Kerry MacQuarrie
@kerrymacqua.bsky.social
Demographer. Sociologist. Health and rights advocate. Opinionated woman. she/her/Dr.
Being at ICFP last week was a roller coaster of emotions--simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking.
I had the chance to present new research with Julia Fleuret on informed choice for contraceptive use among women with disabilities. Take a look here.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
I had the chance to present new research with Julia Fleuret on informed choice for contraceptive use among women with disabilities. Take a look here.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Abstract ICFP20256221. Women with Disabilities, Contraceptive Use, and Informed Choice in Nine Countries
PDF | Background/Significance Principles of equity demand that women with disabilities be afforded the same reproductive rights and opportunity to... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
www.researchgate.net
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Being at ICFP last week was a roller coaster of emotions--simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking.
I had the chance to present new research with Julia Fleuret on informed choice for contraceptive use among women with disabilities. Take a look here.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
I had the chance to present new research with Julia Fleuret on informed choice for contraceptive use among women with disabilities. Take a look here.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
While at ICFP last week, I presented new work with @jeffedm.bsky.social on links between contraceptive use and decision-making and better mental health outcomes in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Mozambique. Take a look!
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Abstract ICFP20255614. Reproductive Control and Mental Health: Is Contraceptive Use Associated with Less Anxiety and Depression in Three Low-and Middle-Income Countries?
PDF | Background/Significance The empirical evidence regarding how reproductive health and mental health impact one another is slim, particularly in... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
www.researchgate.net
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
While at ICFP last week, I presented new work with @jeffedm.bsky.social on links between contraceptive use and decision-making and better mental health outcomes in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Mozambique. Take a look!
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Interesting analysis!
PS. This type of work will not be possible 5 years from now unless we save the DHS now.
PS. This type of work will not be possible 5 years from now unless we save the DHS now.
New paper out in Population and Development Review:
We explore how the influence of grandparental co-residence on grandchildren’s nutrition varies across Africa’s diverse demographic and health contexts 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1111/padr...
We explore how the influence of grandparental co-residence on grandchildren’s nutrition varies across Africa’s diverse demographic and health contexts 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1111/padr...
<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library
In many modern populations, grandparents are increasingly becoming the primary caregivers of their grandchildren. This phenomenon has renewed interest in the role that grandparents play in within-fam...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Interesting analysis!
PS. This type of work will not be possible 5 years from now unless we save the DHS now.
PS. This type of work will not be possible 5 years from now unless we save the DHS now.
Spread the word. This may be even more important this year than usual.
🥶 As temperatures drop, you may be eligible to receive help with heating costs.
Applications are accepted through Nov. 14.
Learn about the Crisis Assistance program https://ow.ly/uE3g50Xo1p2
Applications are accepted through Nov. 14.
Learn about the Crisis Assistance program https://ow.ly/uE3g50Xo1p2
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Spread the word. This may be even more important this year than usual.
There are many reasons to love local reporting and news service. This headline is but one.
www.ffxnow.com/2025/11/04/m...
www.ffxnow.com/2025/11/04/m...
McLean resident who helped engineer invasion of Iraq dies at 84 | FFXnow
Longtime McLean resident and former vice president Dick Cheney has died, leaving behind a legacy largely defined by his advocacy for the U.S.'s invasion of Iraq and expansion of the surveillance state...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There are many reasons to love local reporting and news service. This headline is but one.
www.ffxnow.com/2025/11/04/m...
www.ffxnow.com/2025/11/04/m...
Are you at ICFP 2025? Join me today as I present on Women with Disabilities, Contraceptive Use, and Informed Choice in Nine Countries at a session on SRHR for persons with disabilities at 10:20!
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Are you at ICFP 2025? Join me today as I present on Women with Disabilities, Contraceptive Use, and Informed Choice in Nine Countries at a session on SRHR for persons with disabilities at 10:20!
Wait until my son learns his cousins are, in fact, MY cousins’ kids. I’ll lose his vote for sure.
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Wait until my son learns his cousins are, in fact, MY cousins’ kids. I’ll lose his vote for sure.
October 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Some pluses and minuses to this approach. Hopeful!
This is so exciting! The German National Library of Medicine @zbmed.bsky.social just had its first open meeting on the plan for an open & independent PubMed safety net. Here's my write-up @plos.org on the meeting & how institutions & others can help absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...
#MedLibs
#MedLibs
Germany's Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net - Absolutely Maybe
A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Some pluses and minuses to this approach. Hopeful!
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"The Wish programme can empower women and give them a rare chance to make a decision about their body and life, he says. “That’s not something exotic. It’s not a luxury. It’s a necessity … if they make this cut, they are cutting a necessity.”" www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Not a luxury, a necessity‘: how aid cuts to birth control harm Senegal’s women
‘The women here are warriors,’ says a midwife in Joal, and contraception is key to their health and life chances. But now UK and US aid cuts threaten to undo years of progress
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
"The Wish programme can empower women and give them a rare chance to make a decision about their body and life, he says. “That’s not something exotic. It’s not a luxury. It’s a necessity … if they make this cut, they are cutting a necessity.”" www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
I admit it. It’s possible, maybe, that I got a little too excited about introducing reference management software to my 10th grader today…
October 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I admit it. It’s possible, maybe, that I got a little too excited about introducing reference management software to my 10th grader today…
Reposted by Kerry MacQuarrie
A man fleeing ICE agents ran out onto a busy highway and was struck and killed in Virginia, authorities say.
Man was fatally hit by vehicle while fleeing ICE on Virginia highway, officials say
A preliminary investigation indicated that the man was fleeing a pursuit by ICE when he left his car and attempted to cross the interstate, Virginia State Police said.
nbcnews.to
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A man fleeing ICE agents ran out onto a busy highway and was struck and killed in Virginia, authorities say.
Don’t let this go unnoticed.
A man was killed on a busy Virginia highway this week after running into the road while fleeing ICE agents, officials said.
The police identified the man as Jose Castro-Rivera, a 24-year-old from Honduras.
The police identified the man as Jose Castro-Rivera, a 24-year-old from Honduras.
Man dies in crash on Virginia’s I-264 highway while fleeing ICE agents
A Honduran man was hit by a pickup truck as he tried to cross the highway after being stopped by ICE agents, DHS and Virginia State Police said.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Don’t let this go unnoticed.
You know, America, this could be done with a few tweaks to tax law too. Less disruptively.
So, the shutdown is getting billionaires to give the federal government money voluntarily? Excellent.
Trump: "By the way, a friend of mine called us the other day and he said 'I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have with the military.' Today, he sent us a check for $130 million. It's gonna go the military."
October 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
You know, America, this could be done with a few tweaks to tax law too. Less disruptively.
Aw shit! So disappointed to learn of this.
McDonald's demolishes 33-year-old Hall's Hill mural depicting Black history
McDonald’s demolishes 33-year-old Hall’s Hill mural depicting Black history | ARLnow.com
McDonald's has torn down a decades-old mural depicting local Black history while replacing a location in Hall's Hill. The fast food chain, which has demolished its former burger joint at 4834 Langston...
www.arlnow.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Aw shit! So disappointed to learn of this.
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The U.S. passport has fallen out of the top 10 most powerful passports globally for the first time in 20 years.
The American passport is now in 12th spot, tied with Malaysia. A decade ago, the U.S. passport topped the index.
The American passport is now in 12th spot, tied with Malaysia. A decade ago, the U.S. passport topped the index.
U.S. falls out of top 10 on list of the world’s most powerful passports
The U.S. is now in the 12th spot — it was first a decade ago. The index ranks how many destinations a passport holder can visit without needing a visa.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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This administration’s willful and wholesale destruction of our data infrastructure is astounding.
October 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This administration’s willful and wholesale destruction of our data infrastructure is astounding.
Spread this call far and wide!
Editors invite papers that engage in assessment and critique of Northern theoretical approaches OR offer fresh theoretical approaches from the Global South. Deadline Dec. 15! ow.ly/txyq50Wq9qz
October 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Spread this call far and wide!
Reposted by Kerry MacQuarrie
NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:
ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.
Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:
MMWR is so important! I hope all of these RIFs are successfully challenged in court.
RIFed:
Office of Science (OS) - MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
MMWR is crucial to quickly disseminate info about infectious disease.
Like the famous MMWR in 1981 about an outbreak of pneumocystis pneumonia among gay men in LA. That was the first mention of what is now known as AIDS
Office of Science (OS) - MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
MMWR is crucial to quickly disseminate info about infectious disease.
Like the famous MMWR in 1981 about an outbreak of pneumocystis pneumonia among gay men in LA. That was the first mention of what is now known as AIDS
June 5, 1981—The First Report of AIDS in the U.S.
By Erika Mills ~ In the June 5, 1981 edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the CDC described a rare lung infection among a group of gay men in Los Angeles. This article, titl…
circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov
October 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
MMWR is so important! I hope all of these RIFs are successfully challenged in court.
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“Authoritarianism is as American as slavery, as internment camps, as police brutality, as voter suppression. To fight it, white people have to stop pretending government oppression arrived overnight and start dismantling the systems that have been incubating it all along.”
White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion
Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.
buff.ly
October 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Authoritarianism is as American as slavery, as internment camps, as police brutality, as voter suppression. To fight it, white people have to stop pretending government oppression arrived overnight and start dismantling the systems that have been incubating it all along.”
Reposted by Kerry MacQuarrie
We are building a new pop center at UofT and will hold our first mini-conference on Nov 6 - come join us!!
Exhibit 1: amazing speaker line-up - featuring friends around the world to discuss why demography/pop center matters! 🤓
Exhibit 2: the iconic castle where this conference will take place 🏰 ✨
Exhibit 1: amazing speaker line-up - featuring friends around the world to discuss why demography/pop center matters! 🤓
Exhibit 2: the iconic castle where this conference will take place 🏰 ✨
October 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We are building a new pop center at UofT and will hold our first mini-conference on Nov 6 - come join us!!
Exhibit 1: amazing speaker line-up - featuring friends around the world to discuss why demography/pop center matters! 🤓
Exhibit 2: the iconic castle where this conference will take place 🏰 ✨
Exhibit 1: amazing speaker line-up - featuring friends around the world to discuss why demography/pop center matters! 🤓
Exhibit 2: the iconic castle where this conference will take place 🏰 ✨
Reposted by Kerry MacQuarrie
While the recent interim funding by the Gates Foundation for the DHS Program buys time for data collection of selected surveys and data availability, many countries don't benefit and the future of new surveys remains uncertain. Read the updated version of our preprint that got 1,000+ views now here:
October 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
While the recent interim funding by the Gates Foundation for the DHS Program buys time for data collection of selected surveys and data availability, many countries don't benefit and the future of new surveys remains uncertain. Read the updated version of our preprint that got 1,000+ views now here:
Reposted by Kerry MacQuarrie
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
Reposted by Kerry MacQuarrie
An irony of GOP/MAGA's attacks on university sector is that, structurally, it's as close to a "free market" as you'll find in US.
There are 1000s of universities, mostly operating independently.
Unlike tech sector (or coal, oil/gas, eyeglasses, etc), market concentration is incredibly low.
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There are 1000s of universities, mostly operating independently.
Unlike tech sector (or coal, oil/gas, eyeglasses, etc), market concentration is incredibly low.
1/4
October 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
An irony of GOP/MAGA's attacks on university sector is that, structurally, it's as close to a "free market" as you'll find in US.
There are 1000s of universities, mostly operating independently.
Unlike tech sector (or coal, oil/gas, eyeglasses, etc), market concentration is incredibly low.
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There are 1000s of universities, mostly operating independently.
Unlike tech sector (or coal, oil/gas, eyeglasses, etc), market concentration is incredibly low.
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