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Philip N Cohen
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Sociologist and demographer, University of Maryland; SocArXiv director.

New book: Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists https://cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen-scholar/9780231555418

Website: philipncohen.com
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Philip N. Cohen is an American sociologist. He is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and director of SocArXiv, an open archive of the social sciences. .. more

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · Nov 26
I'm about 18 months and 20,000 words into the "pronatalism" tag on Family Inequality. Surely this means my book is almost done.
familyinequality.wordpress.com/tag/pronatal...
word cloud from the blog posts

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 2h
Thanks! This helps me a lot

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 2h
Thanks for having me! Can't wait.

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California Center For Population Research @ccpratucla.bsky.social · 3h
This week CCPR's seminar series will feature @philipncohen.com discussing his book, "Research is Not Enough: Public Engagement and the Citizen Scholar." Join us on January 14 @12pm in Public Affairs 337.

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California Center For Population Research @ccpratucla.bsky.social · 3h
CCPR is excited to host
@mikegeruso.bsky.social to discuss his book, After the Spike, Wednesday, Jan 11 @6pm, in UCLA's 314 Royce Hall. Comments by CCPR Director @marthajbailey.bsky.social
& @philipncohen.com. Reception to follow. RSVP here: eventsrsvp.ucla.edu/CCPRLecture2...

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 3h
A rapper and actress, not a revolutionary bank robber

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 5h
It's satire, which means the common tropes it depicts are extra cartoonish, and easier to identify

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 6h
It definitely captured Hollywood's age-old need to depict regular people as cartoonishly innocent, stuck between leftists who are hapless damaged souls ("Junglepussy"?) and bad guys that are cartoonishly evil

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 6h
Because "Gen Z" is not a category of social analysis it's impossible to have "good data" about anything they do

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 6h
They used it about several different papers!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
TAPPER: You called Renee Good a "domestic terrorist." Why did you not wait for an investigation?

NOEM: Everything I've said has been proven to be factual and the truth. This administration wants to operate in transparency.

T: What you said is not what happened

N: It absolutely is what happened

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 15h
I really believe NYT headlines do not matter, but they are revealing. And this one reveals utter stupidity. There are no doubts, and no questions.
F.B.I.'s Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Faces Doubts After White House's Remarks Ex-law enforcement officials said the administrations declarations that the killing was justified elicited questions about the F.B.I's willingness to scrutinize the agent who fatally shot an unarmed activist.

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 15h
So choice, so much rational.
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 36, Number I-Winter 2022—Pages 151-176 The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession Melissa S. Kearney, Phillip B. Levine, and Luke Pardue

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 15h
Wait for it

...unintended or unplanned pregnancies and births. (In the US mind you.)

Inconceivable!
a man says " you keep using that word i do not think it means what you think it means " to another bald man
Alt: a man says " you keep using that word i do not think it means what you think it means " to another man
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 15h
"How Economists Model Fertility. Starting with the seminal work of Gary Becker, economists have viewed the decision to have a baby... using the framework of constrained utility maximization."

Whole ass economics paper all about why fertility is falling premised on this theory never even mentions...

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 20h
I've seen this going around. No doubt useful and important research, but "9% of trans people have moved between states" is based on a sample of 111 respondents. Also, some people move every year, and trans people are younger than average etc etc. Consider it a data point, not a statistical fact, IMO
alfredtwu.com Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 1d
New research confirms what many of us see: there's a large internal migration of LGBTQ people in the US, especially trans people, to friendlier states & cities.
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
Bar chart showing stats for transgender and nonbinary people, and all LGBTQ people, with survey responses. At least one of the listed actions: 84% of trans people, 57% of all LGBTQ Taken steps to be LESS visible as an LGBTQ person in your community (for example, at work or school): 55%, 24% Considered moving to a different state: 43%, 25% Joined or started participating in LGBTQ advocacy/activism where you live: 38%, 21% Joined or started participating in LGBTQ community or recreational opportunities where you live: 38%, 21% Considered a different job/place of work: 36%, 18% Taken steps to be MORE visible as an LGBTQ person in your community (for example, at work or school): 31%, 18% Tried to update name or gender marker on identity documents: 27%, 9% Gotten a different job or place of work: 22%, 11% Gone to another state to get medical care: 24%, 8% Actually moved to a different state: 9%, 5% Source: MAP(Movement Advancement Project)/NORC survey of 1,055 LGBTQ U.S. adults, conducted May 29 - June 13, 2025.

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 1d
New research confirms what many of us see: there's a large internal migration of LGBTQ people in the US, especially trans people, to friendlier states & cities.
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
Bar chart showing stats for transgender and nonbinary people, and all LGBTQ people, with survey responses. At least one of the listed actions: 84% of trans people, 57% of all LGBTQ Taken steps to be LESS visible as an LGBTQ person in your community (for example, at work or school): 55%, 24% Considered moving to a different state: 43%, 25% Joined or started participating in LGBTQ advocacy/activism where you live: 38%, 21% Joined or started participating in LGBTQ community or recreational opportunities where you live: 38%, 21% Considered a different job/place of work: 36%, 18% Taken steps to be MORE visible as an LGBTQ person in your community (for example, at work or school): 31%, 18% Tried to update name or gender marker on identity documents: 27%, 9% Gotten a different job or place of work: 22%, 11% Gone to another state to get medical care: 24%, 8% Actually moved to a different state: 9%, 5% Source: MAP(Movement Advancement Project)/NORC survey of 1,055 LGBTQ U.S. adults, conducted May 29 - June 13, 2025.

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d
I think the punishment for a cop who uses violence without justification should be worse than if a civilian does the same crime. Maybe I'm just inventing rules.

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d
Reactionaries always say cops can kill people because they take risks for the public. This is the road to fascism. (It's the same for grift among state officials. You sacrifice profit opportunity for the privilege of serving the public. If you don't like that, select out of the job. Democracy!)
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d
Common inversion is the idea cops should be held to lesser ethical standards because the job is dangerous. It's the opposite: it's a higher standard because they are entrusted with the power to use force. This is also the selection mechanism - if you can't stomach that, the job isn't for you.
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d
That was when we got "polarization" or whatever this is down to the molecular level and never came back.
Scatter plot showing lower covid vaccination rates in trump counties

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d
The smallest thing to have the biggest impact on earth in quite a while was the first human covid-19 infection. I don't think we would be in this mess without that. A different mess, yes, but not this one.