Marci Cross-Ramirez

Wanting to be thin isn’t a fringe perspective, nor is it edgy. It is the dominant narrative in a profoundly anti-fat culture. And in this particular moment, making media about how it’s okay to want to be thin also acts as de facto advertising for some of the wealthiest corporations in the world.

Brown Butter Snickerdoodles | Sturbridge Bakery These brown butter snickerdoodles are soft, tender, and have the best flavor from toasted butter, dark brown sugar, and a generous cinnamon sugar coating.

Made these last week and they were delicious. Baking and eating are essential coping mechanisms tonight. sturbridgebakery.com/brown-butter...

And those of us who know, believe in you 🫡

The most compelling argument for this is that Sam was once a baby raised without ChatGPT, and look how he turned out.

going around my apartment turning on my lamps at 4:47 p.m. like a woman lighting the candles in her farmhouse

It's been a while since I read it, but The Kennedy Women by Laurence Leamer. I often recommend it forgetting that it's 900 pages.

“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”

www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...

i envy people who are really into halloween. in my mind i want to be one of them, but the spirit just doesn’t move me.

I got up from the couch and began to violently sob as the victims children learned of her death. As a new(ish) mother, it crushed me.

An important tenant of my parenting philosophy is screen time where you and your kids are being cozy together doesn’t count as screen time, that’s Cozy Time.

I cancelled my sub a few months ago (sadly, as it reminds me of home), but I am grateful to know that the independent journalists I have filled the gap with are staying in the loop!

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I rode the metro frequently in high school and college with no issues. Seems here that the daughters' perception of safety is warped.

I’m smiling thinking about all the people who are going to learn, for the first time in February 2026, that Puerto Rico is part of the US

Another vote for tuft and needle! We've had their lowest price point mattress for 6 years (plus, we sleep with 2 medium-sized dogs who also love it).

Many people believe that marrying a US citizen automatically gives you citizenship. It doesn't. ❌

That's why AFU is working with Republicans and Democrats to make sure that kids don't grow up without a dad or mom.

American citizens shouldn't be punished for who they fell in love with.

On my mind this week, too.

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
-Viktor E. Frankl

ABSOLUTE. CINEMA. 🙌🍿

The Bills rally back from a 15-point deficit in the 4th quarter to stun the Ravens on a game-winning field goal.

I’ve done this for 2 weeks now and it *absolutely rules*. Best class discussions I’ve ever had. Best engagement with readings. They write in this worksheet for 15 minutes, then talk about their responses in groups of 3-4, then groups share with the whole class, and *then* we talk about the readings

even as the world is completely falling to pieces im still able to worry everyone’s mad at me which really shows the resilience of the neurotic human spirit

Thomas Deininger uses plastic waste to create sculptures,or should I say,works of Genius!!!!!!

I'm a bit suspicious that this is happening frequently + that CPS really claimed they use their own set of rules instead of the state maltreatment laws. There are many problems with the child welfare system, but im not so sure about this one. The data here is n = 2 and is largely anecdotal hearsay

I was gonna say...this article is written by someone in leadership at the non-profit it's promoting. Seems skewed.

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds

A disturbing study validates what many of us have observed: An increasing # of journals (& publications) are featuring “junk papers”. This is the real crisis in reproducibility, & is a natural consequence of messed up incentive system for publishers & academics & AIs

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/s...

Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.

This is a great resource

adoptastation.org?fbclid=PAQ0x...

What It’s Like to Be a Student Who Hates ChatGPT “Everyone is using it”—almost everyone.

you've heard about the college kids who can't do anything without ChatGPT's help—but what about the students who oppose generative A.I. for myriad reasons and refuse to rely on it as a shortcut? well, I found and spoke with a few of them here: slate.com/life/2025/07...

Publication rates before and after tenure: clear decline post-tenure in non-lab-based fields and sustained in lab-based fields. Super interesting.
arxiv.org/pdf/2411.10575

Also, it's been nearly 5 years since I worked with the data, so I should have maybe held my tongue 🙃. I do generally disagree with the source article Michael posted, but for different reasons mentioned in a separate reply.

Ah, I see now. I'm doing a poor job of research translation here (and crossing wires with a separate presentation of mine). This is cross-sectional, so I should have been more cautious in using the word increase. Increased stressors -> significantly predicting both harsh and positive parenting.

I'm also not sold on the authors conclusion simply because they only show decreases in emergency department visits. Such a small fraction of CPS cases actually go through the ER. Cases of neglect and infants w prenatal substance exposure are likely largely missed in their analysis.