@passer1ne.bsky.social
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Looking for a book to buy someone for the holidays? My book Coverage Denied isn't out yet but it's available for pre-order and would make a great gift for someone who wants to learn more about health care barriers in the US-- how we got here, and a path forward. www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
Coverage Denied | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Looking for a book to buy someone for the holidays? My book Coverage Denied isn't out yet but it's available for pre-order and would make a great gift for someone who wants to learn more about health care barriers in the US-- how we got here, and a path forward. www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
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New article! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Every miscarriage is a work accident”: Theorising miscarriage through a labour lens
This article explores the potentials of a materialist approach to miscarriage, taking Silvia Federici's provocation that ‘every miscarriage is a work …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
New article! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Read more about "the twin baby boom" here: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
December 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Read more about "the twin baby boom" here: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
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Miscarriage as a Feminist Issue: A Conversation Between Cheryl Furjanic and Victoria Browne
www.feministfutures.org/feminist-fut...
@miscarriageproject.bsky.social
www.feministfutures.org/feminist-fut...
@miscarriageproject.bsky.social
Feminist Futures - Miscarriage as a Feminist Issue
www.feministfutures.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Miscarriage as a Feminist Issue: A Conversation Between Cheryl Furjanic and Victoria Browne
www.feministfutures.org/feminist-fut...
@miscarriageproject.bsky.social
www.feministfutures.org/feminist-fut...
@miscarriageproject.bsky.social
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When the hospital becomes an option again: a qualitative analysis of women’s and their partners’ experiences with a designated clinic for women who request different care than recommended in the guidelines
Marene Dimmendaal, Floor Opdam, Jeroen van Dillen, et al
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Marene Dimmendaal, Floor Opdam, Jeroen van Dillen, et al
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
When the hospital becomes an option again: a qualitative analysis of women’s and their partners’ experiences with a designated clinic for women who request different care than recommended in the guide...
Background Increasingly, women with high-risk pregnancies or previous traumatic birth experiences decline care recommendations or seek alternatives because they feel that current maternity care servic...
link.springer.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
When the hospital becomes an option again: a qualitative analysis of women’s and their partners’ experiences with a designated clinic for women who request different care than recommended in the guidelines
Marene Dimmendaal, Floor Opdam, Jeroen van Dillen, et al
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Marene Dimmendaal, Floor Opdam, Jeroen van Dillen, et al
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ‘If men gave birth maternity hospitals would be palaces and we’d get three years off’
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ‘If men gave birth maternity hospitals would be palaces and we’d get three years off’
Ó Ríordáin’s youngest daughter Róisín was born prematurely a few days ago at 26 weeks’ gestation
www.irishtimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ‘If men gave birth maternity hospitals would be palaces and we’d get three years off’
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We are thrilled to announce our latest episode of the New Books in Women's History Podcast. @lcargin.bsky.social spoke with @ayahnerd.bsky.social,
@lmansley.bsky.social, and and @sarahbelle721.bsky.social
about the new Nursing Clio Reader!
Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-nursing-...
@lmansley.bsky.social, and and @sarahbelle721.bsky.social
about the new Nursing Clio Reader!
Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-nursing-...
December 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We are thrilled to announce our latest episode of the New Books in Women's History Podcast. @lcargin.bsky.social spoke with @ayahnerd.bsky.social,
@lmansley.bsky.social, and and @sarahbelle721.bsky.social
about the new Nursing Clio Reader!
Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-nursing-...
@lmansley.bsky.social, and and @sarahbelle721.bsky.social
about the new Nursing Clio Reader!
Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-nursing-...
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The Men Obsessed With Optimizing Their Sperm www.thecut.com/article/men-...
The Men Obsessed With Optimizing Their Sperm
Convinced we’re facing a male-fertility crisis, they’re taking prenatals, avoiding plastics, and putting EMF blockers on their phones.
www.thecut.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The Men Obsessed With Optimizing Their Sperm www.thecut.com/article/men-...
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An important call to save sociology!
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
An important call to save sociology!
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@neillewisjr.bsky.social’s commentary is a gem within @jhppl.bsky.social’s special issue “Public Health Under Siege”, in advance view now.
Equity has always been central to public health, even when forces push it aside. @neillewisjr.bsky.social reminds us to not just defend equity but dream boldly and work together to center justice, listen to communities, and challenge structural racism. Read more:
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
The Importance of Dreaming About (and Mobilizing to Create) Equitable Futures | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
December 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@neillewisjr.bsky.social’s commentary is a gem within @jhppl.bsky.social’s special issue “Public Health Under Siege”, in advance view now.
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“Trans studies is in...dialogue with processes of decolonization, of racial justice, of anti–global capitalism... it becomes a part of an overthrowing...of how these...pernicious systems of power root themselves in our flesh.” - Susan Stryker
Check out this Ask A Feminist Episode on Trans Feminisms!
Check out this Ask A Feminist Episode on Trans Feminisms!
Ask a Feminist: Susan Stryker discusses Trans Studies, Trans Feminism, and a More Trans Future with V Varun Chaudhry
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signsjournal.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“Trans studies is in...dialogue with processes of decolonization, of racial justice, of anti–global capitalism... it becomes a part of an overthrowing...of how these...pernicious systems of power root themselves in our flesh.” - Susan Stryker
Check out this Ask A Feminist Episode on Trans Feminisms!
Check out this Ask A Feminist Episode on Trans Feminisms!
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I only put one 2025 book on my grad readings list this semester but it was a favorite of many students’— @drlmmurillo.bsky.social Fighting for Control, 30% off at @uncpress.bsky.social
uncpress.org/978146968259...
uncpress.org/978146968259...
Fighting for Control
The first birth control clinic in El Paso, Texas, opened in 1937. Since then, Mexican-origin women living in the border cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez ...
uncpress.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I only put one 2025 book on my grad readings list this semester but it was a favorite of many students’— @drlmmurillo.bsky.social Fighting for Control, 30% off at @uncpress.bsky.social
uncpress.org/978146968259...
uncpress.org/978146968259...
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"GODS IN THE WORLD is a tremendously generative and engaging piece of ethnographic writing that provokes as many new questions as it aims to resolve." —Brian K. Pennington, Reading Religion
Gods in the World - Reading Religion
In the north Indian state of Uttarakhand, in the Central Himalayas, Hindu deities are ever present in the lives of devotees. Through ritual practices of plac...
buff.ly
December 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"GODS IN THE WORLD is a tremendously generative and engaging piece of ethnographic writing that provokes as many new questions as it aims to resolve." —Brian K. Pennington, Reading Religion
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A study in Communications Medicine shows that 12.9% of people routinely attained adequate sleep and physical activity and found that the effects of sleep on physical activity the following day were larger than the reverse. go.nature.com/4a7Dfoy #medsky 🧪
December 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A study in Communications Medicine shows that 12.9% of people routinely attained adequate sleep and physical activity and found that the effects of sleep on physical activity the following day were larger than the reverse. go.nature.com/4a7Dfoy #medsky 🧪
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🌸Fertility challenges can bring a lot of emotional stress⚡. Dillard et al. found that women who tend to be more mindful often experience less anxiety, depression, and fertility-related distress. To find out more check out the link below!
econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...
#ejhp #fertility
econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...
#ejhp #fertility
December 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🌸Fertility challenges can bring a lot of emotional stress⚡. Dillard et al. found that women who tend to be more mindful often experience less anxiety, depression, and fertility-related distress. To find out more check out the link below!
econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...
#ejhp #fertility
econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...
#ejhp #fertility
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Given rapidly aging populations, rising childlessness & reduced kinship ties across Asia, how to build societal systems where older persons can age well? Drawing on her years of research, Bussarawan “Puk” Teerawichitchainan outlined elements of a conceptual framework during her CASBS fellows seminar
December 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Given rapidly aging populations, rising childlessness & reduced kinship ties across Asia, how to build societal systems where older persons can age well? Drawing on her years of research, Bussarawan “Puk” Teerawichitchainan outlined elements of a conceptual framework during her CASBS fellows seminar
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This is an excellent piece: embryo selection isn’t necessarily eugenics but the founder of Herasight is openly advocating for eugenics, largely without pushback from academics or academic societies
I wrote about the bizarre case of Herasight, the embryo selection company going all in on eugenics.
Embryo selection company Herasight goes all in on eugenics
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open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is an excellent piece: embryo selection isn’t necessarily eugenics but the founder of Herasight is openly advocating for eugenics, largely without pushback from academics or academic societies
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Can a positive outlook really help you live longer?
Professor Jolanta Burke, RCSI Centre for Positive Health Sciences, discusses the evidence and provides tips on how to manage stress and anger levels for longevity.
Read the article in @theconversation.com ⬇️ theconversation.com/dick-van-dyk...
Professor Jolanta Burke, RCSI Centre for Positive Health Sciences, discusses the evidence and provides tips on how to manage stress and anger levels for longevity.
Read the article in @theconversation.com ⬇️ theconversation.com/dick-van-dyk...
Dick Van Dyke credits his longevity to his positive outlook – and research says optimists live longer
While we can’t control everything that impacts our health, making room for a more positive outlook in life can help support both wellbeing and longevity.
theconversation.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Can a positive outlook really help you live longer?
Professor Jolanta Burke, RCSI Centre for Positive Health Sciences, discusses the evidence and provides tips on how to manage stress and anger levels for longevity.
Read the article in @theconversation.com ⬇️ theconversation.com/dick-van-dyk...
Professor Jolanta Burke, RCSI Centre for Positive Health Sciences, discusses the evidence and provides tips on how to manage stress and anger levels for longevity.
Read the article in @theconversation.com ⬇️ theconversation.com/dick-van-dyk...
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'Brain scars': The hidden forms of sexism that harm women's health www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'Brain scars': The hidden forms of sexism that harm women's health
Subtle sexism that pervades everyday life often gets shrugged off. But research shows it can still have lasting psychological effects – including "thinning" parts of the brain.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
'Brain scars': The hidden forms of sexism that harm women's health www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Outgoing CRR Director Prof Nicky Hudson provides expert comment on the tragic news that sperm from a donor who unknowingly carried the gene variant for Li-Fraumeni syndrome was used to create almost 200 children. Some have since had childhood cancer. theconversation.com/one-sperm-do...
One sperm donor fathered 200 children and passed on a deadly mutation – and it could easily happen again
Why better screening won’t be enough.
theconversation.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Outgoing CRR Director Prof Nicky Hudson provides expert comment on the tragic news that sperm from a donor who unknowingly carried the gene variant for Li-Fraumeni syndrome was used to create almost 200 children. Some have since had childhood cancer. theconversation.com/one-sperm-do...
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New survey module captures people’s first reproductive experiences (timing, outcomes, events) to quantify reproductive difficulties and successes, calculate Time to Pregnancy in the general population, and link this experience to broader life course factors. @fertdem.bsky.social
bit.ly/4iR9ryH
bit.ly/4iR9ryH
Demographic Research - First reproductive experience: A survey module (Volume 53 - Article 37 | Pages 1173–1206)
Volume 53 - Article 37 | Pages 1173–1206
www.demographic-research.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
New survey module captures people’s first reproductive experiences (timing, outcomes, events) to quantify reproductive difficulties and successes, calculate Time to Pregnancy in the general population, and link this experience to broader life course factors. @fertdem.bsky.social
bit.ly/4iR9ryH
bit.ly/4iR9ryH
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How is #menstruation and contraception use linked to experiences of gender-based violence among girls and young women in Kenya?
A 🆕 @lshtm.bsky.social-led study, in collaboration with Population Council Kenya, explores this complex relationship.
Find out more 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
A 🆕 @lshtm.bsky.social-led study, in collaboration with Population Council Kenya, explores this complex relationship.
Find out more 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
December 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
How is #menstruation and contraception use linked to experiences of gender-based violence among girls and young women in Kenya?
A 🆕 @lshtm.bsky.social-led study, in collaboration with Population Council Kenya, explores this complex relationship.
Find out more 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
A 🆕 @lshtm.bsky.social-led study, in collaboration with Population Council Kenya, explores this complex relationship.
Find out more 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
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The Birth Keepers: how the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world – video
The Birth Keepers: how the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world – video
FBS is a multimillion-dollar business that promotes an extreme version of free birth, meaning women giving birth without medical assistance
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The Birth Keepers: how the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world – video
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NEW ONLINE. The BROWNIE study assessed blood transfusion and management of acute heavy menstrual bleeding in the UK and found that heavy menstrual bleeding is contributing substantially to the use of red blood cell transfusion in the NHS, and at a high cost.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Blood transfusion and management of acute heavy menstrual bleeding (BROWNIE): a retrospective and observational cost analysis service evaluation
Acute heavy menstrual bleeding is contributing to a substantial use of red blood cells
transfusion and treatment cost in the NHS. There is a need for robust, community-based
early interventions that c...
www.thelancet.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
NEW ONLINE. The BROWNIE study assessed blood transfusion and management of acute heavy menstrual bleeding in the UK and found that heavy menstrual bleeding is contributing substantially to the use of red blood cell transfusion in the NHS, and at a high cost.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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In high-risk pregnancies, there is no reliable intervention to reduce term pre-eclampsia.
A new study investigated the effect of screening for pre-eclampsia risk at 36 weeks' gestation and offering risk-stratified, planned, early-term birth: spkl.io/63324A9z06
A new study investigated the effect of screening for pre-eclampsia risk at 36 weeks' gestation and offering risk-stratified, planned, early-term birth: spkl.io/63324A9z06
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In high-risk pregnancies, there is no reliable intervention to reduce term pre-eclampsia.
A new study investigated the effect of screening for pre-eclampsia risk at 36 weeks' gestation and offering risk-stratified, planned, early-term birth: spkl.io/63324A9z06
A new study investigated the effect of screening for pre-eclampsia risk at 36 weeks' gestation and offering risk-stratified, planned, early-term birth: spkl.io/63324A9z06