Kim Krawiec
@kimkrawiec.bsky.social
Law Prof, University of Virginia. Taboo and repugnant markets, contracts, business law. Host of the Taboo Trades podcast https://tabootrades.buzzsprout.com https://www.law.virginia.edu/faculty/profile/kdk4q/1181653
She Was Ready to Have Her 15th Child. Then Came the Felony Charges. A must read! “What makes a woman a mother? MaryBeth’s case became a legal quagmire in part because everyone involved had a different answer — and visceral reaction — to that deceptively simple human question.”
She Was Ready to Have Her 15th Child. Then Came the Felony Charges.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
She Was Ready to Have Her 15th Child. Then Came the Felony Charges. A must read! “What makes a woman a mother? MaryBeth’s case became a legal quagmire in part because everyone involved had a different answer — and visceral reaction — to that deceptively simple human question.”
The latest Taboo and Repugnant Recap looks at:
🫀 Pushback on the NYT’s controversial reporting about organ donation
🐄 Jeff Skopek on “Created to Be Killed”
🩸 A UVA Law profile on repugnant transactions
Read the week’s roundup: open.substack.com/pub/kimberly...
🫀 Pushback on the NYT’s controversial reporting about organ donation
🐄 Jeff Skopek on “Created to Be Killed”
🩸 A UVA Law profile on repugnant transactions
Read the week’s roundup: open.substack.com/pub/kimberly...
Weekly Recap
Thoughts on taboo trades, repugnant markets, and academia this week
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November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The latest Taboo and Repugnant Recap looks at:
🫀 Pushback on the NYT’s controversial reporting about organ donation
🐄 Jeff Skopek on “Created to Be Killed”
🩸 A UVA Law profile on repugnant transactions
Read the week’s roundup: open.substack.com/pub/kimberly...
🫀 Pushback on the NYT’s controversial reporting about organ donation
🐄 Jeff Skopek on “Created to Be Killed”
🩸 A UVA Law profile on repugnant transactions
Read the week’s roundup: open.substack.com/pub/kimberly...
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A spicy exchange in Transplantation, via @alroth.bsky.social. marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/are-...
As Roth states: "a paper by three veteran (non-Indian) transplant professionals who have headed large organizations expressed repugnance for the volume of transplants in India, 1/8
A spicy exchange in Transplantation, via @alroth.bsky.social. marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/are-...
As Roth states: "a paper by three veteran (non-Indian) transplant professionals who have headed large organizations expressed repugnance for the volume of transplants in India, 1/8
marketdesigner.blogspot.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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A spicy exchange in Transplantation, via @alroth.bsky.social. marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/are-...
As Roth states: "a paper by three veteran (non-Indian) transplant professionals who have headed large organizations expressed repugnance for the volume of transplants in India, 1/8
A spicy exchange in Transplantation, via @alroth.bsky.social. marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/are-...
As Roth states: "a paper by three veteran (non-Indian) transplant professionals who have headed large organizations expressed repugnance for the volume of transplants in India, 1/8
Courts often treat cohabitants’ contributions as gifts, not contracts.
Emily Stolzenberg argues this misreads human behavior—and leaves millions without remedies.
Hear her on Taboo Trades:
🔗 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Emily Stolzenberg argues this misreads human behavior—and leaves millions without remedies.
Hear her on Taboo Trades:
🔗 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
The Law of Intimate Obligations with Emily Stolzenberg - Taboo Trades
My guest today is Emily Stolzenberg, an Associate Professor of Law and Reuschlein Emerging Scholar at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law. Her research focuses on conflicts between…
www.buzzsprout.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Courts often treat cohabitants’ contributions as gifts, not contracts.
Emily Stolzenberg argues this misreads human behavior—and leaves millions without remedies.
Hear her on Taboo Trades:
🔗 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Emily Stolzenberg argues this misreads human behavior—and leaves millions without remedies.
Hear her on Taboo Trades:
🔗 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Reposted by Kim Krawiec
When love and law collide: What happens when unmarried partners split after years of shared lives and finances—but no legal status?
Emily Stolzenberg joins Taboo Trades to propose a private law of intimate obligations.
🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Emily Stolzenberg joins Taboo Trades to propose a private law of intimate obligations.
🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
The Law of Intimate Obligations with Emily Stolzenberg - Taboo Trades
My guest today is Emily Stolzenberg, an Associate Professor of Law and Reuschlein Emerging Scholar at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law. Her research focuses on conflicts between…
www.buzzsprout.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
When love and law collide: What happens when unmarried partners split after years of shared lives and finances—but no legal status?
Emily Stolzenberg joins Taboo Trades to propose a private law of intimate obligations.
🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Emily Stolzenberg joins Taboo Trades to propose a private law of intimate obligations.
🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
When love and law collide: What happens when unmarried partners split after years of shared lives and finances—but no legal status?
Emily Stolzenberg joins Taboo Trades to propose a private law of intimate obligations.
🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Emily Stolzenberg joins Taboo Trades to propose a private law of intimate obligations.
🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
The Law of Intimate Obligations with Emily Stolzenberg - Taboo Trades
My guest today is Emily Stolzenberg, an Associate Professor of Law and Reuschlein Emerging Scholar at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law. Her research focuses on conflicts between…
www.buzzsprout.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
When love and law collide: What happens when unmarried partners split after years of shared lives and finances—but no legal status?
Emily Stolzenberg joins Taboo Trades to propose a private law of intimate obligations.
🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Emily Stolzenberg joins Taboo Trades to propose a private law of intimate obligations.
🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Reposted by Kim Krawiec
From separate spheres to shared economies: Emily Stolzenberg on how private law can better reflect modern intimacy and interdependence.
New on the Taboo Trades podcast:
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis... w/ @uvalaw.bsky.social 3Ls Catherine Hu & Reide Petty
New on the Taboo Trades podcast:
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis... w/ @uvalaw.bsky.social 3Ls Catherine Hu & Reide Petty
The Law of Intimate Obligations with Emily Stolzenberg - Taboo Trades
My guest today is Emily Stolzenberg, an Associate Professor of Law and Reuschlein Emerging Scholar at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law. Her research focuses on conflicts between ind...
www.buzzsprout.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From separate spheres to shared economies: Emily Stolzenberg on how private law can better reflect modern intimacy and interdependence.
New on the Taboo Trades podcast:
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis... w/ @uvalaw.bsky.social 3Ls Catherine Hu & Reide Petty
New on the Taboo Trades podcast:
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis... w/ @uvalaw.bsky.social 3Ls Catherine Hu & Reide Petty
Reposted by Kim Krawiec
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Over the past decade, sovereign green bonds have gone from curiosity to commonplace. 🌍💶
Since Poland’s 2016 debut, >30 governments have issued debt labelled as “green.” But do these bonds actually lower borrowing costs?
@gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-hcgs.bsky.social
Over the past decade, sovereign green bonds have gone from curiosity to commonplace. 🌍💶
Since Poland’s 2016 debut, >30 governments have issued debt labelled as “green.” But do these bonds actually lower borrowing costs?
@gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-hcgs.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Over the past decade, sovereign green bonds have gone from curiosity to commonplace. 🌍💶
Since Poland’s 2016 debut, >30 governments have issued debt labelled as “green.” But do these bonds actually lower borrowing costs?
@gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-hcgs.bsky.social
Over the past decade, sovereign green bonds have gone from curiosity to commonplace. 🌍💶
Since Poland’s 2016 debut, >30 governments have issued debt labelled as “green.” But do these bonds actually lower borrowing costs?
@gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-hcgs.bsky.social
“It may be a long shot, but my hope is we can reach some consensus to replace the longstanding dogma that countries should be self-sufficient in transplantation.”
There's some chance that something quite exciting could happen at the first day of this conference on Wednesday...
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/inte...
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/inte...
International Transplant Week in Egypt, 2025
marketdesigner.blogspot.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“It may be a long shot, but my hope is we can reach some consensus to replace the longstanding dogma that countries should be self-sufficient in transplantation.”
Reposted by Kim Krawiec
I gave the closing keynote at posit::conf in September and it's available to watch. When you find yourself giving a talk with a little tiny microphone stuck to the side of your head you have to ask yourself some hard questions, but the talk was partly about that.
youtu.be/ZamPCbvBAgE
youtu.be/ZamPCbvBAgE
Trustworthy Data Visualization (Kieran Healy, Duke University) | posit::conf(2025)
YouTube video by Posit PBC
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I gave the closing keynote at posit::conf in September and it's available to watch. When you find yourself giving a talk with a little tiny microphone stuck to the side of your head you have to ask yourself some hard questions, but the talk was partly about that.
youtu.be/ZamPCbvBAgE
youtu.be/ZamPCbvBAgE
From separate spheres to shared economies: Emily Stolzenberg on how private law can better reflect modern intimacy and interdependence.
New on the Taboo Trades podcast:
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis... w/ @uvalaw.bsky.social 3Ls Catherine Hu & Reide Petty
New on the Taboo Trades podcast:
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis... w/ @uvalaw.bsky.social 3Ls Catherine Hu & Reide Petty
The Law of Intimate Obligations with Emily Stolzenberg - Taboo Trades
My guest today is Emily Stolzenberg, an Associate Professor of Law and Reuschlein Emerging Scholar at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law. Her research focuses on conflicts between ind...
www.buzzsprout.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From separate spheres to shared economies: Emily Stolzenberg on how private law can better reflect modern intimacy and interdependence.
New on the Taboo Trades podcast:
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis... w/ @uvalaw.bsky.social 3Ls Catherine Hu & Reide Petty
New on the Taboo Trades podcast:
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis... w/ @uvalaw.bsky.social 3Ls Catherine Hu & Reide Petty
“Is eating cows good for cows?” The claim sounds absurd, yet has serious defenders in moral philosophy. Skopek dissects this argument with nuance and rigor in a conversation that will stay with you long after the episode ends.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Created To Be Killed with Jeff Skopek - Taboo Trades
My guest today is Jeff Skopek, a Professor of Law and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences at the University of Cambridge. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School…
www.buzzsprout.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“Is eating cows good for cows?” The claim sounds absurd, yet has serious defenders in moral philosophy. Skopek dissects this argument with nuance and rigor in a conversation that will stay with you long after the episode ends.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Reposted by Kim Krawiec
Factory farming is an urgent moral crisis—but Skopek tackles a different question: even in an ideal world where animals lived good lives, could killing them for food ever be justified? This episode pushes beyond standard arguments in animal ethics.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Created To Be Killed with Jeff Skopek - Taboo Trades
My guest today is Jeff Skopek, a Professor of Law and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences at the University of Cambridge. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School…
www.buzzsprout.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Factory farming is an urgent moral crisis—but Skopek tackles a different question: even in an ideal world where animals lived good lives, could killing them for food ever be justified? This episode pushes beyond standard arguments in animal ethics.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Factory farming is an urgent moral crisis—but Skopek tackles a different question: even in an ideal world where animals lived good lives, could killing them for food ever be justified? This episode pushes beyond standard arguments in animal ethics.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Created To Be Killed with Jeff Skopek - Taboo Trades
My guest today is Jeff Skopek, a Professor of Law and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences at the University of Cambridge. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School…
www.buzzsprout.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Factory farming is an urgent moral crisis—but Skopek tackles a different question: even in an ideal world where animals lived good lives, could killing them for food ever be justified? This episode pushes beyond standard arguments in animal ethics.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Reposted by Kim Krawiec
Via Frank McCormick, this piece argues that the recent NY Times reporting on deceased donation debacles is misleading: Misinformation About the End of Life Is Harming Organ Donation undark.org/2025/10/23/o...
Misinformation About the End of Life Is Harming Organ Donation
Opinion | Concerns about patient safety have turned into alarmism. To save lives, news outlets must set the record straight.
undark.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Via Frank McCormick, this piece argues that the recent NY Times reporting on deceased donation debacles is misleading: Misinformation About the End of Life Is Harming Organ Donation undark.org/2025/10/23/o...
Reposted by Kim Krawiec
What if animals were genetically engineered so they couldn’t feel pain? Would that make harming or killing them ethically acceptable? Jeff Skopek explores the implications of “disenhancing” animals and why the answer is far from obvious.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Created To Be Killed with Jeff Skopek - Taboo Trades
My guest today is Jeff Skopek, a Professor of Law and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences at the University of Cambridge. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School…
www.buzzsprout.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What if animals were genetically engineered so they couldn’t feel pain? Would that make harming or killing them ethically acceptable? Jeff Skopek explores the implications of “disenhancing” animals and why the answer is far from obvious.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Reposted by Kim Krawiec
I would *absolutely* vote for the camels one and the goat meat one ...
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I would *absolutely* vote for the camels one and the goat meat one ...
What if animals were genetically engineered so they couldn’t feel pain? Would that make harming or killing them ethically acceptable? Jeff Skopek explores the implications of “disenhancing” animals and why the answer is far from obvious.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Created To Be Killed with Jeff Skopek - Taboo Trades
My guest today is Jeff Skopek, a Professor of Law and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences at the University of Cambridge. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School…
www.buzzsprout.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What if animals were genetically engineered so they couldn’t feel pain? Would that make harming or killing them ethically acceptable? Jeff Skopek explores the implications of “disenhancing” animals and why the answer is far from obvious.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
A door-to-door salesperson for some internet service literally just asked “when will your husband be home b/c he probably handles all that”. Does this guy just want the door slammed in his face? Who trains these people? (Not helped by fact that my partner can barely use email)
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A door-to-door salesperson for some internet service literally just asked “when will your husband be home b/c he probably handles all that”. Does this guy just want the door slammed in his face? Who trains these people? (Not helped by fact that my partner can barely use email)
Via Frank McCormick, this piece argues that the recent NY Times reporting on deceased donation debacles is misleading: Misinformation About the End of Life Is Harming Organ Donation undark.org/2025/10/23/o...
Misinformation About the End of Life Is Harming Organ Donation
Opinion | Concerns about patient safety have turned into alarmism. To save lives, news outlets must set the record straight.
undark.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Via Frank McCormick, this piece argues that the recent NY Times reporting on deceased donation debacles is misleading: Misinformation About the End of Life Is Harming Organ Donation undark.org/2025/10/23/o...
The episode raises a challenging tension: vegetarianism reduces suffering, yet may also mean fewer happy animals come into existence. How should we weigh suffering against existence itself? If you care about animal ethics, this discussion is essential.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Created To Be Killed with Jeff Skopek - Taboo Trades
My guest today is Jeff Skopek, a Professor of Law and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences at the University of Cambridge. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School…
www.buzzsprout.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The episode raises a challenging tension: vegetarianism reduces suffering, yet may also mean fewer happy animals come into existence. How should we weigh suffering against existence itself? If you care about animal ethics, this discussion is essential.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Reposted by Kim Krawiec
Is bringing an animal into existence for the purpose of killing it ever “good for the animal”? This week’s Taboo Trades episode with Jeff Skopek examines one of the most unsettling arguments in animal ethics: the “created to be killed” justification.
🎧 Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Created To Be Killed with Jeff Skopek - Taboo Trades
My guest today is Jeff Skopek, a Professor of Law and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences at the University of Cambridge. He holds a J.D.&nb...
www.buzzsprout.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Is bringing an animal into existence for the purpose of killing it ever “good for the animal”? This week’s Taboo Trades episode with Jeff Skopek examines one of the most unsettling arguments in animal ethics: the “created to be killed” justification.
🎧 Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Reposted by Kim Krawiec
Should we evaluate ethical questions about meat and animal research at the level of the individual animal—or the species? Jeff Skopek joins Taboo Trades to unpack whether species can have interests at all, and why that matters for how we justify harm.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
Created To Be Killed with Jeff Skopek - Taboo Trades
My guest today is Jeff Skopek, a Professor of Law and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences at the University of Cambridge. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School…
www.buzzsprout.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Should we evaluate ethical questions about meat and animal research at the level of the individual animal—or the species? Jeff Skopek joins Taboo Trades to unpack whether species can have interests at all, and why that matters for how we justify harm.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1227113/epis...