Jackie Ellison
@jackieee.bsky.social
Health services research, repro policy & equity
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There is a part of me that is really really bitter that people are only now noticing how bad things are at large red state public universities like OU. It’s been this way for a long time.
Minority faculty targeted and abandoned.
Deeply conservative admins and vicious politicians.
Minority faculty targeted and abandoned.
Deeply conservative admins and vicious politicians.
Look, y'all know I hate AI as much as the next passionate hater of AI, but ChatGPT has nothing on the University of Oklahoma deciding that based on the first amendment students can literally say anything in their papers as existential threat to the university.
Oklahoma University has placed a grad student instructor on admin leave for failing a psychology paper on gender for citing *the Bible* as a source of empirical evidence.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
December 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
There is a part of me that is really really bitter that people are only now noticing how bad things are at large red state public universities like OU. It’s been this way for a long time.
Minority faculty targeted and abandoned.
Deeply conservative admins and vicious politicians.
Minority faculty targeted and abandoned.
Deeply conservative admins and vicious politicians.
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I’ve written a lot about birth and freebirth and have my own history with “natural” birth and it’s hard… these women have done such harm AND we have to better address a failure in the medical model and the actual abuse that led so many women to them. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’ve written a lot about birth and freebirth and have my own history with “natural” birth and it’s hard… these women have done such harm AND we have to better address a failure in the medical model and the actual abuse that led so many women to them. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Yesterday, striking baristas took action at Starbucks’ biggest distribution center that serves the entire east coast.
Today, union stores in 25+ MORE cities are joining our national, open-ended ULP strike!
Our union isn’t slowing down… in fact, we’re just getting started. #NoContractNoCoffee $SBUX
Today, union stores in 25+ MORE cities are joining our national, open-ended ULP strike!
Our union isn’t slowing down… in fact, we’re just getting started. #NoContractNoCoffee $SBUX
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Yesterday, striking baristas took action at Starbucks’ biggest distribution center that serves the entire east coast.
Today, union stores in 25+ MORE cities are joining our national, open-ended ULP strike!
Our union isn’t slowing down… in fact, we’re just getting started. #NoContractNoCoffee $SBUX
Today, union stores in 25+ MORE cities are joining our national, open-ended ULP strike!
Our union isn’t slowing down… in fact, we’re just getting started. #NoContractNoCoffee $SBUX
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Incredibly depressing to see this story wrap up by quoting a lawmaker who says, “we have to allow for more exceptions,” when the entire story is evidence that exceptions don’t work, especially for a Black woman like Tierra Walker who was already at higher risk of dying due to medical neglect
“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 12:39 PM
Incredibly depressing to see this story wrap up by quoting a lawmaker who says, “we have to allow for more exceptions,” when the entire story is evidence that exceptions don’t work, especially for a Black woman like Tierra Walker who was already at higher risk of dying due to medical neglect
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#OtD 10 Nov 1970 Puerto Rican radicals from the Young Lords took over Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx. Over 600 people, including health workers, joined them to publicise the flagrant disregard for human life in NYC hospitals stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8235...
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#OtD 10 Nov 1970 Puerto Rican radicals from the Young Lords took over Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx. Over 600 people, including health workers, joined them to publicise the flagrant disregard for human life in NYC hospitals stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8235...
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"The average voter believes a SNAP recipient gets $20/day, more than 3 times the actual amount of $6."
November 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"The average voter believes a SNAP recipient gets $20/day, more than 3 times the actual amount of $6."
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New study finds more generous state safety net policies w/ fewer administrative barriers are linked to better birth outcomes, esp for marginalized groups. Very relevant finding in current policy environment!
doi.org/10.1016/j.so... @gabeschwartz.bsky.social @npwf.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.so... @gabeschwartz.bsky.social @npwf.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
New study finds more generous state safety net policies w/ fewer administrative barriers are linked to better birth outcomes, esp for marginalized groups. Very relevant finding in current policy environment!
doi.org/10.1016/j.so... @gabeschwartz.bsky.social @npwf.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.so... @gabeschwartz.bsky.social @npwf.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social
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More than 420 state bills attacking key public health protections have been introduced in 2025. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
Please call your state's elected officials!
Please call your state's elected officials!
October 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
More than 420 state bills attacking key public health protections have been introduced in 2025. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
Please call your state's elected officials!
Please call your state's elected officials!
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Dwayne Dixon reinstated! Excellent work on direct action @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social (us!). Power to the people✊.
October 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Dwayne Dixon reinstated! Excellent work on direct action @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social (us!). Power to the people✊.
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In the two years following Dobbs, @pregnancyjust.bsky.social recorded more than 400 cases of pregnancy criminalization. How to do we hold people's fear of being criminally punished for abortion alongside the data? My story:
A Grim New Report Shows How Pregnant People Have Been Policed Post-Roe
New research documents the myriad ways pregnancy outcomes have been criminalized in the post-Roe legal environment.
newrepublic.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In the two years following Dobbs, @pregnancyjust.bsky.social recorded more than 400 cases of pregnancy criminalization. How to do we hold people's fear of being criminally punished for abortion alongside the data? My story:
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appointment was moved to monday
Abortion patient has appointment on Thursday — 21 weeks with a fetal anomaly. Has travel and majority of procedure cost funded through abortion funds (yay) with $1325 remaining to pay.
If you can contribute to this financial gap, donate with emoji 🌯!
V: Crystal-Zilla
$Clozilla
If you can contribute to this financial gap, donate with emoji 🌯!
V: Crystal-Zilla
$Clozilla
a cat is sitting on top of a burrito in outer space
Alt: a cat is sitting on top of a burrito in outer space
media.tenor.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
appointment was moved to monday
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You've heard me talk about it.
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!
Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
cup.org/4nfM2IM
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!
Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
cup.org/4nfM2IM
Coming 2026!
@mirandayaver.bsky.social's Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States is a sobering account of the ways in which coverage denials damage patient health and exacerbate inequalities.
Pre-order now! 🗺️ 🩺📊
https://cup.org/4nfM2IM
@mirandayaver.bsky.social's Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States is a sobering account of the ways in which coverage denials damage patient health and exacerbate inequalities.
Pre-order now! 🗺️ 🩺📊
https://cup.org/4nfM2IM
September 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You've heard me talk about it.
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!
Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
cup.org/4nfM2IM
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!
Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
cup.org/4nfM2IM
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The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...
Advisory to Academic Workers
In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...
www.aaup.org
September 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...
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Red flag in this wasteful move: a USAID spox falsely claimed that birth control pills, IUDs, and arm implants cause abortions.
“The administration will no longer supply abortifacient birth control under the guise of foreign aid.” 🚩🚩🚩
“The administration will no longer supply abortifacient birth control under the guise of foreign aid.” 🚩🚩🚩
Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives destined for low-income countries were destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration.
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.
nyti.ms
September 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Red flag in this wasteful move: a USAID spox falsely claimed that birth control pills, IUDs, and arm implants cause abortions.
“The administration will no longer supply abortifacient birth control under the guise of foreign aid.” 🚩🚩🚩
“The administration will no longer supply abortifacient birth control under the guise of foreign aid.” 🚩🚩🚩
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another of the things I will keep saying is that we have an elite impunity problem and nothing will improve until and unless we change that
September 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
another of the things I will keep saying is that we have an elite impunity problem and nothing will improve until and unless we change that
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THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE. WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD???? They are going to kill so many people including children. What a FUCKED UP DECISION!
Florida is moving to eliminate all vaccine mandates, including for school children, which would make it the first state to do so.
Florida Seeks to End State’s Vaccine Mandates
The move would make Florida the first state in the U.S. to get rid of immunization requirements.
on.wsj.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE. WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD???? They are going to kill so many people including children. What a FUCKED UP DECISION!
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Everyone’s grown so used to abortion bans and most experiences are out of sight and out of mind, but they’re terrible. Every day I interact with people who have been degraded and abandoned. Not sleeping, suffering. Handing me their last dollar. Driving for hours. Sick.
September 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Everyone’s grown so used to abortion bans and most experiences are out of sight and out of mind, but they’re terrible. Every day I interact with people who have been degraded and abandoned. Not sleeping, suffering. Handing me their last dollar. Driving for hours. Sick.
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Remembering Fred Hampton born Aug. 30, 1948, assassinated Dec. 4, 1969 by Chicago police and the FBI
August 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Remembering Fred Hampton born Aug. 30, 1948, assassinated Dec. 4, 1969 by Chicago police and the FBI
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Why the Left Should Not Care About Population Decline
By Leslie Root
1. It's a fake problem based on long-run population projections that assume things will remain as they currently are
2. And things not remaining as they currently are is kind of our whole fucking deal
By Leslie Root
1. It's a fake problem based on long-run population projections that assume things will remain as they currently are
2. And things not remaining as they currently are is kind of our whole fucking deal
August 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Why the Left Should Not Care About Population Decline
By Leslie Root
1. It's a fake problem based on long-run population projections that assume things will remain as they currently are
2. And things not remaining as they currently are is kind of our whole fucking deal
By Leslie Root
1. It's a fake problem based on long-run population projections that assume things will remain as they currently are
2. And things not remaining as they currently are is kind of our whole fucking deal
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ICYMI: Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio could lay off 20-30% of its clinical staff as soon as this week, the workers' union tells me. The union is asking PPGOH management to commit to exec pay cuts before laying off any patient-facing workers.
Me in @autonomynews.co:
Me in @autonomynews.co:
Ohio Planned Parenthood Workers Demand Executive Pay Cuts Before Proposed Layoffs
The staff union says it’s worried that laying off clinical employees could lead to delays in time-sensitive patient care, like emergency contraception. The national federation has also recently cut st...
www.autonomynews.co
August 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
ICYMI: Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio could lay off 20-30% of its clinical staff as soon as this week, the workers' union tells me. The union is asking PPGOH management to commit to exec pay cuts before laying off any patient-facing workers.
Me in @autonomynews.co:
Me in @autonomynews.co:
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The Administration proposed to eliminate home care workers' protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which were given to them in 2013 after decades of being excluded from protections (including minimum wages).
This rollback of rights needs comments:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
This rollback of rights needs comments:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service
In 1974, Congress applied the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to "domestic service" employees, but exempted employees who provide "companionship services" from the minimum wage and overtime requiremen...
www.federalregister.gov
August 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Administration proposed to eliminate home care workers' protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which were given to them in 2013 after decades of being excluded from protections (including minimum wages).
This rollback of rights needs comments:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
This rollback of rights needs comments:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Sometimes I think about how shortsighted it is to argue for science funding on the basis of health sciences advances when our politics prevents those advances from actually saving so many Americans' lives.
Life expectancy
An interactive visualization from Our World in Data.
ourworldindata.org
August 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Sometimes I think about how shortsighted it is to argue for science funding on the basis of health sciences advances when our politics prevents those advances from actually saving so many Americans' lives.
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[Republicans wanted fewer abortions and more births. They are getting the opposite | Judith Levine | The Guardian]
“The rate of voluntary sterilization among young women jumped abruptly after Dobbs, and there’s no reason to believe it will drop off“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“The rate of voluntary sterilization among young women jumped abruptly after Dobbs, and there’s no reason to believe it will drop off“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Republicans wanted fewer abortions and more births. They are getting the opposite | Judith Levine
The rate of voluntary sterilization among young women jumped abruptly after Dobbs, and there’s no reason to believe it will drop off.
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
[Republicans wanted fewer abortions and more births. They are getting the opposite | Judith Levine | The Guardian]
“The rate of voluntary sterilization among young women jumped abruptly after Dobbs, and there’s no reason to believe it will drop off“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“The rate of voluntary sterilization among young women jumped abruptly after Dobbs, and there’s no reason to believe it will drop off“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New paper! In collaboration with health behavior, health services researchers, and geographers, I examined differential access to acute care at the nexus of ethnicity, immigration status, and language dominance among rural-dwelling Latine people in the South link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Spatial-Structural Disparities in Acute Care Accessibility Among Latin American Immigrants and Spanish Speakers in the Rural US South - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Given that rural hospital closures in the USA have increasingly occurred in rural communities with higher-than-median shares of Latinx residents, this study examines disparities in travel times to acc...
link.springer.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New paper! In collaboration with health behavior, health services researchers, and geographers, I examined differential access to acute care at the nexus of ethnicity, immigration status, and language dominance among rural-dwelling Latine people in the South link.springer.com/article/10.1...