Jennifer Hendricks
@jenniferhendricks.bsky.social
feminist law professor. regulation of pregnancy, gender and sports, relational feminist theory, ecofeminism.
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Essentially a Mother: A Feminist Approach to the Law of Pregnancy and Motherhood a book by Jennifer Hendricks
Essentially a Mother argues that the law of pregnancy and motherhood has been overrun by sexist ideology. Courts have held that a pregnant woman's nine months of gestation hardly count in her claim to...
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The law of pregnancy is overrun by a sexist ideology that masquerades as sex equality while denigrating gestation and other caretaking. Feminists must work to overthrow this skewed value system that subordinates women, devalues caretaking, and impoverishes the law of our fundamental rights.
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I'm reading Michael Banarjee's work (can't find him on bsky) on academic freedom, and he includes a list of the ancient privileges of scholars, and boy do we need to work on getting some of these back:
● to be able to silence the players of silly games interrupting their studies;
● to be able to silence the players of silly games interrupting their studies;
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm reading Michael Banarjee's work (can't find him on bsky) on academic freedom, and he includes a list of the ancient privileges of scholars, and boy do we need to work on getting some of these back:
● to be able to silence the players of silly games interrupting their studies;
● to be able to silence the players of silly games interrupting their studies;
The always pithy Michael Hendricks, quoted in the headline!
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The always pithy Michael Hendricks, quoted in the headline!
Block Schumer.
Here's my late Sunday night vote. To oust Schumer.
6,188 are blocking Schumer as of 10:50 pm on Sunday, 9 November. (Only a small subset of that are blocks from today.) I think we can do better.
6,188 are blocking Schumer as of 10:50 pm on Sunday, 9 November. (Only a small subset of that are blocks from today.) I think we can do better.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Block Schumer.
Reposted by Jennifer Hendricks
The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
A great thing about a quasi-nomadic academic life: I currently have online access to the libraries for three cities, two universities, and one well-endowed liberal arts college.
November 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A great thing about a quasi-nomadic academic life: I currently have online access to the libraries for three cities, two universities, and one well-endowed liberal arts college.
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Money does not represent value in itself: it represents the ability to make unilateral decisions about the uses to which various resources in the world will be put. That our system has produced a kind of central planner in the person of Elon Musk is the greatest indictment of it one could imagine
If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Money does not represent value in itself: it represents the ability to make unilateral decisions about the uses to which various resources in the world will be put. That our system has produced a kind of central planner in the person of Elon Musk is the greatest indictment of it one could imagine
"Eliminating hunger in America in 2025 would be a simple thing to do, and we don’t do it because we affirmatively, as a society, choose not to do it.
Billionaire fights desperately to ensure the poor starve - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Good explainer here from Steve Vladeck about the inside baseball procedural game that’s being played at the SCOTUS now in regard to funding SNAP. Specifically, he addresses the question of why KBJ iss...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Eliminating hunger in America in 2025 would be a simple thing to do, and we don’t do it because we affirmatively, as a society, choose not to do it.
This is the kind of b.s. authoritarian rule that a tyrant makes up when they've crushed their workers so thoroughly no one smiles or wants to be helpful voluntarily and they think they can dictate fake humanity instead. The beatings will continue until morale improves.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is the kind of b.s. authoritarian rule that a tyrant makes up when they've crushed their workers so thoroughly no one smiles or wants to be helpful voluntarily and they think they can dictate fake humanity instead. The beatings will continue until morale improves.
By @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social -- on people thinking they can prove things with stats without knowing anything about the data they're feeding in.
Reminds me of a study I read where the hypothesis was that pregnant teenagers are more likely to have abortions in states with common law marriage ...
Reminds me of a study I read where the hypothesis was that pregnant teenagers are more likely to have abortions in states with common law marriage ...
How Scientists Use and Abuse Portraiture
Many scientific studies assume that the features of painted faces are the facts of the flesh-and-blood countenances to which they refer. This assumption is not only false; it is preposterous.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
By @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social -- on people thinking they can prove things with stats without knowing anything about the data they're feeding in.
Reminds me of a study I read where the hypothesis was that pregnant teenagers are more likely to have abortions in states with common law marriage ...
Reminds me of a study I read where the hypothesis was that pregnant teenagers are more likely to have abortions in states with common law marriage ...
Reposted by Jennifer Hendricks
A more inside baseball stupid legacy of Watson's is valorizing "the race" to get a scientific result. He loved this, couldn't shut up about it in speech or prose.
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A more inside baseball stupid legacy of Watson's is valorizing "the race" to get a scientific result. He loved this, couldn't shut up about it in speech or prose.
Lovely essay.
"I talked about anthropology, art and architecture, music, religion, the history of science, whole grand traditions of invention and resolve. … would you listen to how pathetic that all sounds?...
"I talked about anthropology, art and architecture, music, religion, the history of science, whole grand traditions of invention and resolve. … would you listen to how pathetic that all sounds?...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Lovely essay.
"I talked about anthropology, art and architecture, music, religion, the history of science, whole grand traditions of invention and resolve. … would you listen to how pathetic that all sounds?...
"I talked about anthropology, art and architecture, music, religion, the history of science, whole grand traditions of invention and resolve. … would you listen to how pathetic that all sounds?...
It's TACO Friday.
(You should still donate to your local food bank. SNAP is never enough, Thanksgiving is around the corner, and people deserve an especially nice meal after being jerked around like this.)
(You should still donate to your local food bank. SNAP is never enough, Thanksgiving is around the corner, and people deserve an especially nice meal after being jerked around like this.)
BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the nation’s major food assistance program that helps 42 million people afford groceries.
via @fischler.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/full...
via @fischler.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/full...
Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown
The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the nation’s major food assistance program that helps 42 million people afford groceries, complying wit...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It's TACO Friday.
(You should still donate to your local food bank. SNAP is never enough, Thanksgiving is around the corner, and people deserve an especially nice meal after being jerked around like this.)
(You should still donate to your local food bank. SNAP is never enough, Thanksgiving is around the corner, and people deserve an especially nice meal after being jerked around like this.)
As someone with plans to travel by air next week ... It's ridiculous to consider airports "essential." Nobody needs to fly when the comparison is whether poor people need food. Keeping the airports open is just a way to make a shutdown less painful for people who already have the least pain.
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
As someone with plans to travel by air next week ... It's ridiculous to consider airports "essential." Nobody needs to fly when the comparison is whether poor people need food. Keeping the airports open is just a way to make a shutdown less painful for people who already have the least pain.
The Sandwich Guy acquittal appears to have crashed Bluesky.
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The Sandwich Guy acquittal appears to have crashed Bluesky.
Important info for Coloradans--This is why a state official sued Polis rather than comply with his order to cooperate with ICE "wellness checks." @kylec.bsky.social @taydolven.bsky.social @senadorajulie.bsky.social
Federal immigration cops are using "wellness checks" on minors as a ruse to get into homes and arrest people for alleged immigration violations. In this case, an alleged check on a 17-year-old let them arrest his 22-year-old brother, who was brought here at 11 and has protected status.
Unannounced Child "Wellness Checks" by Armed Federal Agents Raise Concerns - Institute for Public Service Reporting - Memphis %
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www.psrmemphis.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Important info for Coloradans--This is why a state official sued Polis rather than comply with his order to cooperate with ICE "wellness checks." @kylec.bsky.social @taydolven.bsky.social @senadorajulie.bsky.social
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A poem I wrote some months ago showed up at my door today in the first issue of the relaunched Southerly magazine.
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
A poem I wrote some months ago showed up at my door today in the first issue of the relaunched Southerly magazine.
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Todays writers providing a crossover episode between two hearings.
Govt atty is also contesting that Broadview detainees don't get sufficient food or water.
Brief back and forth between the attorney and Gettleman over whether the sandwhiches detainees are given are from Subway or Jimmy John's.
Brief back and forth between the attorney and Gettleman over whether the sandwhiches detainees are given are from Subway or Jimmy John's.
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Todays writers providing a crossover episode between two hearings.
This is a dead society.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is a dead society.
A tell that you're a hack is when you refer to your client as "Mr." but refer to the other party without an honorific.
presented without comment for the legal writing scholars amongst you
October 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
A tell that you're a hack is when you refer to your client as "Mr." but refer to the other party without an honorific.
Does this count as "demise"?
October 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Does this count as "demise"?
The Guardian versus the New York Times.
It's good to know our overlords have set the bar at "any humans survive."
It's good to know our overlords have set the bar at "any humans survive."
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Guardian versus the New York Times.
It's good to know our overlords have set the bar at "any humans survive."
It's good to know our overlords have set the bar at "any humans survive."
I didn't get all the criticism of the Louvre for not having insurance. Like, what, they're going to cash an insurance check and then hop on Amazon to order a new crown?
October 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I didn't get all the criticism of the Louvre for not having insurance. Like, what, they're going to cash an insurance check and then hop on Amazon to order a new crown?
Noticeable shift in how Boulder city council candidates talk about climate. It's all about resilience and adapting to a "warmer" world. Nothing about reducing our contribution to the warming--except from the one GenZ candidate.
October 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Noticeable shift in how Boulder city council candidates talk about climate. It's all about resilience and adapting to a "warmer" world. Nothing about reducing our contribution to the warming--except from the one GenZ candidate.