Kate Clancy
@kateclancy.bsky.social
Feminist science professor at the University of Illinois. Obsessed with the uterus, even when it's being shitty. Author of PERIOD: The Real Story of Menstruation, now out on paperback. Up next: PREGNANCY, INTERRUPTED. Settler, queer. 🍉
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Ive League: We are vewwy vewwy scared of the big orange man.
State schools, vaping: NAH.
State schools, vaping: NAH.
Happy to report that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign academic senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution against the federal “compact” all of us in higher ed have been offered, encouraging our administrators to keep opposing it. #MADC www.senate.illinois.edu/2025-2026/20...
www.senate.illinois.edu
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Ive League: We are vewwy vewwy scared of the big orange man.
State schools, vaping: NAH.
State schools, vaping: NAH.
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
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Durbin is trash. Yes, lots of great stuff in the past. Sure he’s a decent guy. But he’s pure trash now. Important to see that the bulk of Team Cave is made up of people who are retiring.
Durbin is a YES on this deal: “At Democrats’ urging, today’s bill is not the same one we’ve voted down 14 times. Republicans finally woke up and realized their Groundhog Day needed to end. This bill is not perfect, but it takes important steps to reduce their shutdown’s hurt.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Durbin is trash. Yes, lots of great stuff in the past. Sure he’s a decent guy. But he’s pure trash now. Important to see that the bulk of Team Cave is made up of people who are retiring.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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Next week, Nov 13 at 4:00pm EST, the @taftcenter.bsky.social welcomes @kateclancy.bsky.social for a discussion of her revolutionary book, Period, which challenges the myths and false assumptions that have long defined the study of the uterus.
Register for this free, in-person event: buff.ly/v50JoXw
Register for this free, in-person event: buff.ly/v50JoXw
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Next week, Nov 13 at 4:00pm EST, the @taftcenter.bsky.social welcomes @kateclancy.bsky.social for a discussion of her revolutionary book, Period, which challenges the myths and false assumptions that have long defined the study of the uterus.
Register for this free, in-person event: buff.ly/v50JoXw
Register for this free, in-person event: buff.ly/v50JoXw
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Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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“He doesn’t have a mandate” are you fucking kidding? Dick Cheney died the day Zohran is elected he has the mandate of HEAVEN
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“He doesn’t have a mandate” are you fucking kidding? Dick Cheney died the day Zohran is elected he has the mandate of HEAVEN
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Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
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I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone
Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
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Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
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Had to share this from twitter just because
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Had to share this from twitter just because
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But let's not take any lessons from his campaign. That would be too smart.
Exit polling at NBC News has Mamdani up FORTY POINTS with
young men (18-29)
young men (18-29)
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
But let's not take any lessons from his campaign. That would be too smart.
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It can often feel like there's a whole lot outside our control.
But if there's any kind of election in your town today, that's a way to make a meaningful difference in your state or local affairs.
But if there's any kind of election in your town today, that's a way to make a meaningful difference in your state or local affairs.
Today I’m voting for school board. Keep the local MAGA out. Keep the ABA teacher with no real information about her out too (IYKYK).
Your local election for boards and judges and funding and so forth really do matter. Go vote!
Your local election for boards and judges and funding and so forth really do matter. Go vote!
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It can often feel like there's a whole lot outside our control.
But if there's any kind of election in your town today, that's a way to make a meaningful difference in your state or local affairs.
But if there's any kind of election in your town today, that's a way to make a meaningful difference in your state or local affairs.
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Cheney was a principal architect of the contemporary US dystopia. Cops rolling around in armored vehicles? Cheney. Immigration black sites? Cheney. Ubiquitous warantless surveillance? Private corporations profiting from war, disaster and incarceration…
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Cheney was a principal architect of the contemporary US dystopia. Cops rolling around in armored vehicles? Cheney. Immigration black sites? Cheney. Ubiquitous warantless surveillance? Private corporations profiting from war, disaster and incarceration…
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It’s truly tragic how many of these US war criminals like Cheney never face justice and die in their peacefully in their homes in their 80s and 90s. I want to be happy he is dead but I am not. The million people he killed didnt get the luxury to die how he did.
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It’s truly tragic how many of these US war criminals like Cheney never face justice and die in their peacefully in their homes in their 80s and 90s. I want to be happy he is dead but I am not. The million people he killed didnt get the luxury to die how he did.
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Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
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especially enraging because of course there is absolutely nothing wrong with using an autopen, but there is in fact something wrong with pardoning someone as a quid pro quo and not even knowing who it is.
also what the fuck with the ridiculous hat.
also what the fuck with the ridiculous hat.
COLLINS: But the argument from Republicans is that Biden used an autopen for pardons and didn't know who he was pardoning. Trump is openly saying he did not know who he was pardoning.
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: He said it was recommended to him. He gets a lot of recommendations. He pardons a lot of people.
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: He said it was recommended to him. He gets a lot of recommendations. He pardons a lot of people.
November 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
especially enraging because of course there is absolutely nothing wrong with using an autopen, but there is in fact something wrong with pardoning someone as a quid pro quo and not even knowing who it is.
also what the fuck with the ridiculous hat.
also what the fuck with the ridiculous hat.
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A name tag on Boston police officers might seem like a small change. But Mayor Michelle Wu said it's especially important now, given the prevalence of masked federal agents conducting immigration enforcement.
Boston police officers will now wear name tags under new contract extension
A name tag on Boston police officers might seem like a small change. But Mayor Michelle Wu said it's especially important now, given the prevalence of masked federal agents conducting immigration enfo...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A name tag on Boston police officers might seem like a small change. But Mayor Michelle Wu said it's especially important now, given the prevalence of masked federal agents conducting immigration enforcement.
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I'm an optimist on journalism's future, but efforts by Dems to confuse people about what's a trustworthy source of information and what isn't are an anchor around the neck of our industry.
TikTok has been a better source on the broad outlines of the Israel/Palestine conflict than legacy US media.
TikTok has been a better source on the broad outlines of the Israel/Palestine conflict than legacy US media.
What Hillary is saying here is a conspiracy theory and not even a tame, silly one, but a whopper. A more balefully consequential and widespread one than e.g. Trump complaining that the media lied about his crowds being big.
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I'm an optimist on journalism's future, but efforts by Dems to confuse people about what's a trustworthy source of information and what isn't are an anchor around the neck of our industry.
TikTok has been a better source on the broad outlines of the Israel/Palestine conflict than legacy US media.
TikTok has been a better source on the broad outlines of the Israel/Palestine conflict than legacy US media.
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Teen Rogue is perfect. Incredible. Actual genius.
They have to do this. (I'd prefer a co-op model, personally, not someone monied hiring everyone)
They have to do this. (I'd prefer a co-op model, personally, not someone monied hiring everyone)
hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Teen Rogue is perfect. Incredible. Actual genius.
They have to do this. (I'd prefer a co-op model, personally, not someone monied hiring everyone)
They have to do this. (I'd prefer a co-op model, personally, not someone monied hiring everyone)