Tamara Kay
@tamkay.bsky.social
Andrew W. Mellon Chair & Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh. Studies trade, labor, culture, organizations, global health, & reproductive rights. Co-Editor in Chief, Studies in Comparative International Development https://www.tamarakay.org/
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Tamara Kay
@tamkay.bsky.social
· Jul 3
I am delighted to announce my appointment to an endowed chair as the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. The icing on the cake is that I am also a member of the Union of Pitt Faculty (United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1088-04).
NEW BOOK "Sesame Street Around the World: Culture, Politics, and Transnational Organizational Partnerships" is now on Amazon with a January release date. I am SO THRILLED!
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October 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
NEW BOOK "Sesame Street Around the World: Culture, Politics, and Transnational Organizational Partnerships" is now on Amazon with a January release date. I am SO THRILLED!
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Well this is a first. My 2004 ASR article with Nicola Beisel on abortion in the 19th century was cited in the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision striking down the state's 1849 abortion ban!
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down 1849 Abortion Ban
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Well this is a first. My 2004 ASR article with Nicola Beisel on abortion in the 19th century was cited in the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision striking down the state's 1849 abortion ban!
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
I am delighted to announce my appointment to an endowed chair as the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. The icing on the cake is that I am also a member of the Union of Pitt Faculty (United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1088-04).
July 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I am delighted to announce my appointment to an endowed chair as the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. The icing on the cake is that I am also a member of the Union of Pitt Faculty (United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1088-04).
Today would have been #MichaelBurawoy's 78th birthday. I know all of us who loved him miss him very, very much. Ana Villarreal took this photo of him, which I love (as do many others). I'm so glad she did and that she shares it with us all.
June 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Today would have been #MichaelBurawoy's 78th birthday. I know all of us who loved him miss him very, very much. Ana Villarreal took this photo of him, which I love (as do many others). I'm so glad she did and that she shares it with us all.
#MichaelBurawoy, Audrey Singer & I nominated the great photographer Sebastião Salgado (who passed away Friday) for the 2010 @asanews.bsky.social ASA Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award. He won. To celebrate, I wrote this analysis @soc-forum.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/43e8vuew
tinyurl.com/43e8vuew
May 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
#MichaelBurawoy, Audrey Singer & I nominated the great photographer Sebastião Salgado (who passed away Friday) for the 2010 @asanews.bsky.social ASA Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award. He won. To celebrate, I wrote this analysis @soc-forum.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/43e8vuew
tinyurl.com/43e8vuew
Hmmm, I wonder who is behind the scenes asking the feds and IN to target Notre Dame's DEI policies? Could the call possibly be coming from inside the house? Nah, what group would do that?
www.wboi.org/government/2...
www.wboi.org/government/2...
Rokita threatens to sue Notre Dame over DEI efforts
Rokita's move comes two months after President Trump's Department of Education publicly called on Notre Dame to defend the legality of recruiting non-white students to apply for doctoral studies.
www.wboi.org
May 19, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Hmmm, I wonder who is behind the scenes asking the feds and IN to target Notre Dame's DEI policies? Could the call possibly be coming from inside the house? Nah, what group would do that?
www.wboi.org/government/2...
www.wboi.org/government/2...
Abortion bans kill women. Abortion bans torture women. Abortion bans are about control, power & attempt to thwart the mind blowing success of women (particularly women of color) who excel at everything they do. If you weren’t a threat they’d just ignore you.
1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Abortion bans kill women. Abortion bans torture women. Abortion bans are about control, power & attempt to thwart the mind blowing success of women (particularly women of color) who excel at everything they do. If you weren’t a threat they’d just ignore you.
If your "Poverty Initiative" pretends some of the key variables linked to poverty in the US and around the world—lack of access to birth control and reproductive health care—don't exist or matter, it isn't really a poverty initiative at all.
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If your "Poverty Initiative" pretends some of the key variables linked to poverty in the US and around the world—lack of access to birth control and reproductive health care—don't exist or matter, it isn't really a poverty initiative at all.
So many of us predicted this—abortion bans kill women in every country that have them. Women now also experience DEATH BY MISCARRIAGE.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US doctors describe three patient deaths that could have been prevented with abortion access in new study
Doctors in states with abortion bans say patients were not told of abortion care as option for fear of legal consequences
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
So many of us predicted this—abortion bans kill women in every country that have them. Women now also experience DEATH BY MISCARRIAGE.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Congress could change this and take back tariff authority.
April 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Congress could change this and take back tariff authority.
Wow! So many people marching in South Bend. We're not used to this. It's usually 20 people milling around at an anti-abortion rally.
www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/2...
www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/2...
'We need to raise our voices': Thousands protest Trump actions in local 'Hands Off!' rally
The protest was one of 1,200 similar rallies taking place around the country on Saturday, April 5.
www.southbendtribune.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Wow! So many people marching in South Bend. We're not used to this. It's usually 20 people milling around at an anti-abortion rally.
www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/2...
www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/2...
You have to have a malignant loathing of women to pass an abortion ban. It is torture of women and makes pregnancy less safe for everyone.
I spoke to a South Carolina woman today who is miscarrying - her fetus has no heartbeat - but the state's ban is preventing doctors from taking action.
She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound.
This is what bans do.
She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound.
This is what bans do.
Her Fetus Has No Heartbeat—They Still Won't Give Her An Abortion
South Carolina's ban is torturing a 31-year-old mom *right now*
jessica.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
You have to have a malignant loathing of women to pass an abortion ban. It is torture of women and makes pregnancy less safe for everyone.
Reposted by Tamara Kay
@tamkay.bsky.social's (@ndsociology.bsky.social) works on issues of trade, labor, social movements, globalization, culture, organizations, and global health. Her work engages two primary areas: transnational political economy & transnational culture.
Connect with Kay: scholars.org/scholar/tama...
Connect with Kay: scholars.org/scholar/tama...
Tamara Kay | Scholars Strategy Network
Kay’s research examines the political and legal implications of regional economic integration; transnationalism; and global governance. She is interested in understanding how civil society organizatio...
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March 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
@tamkay.bsky.social's (@ndsociology.bsky.social) works on issues of trade, labor, social movements, globalization, culture, organizations, and global health. Her work engages two primary areas: transnational political economy & transnational culture.
Connect with Kay: scholars.org/scholar/tama...
Connect with Kay: scholars.org/scholar/tama...
My book "Coproducing Sesame Street Around the World:
Culture, Politics, and Transnational Organizational Partnerships" will drop soon. I was in Amman & Ramallah to interview Mr. Kuttab & Palestinian team, & observe their workshops & meetings w NY-based Sesame Workshop staff. Incredible team.
Culture, Politics, and Transnational Organizational Partnerships" will drop soon. I was in Amman & Ramallah to interview Mr. Kuttab & Palestinian team, & observe their workshops & meetings w NY-based Sesame Workshop staff. Incredible team.
March 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My book "Coproducing Sesame Street Around the World:
Culture, Politics, and Transnational Organizational Partnerships" will drop soon. I was in Amman & Ramallah to interview Mr. Kuttab & Palestinian team, & observe their workshops & meetings w NY-based Sesame Workshop staff. Incredible team.
Culture, Politics, and Transnational Organizational Partnerships" will drop soon. I was in Amman & Ramallah to interview Mr. Kuttab & Palestinian team, & observe their workshops & meetings w NY-based Sesame Workshop staff. Incredible team.
So why do we have to call it what they want us to call it? Theirs sounds too benign, so I'm calling it DODGY. AI defines it as: "British slang term that means something is suspicious, unreliable, or of low quality." Sounds about right.
March 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
So why do we have to call it what they want us to call it? Theirs sounds too benign, so I'm calling it DODGY. AI defines it as: "British slang term that means something is suspicious, unreliable, or of low quality." Sounds about right.
Reposted by Tamara Kay
A story before I close my laptop for the day:
A new poll shows that none of the 16 states with first trimester restrictions or near-total bans had majority support, with the lowest support coming from Idaho and Kentucky. Nearly 1/3 who live in states with bans said they strongly disagree with it.
A new poll shows that none of the 16 states with first trimester restrictions or near-total bans had majority support, with the lowest support coming from Idaho and Kentucky. Nearly 1/3 who live in states with bans said they strongly disagree with it.
New poll indicates abortion policy could affect employment decisions
A state’s policies on reproductive issues, including abortion, are likely to affect where people decide to take a job or start a family, according to a poll released Monday, and no states with restric...
www.newsfromthestates.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A story before I close my laptop for the day:
A new poll shows that none of the 16 states with first trimester restrictions or near-total bans had majority support, with the lowest support coming from Idaho and Kentucky. Nearly 1/3 who live in states with bans said they strongly disagree with it.
A new poll shows that none of the 16 states with first trimester restrictions or near-total bans had majority support, with the lowest support coming from Idaho and Kentucky. Nearly 1/3 who live in states with bans said they strongly disagree with it.
Reposted by Tamara Kay
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Open access for our new article "Research Ethics and Methods in Shifting Policy Climates: The Case of Abortion Rights in the United States and Latin America"
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Research Ethics and Methods in Shifting Policy Climates: The Case of Abortion Rights in the United States and Latin America | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Research Ethics and Methods in Shifting Policy Climates: The Case of Abortion Rights in the United States and Latin America - Volume 20 Issue 4
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February 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Open access for our new article "Research Ethics and Methods in Shifting Policy Climates: The Case of Abortion Rights in the United States and Latin America"
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📢New #PAG20 Notes from the Field 📝
@acalasanti.bsky.social, Cora Fernández Anderson & @tamkay.bsky.social outline how field research on abortion rights movements has changed in and outside of the U.S. post-Dobbs in "Research Ethics and Methods in Shifting Policy Climates"
https://buff.ly/4gvJgLo
@acalasanti.bsky.social, Cora Fernández Anderson & @tamkay.bsky.social outline how field research on abortion rights movements has changed in and outside of the U.S. post-Dobbs in "Research Ethics and Methods in Shifting Policy Climates"
https://buff.ly/4gvJgLo
February 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📢New #PAG20 Notes from the Field 📝
@acalasanti.bsky.social, Cora Fernández Anderson & @tamkay.bsky.social outline how field research on abortion rights movements has changed in and outside of the U.S. post-Dobbs in "Research Ethics and Methods in Shifting Policy Climates"
https://buff.ly/4gvJgLo
@acalasanti.bsky.social, Cora Fernández Anderson & @tamkay.bsky.social outline how field research on abortion rights movements has changed in and outside of the U.S. post-Dobbs in "Research Ethics and Methods in Shifting Policy Climates"
https://buff.ly/4gvJgLo
Eren took this beautiful photo of Michael Burawoy with his great friend Erik Olin Wright in 2002. Every Thursday night after our weekly TA meeting, Michael treated the seven of us to a REALLY nice dinner (wine always included). Erik joined one night @ Yoshi's for dinner and music.
February 6, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Eren took this beautiful photo of Michael Burawoy with his great friend Erik Olin Wright in 2002. Every Thursday night after our weekly TA meeting, Michael treated the seven of us to a REALLY nice dinner (wine always included). Erik joined one night @ Yoshi's for dinner and music.
It's too upsetting to repost the article. So I'll focus on the things that those of us who loved Michael Burawoy loved so much about him, including that he was SO much fun and SO hysterically funny. A thread....
February 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It's too upsetting to repost the article. So I'll focus on the things that those of us who loved Michael Burawoy loved so much about him, including that he was SO much fun and SO hysterically funny. A thread....
Is there a starter pack for our AMAZING reproductive rights reporters? If not, there needs to be asap. @jessicavalenti.bsky.social @kelciemmorris.bsky.social @sofiaresnick.bsky.social @reprosfightback.bsky.social
@andreagonram.bsky.social @susanrinkunas.com
@andreagonram.bsky.social @susanrinkunas.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Is there a starter pack for our AMAZING reproductive rights reporters? If not, there needs to be asap. @jessicavalenti.bsky.social @kelciemmorris.bsky.social @sofiaresnick.bsky.social @reprosfightback.bsky.social
@andreagonram.bsky.social @susanrinkunas.com
@andreagonram.bsky.social @susanrinkunas.com
Abortion bans make pregnancy less safe for everyone. I already know faculty at Notre Dame @notredame.bsky.social who are giving birth @ University of Chicago (which our insurance covers) because they are afraid that if something goes wrong, they will DIE in Indiana.
www.reuters.com/legal/indian...
www.reuters.com/legal/indian...
Indiana judge refuses to broaden medical exception to abortion ban
An Indiana judge on Wednesday refused to broaden the medical exception to the state's near-total abortion ban, ruling against a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Abortion bans make pregnancy less safe for everyone. I already know faculty at Notre Dame @notredame.bsky.social who are giving birth @ University of Chicago (which our insurance covers) because they are afraid that if something goes wrong, they will DIE in Indiana.
www.reuters.com/legal/indian...
www.reuters.com/legal/indian...