfork An olive branch A 404 error A map of Ohio

Everyone knows Trump isn’t Superman. The image works anyway. In Contexts, Tristan Bridges and James W. Messerschmidt examine how AI memes make masculine domination entertaining by inviting viewers to enjoy the fantasy of a leader above ordinary limits. ➡️ doi.org/10.1177/1536... #Trump #memes

this is so heartbreaking on top of the heartbreak

They *claim* 2020 was stolen. (Using "believe" here gives too much credit to the possibility that these election deniers have simply been duped).

This would be the most any person has donated in any election cycle. And #2 is also Musk, in 2024.

"Disclosed in a filing to shareholders" speaks volumes about where the company's real concerns lie.

Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

These systems also only produce a tiny sliver of what we might call elite, in this case, doctors, which most people won't have access to anyway. I'd rather have a broad pool of capable performers with a broad range of aptitudes than an elite few perpetually out of my reach.

This is a place where an ethical theory known as “sufficientarianism” can be helpful. On this view, we don’t need to be the BEST, per se, we need to be good enough to clear some (presumably reasonably high) bar. By the same token, I don’t need the BEST doctor, I need a sufficiently good one.

The core of gang rape is men bonding over misogyny—and trading money and power in the process. Polymarket is a digital platform that allows any man who wants to participate access to the degradation of the victim. The violence defies space and time.

I've talked to a surprising number of women who've told me, candidly, that they wanted to read Holding It Together, but they were worried it would make them "too mad."

The sunrise made for a stunning walk to the office this morning.

I’m looking for a postdoc (3y) to research kinship dynamics from a demographic, sociological, public health, or mathematical perspective. Reach out if you are interested and have any questions about the role or the MPIDR! 👇

People are not cutting off their parents because they had unfair expectations of perfection of them. But a defensive reaction to stories like these can be a red flag that you won’t be able to hear crucial feedback from your own kids if your behavior has hurt them.

Yes if only someone had said something!!! newrepublic.com/article/1924...