Irin Carmon
@irincarmon.bsky.social
Senior correspondent at New York magazine. Author of forthcoming book UNBEARABLE: FIVE WOMEN AND THE PERILS OF PREGNANCY IN AMERICA (2025). Two kids and not a night of decent sleep since 2020. Here for that old magic time suck.
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In case people tell you that public criticism of the court doesn’t matter, here’s Brett Kavanaugh trying to walk back what he said in the ICE roving patrol case - when he blessed racial profiling & called the stops prompt.
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
December 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In case people tell you that public criticism of the court doesn’t matter, here’s Brett Kavanaugh trying to walk back what he said in the ICE roving patrol case - when he blessed racial profiling & called the stops prompt.
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to scholar @roxanegay.bsky.social, New York magazine's @irincarmon.bsky.social and @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's Savala Nolan about how misogyny has become mainstream and what can be done about it.
❓Do you think misogyny has become mainstream?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to scholar @roxanegay.bsky.social, New York magazine's @irincarmon.bsky.social and @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's Savala Nolan about how misogyny has become mainstream and what can be done about it.
❓Do you think misogyny has become mainstream?
📻 Listen:
Misogyny Has Gone Mainstream. What Can be Done? | KQED
We gather a panel of thinkers and leaders to talk about how misogyny has become mainstream and what can be done about it.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to scholar @roxanegay.bsky.social, New York magazine's @irincarmon.bsky.social and @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's Savala Nolan about how misogyny has become mainstream and what can be done about it.
❓Do you think misogyny has become mainstream?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to scholar @roxanegay.bsky.social, New York magazine's @irincarmon.bsky.social and @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's Savala Nolan about how misogyny has become mainstream and what can be done about it.
❓Do you think misogyny has become mainstream?
📻 Listen:
Incredible work.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Incredible work.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
A really special conversation I got to have with @byreginamahone.bsky.social about my book UNBEARABLE in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Irin Carmon on How the United States Has Made Pregnancy Unbearable
An interview with the author of a new book documenting the brutalities of childbirth in the post-Dobbs era.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A really special conversation I got to have with @byreginamahone.bsky.social about my book UNBEARABLE in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
I talked to student and faculty at Harvard about Larry Summers + Jeffrey Epstein — including the student who recorded (and heckled) his class nymag.com/intelligence...
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I talked to student and faculty at Harvard about Larry Summers + Jeffrey Epstein — including the student who recorded (and heckled) his class nymag.com/intelligence...
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WATCH: “I was told that in Me Too, men were being crushed under the boot of feminism. But this is the peak of Me Too,” says @irincarmon.bsky.social on Larry Summers' 2018 email to Epstein seeking advice over a woman he described as his mentee.
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
WATCH: “I was told that in Me Too, men were being crushed under the boot of feminism. But this is the peak of Me Too,” says @irincarmon.bsky.social on Larry Summers' 2018 email to Epstein seeking advice over a woman he described as his mentee.
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ICYMI, @irincarmon.bsky.social talks about her new book, 'Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America':
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The Perils of Pregnancy in America | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
A new book explores what it means to be pregnant today in America through reporting and personal stories.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
ICYMI, @irincarmon.bsky.social talks about her new book, 'Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America':
www.wnyc.org/story/the-pe...
www.wnyc.org/story/the-pe...
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‼️GET THIS BOOK‼️
Unbearable: 5 Women & the Perils of Pregnancy in America by @irincarmon.bsky.social
Grippingly illustrates how loss of humanity & dignity accompany pregnancy whether you want to give birth or not. Propulsive, insightful, & offering hope for the future bookshop.org/p/books/unbe...
Unbearable: 5 Women & the Perils of Pregnancy in America by @irincarmon.bsky.social
Grippingly illustrates how loss of humanity & dignity accompany pregnancy whether you want to give birth or not. Propulsive, insightful, & offering hope for the future bookshop.org/p/books/unbe...
Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
bookshop.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
‼️GET THIS BOOK‼️
Unbearable: 5 Women & the Perils of Pregnancy in America by @irincarmon.bsky.social
Grippingly illustrates how loss of humanity & dignity accompany pregnancy whether you want to give birth or not. Propulsive, insightful, & offering hope for the future bookshop.org/p/books/unbe...
Unbearable: 5 Women & the Perils of Pregnancy in America by @irincarmon.bsky.social
Grippingly illustrates how loss of humanity & dignity accompany pregnancy whether you want to give birth or not. Propulsive, insightful, & offering hope for the future bookshop.org/p/books/unbe...
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Can’t wait to speak with @irincarmon.bsky.social about her wonderful new book
Tomorrow, Monday 11/3, I’ll be talking with @azizaahmed.bsky.social about my new book Unbearable at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social. Please join us.
November 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Can’t wait to speak with @irincarmon.bsky.social about her wonderful new book
Tomorrow, Monday 11/3, I’ll be talking with @azizaahmed.bsky.social about my new book Unbearable at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social. Please join us.
November 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Tomorrow, Monday 11/3, I’ll be talking with @azizaahmed.bsky.social about my new book Unbearable at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social. Please join us.
Tonight in DC, I’ll be talking to the great @michelegoodwin.bsky.social about my book UNBEARABLE on the perils of pregnancy in America. Join us! @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Tonight in DC, I’ll be talking to the great @michelegoodwin.bsky.social about my book UNBEARABLE on the perils of pregnancy in America. Join us! @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social
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Listen to Gaslit Nation’s interview with @irincarmon.bsky.social on the far-right’s war on women, the long history, and inspiring stories of confronting it today. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts gaslitnation.libsyn.com/unbearable-t...
Gaslit Nation: Unbearable: The War on Women
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October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Listen to Gaslit Nation’s interview with @irincarmon.bsky.social on the far-right’s war on women, the long history, and inspiring stories of confronting it today. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts gaslitnation.libsyn.com/unbearable-t...
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“The abortion and reproductive rights sphere was the original fake news… the state was giving people misinformation at the behest of right-wing activists, and medical doctors were being conscripted into giving people false information.” - @irincarmon.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“The abortion and reproductive rights sphere was the original fake news… the state was giving people misinformation at the behest of right-wing activists, and medical doctors were being conscripted into giving people false information.” - @irincarmon.bsky.social
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“I was looking at the [Alito Roe v Wade] opinion and not seeing anything that recognized the burden, the humanity, and the sacrifice of people who get pregnant.”
– @irincarmon.bsky.social
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– @irincarmon.bsky.social
gaslitnation.libsyn.com/unbearable-t...
Gaslit Nation: Unbearable: The War on Women
If you or someone you know needs extra support to survive Trump’s economic warfare on the American people, to find help near you, enter your zip code in . For decades, Christian nationalists hav...
gaslitnation.libsyn.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“I was looking at the [Alito Roe v Wade] opinion and not seeing anything that recognized the burden, the humanity, and the sacrifice of people who get pregnant.”
– @irincarmon.bsky.social
gaslitnation.libsyn.com/unbearable-t...
– @irincarmon.bsky.social
gaslitnation.libsyn.com/unbearable-t...
My book event tonight with the great @profmmurray.bsky.social will be live streamed here: www.youtube.com/live/EXuXG7h... 7pm eastern
Irin Carmon with Melissa Murray: Unbearable | LIVE from NYPL
YouTube video by The New York Public Library
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October 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My book event tonight with the great @profmmurray.bsky.social will be live streamed here: www.youtube.com/live/EXuXG7h... 7pm eastern
Loved our conversation!
New Podcast 🎙️ Mariquita talks with author @irincarmon.bsky.social about her newest book, Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America.
Learn more and tune in here: www.feministbookclub.com/unbearable-i...
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Learn more and tune in here: www.feministbookclub.com/unbearable-i...
#booksky #authorinterview
Unbearable: A Discussion with Irin Carmon on Pregnancy in America
Mariquita talks with author Irin Carmon about her newest book, Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America. Their discussion covers the
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October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Loved our conversation!
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Happy publication day to Irin Carmon @irincarmon.bsky.social UNBEARABLE: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
A moving, powerful book that is so timely - you can get yours at bookshop!! bookshop.org/p/books/unbe...
A moving, powerful book that is so timely - you can get yours at bookshop!! bookshop.org/p/books/unbe...
October 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Happy publication day to Irin Carmon @irincarmon.bsky.social UNBEARABLE: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
A moving, powerful book that is so timely - you can get yours at bookshop!! bookshop.org/p/books/unbe...
A moving, powerful book that is so timely - you can get yours at bookshop!! bookshop.org/p/books/unbe...
Brooklyn and surroundings! Come out to see me and @rtraister.bsky.social in conversation tonight.
October 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Brooklyn and surroundings! Come out to see me and @rtraister.bsky.social in conversation tonight.
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You can get Irin's new book UNBEARABLE: Five Women & the Perils of Pregnancy in America from our friends at bookshop dot org:
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Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
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October 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
You can get Irin's new book UNBEARABLE: Five Women & the Perils of Pregnancy in America from our friends at bookshop dot org:
bookshop.org/p/books/unbe...
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NEW: Kate & Leah discuss Trump's unhinged exercises of SCOTUS-enabled presidential powers- on razing the White House, murdering civilians, pardons, deploying the military against Americans & more.
THEN Irin Carmon joins to discuss her new book UNBEARABLE - out tomorrow!! crooked.com/podcast/trum...
THEN Irin Carmon joins to discuss her new book UNBEARABLE - out tomorrow!! crooked.com/podcast/trum...
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Alt: a woman wearing glasses and a neon yellow sweater is covering her mouth with her hand and asking is that legal ?
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October 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
NEW: Kate & Leah discuss Trump's unhinged exercises of SCOTUS-enabled presidential powers- on razing the White House, murdering civilians, pardons, deploying the military against Americans & more.
THEN Irin Carmon joins to discuss her new book UNBEARABLE - out tomorrow!! crooked.com/podcast/trum...
THEN Irin Carmon joins to discuss her new book UNBEARABLE - out tomorrow!! crooked.com/podcast/trum...
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“As our daughters have slowly asserted their separateness, it has occurred to me that almost everything that makes parenting them challenging can also make it transcendent”
Hard to tell a nuanced story of pregnancy and parenting at this moment, when the most powerful people in the country talk paternalistically and coercively about whether women are having enough children, when their vision of a family is narrow and cruel. But I tried.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
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Opinion | What I’d Tell a Younger Version of Myself About Having a Baby
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October 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“As our daughters have slowly asserted their separateness, it has occurred to me that almost everything that makes parenting them challenging can also make it transcendent”
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Authors and publishers on Bluesky in comment
#Booksky
October 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Your first look at this week's 20% off new release book picks, four fiction, four nonfiction. You don't have to support Jeff Bezos to get discounts on hot new books. Come to us: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b...
Titles/authors in alt-text.
Authors and publishers on Bluesky in comment
#Booksky
Titles/authors in alt-text.
Authors and publishers on Bluesky in comment
#Booksky
Hard to tell a nuanced story of pregnancy and parenting at this moment, when the most powerful people in the country talk paternalistically and coercively about whether women are having enough children, when their vision of a family is narrow and cruel. But I tried.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
Opinion | What I’d Tell a Younger Version of Myself About Having a Baby
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Hard to tell a nuanced story of pregnancy and parenting at this moment, when the most powerful people in the country talk paternalistically and coercively about whether women are having enough children, when their vision of a family is narrow and cruel. But I tried.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
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No one better to write this book that @irincarmon.bsky.social - I can't wait to read it (even though it will make me want to punch a wall in rage)
Hi Bluesky! Have I mentioned my book UNBEARABLE: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy is out October 28? It tells a bigger story of reproduction in America through the experiences of five women, and it’s available for preorder now: bookshop.org/p/books/unbe...
Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
bookshop.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
No one better to write this book that @irincarmon.bsky.social - I can't wait to read it (even though it will make me want to punch a wall in rage)