Aziza Ahmed

@azizaahmed.bsky.social

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Professor of Law at BU School of Law. Co-director Boston University Program on Reproductive Justice. New Book! Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS

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Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · Sep 12

I wrote a book that I hope helps people think about the relationship between law, science, social movements, &political economy.

It tells the story of how feminists transformed the response to AIDS to ensure better access to healthcare.

Avail for preorder!

www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

Risk and Resistance

Cambridge Core - American Studies - Risk and Resistance

www.cambridge.org

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 17h

Congrats to @jpygold.bsky.social on planning this amazing event

Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 17h

yea i'll be there.

Flyer for BU Law Review 2025 Symposium on "The University and Democracy"

"Many of our most powerful universities have enabled the Trump administration's open effort to exert 'existential terror' on our institutions and our communities. This convening will critically examine why universities have failed to protect democracy and how we might democratize our institutions and reorient toward their core mission: to pursue truth and knowledge for the common good."

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Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 17h

yea i'll be there.

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you friend see you there hopefully

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Michael R. Ulrich @michaelrulrich.bsky.social · 7d

Boston area peeps: book talk tonight 7pm for FREE

Come see @irincarmon.bsky.social talk about her amazing book with my brilliant friend and colleague @azizaahmed.bsky.social tonight @harvardbookstore.bsky.social at 7pm

www.harvard.com/event/irin-c...

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 8d

Can’t wait to speak with @irincarmon.bsky.social about her wonderful new book

Irin Carmon @irincarmon.bsky.social · 8d

Tomorrow, Monday 11/3, I’ll be talking with @azizaahmed.bsky.social about my new book Unbearable at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social. Please join us.

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Irin Carmon @irincarmon.bsky.social · 8d

Tomorrow, Monday 11/3, I’ll be talking with @azizaahmed.bsky.social about my new book Unbearable at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social. Please join us.

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 11d

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 19d

📣TOMORROW!📣

The Boston University Program on Reproductive Justice hosts @doctorshelleysella.bsky.social’s talk with @azizaahmed.bsky.social about her book, BEYOND LIMITS. There’s still time to register! You’re eligible for a book giveaway if you attend in person! ➡️ buff.ly/RexezdG

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Megan Molteni @mmolteni.bsky.social · 20d

As trust in the federal government's stewardship of US public health infrastructure plummets, NEJM and CIDRAP are launching a rival publication to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Story by @aniloza.bsky.social

www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...

NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication

Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

www.statnews.com

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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 21d

ICE’s own policies say the agency should not detain pregnant, postpartum or nursing individuals.

It’s doing so anyway. Immigrants’ health is suffering. Congress has abandoned a requirement that ICE make public how many such immigrants have been detained.

19thnews.org/2025/10/ice-...

ICE keeps detaining pregnant immigrants — against federal policy

But the number is impossible to measure since Congress let lapse a requirement that ICE report how many pregnant, postpartum and nursing immigrants are in custody.

19thnews.org

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Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · 26d

"Rectifies a long-standing injustice: the erasure of the role of women in the transformation of science, law and policy in the midst of the HIV epidemic."

Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS by @azizaahmed.bsky.social

#LawSky 🗺️ 🗃️

https://cup.org/3WEnqxA

Risk and Resistance | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

www.cambridge.org

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · Oct 9

😭😭😭🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · Oct 9

I am both immensely proud and wowed and inspired by @azizaahmed.bsky.social - sister of my heart! This is a work of history, love, brilliance, and resistance. I needed this today.

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · Oct 9

I am both immensely proud and wowed and inspired by @azizaahmed.bsky.social - sister of my heart! This is a work of history, love, brilliance, and resistance. I needed this today.

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cambridgebookshop.bsky.social @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social · Oct 9

It's new book day! 🤩📚

We are thrilled to have so many exciting brand-new releases from @universitypress.cambridge.org including Risk and Resistance' by @azizaahmed.bsky.social 'Assembling India’s Constitution' by Rohit De and Ornit Shani, and much more! 🙌

A hand holding a book titled "Assembling India's Constitution: A New Democratic History" by Rohit De and Ornit Shani, in a bookshop with bookshelves in the background.

Hand holding a book titled 'Politics and the New Challenge of Migration: Bridging Cultural, Social and Political Divides' by Gordon Sammut in a bookshop.

A hand holding a book titled "Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS" by Aziza Ahmed, in a bookshop with shelves of books in the background.

A hand holding a book titled "The Psychology of System Change and Resistance to Change" by Winifred R. Louis, G. K. Chonu, Kiara Minto, and Susilo Wibisono, in a bookshop.

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · Oct 5

Thank you @mayamanian.bsky.social for your wonderful vision and brilliance

Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · Oct 3

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us today for “Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science, and Policy”! Deep gratitude to our incredible speakers, panelists, and especially author @azizaahmed.bsky.social for sparking such powerful conversations
@auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · Oct 5

Thank you so much for coming Jamie it was so lovely to see you and thank you for this!!!

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Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · Oct 3

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · Oct 3

Can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow at this symposium!

www.american.edu/wcl/impact/i...

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · Oct 2

Thank you! 🙏🏽

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · Oct 2

“With consideration for women’s suffering in pregnancy on the back burner, and blame and accountability taking center stage, we should be wary of how pregnancy directives will be mobilized in the criminal legal system.” @azizaahmed

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime?

In light of new data showing over 400 people have been prosecuted for pregnancy-related crimes, we should be wary of how Trump’s directives may be used against women.

www.thenation.com

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · Oct 1

Congratulations to @veenadubal.bsky.social and the aaup 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · Oct 1

WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · Oct 1

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Linda C. McClain @proflmcclain.bsky.social · Sep 30

Keynote by @azizaahmed.bsky.social with commentary by Prof. Michele Goodwin and two panels of amazing speakers. Can attend in person or virtually: app.registrationguru.net#!/portal?eve...

Registration Guru Application

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · Sep 30

By identifying mothers and providers as "guilty" parties in the increasing rates of autism, the Trump administration is inviting prosecutions for crimes related to pregnancy, writes @azizaahmed.bsky.social. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime?

In light of new data showing over 400 people have been prosecuted for pregnancy-related crimes, we should be wary of how Trump's directives may be used against women.

www.thenation.com

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · Sep 29

Congratulations to @jasonbjackson.bsky.social on his new “erudite”, “original”, and “masterful” book! #capitalism #india #moraleconomy #foreigndirectinvestment 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · Sep 29

👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · Sep 28

My SCOTUS term preview for the Guardian - it focuses on the case challenging what remains of the Voting Rights Act (Callais), how that's part of a centuries-old campaign against Reconstruction, & how that's representative of several issues on the Court's docket.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

A 160-year-old campaign against civil rights heads to the supreme court

Louisiana v Callais could roll back what remains of the Voting Rights Act, putting the future of America’s multiracial democracy at stake

www.theguardian.com

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · Sep 28

A 160-year-old campaign against civil rights heads to the supreme court

Louisiana v Callais could roll back what remains of the Voting Rights Act, putting the future of America’s multiracial democracy at stake

www.theguardian.com

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · Sep 26

A new book by @jasonbjackson.bsky.social

“An incisive account of the moral beliefs that have guided foreign investment policy in India since the late colonial period, with an eye toward their implications for the twenty-first-century global economy”

www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Traders, Speculators, and Captains of Industry — Harvard University Press

An incisive account of the moral beliefs that have guided foreign investment policy in India since the late colonial period, with an eye toward their implications for the twenty-first-century global e...

www.hup.harvard.edu

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · Sep 26

Thank you!!

Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · Sep 26

Thank you Anna! And congrats to you as well!!

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