Dr. Monica J. Casper
@mjcasper.bsky.social
Scholar | Writer | Mother | Dreamer | Feminist | Virgo | Breast Cancer Survivor. Author of BABYLOST: Racism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from A to Z, and a heap of other books and essays.
Opinions are evidence-based & my own.
Opinions are evidence-based & my own.
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Betrayal U | UAPress
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Betrayal U is now live!
Order your copy here, share the news widely, invite your libraries to purchase the book, and considering inviting us for talks.
#highered #education #institutionalbetrayal #inequality #inclusion
Order your copy here, share the news widely, invite your libraries to purchase the book, and considering inviting us for talks.
#highered #education #institutionalbetrayal #inequality #inclusion
Dawn Wilcox cares about the women who are murdered by their "loved ones." She created Women Count USA and has been quietly keeping track of chronic femicide. Her database is better than the government's. In a world that seems not to care about women, we need this resource more than ever. #EndGBV
14,445 and Counting - The Atavist Magazine
Inside a Texas nurse’s quest to document the life and death of every woman killed by a man in America.
magazine.atavist.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Dawn Wilcox cares about the women who are murdered by their "loved ones." She created Women Count USA and has been quietly keeping track of chronic femicide. Her database is better than the government's. In a world that seems not to care about women, we need this resource more than ever. #EndGBV
Every word.
Did Women Ruin the Workplace? No. The Boys’ Club Did.
The real threat to the workplace isn’t women—it’s the panic that comes when power gets shared. Here’s what The New York Times got dead wrong. Once again, mainstream media can’t stand it when women cal...
provokedmagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Every word.
Reposted by Dr. Monica J. Casper
With the House returning, Adelita Grijalva will have to be sworn in, potentially resulting in the release the Epstein files.
In this essay, @mjcasper.bsky.social and I explain why this matters a lot:
"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
In this essay, @mjcasper.bsky.social and I explain why this matters a lot:
"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
With the House returning, Adelita Grijalva will have to be sworn in, potentially resulting in the release the Epstein files.
In this essay, @mjcasper.bsky.social and I explain why this matters a lot:
"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
In this essay, @mjcasper.bsky.social and I explain why this matters a lot:
"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
The word of the day is Ca-Bitch-U-Lation.
In which some folks capitulated, full stop.
And I'm bitchy about it.
In which some folks capitulated, full stop.
And I'm bitchy about it.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The word of the day is Ca-Bitch-U-Lation.
In which some folks capitulated, full stop.
And I'm bitchy about it.
In which some folks capitulated, full stop.
And I'm bitchy about it.
Reposted by Dr. Monica J. Casper
Time to swear in Adelita Grijalva, let her cast the final vote to release the Epstein files!
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Time to swear in Adelita Grijalva, let her cast the final vote to release the Epstein files!
It is worth noting here, as argued in my book BABYLOST (Rutgers U Press, 2022), that limiting access to abortion increases maternal and infant mortality rates. Banning abortion is not about saving lives; it is about control, surveillance, and punishment.
#abortion #reproduction #fascism
#abortion #reproduction #fascism
Banning Abortion Is a Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes
From the Soviet Union to El Salvador, authoritarian governments have, historically, targeted reproductive rights. Now, it’s happening in the U.S.
rewirenewsgroup.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It is worth noting here, as argued in my book BABYLOST (Rutgers U Press, 2022), that limiting access to abortion increases maternal and infant mortality rates. Banning abortion is not about saving lives; it is about control, surveillance, and punishment.
#abortion #reproduction #fascism
#abortion #reproduction #fascism
Trump’s DOJ Cuts Are a Disaster for Sexual Violence Survivors newrepublic.com/article/1992... via @newrepublic.com
Trump’s DOJ Cuts Are a Disaster for Sexual Violence Survivors
The administration has slashed funding and wants to implement ideological conditions on grants for programs that both support survivors and prevent these crimes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Trump’s DOJ Cuts Are a Disaster for Sexual Violence Survivors newrepublic.com/article/1992... via @newrepublic.com
To be clear, the flight wasn't canceled - just Bray's reservations. This, like so many things, is unacceptable.
#fascism #authoritarianism #freespeech #academicfreedom #history
#fascism #authoritarianism #freespeech #academicfreedom #history
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport
Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
To be clear, the flight wasn't canceled - just Bray's reservations. This, like so many things, is unacceptable.
#fascism #authoritarianism #freespeech #academicfreedom #history
#fascism #authoritarianism #freespeech #academicfreedom #history
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month - though every month should be dedicated to ending violence & supporting survivors, given how little we have moved the bar. Resharing an op-ed from last year focused on how workplaces can help.
#DVawareness #Gbv #survivors #workplace
#DVawareness #Gbv #survivors #workplace
Safe Leave: How Employers Can Help Survivors in the Emerald City and Beyond
By Monica J. Casper and Matthew Melendez
monicacasper.medium.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month - though every month should be dedicated to ending violence & supporting survivors, given how little we have moved the bar. Resharing an op-ed from last year focused on how workplaces can help.
#DVawareness #Gbv #survivors #workplace
#DVawareness #Gbv #survivors #workplace
Many of us already live this way, and it can be done. We must first fix inequities in the food system, along with other gross inequities. And people must be persuaded to live their lives such that those who come later can also have sustainable lives.
#food #diet #sustainability #climate
#food #diet #sustainability #climate
‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds
Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Many of us already live this way, and it can be done. We must first fix inequities in the food system, along with other gross inequities. And people must be persuaded to live their lives such that those who come later can also have sustainable lives.
#food #diet #sustainability #climate
#food #diet #sustainability #climate
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Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."
I rang the bell today, signaling the end of my radiation treatment for breast cancer. Grateful for science and medicine that, while imperfect, nonetheless is lifesaving. As always, interested in questions of who gets to live and whose deaths are speeded.
#cancer #science #healthcare #survivor
#cancer #science #healthcare #survivor
September 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I rang the bell today, signaling the end of my radiation treatment for breast cancer. Grateful for science and medicine that, while imperfect, nonetheless is lifesaving. As always, interested in questions of who gets to live and whose deaths are speeded.
#cancer #science #healthcare #survivor
#cancer #science #healthcare #survivor
"Want to stop political violence? Start by addressing hostile sexism." 19thnews.org/2025/09/how-... via @19thnews.org
Want to stop political violence? Start by addressing hostile sexism.
In her new book, an expert on violent extremism lays out evidence that gender-based bigotry fuels hate — so national security officials need to do something about it.
19thnews.org
September 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Want to stop political violence? Start by addressing hostile sexism." 19thnews.org/2025/09/how-... via @19thnews.org
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"To date, the government’s response to the Epstein survivors has been one of massive institutional betrayal."
From new op-ed published in The Hill written by me and @mjcasper.bsky.social
"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
From new op-ed published in The Hill written by me and @mjcasper.bsky.social
"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"To date, the government’s response to the Epstein survivors has been one of massive institutional betrayal."
From new op-ed published in The Hill written by me and @mjcasper.bsky.social
"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
From new op-ed published in The Hill written by me and @mjcasper.bsky.social
"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
New op-ed:
"We also know that when survivors are not respected, and are castigated for sharing their truths, their healing is delayed, and further harm is perpetrated."
@jjfreyd.bsky.social
#epsteinfiles #survivors #accountability #violence #gbv #institutionalbetrayal #institutionalcourage
"We also know that when survivors are not respected, and are castigated for sharing their truths, their healing is delayed, and further harm is perpetrated."
@jjfreyd.bsky.social
#epsteinfiles #survivors #accountability #violence #gbv #institutionalbetrayal #institutionalcourage
thehill.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
New op-ed:
"We also know that when survivors are not respected, and are castigated for sharing their truths, their healing is delayed, and further harm is perpetrated."
@jjfreyd.bsky.social
#epsteinfiles #survivors #accountability #violence #gbv #institutionalbetrayal #institutionalcourage
"We also know that when survivors are not respected, and are castigated for sharing their truths, their healing is delayed, and further harm is perpetrated."
@jjfreyd.bsky.social
#epsteinfiles #survivors #accountability #violence #gbv #institutionalbetrayal #institutionalcourage
Bioethics - forged in the post-Nazi era - is woefully underprepared for our current moment. Until bioethicists take systemic injustices and inequality more seriously, bioethics will remain a small bandaid on a gaping wound.
#bioethics #inequality #health #science #medicine
#bioethics #inequality #health #science #medicine
September 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Bioethics - forged in the post-Nazi era - is woefully underprepared for our current moment. Until bioethicists take systemic injustices and inequality more seriously, bioethics will remain a small bandaid on a gaping wound.
#bioethics #inequality #health #science #medicine
#bioethics #inequality #health #science #medicine
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"Black people have been Trump’s target for his entire adult life. This is a man whose first appearance in the New York Times was for denying apartments to Black applicants. But his racial animus makes him very much a product of the country he was born in; the historical rule, not an exception."
Don't be fooled: Trump's D.C. takeover is about race
Black people have been Trump’s target for his entire adult life.
contrarian.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"Black people have been Trump’s target for his entire adult life. This is a man whose first appearance in the New York Times was for denying apartments to Black applicants. But his racial animus makes him very much a product of the country he was born in; the historical rule, not an exception."
Reposted by Dr. Monica J. Casper
Reposted by Dr. Monica J. Casper
I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
How do we respond to institutional betrayal in higher education and beyond? Courage, creativity, and curiosity are a good starting point. Of course, we can also work to prevent institutional betrayal through compassionate, ethical leadership and allyship.
#highered
@beckymartinez.bsky.social
#highered
@beckymartinez.bsky.social
Why Institutions Retreating From DEI Can Feel Like Betrayal
Institutional betrayal is omnipresent, but so is institutional courage. We can support marginalized communities even during turmoil.
www.psychologytoday.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
How do we respond to institutional betrayal in higher education and beyond? Courage, creativity, and curiosity are a good starting point. Of course, we can also work to prevent institutional betrayal through compassionate, ethical leadership and allyship.
#highered
@beckymartinez.bsky.social
#highered
@beckymartinez.bsky.social
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"Universities must become sanctuaries for truth, not outposts of surveillance."
We're big fans of public intellectual Henry Giroux's work. Check out his recent piece laying out the strategy for response and resistance to Trump.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/11/d...
We're big fans of public intellectual Henry Giroux's work. Check out his recent piece laying out the strategy for response and resistance to Trump.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/11/d...
Democracy Disappeared
We live in an age when disappearance is no longer a metaphor. It is both a threat and a governing principle. Under the Trump regime, language is no longer a prelude to violence—it is its echo, its ann...
www.counterpunch.org
April 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"Universities must become sanctuaries for truth, not outposts of surveillance."
We're big fans of public intellectual Henry Giroux's work. Check out his recent piece laying out the strategy for response and resistance to Trump.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/11/d...
We're big fans of public intellectual Henry Giroux's work. Check out his recent piece laying out the strategy for response and resistance to Trump.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/11/d...
Betrayal U is now live!
Order your copy here, share the news widely, invite your libraries to purchase the book, and considering inviting us for talks.
#highered #education #institutionalbetrayal #inequality #inclusion
Order your copy here, share the news widely, invite your libraries to purchase the book, and considering inviting us for talks.
#highered #education #institutionalbetrayal #inequality #inclusion
Betrayal U | UAPress
uapress.arizona.edu
April 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Betrayal U is now live!
Order your copy here, share the news widely, invite your libraries to purchase the book, and considering inviting us for talks.
#highered #education #institutionalbetrayal #inequality #inclusion
Order your copy here, share the news widely, invite your libraries to purchase the book, and considering inviting us for talks.
#highered #education #institutionalbetrayal #inequality #inclusion
Glad to see this statement from (some) university presidents. Also noticing who is not here.
"The price of abridging the defining freedoms of American higher education will be paid by our students and our society."
#highered #education #politics
"The price of abridging the defining freedoms of American higher education will be paid by our students and our society."
#highered #education #politics
A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
www.aacu.org
April 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Glad to see this statement from (some) university presidents. Also noticing who is not here.
"The price of abridging the defining freedoms of American higher education will be paid by our students and our society."
#highered #education #politics
"The price of abridging the defining freedoms of American higher education will be paid by our students and our society."
#highered #education #politics
The real story of the Easter Bunny...
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The Easter Bunny Is Not Who You Think She Is
I was sitting by the pool early this morning in my pajamas, sipping tea, eating a delicious lavender tuile cookie baked by my sister, and…
monicacasper.medium.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The real story of the Easter Bunny...
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Reposted by Dr. Monica J. Casper
"Trump’s tariff gaslighting has a name: It’s DARVO"
by @sarahharsey.bsky.social & me
"Trump’s attempts to deflect responsibility and blame . . . are calculated efforts to distract and confuse you. By exposing DARVO . . . we can ensure that his gaslighting does not win."
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
by @sarahharsey.bsky.social & me
"Trump’s attempts to deflect responsibility and blame . . . are calculated efforts to distract and confuse you. By exposing DARVO . . . we can ensure that his gaslighting does not win."
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"Trump’s tariff gaslighting has a name: It’s DARVO"
by @sarahharsey.bsky.social & me
"Trump’s attempts to deflect responsibility and blame . . . are calculated efforts to distract and confuse you. By exposing DARVO . . . we can ensure that his gaslighting does not win."
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
by @sarahharsey.bsky.social & me
"Trump’s attempts to deflect responsibility and blame . . . are calculated efforts to distract and confuse you. By exposing DARVO . . . we can ensure that his gaslighting does not win."
thehill.com/opinion/whit...