Kerry MacQuarrie

Jane Goodall on Fighting Sexism and What Chimpanzees Taught Her Jane Goodall discusses what keeps her motivated six decades into her career and how she combated sexism.

"I had to work 10 times harder than the average man just to get the same level of recognition," Jane Goodall told us in 2020. "But once I had made a name for myself, I let the data speak for me."

The basic infrastructures that allow women to be participants in public life—birth control & abortion access, no fault divorce, childcare access & affordability, civil rights law in employment and public accommodations, the minimal efforts to mitigate sexual and domestic violence—are all crumbling.

Today (and every day) is a great day to provide support for those fighting back.

The NSFGRP is a wonderful program

I repeat that whenever you see a man toss a woman around in front of witnesses and cameras, you can bet he’s had practice in private.

Wait, the axis goes from 1.6 to 2.1?!

This meeting could have been an email!!!

Under a header, “New Analysis”, highlighted in yellow, white text on a violet background says, "Higher gender inequality is linked to higher unintended pregnancy rates."

A new Guttmacher analysis of data from 132 countries shows that higher gender inequality is linked to higher unintended pregnancy rates: gu.tt/46xtSuK

UNC sociologist Barbara Entwisle told me there’s no guarantee the Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee's recommendations will reach the Census Bureau: “So this is a bit of a risk. But turn it around. If we don't do this, then what? Then there is no feedback, no advice that’s out there.”

So it’s all just ok now? Is it? Brushed aside with an apology? And Lawrence Jones? His views are only slightly less noxious.

This is fabulous

A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.

a man in a black shirt is sitting in front of a microphone with a sign that says things on it ALT: a man in a black shirt is sitting in front of a microphone with a sign that says things on it

This demographer parent’s heart is full today.

For a human geography assignment, my son chose to prepare a global map of…under-five mortality.

I feel compelled to point out that Lesotho =/= South Africa. Bloomberg should know this.

The Heritage Foundation specifically named contraception as a "culprit" for low birth rates. The pronatalist movement is using bad demography to cast low birth rates as inherently problematic and thus justify pronatalist efforts, like reducing access to contraception. 1/

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If The Thieving AI Company Can Survive The Legal Settlement, Then It Is Not Big Enough | Defector There is an easy answer to the question “How long does it take to write a book?” but it is not a true one. The easy answer is the duration between when you actually start putting your pen down on the…

"The cost of building a company on theft should be the company itself. It should be everything you worked for because really, you didn’t work for it: You stole it." defector.com/if-the-thiev...

FCPS asks appeals court to stop Trump administration from cutting off federal funds | FFXnow Fairfax County Public Schools is appealing the dismissal of its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education. The school system asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit of Virginia y...

Thank you FCPS and Michelle Reid.
www.ffxnow.com/2025/09/10/f...

Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵

In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.

We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.

with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...

Military shuts down streets in bid to quell Nepal unrest Nepali army orders people in Kathmandu to stay home amid mass unrest gripping capital.

Nepali army orders people in Kathmandu to stay home amid mass unrest gripping capital.

Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ... Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...

JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary.

careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...

Alarm bells should be ringing!

I hope you absolutely thrive.

This new study shows: in Germany, it has become much harder for children to earn more than their parents, now about as hard as in the US: "parental income has become much more important for educational outcomes of children"

He is a rapist and fully espouses the subjugation of women. This comment is wholly unsurprising. Just disappointing.

Now they’re equal! But to even it out, should be larger for the next several decades.

All the estates of dead authors should seek payment too. Fuck these people

Complaining doesn’t scare us. We’ve been getting our breasts squeezed forever. Complaining may be the only way things change.

Due to a cancer scare & dense tissue, I need MRIs vs regular mammograms. Superior imaging & superior comfort. Why isn’t this the standard for all?

Look at this graph.

The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.

This is why we must build back union power.

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Sociology of Gender University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

UC Davis Sociology will be hiring an assistant professor specializing in gender. If that's your area, apply here:

recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07293