Linda Quirke
@lindaquirke.bsky.social
Sociologist. Canadian. I study parenting, family life and childhood. I teach about research methods, ethics and families at Wilfrid Laurier University @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social
Waterloo Ontario 🇨🇦👋
Waterloo Ontario 🇨🇦👋
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This is worth your time haha youtu.be/7vRX-BQAjeE
Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled | The New Disney | LUBACH
YouTube video by LUBACH
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September 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is worth your time haha youtu.be/7vRX-BQAjeE
Look what’s arrived! I’m very excited to read your new book, @urchinette.bsky.social 🇮🇪📚🎶
August 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Look what’s arrived! I’m very excited to read your new book, @urchinette.bsky.social 🇮🇪📚🎶
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If this was happening in any other country, it would be covered as “pedophile warlord sends troops into national capital for no reason”
August 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If this was happening in any other country, it would be covered as “pedophile warlord sends troops into national capital for no reason”
Interesting discussion about parenting and generative AI:
“Stressed-out parents are turning to ChatGPT for help”
#parenting #parents #mentalload
www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
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“Stressed-out parents are turning to ChatGPT for help”
#parenting #parents #mentalload
www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
@theglobeandmail.com
Stressed-out parents are turning to ChatGPT for help
Why more parents are looking to generative AI for advice
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Interesting discussion about parenting and generative AI:
“Stressed-out parents are turning to ChatGPT for help”
#parenting #parents #mentalload
www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
@theglobeandmail.com
“Stressed-out parents are turning to ChatGPT for help”
#parenting #parents #mentalload
www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
@theglobeandmail.com
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Where Are the Men in Boys’ Lives?
Jobs working with children are largely done by women, leaving many boys, especially in low-income areas, with few men as role models.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
Jobs working with children are largely done by women, leaving many boys, especially in low-income areas, with few men as role models.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
July 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Where Are the Men in Boys’ Lives?
Jobs working with children are largely done by women, leaving many boys, especially in low-income areas, with few men as role models.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
Jobs working with children are largely done by women, leaving many boys, especially in low-income areas, with few men as role models.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
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I'm delighted to share a new article at Politics & Gender with @kebaisley.bsky.social and Kate Burke Pellizzari examining whether LGBTQ+ candidates face challenges financing their campaigns: doi.org/10.1017/S174....
Are LGBTQ+ Candidates Disadvantaged in Financing Their Campaigns? Evidence from Canadian Federal Elections, 2015–21 | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Are LGBTQ+ Candidates Disadvantaged in Financing Their Campaigns? Evidence from Canadian Federal Elections, 2015–21
doi.org
July 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I'm delighted to share a new article at Politics & Gender with @kebaisley.bsky.social and Kate Burke Pellizzari examining whether LGBTQ+ candidates face challenges financing their campaigns: doi.org/10.1017/S174....
Happy day 3 of sabbatical, to all who celebrate!! 🎉
Unfortunately, not me, but I’m happy to celebrate vicariously!
Unfortunately, not me, but I’m happy to celebrate vicariously!
July 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Happy day 3 of sabbatical, to all who celebrate!! 🎉
Unfortunately, not me, but I’m happy to celebrate vicariously!
Unfortunately, not me, but I’m happy to celebrate vicariously!
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#MorningReads & #Thread
How is relationship status associated with earnings among LGB people?
Women's earnings depend relatively little on changes in relationship status. At the same time, gay men only receive premiums related to having a partner once they marry. #SOGIdata #LGBTDemography
How is relationship status associated with earnings among LGB people?
Women's earnings depend relatively little on changes in relationship status. At the same time, gay men only receive premiums related to having a partner once they marry. #SOGIdata #LGBTDemography
July 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#MorningReads & #Thread
How is relationship status associated with earnings among LGB people?
Women's earnings depend relatively little on changes in relationship status. At the same time, gay men only receive premiums related to having a partner once they marry. #SOGIdata #LGBTDemography
How is relationship status associated with earnings among LGB people?
Women's earnings depend relatively little on changes in relationship status. At the same time, gay men only receive premiums related to having a partner once they marry. #SOGIdata #LGBTDemography
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“What science responds well to is stability and predictability and long-term planning.” www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Europe Is Recruiting Academics Disenchanted With America
The U.K., France and other countries have set up funds to help U.S. researchers relocate to the continent.
www.wsj.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“What science responds well to is stability and predictability and long-term planning.” www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Sleepaway camp’s nostalgia economy: Univ of BC historian Leslie Paris discusses summer camp and changes to childhood over time.
www.vox.com/podcasts
www.vox.com/podcasts
Podcasts | Vox
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters expl...
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June 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sleepaway camp’s nostalgia economy: Univ of BC historian Leslie Paris discusses summer camp and changes to childhood over time.
www.vox.com/podcasts
www.vox.com/podcasts
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Today is your last chance to vote! Polls are open until 9:30 PM.
No voter card? No problem! Just bring government-issued ID.
Find your polling location at mikemorrice.ca/vote
No voter card? No problem! Just bring government-issued ID.
Find your polling location at mikemorrice.ca/vote
April 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Today is your last chance to vote! Polls are open until 9:30 PM.
No voter card? No problem! Just bring government-issued ID.
Find your polling location at mikemorrice.ca/vote
No voter card? No problem! Just bring government-issued ID.
Find your polling location at mikemorrice.ca/vote
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Bonkers chart from Canadian election polling.
April 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Bonkers chart from Canadian election polling.
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The law will not protect you. American fascism is ascendant.
BREAKING: An immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported. His lawyers are expected to appeal.
Immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
A Louisiana immigration judge has ruled that the U.S. can deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil based on the federal government’s argument that he poses a national security risk.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The law will not protect you. American fascism is ascendant.
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Highly recommend this interview with Christopher Eisgruber, President of Princeton University, on why academic freedom at our higher ed institutions should concern all Americans.
#AcademicSky
#MomSky
#AcademicSky
#MomSky
The University President Willing to Fight Trump
Christopher L. Eisgruber of Princeton University talks about the administration’s move to freeze billions of dollars in funding to higher education institutions.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Highly recommend this interview with Christopher Eisgruber, President of Princeton University, on why academic freedom at our higher ed institutions should concern all Americans.
#AcademicSky
#MomSky
#AcademicSky
#MomSky
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‘No Way to Please Everyone’ Says Only University Where Students Are Regularly Kidnapped
‘No Way’ to Please Everyone: Columbia’s President Confronts Trump’s Ultimatum
With Trump intent on making an example of Columbia, Armstrong is at the center of a fight over the future of higher education.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘No Way to Please Everyone’ Says Only University Where Students Are Regularly Kidnapped
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My federal grants with @wendymanning.bsky.social and Ann Meier were terminated last week. The language from the termination is below. It has been sad as we are being forced to say goodbye to members of our team. We are figuring out next steps. We remain deeply committed to studying all families.
March 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
My federal grants with @wendymanning.bsky.social and Ann Meier were terminated last week. The language from the termination is below. It has been sad as we are being forced to say goodbye to members of our team. We are figuring out next steps. We remain deeply committed to studying all families.
Chilling: Trump administration threatening #research conducted in Canada. Researchers questioned about their projects, e.g. doesn’t ascribe to “gender ideology”, DEI elements, climate justice, etc.
www.caut.ca/sites/defaul...
More here: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
@caut.bsky.social #sociology
www.caut.ca/sites/defaul...
More here: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
@caut.bsky.social #sociology
www.caut.ca
March 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Chilling: Trump administration threatening #research conducted in Canada. Researchers questioned about their projects, e.g. doesn’t ascribe to “gender ideology”, DEI elements, climate justice, etc.
www.caut.ca/sites/defaul...
More here: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
@caut.bsky.social #sociology
www.caut.ca/sites/defaul...
More here: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
@caut.bsky.social #sociology
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It's hard to say this, but science (& research more generally) is just being **stopped** in the US right now. This is just one university, losing nearly a billion dollars in project funding pretty much overnight. That's people's jobs & the research that could save lives.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
March 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It's hard to say this, but science (& research more generally) is just being **stopped** in the US right now. This is just one university, losing nearly a billion dollars in project funding pretty much overnight. That's people's jobs & the research that could save lives.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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BREAKING: irony dead.
March 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
BREAKING: irony dead.
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Had a blast sharing the latest recommendations for mitigating scam participants in online research with Wilfrid Laurier University's Faculty of Social Work! 🤖
This is a fast-moving space but with ongoing vigilance and information sharing, we can safeguard researchers and genuine participants!
This is a fast-moving space but with ongoing vigilance and information sharing, we can safeguard researchers and genuine participants!
February 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Had a blast sharing the latest recommendations for mitigating scam participants in online research with Wilfrid Laurier University's Faculty of Social Work! 🤖
This is a fast-moving space but with ongoing vigilance and information sharing, we can safeguard researchers and genuine participants!
This is a fast-moving space but with ongoing vigilance and information sharing, we can safeguard researchers and genuine participants!
Age yourself with a movie you saw in a theatre:
February 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in a theatre: