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.
It’s a long day of merriment here but I woke up early and read @lilyking.bsky.social’s Heart the Lover in nearly one sitting and am hungover with grief and also struck by how good this novel is. Read it when your heart is strong — or when you need fortifying.
December 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It’s a long day of merriment here but I woke up early and read @lilyking.bsky.social’s Heart the Lover in nearly one sitting and am hungover with grief and also struck by how good this novel is. Read it when your heart is strong — or when you need fortifying.
There are too many things to hate about the internet but I have a big one.
Online shopping now means family (primarily grandparents) send gifts directly to us and suddenly it’s my job to wrap EVERY PRESENT UNDER THE TREE WHEN I HAVE NO TIME OR ENERGY.
More bows more tags more paper more time gah
Online shopping now means family (primarily grandparents) send gifts directly to us and suddenly it’s my job to wrap EVERY PRESENT UNDER THE TREE WHEN I HAVE NO TIME OR ENERGY.
More bows more tags more paper more time gah
December 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
There are too many things to hate about the internet but I have a big one.
Online shopping now means family (primarily grandparents) send gifts directly to us and suddenly it’s my job to wrap EVERY PRESENT UNDER THE TREE WHEN I HAVE NO TIME OR ENERGY.
More bows more tags more paper more time gah
Online shopping now means family (primarily grandparents) send gifts directly to us and suddenly it’s my job to wrap EVERY PRESENT UNDER THE TREE WHEN I HAVE NO TIME OR ENERGY.
More bows more tags more paper more time gah
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Richie’s transition to Winter Pup is aided by good low winter light making awesome afternoon sun patches.
December 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Richie’s transition to Winter Pup is aided by good low winter light making awesome afternoon sun patches.
My daughter’s sixth grade math teacher sent home her family’s holiday card, complete with 11 cocktail recipes telling the story of their 2025 and I LOVE IT.
December 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
My daughter’s sixth grade math teacher sent home her family’s holiday card, complete with 11 cocktail recipes telling the story of their 2025 and I LOVE IT.
Reposted by Rachael Levay
New from me: In the New Republic @newrepublic.com, I wrote that we should refuse to choose between the easy way and the hard way to boost birth rates.
What If Both Sides in the Birth Rate Debate Are Wrong?
The right wants to steer women away from work and toward motherhood. The left wants to provide them with more state support so it’s easier to have children. We should refuse this choice.
newrepublic.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New from me: In the New Republic @newrepublic.com, I wrote that we should refuse to choose between the easy way and the hard way to boost birth rates.
I'm back with an update. We've got ourselves a Democratic mayor in Pocatello, Idaho -- and by a landslide!
Guys. The Democrat got the highest votes in Pocatello’s mayoral race last night. We are looking at a runoff in December since no one hit 50% (five candidates ran) but that’s never happened in our almost-12 years here.
December 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I'm back with an update. We've got ourselves a Democratic mayor in Pocatello, Idaho -- and by a landslide!
It's literally painful at this point to see winter weather happening everywhere but here. As my daughter said the other day: "What do we want? Snow! When do we want it? Now!"
December 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It's literally painful at this point to see winter weather happening everywhere but here. As my daughter said the other day: "What do we want? Snow! When do we want it? Now!"
Veggie burger and fries on Friday nights: 11yo eats only spicy black bean patty with fries; 5yo eats only Bluey sandwich (cheddar cheese with jam on pitas) and fruit, as she refuses all potato products. Cross contamination results in rage.
What’s it like to have kids? Breakfast for dinner and 11yo eats only hashbrowns and fried eggs, hates veggie sausage; 5yo eats only veggie sausage and scrambled eggs, hates hashbrowns. Cross contamination results in rage.
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Veggie burger and fries on Friday nights: 11yo eats only spicy black bean patty with fries; 5yo eats only Bluey sandwich (cheddar cheese with jam on pitas) and fruit, as she refuses all potato products. Cross contamination results in rage.
What’s it like to have kids? Breakfast for dinner and 11yo eats only hashbrowns and fried eggs, hates veggie sausage; 5yo eats only veggie sausage and scrambled eggs, hates hashbrowns. Cross contamination results in rage.
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
What’s it like to have kids? Breakfast for dinner and 11yo eats only hashbrowns and fried eggs, hates veggie sausage; 5yo eats only veggie sausage and scrambled eggs, hates hashbrowns. Cross contamination results in rage.
This article is absolutely devastating.
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This article is absolutely devastating.
Yet again: don't threaten me with a good time!
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Yet again: don't threaten me with a good time!
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I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
Just a few days ago Ride Wit Me came out of my memory like smoke and I listened to all the Nelly I could. The songs have still got it, my sixth grader agreed.
My personal favorites are Country Grammar Shake Ya Tailfeather and Ride Wit Me but when I hear the opening bars of Hot in Herre it activates a tiny part of my brain that instantly transports me to off campus basement parties circa 2003 and that’s real power
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Just a few days ago Ride Wit Me came out of my memory like smoke and I listened to all the Nelly I could. The songs have still got it, my sixth grader agreed.
Top 5 movie genres are:
-nothing happens but it’s devastatingly sad
-dancing
-road trip
-family at the holidays
-is it comedy? is it drama?
-nothing happens but it’s devastatingly sad
-dancing
-road trip
-family at the holidays
-is it comedy? is it drama?
Top 5 movie genres are:
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
Top 5 movie genres are:
People being shits at a dinner party
Rotting mansion, faded starlet/society beauty, high-camp fuckdown
Either nothing or everything happened, glacially slowly & visually stunningly
Woman is being haunted or maybe there’s actually a gross guy
Tilda Swinton hears a weird noise
People being shits at a dinner party
Rotting mansion, faded starlet/society beauty, high-camp fuckdown
Either nothing or everything happened, glacially slowly & visually stunningly
Woman is being haunted or maybe there’s actually a gross guy
Tilda Swinton hears a weird noise
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Top 5 movie genres are:
-nothing happens but it’s devastatingly sad
-dancing
-road trip
-family at the holidays
-is it comedy? is it drama?
-nothing happens but it’s devastatingly sad
-dancing
-road trip
-family at the holidays
-is it comedy? is it drama?
Delighted to see Allison Daminger’s What’s On Her Mind? featured in @annehelen.bsky.social’s Culture Study. One of my favorite books that I’ve read (and was lucky enough to edit as it came to publication).
www.patreon.com/posts/143290...
www.patreon.com/posts/143290...
A Fascinating Approach to "Cognitive Household Labor" | Culture Study
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November 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Delighted to see Allison Daminger’s What’s On Her Mind? featured in @annehelen.bsky.social’s Culture Study. One of my favorite books that I’ve read (and was lucky enough to edit as it came to publication).
www.patreon.com/posts/143290...
www.patreon.com/posts/143290...
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So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
Yesterday a small winter bird was on our front porch, injured. We didn’t know what to do but sheltered it in case a cat passed by, brought it water, and let it rest. It eventually flew away and what if we were all of us met with shelter, respite, water, and a caring eye?
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Yesterday a small winter bird was on our front porch, injured. We didn’t know what to do but sheltered it in case a cat passed by, brought it water, and let it rest. It eventually flew away and what if we were all of us met with shelter, respite, water, and a caring eye?
As I age, I get more emotional about the passing of people I’ve never met, but who have impacted me so much in ways both small and foundational. Today is one of those days, losing @sfdirewolf.bsky.social.
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
As I age, I get more emotional about the passing of people I’ve never met, but who have impacted me so much in ways both small and foundational. Today is one of those days, losing @sfdirewolf.bsky.social.
As someone who spent a lot of money on upcoming Thanksgiving travel I DO NOT CARE DONT BACK DOWN MY GOD
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
As someone who spent a lot of money on upcoming Thanksgiving travel I DO NOT CARE DONT BACK DOWN MY GOD
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In this @latimes.com op-ed, @leahegose.bsky.social draws on her research and volunteer work to show how the SNAP benefits cutoff is worsening hunger. She writes that the Trump administration could fund SNAP during the shutdown but has not, and shares ways readers can help locally. ⤵️
Sharing an op-ed I penned about the importance of SNAP--not just for the program's beneficiaries, but for all us. In the meantime, we're putting a lot of pressure on local food pantries--and they will certainly need our support. (TLDR: give money to your local orgs)
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Interruption in SNAP benefit turns a chronic hunger problem into an acute crisis
Many food pantries are already operating at capacity and won't be able to close the gap when the federal shutdown cuts into aid.
www.latimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
In this @latimes.com op-ed, @leahegose.bsky.social draws on her research and volunteer work to show how the SNAP benefits cutoff is worsening hunger. She writes that the Trump administration could fund SNAP during the shutdown but has not, and shares ways readers can help locally. ⤵️
reposting now that I’ve found @leahegose.bsky.social!!
Fantastic op-ed from an excellent sociologist, Leah Gose, on the critical importance of SNAP and the challenge food pantries face in closing an uncloseable gap.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Interruption in SNAP benefit turns a chronic hunger problem into an acute crisis
Many food pantries are already operating at capacity and won't be able to close the gap when the federal shutdown cuts into aid.
www.latimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
reposting now that I’ve found @leahegose.bsky.social!!
Fantastic op-ed from an excellent sociologist, Leah Gose, on the critical importance of SNAP and the challenge food pantries face in closing an uncloseable gap.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Interruption in SNAP benefit turns a chronic hunger problem into an acute crisis
Many food pantries are already operating at capacity and won't be able to close the gap when the federal shutdown cuts into aid.
www.latimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Fantastic op-ed from an excellent sociologist, Leah Gose, on the critical importance of SNAP and the challenge food pantries face in closing an uncloseable gap.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Guys. The Democrat got the highest votes in Pocatello’s mayoral race last night. We are looking at a runoff in December since no one hit 50% (five candidates ran) but that’s never happened in our almost-12 years here.
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Guys. The Democrat got the highest votes in Pocatello’s mayoral race last night. We are looking at a runoff in December since no one hit 50% (five candidates ran) but that’s never happened in our almost-12 years here.