Pagan Kennedy
@pagankennedy.bsky.social
Author of "The Secret History of the Rape Kit" and 11 other books. Contributor to NY Times, Atlantic, New Yorker, etc. Former "zine queen" of the 1990s.
0 degrees! Cross country skis!
February 8, 2026 at 9:44 PM
0 degrees! Cross country skis!
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GET IN, DORKS!
The stakes are high and we have a LOT to stand up for in 2026.
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#Standupforscience #takebackourscience
The stakes are high and we have a LOT to stand up for in 2026.
Join us on March 7th, 2026! www.standupforscience.net/march7
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#Standupforscience #takebackourscience
January 29, 2026 at 2:04 PM
GET IN, DORKS!
The stakes are high and we have a LOT to stand up for in 2026.
Join us on March 7th, 2026! www.standupforscience.net/march7
Want to host an event in your area? Sign up here: fight2win.standupforscience.net/sign_up/14434/
#Standupforscience #takebackourscience
The stakes are high and we have a LOT to stand up for in 2026.
Join us on March 7th, 2026! www.standupforscience.net/march7
Want to host an event in your area? Sign up here: fight2win.standupforscience.net/sign_up/14434/
#Standupforscience #takebackourscience
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In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
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I saw that The Graduate hotel is hosting ICE in Minneapolis. I won't be staying at that chain until they stop. @graduatehotels.bsky.social Please contact your local Graduate hotel if you agree.
January 14, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I saw that The Graduate hotel is hosting ICE in Minneapolis. I won't be staying at that chain until they stop. @graduatehotels.bsky.social Please contact your local Graduate hotel if you agree.
OK, ladies, it's off to "marriage bootcamp"! You'll give birth to 20 babies every day while making 50 loaves of white bread!
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Heritage Foundation calls on US to prioritize marriage and family in new report
The think tank recommends a “marriage bootcamp" to prepare cohabitating couples for matrimony and discourages online dating.
www.politico.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:10 PM
OK, ladies, it's off to "marriage bootcamp"! You'll give birth to 20 babies every day while making 50 loaves of white bread!
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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variety.com/2026/digital...
And… we f-ing won another one! Keep it coming. Watch out Home Depot. Karma is a stink that stays on you.
And… we f-ing won another one! Keep it coming. Watch out Home Depot. Karma is a stink that stays on you.
Spotify Confirms ICE Recruitment Ads Are No Longer Running on Platform
Spotify has confirimed that ICE recruitment ads are no longer running on its platform following criticism from last year.
variety.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:04 PM
variety.com/2026/digital...
And… we f-ing won another one! Keep it coming. Watch out Home Depot. Karma is a stink that stays on you.
And… we f-ing won another one! Keep it coming. Watch out Home Depot. Karma is a stink that stays on you.
How to fight back against ICE? Boycotts! After boycotts across the nation threatened its consumer business, Avelo Airlines announced it will no longer provide rendition flights for the US government. www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/01/07/a...
Avelo To Exit Deportation Biz - New Haven Independent
Avelo Airlines plans to stop running deportation flights for the Trump administration later this month after deciding that its participation in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program is too...
www.newhavenindependent.org
January 7, 2026 at 10:52 PM
How to fight back against ICE? Boycotts! After boycotts across the nation threatened its consumer business, Avelo Airlines announced it will no longer provide rendition flights for the US government. www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/01/07/a...
NPR says that you MUST read my book (and 11 others) in 2026. So get to work, people!
January 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
NPR says that you MUST read my book (and 11 others) in 2026. So get to work, people!
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Utah commissioned it's department of health to do a systematic review of gender affirming care for trans youth. In a 1000 page plus report found it was beneficial and the evidence was substantial. The lawmakers rejected it anyways.
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
Utah debate over transgender treatments for minors divides policymakers, experts over state 'systematic review'
Do No Harm alleges Utah Department of Health and Human Services "systematic review" misleads on transgender outcomes.
www.deseret.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Utah commissioned it's department of health to do a systematic review of gender affirming care for trans youth. In a 1000 page plus report found it was beneficial and the evidence was substantial. The lawmakers rejected it anyways.
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
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Honestly it would be very funny if FIFA revoked the prize.
January 3, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Honestly it would be very funny if FIFA revoked the prize.
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And even though I've read 198 books this year, only six made my list. Only two of the authors are #onhere - @pagankennedy.bsky.social and @emilystjams.bsky.social - but you'll have to subscribe to see where they rank... scarlettwoman.substack.com/p/the-colour...
The Colour of the Year is White Because of Course It Is + Best Of 2025
A roundup of links and culture—and my best of picks for the year—for December 2025.
scarlettwoman.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
And even though I've read 198 books this year, only six made my list. Only two of the authors are #onhere - @pagankennedy.bsky.social and @emilystjams.bsky.social - but you'll have to subscribe to see where they rank... scarlettwoman.substack.com/p/the-colour...
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Another in #KnowHerName series .. the woman who invented the #rape kit. Talking to @pagankennedy.bsky.social for The 51 Percent this week about the amazing Marty Goddard ⬇️
The 51% - The woman who invented the rape kit; so why did a man get credit for it?
Annette Young talks to Pagan Kennedy, the journalist who uncovered that a woman originally invented the rape kit, even though a man had long been credited with the idea. Also, as we mark the Internati...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Another in #KnowHerName series .. the woman who invented the #rape kit. Talking to @pagankennedy.bsky.social for The 51 Percent this week about the amazing Marty Goddard ⬇️
Have you noticed that when you're dreaming, your phone ALWAYS breaks? You're late to an exam, have no pants on, and then you discover that your phone won't work because it's partially made out of cheese!
People, we need to invent a DREAM-PROOF phone!
People, we need to invent a DREAM-PROOF phone!
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Have you noticed that when you're dreaming, your phone ALWAYS breaks? You're late to an exam, have no pants on, and then you discover that your phone won't work because it's partially made out of cheese!
People, we need to invent a DREAM-PROOF phone!
People, we need to invent a DREAM-PROOF phone!
I've been SCRAPED. I just typed my name into LibGen and found that AI companies have stolen so much of my IP -- there are 15 entries, including the Chinese translation of my book Inventology. I don't want their fuckin' blood money. I want them to respect my copyrights.
September 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I've been SCRAPED. I just typed my name into LibGen and found that AI companies have stolen so much of my IP -- there are 15 entries, including the Chinese translation of my book Inventology. I don't want their fuckin' blood money. I want them to respect my copyrights.
Essential reading for our time: Ed Zitron's "A Hater's Guide To the AI Bubble." He lays out a convincing case that AI is basically the WeWork of the 2020s, and he does it with a barrage of facts in a blistering, hilarious rant.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
Hey! Before we go any further — if you want to support my work, please sign up for the premium version of Where’s Your Ed At, it’s a $7-a-month (or $70-a-year) paid product where every week you get a ...
www.wheresyoured.at
September 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Essential reading for our time: Ed Zitron's "A Hater's Guide To the AI Bubble." He lays out a convincing case that AI is basically the WeWork of the 2020s, and he does it with a barrage of facts in a blistering, hilarious rant.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
The Times of London just declared Somerville (my former home) to be "the most polyamous city" in America!
www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
Forget love triangles. Meet the ‘polycule’ with 80 people in it
Polyamory is on the rise — especially in one US city where romantic partners have organised themselves into ever expanding networks
www.thetimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Times of London just declared Somerville (my former home) to be "the most polyamous city" in America!
www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
The Fox news guy in charge of NASA just said he's going to build a nuclear reactor on the moon -- and it's inspiring some super-weird news graphics.
August 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The Fox news guy in charge of NASA just said he's going to build a nuclear reactor on the moon -- and it's inspiring some super-weird news graphics.
THE WORLD'S POPULATION IS STILL RISING, even as the Far Right tries to stoke fear of a "low-birth-rate apocalypse" This article does an excellent job of debunking the BS
theconversation.com/fears-that-f...
theconversation.com/fears-that-f...
Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions
While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.
theconversation.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
THE WORLD'S POPULATION IS STILL RISING, even as the Far Right tries to stoke fear of a "low-birth-rate apocalypse" This article does an excellent job of debunking the BS
theconversation.com/fears-that-f...
theconversation.com/fears-that-f...
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When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....
www.newyorker.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
Here I am generating power, Gilligan's Island-style, on a bike hooked up to a battery: A scene from our imaginary hippie future! All human exercise will be turned into electricity!
Check it out at the Museum of Reclaimed Space on the Lower East Side.
Check it out at the Museum of Reclaimed Space on the Lower East Side.
July 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Here I am generating power, Gilligan's Island-style, on a bike hooked up to a battery: A scene from our imaginary hippie future! All human exercise will be turned into electricity!
Check it out at the Museum of Reclaimed Space on the Lower East Side.
Check it out at the Museum of Reclaimed Space on the Lower East Side.