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Rachel Riskind
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New @nurturingminds.bsky.social episode is live! 🎧
Dr. Samantha L. Tornello shares research on how queer & trans families divide housework--and satisfaction beats perfect equality every time.
Listen: nurturingminds.podbean.com/e/housework-...
#parenting #LGBTQfamilies #FairPlayLife
September 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
rachelriskind.bsky.social
Went looking for an evidence-based book about when menopause + puberty collide under one roof and...nope, doesn't exist. But this is so common!

I wrote about why this gap exists and why we need #pubertywithmenopause resources
nurturing-minds.beehiiv.com/p/mother-dau...

#puberty #menopause
Mother-daughter thermostat wars
We need resources that address how puberty and menopause interact within families
nurturing-minds.beehiiv.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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robwithoneb.bsky.social
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"It’s true that there are physical feats that players in one league can accomplish that players in the other league simply cannot. For example, one league has players like DeWanna Bonner, who can carry and give birth to twins and return the next season to average 17.3 points and 7.2 rebounds a game, while the other league has multiple players like LeBron James, who can carry the ball."
July 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
rachelriskind.bsky.social
Guilty as charged: "...go to your nearest café and look to your left, then to your right. A hundred percent of those people are slathering [the em dash] across sentences like adding more cheese to a risotto that’s already drowning in parmesan—without tasting, without thinking, without remorse."
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
www.mcsweeneys.net
July 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
rachelriskind.bsky.social
The lastest Nurturing Minds newsletter is out! Read Junk, chatarra, & screen time here: nurturing-minds.beehiiv.com/p/junk-chata...
Junk, chatarra, & screen time
Two podcasts I enjoy released new episodes this week that got me thinking about junk. Literally.
nurturing-minds.beehiiv.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
rachelriskind.bsky.social
Nurturing Minds is a lively new podcast co-hosted by philosopher @ricksva.bsky.social and academic psychologist @rachelriskind.bsky.social. 1/n

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Nurturing Minds: The Podcast: The Newsletter: The Musical: The Series
This newsletter accompanies the Nurturing Minds podcast about the psychology and philosophy of parenthood by Vance Ricks, PhD and Rachel G. Riskind, PhD.
vance-rachels-newsletter.beehiiv.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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This Pride 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 , please consider sending $18, $180, or $1800 their way to fund trans power and joy. Fer is one of the most qualified people to be doing this work. donorbox.org/trans-power-...
Fund Trans Power & Joy! 🎉 - Fernando Salinas-Quiroz's Fundraiser on Donorbox
💜 I Wish I Had a School Like This💜 Ojalá hubiera ido a una escuela así...I’m Dr. Fer Salinas-Quiroz (they/she).Soy la Dra. Fer Salinas-Quiroz (elle/ella).I’m part of a community that’s been told to di...
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June 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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This is the weaponization of the supermom myth--the idea that kids are under threat and that the only way to keep them safe is for moms to sacrifice themselves (i.e., by spending hours researching to keep kids safe from vaccines, rather than trusting the government to keep kids safe from measles).
rmcarpiano.medsky.social Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · Apr 30
4/ He promotes what sociologists call "intensive parenting," as a superior way to ensure kids are safe. That's a time/labor-intensive & stressful form of parenting many US *mothers* feel pressured to follow due to cultural norms/expectations around mothers as primary caregivers.
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Screenshot from the NYT article linked in first post of this thread, describes comment by RFK Jr.: “I would say that we live in a democracy, and part of the responsibility of being a parent is to do your own research,” the health secretary said, in response to a question from a woman in the audience who asked how he would advise a new parent about vaccine safety. “You research the baby stroller, you research the foods that they’re getting, and you need to research the medicines that they’re taking as well.”
April 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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sidneymorss.bsky.social
What would encourage you to add to the baby supply?
April 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
rachelriskind.bsky.social
I gave @theradr.bsky.social's Good Trouble Checklist love the best way I know how: converting it into a spreadsheet with estimates of time, money, and impact and columns for tracking priorities and progress.

Please share widely, Make a Copy, and edit as needed. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
April 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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timhodgson.bsky.social
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
image of watchmen's doctor manhattan, a superhero who is entirely blue and nude, sitting on a rock, small in frame, on what is depicted to be a very pink version of the surface of the planet mars. he looks pensive.
April 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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whitneyepi.bsky.social
This is also what worries me most for the long-term success of our country.

A lot of these new policies can be turned on or off…

But scientific capacity isn’t like that. It’s a decades-long investment. Damage it like this and it’s weak for a generation
bencasselman.bsky.social Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · Mar 31
Tariffs get all the attention, but ask economists what they're really worried about and many will point to the Trump administration's cuts to federal support for the sciences, including canceling grants and revoking student visas.
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
Trump’s Science Policies Pose Long-Term Risk, Economists Warn (Gift Article)
Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Sign this as an act of protest. Important protest.
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
rachelriskind.bsky.social
My kids wanted me to leave them messages in code, so… #MomsWhoCode cc @rladies.org
Handwritten note from a mom to her kids in marker using an IF ALL statement to describe conditions for eating outside.
March 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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wolvendamien.bsky.social
More from Judge Reyes
Judge Reyes: EO 14183 adopts the definitions of a separate executive order called Defending Women from Gender Ideology, Extremism and Restoring biological Truth to the federal government. And that EO states, "sex shall refer to an individual's immutable biological classification as either male or female." And it states that, "It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female." Do you see that or do you remember that? Jason C. Lynch:! will take the court's word for it. Judge Reyes: You understand, as a matter of biology, it's just incorrect that there are only two sexes, right? Jason C. Lynch: Do I understand that to be incorrect as a biological matter? Judge Reyes: Yes. It is incorrect as a biological matter. You understand that, right? Jason C. Lynch: I don't understand that to be incorrect. Judge Reyes: You understand that not everyone has an xx or an xy chromosome, right? Jason C. Lynch: Honestly, no, I don't. Judge Reyes: It's actually kind of a really important point because this executive order is premised on an assertion that's not biologically correct. There are anywhere near about 30 different intersex examples. So someone who does not have just xx or xy chromosome is not just male or female. They're intersex. And there are over 30 potential different intersex examples. We've got genetic differences. We have people with xxx chromosomes. We have androgen insensitivity, xy genetically, that may have female external sex characteristics and internally have testes. There's a five alpha reductase deficiency that causes changes in testosterone metabolism, xy that may have female external genitalia or ambiguous genitalia. The point being, and I'm happy to have you guys brief this more if you want, but I'm telling you right now that there are people who are neither male or female. And so the premise of the executive order is just incorrect.
February 19, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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siembranc.bsky.social
Looking for 32 graphics on how to organize, learn ICE tactics & defend where you work, learn and play? --> tiny.cc/defendgraphics
February 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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darbysaxbe.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
list of banned keywords
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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sbearbergman.bsky.social
Read “What you can do, right now, for your trans and nonbinary friends, family, students and colleagues.“ by S. Bear Bergman on Medium: medium.com/@sbearbergma...
What you can do, right now, for your trans and nonbinary friends, family, students and colleagues.
It’s very reasonable to be worried and trying to understand how to help. Here are some actionable suggestions for the short and medium term.
medium.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
rachelriskind.bsky.social
Is there a queer-inclusive term similar to "patrilineal Jew"? Seeking a term to describe children of families headed by (1) a non-Jewish gestational/genetic parent and (2) a Jewish parent of any gender identity who didn't gestate the child. @keshetlgbtqjews.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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12. "In 2020 [in the US] there were an estimated 6,290 high-heel related emergency department visits involving women ages 15-69, down from 16,000 per year in 2016-2019." www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Pandemic-related decline in injuries related to women wearing high-heeled shoes: Analysis of U.S. data for 2016-2020
Background Wearing high-heeled shoes is associated with injury risk. During the COVID-19 pandemic, changes in work and social behavior may have reduced women’s use of such footwear. Methods This stud...
www.medrxiv.org
November 30, 2024 at 3:52 PM
rachelriskind.bsky.social
Hi, I’m Rachel. There’s no possible way I can understand what I’m reading.
sbearbergman.bsky.social S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · Nov 20
Hi I’m Bear and I need to learn that I’m not nearly as smart as I think I am.
keithpille.bsky.social K. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.social · Nov 20
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:

Hi, I'm Keith, and I know it's been a long semester and I've worked really hard so this one'll slide, but if I EVER hand in something like this again...
November 21, 2024 at 9:30 PM