Rachael Levay
@rlevay.bsky.social
Senior editor of sociology and anthropology at Princeton University Press. Cofounder Paths in Publishing. Running, books, kids, somewhere out west.
This is so true! I have two best friends who are both ~15 years younger than me and I have close friends who are at least 25 years older than me. It’s amazing.
Society does not make it easy, but I *highly* recommend making friends with people both older and younger than you.
Like, not a few years but full decade +.
The opportunities to learn from and support each other are so much better when we're not all IN IT in the same way at the same time.
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Like, not a few years but full decade +.
The opportunities to learn from and support each other are so much better when we're not all IN IT in the same way at the same time.
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Today I was vetted for separate things by two delightful young people that I hope will be friends moving forward. I think this crisis has done a lot for the young anarchist punk🤝middle-aged organizer alliance.😍❤️
February 13, 2026 at 2:18 AM
This is so true! I have two best friends who are both ~15 years younger than me and I have close friends who are at least 25 years older than me. It’s amazing.
Imagine turning women‘s big air off for the Super Bowl
February 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Imagine turning women‘s big air off for the Super Bowl
A genuine question for those with experience: what’s of more significant value in the upcoming election, working polls or observing polls?
as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.
February 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
A genuine question for those with experience: what’s of more significant value in the upcoming election, working polls or observing polls?
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Listen: @ninabandelj.bsky.social speaks with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social for @kqedforum.bsky.social about her new book Overinvested and intensive parenting:
Are We 'Overinvested' in Our Kids? | KQED
Sociologist Nina Bandejl argues that the data shows that how we’re doing child-rearing in this country has led to worsening outcomes for parents, kids, and society at large.
www.kqed.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Listen: @ninabandelj.bsky.social speaks with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social for @kqedforum.bsky.social about her new book Overinvested and intensive parenting:
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@publisherswkly.bsky.social calls Alexandre Frenette's Blame the Intern "a clear-eyed examination of how internships can be problematic introductions to professional life." Read the full review here:
Blame the Intern: On (Not) Breaking into the Creative Economy by Alexandre Frenette
Vanderbilt sociology professor Frenette debuts with a clear-eyed examination of how internships can be problematic introductions...
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January 29, 2026 at 6:19 PM
@publisherswkly.bsky.social calls Alexandre Frenette's Blame the Intern "a clear-eyed examination of how internships can be problematic introductions to professional life." Read the full review here:
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You do not critique your father for having a heart
January 28, 2026 at 9:24 PM
You do not critique your father for having a heart
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Just imagine how different our lives would be if Democrats reversed violent policies instead of focusing on making them more respectable.
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Just imagine how different our lives would be if Democrats reversed violent policies instead of focusing on making them more respectable.
Dems just profoundly unequipped for this moment. It’s maddening beyond measure to see the most ordinary people exhibit incomprehensible bravery and Dems be like “okay but body cams plz, then we’ll be all good.”
January 28, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Dems just profoundly unequipped for this moment. It’s maddening beyond measure to see the most ordinary people exhibit incomprehensible bravery and Dems be like “okay but body cams plz, then we’ll be all good.”
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It's publication day! A different cover, a (slightly) different title, a brand new preface! Happy (second) birthday to The Last Human Job
Now in #paperback, @allisonpugh.bsky.social's The Last Human Job is a timely and urgent argument for preserving the work that connects us in the age of automation.
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#AI #Sociology
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#AI #Sociology
January 28, 2026 at 10:44 PM
It's publication day! A different cover, a (slightly) different title, a brand new preface! Happy (second) birthday to The Last Human Job
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You’ll feel less confused if you admit to yourself that some people don’t care about the suffering of others, and some people like it.
January 26, 2026 at 2:33 PM
You’ll feel less confused if you admit to yourself that some people don’t care about the suffering of others, and some people like it.
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Tell me your pet’s name with a gif
January 24, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Tell me your pet’s name with a gif
This man should find no place to rest his head, no good meal to eat, no warmth in cold -- not a moment of comfort in the rest of his miserable, well, I would say life, but what kind of life is this? To be so cruel, so callous, so empty. So let's go with "rest of his miserable existence."
Q: Do you have any moral or ethical qualms about detaining a five-year-old on his way back from preschool?
Border Patrol Chief Bovino: I've got no qualms about making America a safer place
Border Patrol Chief Bovino: I've got no qualms about making America a safer place
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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right now the floor for me is abolish ICE and put every agent on trial and the average elected democrat is like what if we told them to cut it out
January 22, 2026 at 12:31 AM
right now the floor for me is abolish ICE and put every agent on trial and the average elected democrat is like what if we told them to cut it out
I’ve largely stayed offline today after ending up in tears a few times yesterday and opening this to see that baby, I can‘t even describe my rage.
January 22, 2026 at 1:00 AM
I’ve largely stayed offline today after ending up in tears a few times yesterday and opening this to see that baby, I can‘t even describe my rage.
Just cried on a Zoom call with someone in Minneapolis. My mental health is so good.
January 20, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Just cried on a Zoom call with someone in Minneapolis. My mental health is so good.
It’s the strangest feeling, reading about breakthroughs that could have cured a loved one who has died of a disease. It’s hard to describe the painful joy I feel thinking about those who won’t know the heartache we almost could have missed.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
This cancer is stubborn, but new drug regimen shows promise
An immunotherapy kept multiple myeloma at bay for over 80 percent of patients in a three-year clinical trial, and the FDA offered an accelerated approval path.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:32 PM
It’s the strangest feeling, reading about breakthroughs that could have cured a loved one who has died of a disease. It’s hard to describe the painful joy I feel thinking about those who won’t know the heartache we almost could have missed.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
2026, home with a six-year-old freshly positive with Covid, spiraling with anxiety and sadness but also cackling at videos of fascists soaked from water balloons in bitter cold
January 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
2026, home with a six-year-old freshly positive with Covid, spiraling with anxiety and sadness but also cackling at videos of fascists soaked from water balloons in bitter cold
I spend some serious energy worrying people will think I use Chat GPT for my emails but truly, I’m just a long time, deeply committed em-dasher.
January 17, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I spend some serious energy worrying people will think I use Chat GPT for my emails but truly, I’m just a long time, deeply committed em-dasher.
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Less than a month before my debut book "What We Inherit" gets released! You can place pre-orders now: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Lucky to have gotten to collaborate (and argue) with Sam Trejo for the last 5+ years on this.
Lucky to have gotten to collaborate (and argue) with Sam Trejo for the last 5+ years on this.
What We Inherit
Debating the use of genomic tools and their societal impact
press.princeton.edu
January 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Less than a month before my debut book "What We Inherit" gets released! You can place pre-orders now: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Lucky to have gotten to collaborate (and argue) with Sam Trejo for the last 5+ years on this.
Lucky to have gotten to collaborate (and argue) with Sam Trejo for the last 5+ years on this.
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My friend and colleague @michellesphelps.bsky.social explains how the history of community organization prepares Minneapolis for this moment. @newrepublic.com
Minneapolis Knows How to Resist This State Violence
From George Floyd to Renee Good, the city has become all too familiar with killings by law enforcement—and it knows exactly how to respond.
newrepublic.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
My friend and colleague @michellesphelps.bsky.social explains how the history of community organization prepares Minneapolis for this moment. @newrepublic.com
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
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January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
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…it should break your heart to kill.
January 8, 2026 at 4:02 AM
…it should break your heart to kill.
Richie doesn't accept that the bookstore is closed on Sundays.
January 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Richie doesn't accept that the bookstore is closed on Sundays.