Jen Deaderick 🗃️ (She/Her)
@jendeaderick.bsky.social
DED-er-ick. Author SHE THE PEOPLE, a history of women’s citizenship in the US. Writer on gender, economics, boobs for Dame, NBER, NYT. May or may not be notable.
Substack:
https://jendeaderick.substack.com
Other stuff:
https://linktr.ee/jendeaderick
Substack:
https://jendeaderick.substack.com
Other stuff:
https://linktr.ee/jendeaderick
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I've put together a compilation of my first year of post on my Substack: Dispatches from a Porch Swing.
It's now available as a book(!) at Barnes & Noble.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dispatches...
It's now available as a book(!) at Barnes & Noble.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dispatches...
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Yet is there hope. Time and tide flow wide.
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Yet is there hope. Time and tide flow wide.
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I feel like everyone around Trump is going to start nodding off in public too, just to make him look normal
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I feel like everyone around Trump is going to start nodding off in public too, just to make him look normal
I was driving to NYC last week and the Colin McEnroe show was rerunning this episode from 2017 in anticipation of the release of the new Frankenstein movie.
It’s an amazing analysis of the book and the movies and their place in modern culture.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
It’s an amazing analysis of the book and the movies and their place in modern culture.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
A Look Back At 200 Years Of Frankenstein (And His Monster)
Podcast Episode · The Colin McEnroe Show · 10/31/2017 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I was driving to NYC last week and the Colin McEnroe show was rerunning this episode from 2017 in anticipation of the release of the new Frankenstein movie.
It’s an amazing analysis of the book and the movies and their place in modern culture.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
It’s an amazing analysis of the book and the movies and their place in modern culture.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Pelosi stood up for and with the LGBTQ community when few politicians did www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
A Light in Very Dark Days: Nancy Pelosi and AIDS
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Pelosi stood up for and with the LGBTQ community when few politicians did www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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Why is there a rope line now? Is he selling tickets?
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Why is there a rope line now? Is he selling tickets?
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A long and comprehensive opinion, but this jumped out at me: The judge accused the Federal Protective Service—which was called in to suppress the protests—of lying under oath to slander the regular Portland police.😬
DOJ recently admitted that other FPS claims in this case were objectively false.
DOJ recently admitted that other FPS claims in this case were objectively false.
November 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A long and comprehensive opinion, but this jumped out at me: The judge accused the Federal Protective Service—which was called in to suppress the protests—of lying under oath to slander the regular Portland police.😬
DOJ recently admitted that other FPS claims in this case were objectively false.
DOJ recently admitted that other FPS claims in this case were objectively false.
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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The rich have shamed poor people into silence to such an extent that almost no one knows how absolutely crushing it is to be poor in this country.
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The rich have shamed poor people into silence to such an extent that almost no one knows how absolutely crushing it is to be poor in this country.
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I'm always saying this. Signaling is inevitable, it's up to you what you signal
virtue signalling is good actually
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I'm always saying this. Signaling is inevitable, it's up to you what you signal
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Calzone is part of the agenda because it’s like a burqa for the sauce
Wondering how hard it’d be to convince Ackman or Musk that this is the first evidence of the immediate communist islamification of New York
November 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Calzone is part of the agenda because it’s like a burqa for the sauce
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I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
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Logan among the airports to be hit by flight reductions due to Republican shutdown of federal government
abcnews.go.com/US/flight-ca...
#Boston
abcnews.go.com/US/flight-ca...
#Boston
November 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Logan among the airports to be hit by flight reductions due to Republican shutdown of federal government
abcnews.go.com/US/flight-ca...
#Boston
abcnews.go.com/US/flight-ca...
#Boston
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Attention has (justly) gone to the abuses in Chicago but the assaults in Los Angeles never ended. The military left but they were guarding building. DHS paramilitaries remain active in L.A. it's bad.
Don’t think ppl understand the terror the Feds are unleashing on the streets of LA right now. Roving patrols targeting vulnerable individuals. It’s horrible.
There’s no one coming to save us except ourselves.
There’s no one coming to save us except ourselves.
The past week+ has been really intense in Los Angeles. We need all of the help, support, & attention we can get. Feds are literally roving the streets snatch & grabbing vulnerable individuals. It's horrific. We need to do more.
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Attention has (justly) gone to the abuses in Chicago but the assaults in Los Angeles never ended. The military left but they were guarding building. DHS paramilitaries remain active in L.A. it's bad.
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It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
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*sips tea*
virginiamercury.com/2025/11/05/d...
virginiamercury.com/2025/11/05/d...
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
*sips tea*
virginiamercury.com/2025/11/05/d...
virginiamercury.com/2025/11/05/d...
I've put together a compilation of my first year of post on my Substack: Dispatches from a Porch Swing.
It's now available as a book(!) at Barnes & Noble.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dispatches...
It's now available as a book(!) at Barnes & Noble.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dispatches...
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I've put together a compilation of my first year of post on my Substack: Dispatches from a Porch Swing.
It's now available as a book(!) at Barnes & Noble.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dispatches...
It's now available as a book(!) at Barnes & Noble.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dispatches...
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"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani - The American Prospect
It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politica...
prospect.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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Mary Sheffield will become the first woman elected mayor of Detroit, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4oRiL7z
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Mary Sheffield will become the first woman elected mayor of Detroit, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4oRiL7z
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Part of what’s happening here is the idea that supporting candidates like Obama and Harris is itself somehow “far left” as if they never won contested elections or had any political talent of their own and supporting any prominent Black person is somehow “radical”
yeah their premise only works because theyve convinced themselves the democratic party has been catering to far left goals despite all evidence to the contrary
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Part of what’s happening here is the idea that supporting candidates like Obama and Harris is itself somehow “far left” as if they never won contested elections or had any political talent of their own and supporting any prominent Black person is somehow “radical”
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SNAP benefits will be gone, small businesses will suffer, insurance premiums will double, air traffic will be delayed/halted: All of these things are happening because when the gov't shutdown ends, the Epstein Files get released.
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
SNAP benefits will be gone, small businesses will suffer, insurance premiums will double, air traffic will be delayed/halted: All of these things are happening because when the gov't shutdown ends, the Epstein Files get released.
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rightwing guy inherits insurance empire from his dad.
struck with revelation that the rich should run everything! "a proper elite that takes care of the country".
builds JD vance from dust to ensure just that.
profits!
gets wapo treatment as a big thinker.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
struck with revelation that the rich should run everything! "a proper elite that takes care of the country".
builds JD vance from dust to ensure just that.
profits!
gets wapo treatment as a big thinker.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
rightwing guy inherits insurance empire from his dad.
struck with revelation that the rich should run everything! "a proper elite that takes care of the country".
builds JD vance from dust to ensure just that.
profits!
gets wapo treatment as a big thinker.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
struck with revelation that the rich should run everything! "a proper elite that takes care of the country".
builds JD vance from dust to ensure just that.
profits!
gets wapo treatment as a big thinker.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Statement from the FBI Agents Association after Director Kash Patel fired, unfired then re-fired several agents who had worked on cases targeting Trump and allies.
Complete shambles.
Complete shambles.
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Statement from the FBI Agents Association after Director Kash Patel fired, unfired then re-fired several agents who had worked on cases targeting Trump and allies.
Complete shambles.
Complete shambles.
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An X post shows a video of a man saying he will vote multiple times for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. That would be voter fraud, and the state has measures to prevent it.
buff.ly/BCZcJpI
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New York has safeguards against casting multiple ballots
An X post shows a video of a man saying he will vote multiple times for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. That would be voter fraud, and the state has measures to prevent it.
www.politifact.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
An X post shows a video of a man saying he will vote multiple times for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. That would be voter fraud, and the state has measures to prevent it.
buff.ly/BCZcJpI
buff.ly/BCZcJpI