Lauren A Fowler 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Federal Health Workers Make Up Less Than 1% of Agency Spending Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests that laying off thousands of federal workers would tame a massive budget. But nearly all of the agency’s money goes to hospitals, doctors and nursing ho...

Less than 1% of the US budget.

Liquidating federal health agencies is not about saving money.

Dismissing these workers will dismantle these agencies and cost American lives and our economy.

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I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.

Glad to see that Universities are banding together to fight for their indirects. 💰

They could have done the same to fight for DEI programs, but they chose not to.

I am seeking PhD students and postdocs to work with me on weight stigma, disordered eating prevention, and LGBTQ+ health equity research. Competitive pay, tuition coverage, flex work options. If you know folks who might be interested, please tell them to reach out! Formal posting to come.

I will use my own privileges to advocate for a safer, more inclusive world; that starts with prioritizing (not eliminating unsafe/unaffirming, but prioritizing supportive) people and places I trust so that I can preserve my own health while being an advocate for equity. With love. 6/6

To my 2SLGBTQIA+ community, especially my trans and nonbinary friends: you are loved, and your existence is valid. 5/n

We have to be willing to listen to POC, the trans community, women, and people who get reproductive care and be open to the idea that our experiences aren't the only reality. I'm still working on this. I invite you to join in this work. 4/n

Your complicity (in racism, sexism, transphobia, and xenophobia) cannot stand unchecked, even if this is simply the norm of our society.By that I mean, we are a country founded on "equality for all"* with a huge asterisk after ALL to exclude women and people of color. 3/n

That being said, for my own mental and physical safety, understand that I will be prioritizing people, spaces, communities, and organizations that are affirming, inclusive, and supportive. 2/n

To those I know that voted for Trump: If you're interested in trying to do better, to unlearn our society's biases, to support, listen, and learn from marginalized communities, please reach out. I have already had good discussions with people & hope for more. I also learn through these convos 1/n