Megan G. Massa
@megangmassa.com
Assistant Teaching Prof. Neuroendocrinologist. Queer feminist science. VIEWS MY OWN.
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Megan G. Massa
@megangmassa.com
· Mar 7
Honored to have been asked to speak at #StandUpForScience in Atlanta today! Speech in two part screenshots and alt text in a very long 🧵
Move over Kate Moss...cuz NOTHING feels as good as realizing you forgot to set all your clocks back
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Move over Kate Moss...cuz NOTHING feels as good as realizing you forgot to set all your clocks back
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Recently a transphobic paper written by people associated with transphobic hate groups was published in Discover Mental Health @discover.springernature.com @springernature.com By publishing this manuscript, the editors lend credence to their misinformation campaign and do damage to all trans people.
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Retract an Unscientific Review Written by Authors with Hate Group Affiliations
chng.it
October 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Recently a transphobic paper written by people associated with transphobic hate groups was published in Discover Mental Health @discover.springernature.com @springernature.com By publishing this manuscript, the editors lend credence to their misinformation campaign and do damage to all trans people.
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hi everyone!! popping back into this space briefly to share the fundraiser for my long-awaited top surgery! eek! we are SO close to reaching my goal!
any form of interaction helps, even if you can't donate!
thank you, i love you, and keep taking care of each other! #transrights! gofund.me/60c167de1
any form of interaction helps, even if you can't donate!
thank you, i love you, and keep taking care of each other! #transrights! gofund.me/60c167de1
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September 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
hi everyone!! popping back into this space briefly to share the fundraiser for my long-awaited top surgery! eek! we are SO close to reaching my goal!
any form of interaction helps, even if you can't donate!
thank you, i love you, and keep taking care of each other! #transrights! gofund.me/60c167de1
any form of interaction helps, even if you can't donate!
thank you, i love you, and keep taking care of each other! #transrights! gofund.me/60c167de1
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Ann Coulter's statement that "We didn't kill enough Indians" is a call for violence against Native people.
July 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Ann Coulter's statement that "We didn't kill enough Indians" is a call for violence against Native people.
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fwiw we on the jewish left have been saying this is project esther in action for five months
This is a must-read: The Trump administration's use of anti-semitism to attack immigrants and higher education mirrors plans by a group of Christian nationalists in the Heritage Foundation (which produced Project 2025). 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
The Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crush the Pro-Palestinian Movement
www.nytimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
fwiw we on the jewish left have been saying this is project esther in action for five months
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This is the headline. I had friends in the path of these tornadoes.
At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts.
www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...
www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...
Tornado warnings delayed because of DOGE cuts
At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts.
www.mesoscalenews.com
May 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is the headline. I had friends in the path of these tornadoes.
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To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil
To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil
Deen, the grief I feel being apart from you is one drop in a sea of sorrow Palestinian families have drowned in for generations
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil
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This is violence. It’s eugenics. It’s fucking evil. And the worst part is it’s gonna get very little attention and most people aren’t even gonna notice cause y’all have simply moved on.
“FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is sending signals that FDA will likely not authorize a COVID-19 booster vaccine this year for children, and perhaps not for the general population as a whole, saying he “cannot, in good faith” recommend booster vaccination for children.”
Makary Sets Low Expectations On COVID Booster Shots For Kids | InsideHealthPolicy.com
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is sending signals that FDA will likely not authorize a COVID-19 booster vaccine this year for children, and perhaps not for the general population as a whole, saying he ...
insidehealthpolicy.com
May 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is violence. It’s eugenics. It’s fucking evil. And the worst part is it’s gonna get very little attention and most people aren’t even gonna notice cause y’all have simply moved on.
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In the past month 4 trainees in my lab lost: NIH diversity supplement, MARC, & STEP-Up funding. NSF SBE meeting (incl. ECRs) indefinitely postponed. Pipeline cuts disproportionately affect underrepresented scholars. Individual lives & our collective future impacted. #ScienceMatters
April 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
In the past month 4 trainees in my lab lost: NIH diversity supplement, MARC, & STEP-Up funding. NSF SBE meeting (incl. ECRs) indefinitely postponed. Pipeline cuts disproportionately affect underrepresented scholars. Individual lives & our collective future impacted. #ScienceMatters
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FYI: I am hearing that it would be a very good idea to log into research.gov and download copies of things like award letters if you have active NSF grants.
I also recommend grabbing PDFs/screenshots of public abstracts for NSF awards in case that database goes away.
I also recommend grabbing PDFs/screenshots of public abstracts for NSF awards in case that database goes away.
April 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
FYI: I am hearing that it would be a very good idea to log into research.gov and download copies of things like award letters if you have active NSF grants.
I also recommend grabbing PDFs/screenshots of public abstracts for NSF awards in case that database goes away.
I also recommend grabbing PDFs/screenshots of public abstracts for NSF awards in case that database goes away.
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A reminder that NSF is explicitly breaking the law if/when they attempt to cancel grants that focus on promoting participation in science by underrepresented groups on that basis, incl women in science programs like NSF ADVANCE. Congress expressly directs the NSF to grant funds for this purpose. 🧪
LAWLESS NSF:
Every NSF employee who is following the director on this funding freeze and fishing expedition is in violation of US code.
per the post below, this language has been reauthorized twice, most recently by Biden in 2022 as the CHIPS Act.
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
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Every NSF employee who is following the director on this funding freeze and fishing expedition is in violation of US code.
per the post below, this language has been reauthorized twice, most recently by Biden in 2022 as the CHIPS Act.
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
🧪
April 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
A reminder that NSF is explicitly breaking the law if/when they attempt to cancel grants that focus on promoting participation in science by underrepresented groups on that basis, incl women in science programs like NSF ADVANCE. Congress expressly directs the NSF to grant funds for this purpose. 🧪
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important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
April 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
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Harvard will not comply.
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”
— Harvard President Alan M. Garber
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”
— Harvard President Alan M. Garber
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Will Fight Trump’s Demands | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, University President Alan M. Garb...
www.thecrimson.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Harvard will not comply.
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”
— Harvard President Alan M. Garber
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”
— Harvard President Alan M. Garber
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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We're in The Bad Place, folks. The existence of an overseas gulag to which you - yes, you personally - can be sent with no recourse marks the end of a whole period of American history. There's no going back after this. Even if these guys are defeated, the new order will have to look much different.
COLLINS: Can President Bukele weigh in on this? Do you plan to return Garcia?
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
April 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We're in The Bad Place, folks. The existence of an overseas gulag to which you - yes, you personally - can be sent with no recourse marks the end of a whole period of American history. There's no going back after this. Even if these guys are defeated, the new order will have to look much different.
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This is horrifying and should, in any reasonable world, lead to immediate impeachment. On a hot mic, before the media arrived, starting around 7:15 on the time index, Trump tells Bukele he is going to start sending "homegrown criminals" to El Salvadoran gulags. This is fascism.
Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.”
x.com/nayibbukele/...
x.com/nayibbukele/...
x.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is horrifying and should, in any reasonable world, lead to immediate impeachment. On a hot mic, before the media arrived, starting around 7:15 on the time index, Trump tells Bukele he is going to start sending "homegrown criminals" to El Salvadoran gulags. This is fascism.
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Excellent reporting breaking down the numbers in the canceled NIH grants: 24% of grants terminated were axed because of words now forbidden by the "Defending Women" executive order www.scientificamerican.com/article/hiv-...
How Trump is Slashing Health Research, in 4 Charts
An analysis reveals which fields of science and U.S. states are being hit hardest by National Institutes of Health grant terminations
www.scientificamerican.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Excellent reporting breaking down the numbers in the canceled NIH grants: 24% of grants terminated were axed because of words now forbidden by the "Defending Women" executive order www.scientificamerican.com/article/hiv-...
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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lisa Hiura, @l-hiura.bsky.social, Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder, is this year’s recipient of the Frank A. Beach Early Career Award! Congrats Dr. Hiura! 🏆
April 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lisa Hiura, @l-hiura.bsky.social, Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder, is this year’s recipient of the Frank A. Beach Early Career Award! Congrats Dr. Hiura! 🏆
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If you had time to Quote Tweet this article, you have time to make a comment at this link before the April 11th deadline -
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www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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April 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
If you had time to Quote Tweet this article, you have time to make a comment at this link before the April 11th deadline -
(Feel free to look at other comments and customize them before submitting.)
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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hi, cis folks!
so, when they release the US cass review that makes the cass review look like a trans liberation manifesto, i think you should
• ask who’s making the case against transition
• answer whether they have trans people’s best interest at heart
• listen to actual trans people instead 🧵
so, when they release the US cass review that makes the cass review look like a trans liberation manifesto, i think you should
• ask who’s making the case against transition
• answer whether they have trans people’s best interest at heart
• listen to actual trans people instead 🧵
NEW: After cancelling nearly all projects on trans health, the Trump admin has now directed the NIH to study the negative consequences of transitioning.
This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.
This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.
Exclusive: Trump White House directs NIH to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition
After cancelling nearly all NIH projects studying transgender health, Trump’s team instructs the US biomedical agency to study negative consequences of transitioning.
www.nature.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
hi, cis folks!
so, when they release the US cass review that makes the cass review look like a trans liberation manifesto, i think you should
• ask who’s making the case against transition
• answer whether they have trans people’s best interest at heart
• listen to actual trans people instead 🧵
so, when they release the US cass review that makes the cass review look like a trans liberation manifesto, i think you should
• ask who’s making the case against transition
• answer whether they have trans people’s best interest at heart
• listen to actual trans people instead 🧵
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Well, here it is.
Trump and Musk are turning #NIH into a garbage rightwing thinktank, just as we said.
They’re forcing down junk science on us with your tax dollars. This is a deep shame for America and for scientists everywhere.
1/3
Trump and Musk are turning #NIH into a garbage rightwing thinktank, just as we said.
They’re forcing down junk science on us with your tax dollars. This is a deep shame for America and for scientists everywhere.
1/3
NEW: After cancelling nearly all projects on trans health, the Trump admin has now directed the NIH to study the negative consequences of transitioning.
This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.
This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.
Exclusive: Trump White House directs NIH to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition
After cancelling nearly all NIH projects studying transgender health, Trump’s team instructs the US biomedical agency to study negative consequences of transitioning.
www.nature.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Well, here it is.
Trump and Musk are turning #NIH into a garbage rightwing thinktank, just as we said.
They’re forcing down junk science on us with your tax dollars. This is a deep shame for America and for scientists everywhere.
1/3
Trump and Musk are turning #NIH into a garbage rightwing thinktank, just as we said.
They’re forcing down junk science on us with your tax dollars. This is a deep shame for America and for scientists everywhere.
1/3
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OK so if anyone has any leads on private postdoc fellowships or funding sources lmk!!! Hopeful about this ACLU lawsuit but need to still think practically to make sure I have a paycheck.
April 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
OK so if anyone has any leads on private postdoc fellowships or funding sources lmk!!! Hopeful about this ACLU lawsuit but need to still think practically to make sure I have a paycheck.
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Pleased to see my sexuality and gender scholar peers (as editors) taking this stance, and challenging the political encroachment on academic freedom under the current US Administration.
@cygraham.bsky.social & colleagues 👏✊
Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research
@cygraham.bsky.social & colleagues 👏✊
Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research
Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research
Published in The Journal of Sex Research (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Pleased to see my sexuality and gender scholar peers (as editors) taking this stance, and challenging the political encroachment on academic freedom under the current US Administration.
@cygraham.bsky.social & colleagues 👏✊
Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research
@cygraham.bsky.social & colleagues 👏✊
Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research
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Mike, thank you sincerely for writing about this.
Americans seem to think this is the type of thing you'd only hear about in other countries. It's not.
Americans seem to think this is the type of thing you'd only hear about in other countries. It's not.
I wrote something about the secret police kidnapping and disappearing students over their op-eds, and wondering what happened to all those people screaming about the "free speech crisis on campus."
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/t...
Trump’s Secret Police Are Now Disappearing Students For Their Op-Eds
For years, we’ve been hearing breathless warnings about a “campus free speech crisis” from self-proclaimed free speech warriors. Their evidence? College students doing what colleg…
www.techdirt.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Mike, thank you sincerely for writing about this.
Americans seem to think this is the type of thing you'd only hear about in other countries. It's not.
Americans seem to think this is the type of thing you'd only hear about in other countries. It's not.
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They're the same picture.
March 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
They're the same picture.