Jess Grose
@jessgrose.bsky.social
Opinion writer @ NYT, author of three books: Screaming on the Inside, Soulmates and Sad Desk Salad. Posts delete weeklyish, takes are ephemeral.
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A shout-out to @jessgrose.bsky.social, who gave voice to these concerns early in this groundswell:
Opinion | Screens Are Everywhere in Schools. Do They Actually Help Kids Learn? (Published 2024)
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November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A shout-out to @jessgrose.bsky.social, who gave voice to these concerns early in this groundswell:
I mean, ideally. But I’m also hoping to inform people who care about vaccines to organize on a state level to close vaccine exemptions. Only four states do not allow religious exemptions. The only way to get back above heard immunity imho is to have these laws.
September 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I mean, ideally. But I’m also hoping to inform people who care about vaccines to organize on a state level to close vaccine exemptions. Only four states do not allow religious exemptions. The only way to get back above heard immunity imho is to have these laws.
Definitely true. But more and more people are becoming vaccine hesitant and I want to at least try reaching them, even if I think they’re morons. Because their kids don’t deserve to get polio even if their parents are cranks.
September 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Definitely true. But more and more people are becoming vaccine hesitant and I want to at least try reaching them, even if I think they’re morons. Because their kids don’t deserve to get polio even if their parents are cranks.
Yeah I have been writing about them all. But to change state laws to get rid of vaccine exemptions we need to convince regular people to support that. So I think politicians should listen to people who are still angry.
September 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Yeah I have been writing about them all. But to change state laws to get rid of vaccine exemptions we need to convince regular people to support that. So I think politicians should listen to people who are still angry.
Some people can be convinced to vaccinate their kids. Pediatricians convince them every day. Hesitation is on the rise so we still need to do that work. I answer every DM a skeptic sends to me as long as it’s not a personal attack.
September 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Some people can be convinced to vaccinate their kids. Pediatricians convince them every day. Hesitation is on the rise so we still need to do that work. I answer every DM a skeptic sends to me as long as it’s not a personal attack.
Inconsistent messaging from public health — schools closed but people have to go to work anyway in person. That was the reality for a lot of people and led to loss of trust
September 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Inconsistent messaging from public health — schools closed but people have to go to work anyway in person. That was the reality for a lot of people and led to loss of trust
Yeah i don’t get it either. I don’t think they still talk about it often but I do think it animates their distrust.
September 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Yeah i don’t get it either. I don’t think they still talk about it often but I do think it animates their distrust.
Yeah I agree! But we can’t force them to vote how we want or to not be angry, we have to convince them. And a lot of people were essential workers without family caregivers just generally — without the disability aspect.
September 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Yeah I agree! But we can’t force them to vote how we want or to not be angry, we have to convince them. And a lot of people were essential workers without family caregivers just generally — without the disability aspect.
Why are you making this personal? Did I say I personally felt this way? This is what my reporting and polling suggest.
September 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Why are you making this personal? Did I say I personally felt this way? This is what my reporting and polling suggest.
Like what? The school had been providing her kid with an aide. That stopped. She had to go to work because her job was essential. What kind of alternatives was she ignoring? How could set backs and pain for her been avoided by her individual actions?
September 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Like what? The school had been providing her kid with an aide. That stopped. She had to go to work because her job was essential. What kind of alternatives was she ignoring? How could set backs and pain for her been avoided by her individual actions?
Some of their kids still have longterm learning and mental health issues. I think saying screw their feelings isn’t that productive if anybody actually wants to change their minds or get policy passed that is pro vaccine
September 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Some of their kids still have longterm learning and mental health issues. I think saying screw their feelings isn’t that productive if anybody actually wants to change their minds or get policy passed that is pro vaccine
It’s not extreme. It’s the law in four state — five before West Virginia changed its law but that’s still tied up in litigation and confusion. California passed a law outlawing exemptions after the Disneyland outbreak in 2019.
September 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It’s not extreme. It’s the law in four state — five before West Virginia changed its law but that’s still tied up in litigation and confusion. California passed a law outlawing exemptions after the Disneyland outbreak in 2019.
It is infuriating—no religion is against vaccination. Catholic schools don’t give exemptions because they believe vaccines protect life. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/o...
Opinion | Who Will Prevent More Measles Deaths?
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September 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It is infuriating—no religion is against vaccination. Catholic schools don’t give exemptions because they believe vaccines protect life. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/o...
I deleted the post because I do not want to be misunderstood. The original post was meant to be about decades of under resourcing poor communities and when there are short word counts sometimes you cannot get in all the nuance.
January 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I deleted the post because I do not want to be misunderstood. The original post was meant to be about decades of under resourcing poor communities and when there are short word counts sometimes you cannot get in all the nuance.
I think people have every right to be mad about a ton of stuff health related and I write about it all the time.
January 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I think people have every right to be mad about a ton of stuff health related and I write about it all the time.
Ok so men are in crisis or they’re not? It sounds like they’re doing roughly the same!! Some women are doing poorly and some men are too. I don’t know what you want from me atp
December 9, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Ok so men are in crisis or they’re not? It sounds like they’re doing roughly the same!! Some women are doing poorly and some men are too. I don’t know what you want from me atp
They’re not prioritizing “happiness” they’re prioritizing caregiving— and the gap now is 3 hours a week, not enormous. Women consistently have far less leisure than men do.
December 9, 2024 at 1:02 AM
They’re not prioritizing “happiness” they’re prioritizing caregiving— and the gap now is 3 hours a week, not enormous. Women consistently have far less leisure than men do.
But just looking at education is fine? Men and women in this country are struggling — possibly in different ways. Buy the idea that men are the only ones in crisis is incorrect. Mental health overall among young women is worse, for example.
December 9, 2024 at 12:58 AM
But just looking at education is fine? Men and women in this country are struggling — possibly in different ways. Buy the idea that men are the only ones in crisis is incorrect. Mental health overall among young women is worse, for example.
These stats are based on working the same number of hours — they’re comparing apples to apples.
December 9, 2024 at 12:57 AM
These stats are based on working the same number of hours — they’re comparing apples to apples.
It depends on who you are talking about. Single moms in their teens and 20s are doing very poorly — they tend to be the lowest earners overall. College educated middle and upper class people of both genders are doing well. Men in the bottom ten percent are also doing very poorly.
December 9, 2024 at 12:39 AM
It depends on who you are talking about. Single moms in their teens and 20s are doing very poorly — they tend to be the lowest earners overall. College educated middle and upper class people of both genders are doing well. Men in the bottom ten percent are also doing very poorly.
I don’t object to boys being helped at all — when have I ever said that?? I object to the narrative that girls are all doing great because more of them graduate from college now.
December 8, 2024 at 10:58 PM
I don’t object to boys being helped at all — when have I ever said that?? I object to the narrative that girls are all doing great because more of them graduate from college now.
Again — see the fact that this topic is constantly published in every left leaning magazine and newspaper under the sun. I can’t name one it *hasn’t* appeared in
December 8, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Again — see the fact that this topic is constantly published in every left leaning magazine and newspaper under the sun. I can’t name one it *hasn’t* appeared in