Cat Bohannon
@catbohannon.bsky.social
Researcher, scholar, writer, freak. 🏳️🌈 EVE book out now. This ain’t samizdat but twitter ain’t either. www.catbohannon.com
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Cat Bohannon
@catbohannon.bsky.social
· Sep 29
Point of order: all human births are “natural.” Medical interventions in fertility are a fundamental part of the deep history of our species. Stop mom-shaming women who want and need medicine for being, um, human. Cheers!
When the hands are the scariest things
February 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
When the hands are the scariest things
It’s my birthday! Anybody wanna make today a little less… Jean Genet? How about the sequel to Little Girl Blue being an actual astonishing victory? Anybody?
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
It’s my birthday! Anybody wanna make today a little less… Jean Genet? How about the sequel to Little Girl Blue being an actual astonishing victory? Anybody?
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cool study — though the headline got it backwards… should be: people feel jealousy like monkeys
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/s...
Baboon Sibling Rivalry Suggests Monkeys Feel Jealousy Like People
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
cool study — though the headline got it backwards… should be: people feel jealousy like monkeys
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/s...
I… hardly use LinkedIn for this reason. Might eventually succumb. It’s just so… wanky?
Waaaay to accurate...
February 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I… hardly use LinkedIn for this reason. Might eventually succumb. It’s just so… wanky?
Kids had their first school lockdown yesterday. Some guy called in, said he was gonna shoot up the school. They’re 5 and 7 years old. It won’t be their last. Never accept that any child, anywhere, should be under threat. Never accept there’s “nothing we can do” to make this world suck less.
February 10, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Kids had their first school lockdown yesterday. Some guy called in, said he was gonna shoot up the school. They’re 5 and 7 years old. It won’t be their last. Never accept that any child, anywhere, should be under threat. Never accept there’s “nothing we can do” to make this world suck less.
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"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
Risk of maternal death during pregnancy greatly underestimated, study finds
A new study comparing deaths of pregnant people and of those who have an abortion show that risk of death due to pregnancy is three times higher than previously estimated.
www.brown.edu
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 AM
"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
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perjury for sale!
February 9, 2026 at 8:23 PM
perjury for sale!
Ever get the sense that we’ve all been in a male cult? That it’s not “internalized sexism” or, as I say in Eve, female participation in culture-making that tweaks repro patterns, but maybe it’s actually just… worship? (Reading Shamanism by @manvir.bsky.social , who doesn’t say that, but… 😂🫠)
February 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Ever get the sense that we’ve all been in a male cult? That it’s not “internalized sexism” or, as I say in Eve, female participation in culture-making that tweaks repro patterns, but maybe it’s actually just… worship? (Reading Shamanism by @manvir.bsky.social , who doesn’t say that, but… 😂🫠)
there is no conceivable context in which a message from Jeffrey Epstein saying "the girls and I are going to see Elon Musk at Space X tomorrow" isn't extremely damning.
Epstein: “the girls and i are going to see elon musk at space x tomorrow, are you around,”
February 5, 2026 at 9:36 PM
It’s giving Poland 1942
Is healthcare in concentration camps an oxymoron? A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care. www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
Some Public Health Service officers quit rather than serve in ICE detention centers
A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
It’s giving Poland 1942
In case y’all are ever wondering, women and girls have been living under the dual state since… well not forever, but maybe the start of States. Remember that on this, another morning of men.
This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association.
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM
In case y’all are ever wondering, women and girls have been living under the dual state since… well not forever, but maybe the start of States. Remember that on this, another morning of men.
I’m so so so so bored of having to think about the sex lives of wealthy men. The enduring cruelty of it all is unsurprising. But also… just feels like wrinkly old genitalia are just whacking our faces every morning. Like let me have my coffee, people! (Plus I miss democracy.)
February 5, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I’m so so so so bored of having to think about the sex lives of wealthy men. The enduring cruelty of it all is unsurprising. But also… just feels like wrinkly old genitalia are just whacking our faces every morning. Like let me have my coffee, people! (Plus I miss democracy.)
Easily the maddest I’ve ever been that I’m not in New Jersey. Get thee to Princeton people!
I am talking feminism, patriarchy, racial capitalism, beauty capital, fatphobia and more with Kate Manne at Princeton next week. I haven't been this juiced up for an event in a very long time.
February 5, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Easily the maddest I’ve ever been that I’m not in New Jersey. Get thee to Princeton people!
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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There are approximately 1000 research groups on the #NIH campuses, including Steve Rosenberg's research group, which develops groundbreaking T-cell therapies for cancer.
Effectively all of those groups were suddenly prohibited from buying any (!) supplies last year.
That is on the leadership.
Effectively all of those groups were suddenly prohibited from buying any (!) supplies last year.
That is on the leadership.
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe patients' care was disrupted. If there were disruptions, it's the responsibility of the researchers, not the NHS
HASSAN: That is an unacceptable and outrageous response. You can make an edict - 'Don't disrupt care!' - but that can be a very complicated thing
HASSAN: That is an unacceptable and outrageous response. You can make an edict - 'Don't disrupt care!' - but that can be a very complicated thing
February 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
There are approximately 1000 research groups on the #NIH campuses, including Steve Rosenberg's research group, which develops groundbreaking T-cell therapies for cancer.
Effectively all of those groups were suddenly prohibited from buying any (!) supplies last year.
That is on the leadership.
Effectively all of those groups were suddenly prohibited from buying any (!) supplies last year.
That is on the leadership.
Noting that 2-year construction projects are conveniently timed to next major election cycle / avoiding embarrassment for the rest of term / stunning to close on nation’s 250th celebration
February 2, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Noting that 2-year construction projects are conveniently timed to next major election cycle / avoiding embarrassment for the rest of term / stunning to close on nation’s 250th celebration
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In theater. So they think they’re at war.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM
In theater. So they think they’re at war.
Today in women & femme health research: cool stuff! Also today: emails from schools telling parents lockdown procedures for ICE will follow standard protocol for active shooters. #allhealthispublichealth #healthisalwayspolitical
January 29, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Today in women & femme health research: cool stuff! Also today: emails from schools telling parents lockdown procedures for ICE will follow standard protocol for active shooters. #allhealthispublichealth #healthisalwayspolitical
Quietly clocking the “so I fire some guys and then it’s still cool to fund the gestapo” vibes
January 27, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Quietly clocking the “so I fire some guys and then it’s still cool to fund the gestapo” vibes
Man they really want a civil war—they want it *so bad*—and Walz is giving out donuts and chocolate. Bravo.
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Man they really want a civil war—they want it *so bad*—and Walz is giving out donuts and chocolate. Bravo.
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When I lived in France we had a sweet old neighbor lady who would spit every time she passed a certain house. Eventually, her daughter explained to me that the home belonged to a man who’d collaborated with the Nazis 60 YEARS AGO. May these ICE goons face a similarly lonely future.
January 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM
When I lived in France we had a sweet old neighbor lady who would spit every time she passed a certain house. Eventually, her daughter explained to me that the home belonged to a man who’d collaborated with the Nazis 60 YEARS AGO. May these ICE goons face a similarly lonely future.
Single moms for the win, even in Africa y’all!
School Enrollment & Living Arrangements of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: "Children in households without both parents or without mother face a disadvantage compared to those with both parents....living in households with mother only is associated with higher school enrollment in ~2/3 of countries"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Single moms for the win, even in Africa y’all!
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If you've heard anyone make claims such as 100 South Koreans will only have 6 great-grand-children, here's why that claim is population scaremongering: generations exist in families, not populations
New post: "Inflaming population decline with math (generations bonus edition)"
Thread:
Baby-slapper Malcom Collins says: “For every hundred Koreans there’s only going to be six great-grandchildren.” Math of 0.8 TFR:
100 = 50 couples, 40 kids -->
20 couples, 16 grand -->
8 couples, 6.4 great-grand
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Thread:
Baby-slapper Malcom Collins says: “For every hundred Koreans there’s only going to be six great-grandchildren.” Math of 0.8 TFR:
100 = 50 couples, 40 kids -->
20 couples, 16 grand -->
8 couples, 6.4 great-grand
/1
Inflaming population decline with math (generations bonus edition)
When reasonable math grossly distorts social life.
familyinequality.wordpress.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:57 AM
If you've heard anyone make claims such as 100 South Koreans will only have 6 great-grand-children, here's why that claim is population scaremongering: generations exist in families, not populations
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Black women republicans. Latino ICE agents. Usha Vance having sex with JD Vance ON PURPOSE. We live in wild times. Stay safe out there, y’all.
January 21, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Black women republicans. Latino ICE agents. Usha Vance having sex with JD Vance ON PURPOSE. We live in wild times. Stay safe out there, y’all.