Jess Calarco
@jessicacalarco.com
Sociologist. Author. Professor. Roosevelt Institute Fellow. Expert on families, schools, kids, privilege, and power. Bylines in NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, Atlantic, etc.
"Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women."
www.jessicacalarco.com
"Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women."
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Jess Calarco
@jessicacalarco.com
· Jun 4
Other countries have safety nets. The US has women.
Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net.
Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net.
Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
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The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
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I've been trying to move a project on the security and privacy risks of AI agents. I had an expert say to me that one of the things they are worried about is what happens when an AI agent is used to testify against their owner.
Anyways it's already happening.
Anyways it's already happening.
January 27, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I've been trying to move a project on the security and privacy risks of AI agents. I had an expert say to me that one of the things they are worried about is what happens when an AI agent is used to testify against their owner.
Anyways it's already happening.
Anyways it's already happening.
The two Senate Republicans who've been pushing hardest for an investigation into Alex Pretti's death--Tillis and Cassidy--were also among the top-10 Senate recipients of NRA donations in 2023. Which makes me wonder how big of a role the NRA played in pushing for Bovino's ousting behind the scenes.
January 27, 2026 at 1:37 AM
The two Senate Republicans who've been pushing hardest for an investigation into Alex Pretti's death--Tillis and Cassidy--were also among the top-10 Senate recipients of NRA donations in 2023. Which makes me wonder how big of a role the NRA played in pushing for Bovino's ousting behind the scenes.
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Lots of scrambling today by the terrible regime.
I want to argue that our goal should be to get Miller removed, that has to be the focus. Noem, Bovino, etc are all just middle managers. The architect of the terror regime is Miller.
A thread:
bsky.app/profile/simo...
I want to argue that our goal should be to get Miller removed, that has to be the focus. Noem, Bovino, etc are all just middle managers. The architect of the terror regime is Miller.
A thread:
bsky.app/profile/simo...
In my a new post I talk about how JD Vance and Stephen Miller have been responsible for the two biggest political disasters of Trump's second term so far - Greenland and Minnesota. Their "rules no longer apply to us" project is taking a huge, deserved hit.
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-senate...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-senate...
"The Senate and the White House are suddenly in the middle of the most serious political crisis of.....Trump’s second term"
Everyone needs to be calling Congress today - they need to hear from us. Loud and proud!
www.hopiumchronicles.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Lots of scrambling today by the terrible regime.
I want to argue that our goal should be to get Miller removed, that has to be the focus. Noem, Bovino, etc are all just middle managers. The architect of the terror regime is Miller.
A thread:
bsky.app/profile/simo...
I want to argue that our goal should be to get Miller removed, that has to be the focus. Noem, Bovino, etc are all just middle managers. The architect of the terror regime is Miller.
A thread:
bsky.app/profile/simo...
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An entire city learned to be legal observers after a 17 year old was brave enough to bear witness to George Floyd's murder. I am heartbroken that Minneapolis experienced this violence, but thankful to Darnella Frazier and the people who followed her example.
January 27, 2026 at 12:20 AM
An entire city learned to be legal observers after a 17 year old was brave enough to bear witness to George Floyd's murder. I am heartbroken that Minneapolis experienced this violence, but thankful to Darnella Frazier and the people who followed her example.
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Read this thread and marvel at how bad science and bad faith have worked in tandem to stigmatize and delegitimize half of the earth's population, and consider how this continues to flourish today, primarily in right wing and conservative politics and culture.
So, it looks like we need to chat about the pseudo-science of "hysteria," and how it's been used for centuries to gaslight women into believing--it's not the patriarchy; it's you.
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The auditor of the state of Ohio, who is running to be the state's next attorney general, wrote an oped this morning that the Columbus Dispatch published on how Renee Good is to blame for her death.
The subheadline alone is already chilling.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
The subheadline alone is already chilling.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
January 26, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Read this thread and marvel at how bad science and bad faith have worked in tandem to stigmatize and delegitimize half of the earth's population, and consider how this continues to flourish today, primarily in right wing and conservative politics and culture.
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Terrific thread!
Hippocrates attributed women's "madness" to the
uterus, which he believed would wander through the body if not full. As a cure, he prescribed regular marital sex, which would fill the uterus with semen (for their healing properties), and with pregnancies (to keep it from wandering). 3/
uterus, which he believed would wander through the body if not full. As a cure, he prescribed regular marital sex, which would fill the uterus with semen (for their healing properties), and with pregnancies (to keep it from wandering). 3/
January 26, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Terrific thread!
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@jessicacalarco.com is using the same amazing strategy that @kevinmkruse.bsky.social used when he provided the historical context for Dinesh D'Souza's idiot takes on racism in U.S. history, but for misogyny.
So, if you are not following her, you should be.
So, if you are not following her, you should be.
So, it looks like we need to chat about the pseudo-science of "hysteria," and how it's been used for centuries to gaslight women into believing--it's not the patriarchy; it's you.
1/🧵
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The auditor of the state of Ohio, who is running to be the state's next attorney general, wrote an oped this morning that the Columbus Dispatch published on how Renee Good is to blame for her death.
The subheadline alone is already chilling.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
The subheadline alone is already chilling.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
January 26, 2026 at 8:23 PM
@jessicacalarco.com is using the same amazing strategy that @kevinmkruse.bsky.social used when he provided the historical context for Dinesh D'Souza's idiot takes on racism in U.S. history, but for misogyny.
So, if you are not following her, you should be.
So, if you are not following her, you should be.
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Here is my open response to Keith Faber
His social team has it now but anyone in Ohio feel free to hand him an engraved invite.
His social team has it now but anyone in Ohio feel free to hand him an engraved invite.
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Here is my open response to Keith Faber
His social team has it now but anyone in Ohio feel free to hand him an engraved invite.
His social team has it now but anyone in Ohio feel free to hand him an engraved invite.
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Following the Kent State massacre in May 1970, a Gallup poll showed that 58% of Americans thought the shootings were justified. The night *before* the killings, Ohio's GOP governor described the student protesters this way: "They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America."
January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Following the Kent State massacre in May 1970, a Gallup poll showed that 58% of Americans thought the shootings were justified. The night *before* the killings, Ohio's GOP governor described the student protesters this way: "They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America."
The next time you call someone "hysterical," know that you're channeling the words of a man who believed that women's "madness" could be cured with marital rape.
Hippocrates attributed women's "madness" to the
uterus, which he believed would wander through the body if not full. As a cure, he prescribed regular marital sex, which would fill the uterus with semen (for their healing properties), and with pregnancies (to keep it from wandering). 3/
uterus, which he believed would wander through the body if not full. As a cure, he prescribed regular marital sex, which would fill the uterus with semen (for their healing properties), and with pregnancies (to keep it from wandering). 3/
January 26, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The next time you call someone "hysterical," know that you're channeling the words of a man who believed that women's "madness" could be cured with marital rape.
So, it looks like we need to chat about the pseudo-science of "hysteria," and how it's been used for centuries to gaslight women into believing--it's not the patriarchy; it's you.
1/🧵
1/🧵
The auditor of the state of Ohio, who is running to be the state's next attorney general, wrote an oped this morning that the Columbus Dispatch published on how Renee Good is to blame for her death.
The subheadline alone is already chilling.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
The subheadline alone is already chilling.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
January 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM
So, it looks like we need to chat about the pseudo-science of "hysteria," and how it's been used for centuries to gaslight women into believing--it's not the patriarchy; it's you.
1/🧵
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For the record, my mom had six kids, drove multiple carpools every week, ran a household, did multiple regular volunteer gigs and somehow found time to play with us, care for us and love us unreservedly. Moms are good at stuff. And as @jessicacalarco.com reminds us, they're our social safety net.
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:26 PM
For the record, my mom had six kids, drove multiple carpools every week, ran a household, did multiple regular volunteer gigs and somehow found time to play with us, care for us and love us unreservedly. Moms are good at stuff. And as @jessicacalarco.com reminds us, they're our social safety net.
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Important operations of the Civil Rights movement, notably the Montgomery Bus Boycott that went on for a YEAR, were funded in large part by Black women selling cakes and pies to sympathetic white women. The authorities never twigged.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia...
Georgia Gilmore - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Important operations of the Civil Rights movement, notably the Montgomery Bus Boycott that went on for a YEAR, were funded in large part by Black women selling cakes and pies to sympathetic white women. The authorities never twigged.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia...
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my mom somehow did expert home care for my very ill dad til he died, then for her sisters the same; helps raise my nephew; does care for disabled friends; is a hub for donations to our free store; none of it is paid or trained (except insofar as raising a bunch of kids on no money is that training)
What these goons don't seem to realize is that decades of neoliberal policies have forced the work of care downstream--from the state onto families, and then onto women, who've had to get very good at caring for others through the crises that those same neoliberal policies tend to create.
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 2:24 PM
my mom somehow did expert home care for my very ill dad til he died, then for her sisters the same; helps raise my nephew; does care for disabled friends; is a hub for donations to our free store; none of it is paid or trained (except insofar as raising a bunch of kids on no money is that training)
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When the hurricanes came through the women of my hometown were the ones coordinating help efforts. You can hand a man a chainsaw but he still needs to know where to go and when. Over and over and over again. Anyone surprised hasn’t been paying attention
What these goons don't seem to realize is that decades of neoliberal policies have forced the work of care downstream--from the state onto families, and then onto women, who've had to get very good at caring for others through the crises that those same neoliberal policies tend to create.
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 1:21 PM
When the hurricanes came through the women of my hometown were the ones coordinating help efforts. You can hand a man a chainsaw but he still needs to know where to go and when. Over and over and over again. Anyone surprised hasn’t been paying attention
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Empathy for their marginalized neighbors is something these people can’t understand as organic
January 26, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Empathy for their marginalized neighbors is something these people can’t understand as organic
What these goons don't seem to realize is that decades of neoliberal policies have forced the work of care downstream--from the state onto families, and then onto women, who've had to get very good at caring for others through the crises that those same neoliberal policies tend to create.
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 12:09 PM
What these goons don't seem to realize is that decades of neoliberal policies have forced the work of care downstream--from the state onto families, and then onto women, who've had to get very good at caring for others through the crises that those same neoliberal policies tend to create.
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During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake
And, tonight, the network's flagship news program -- 60 Minutes -- ran a clip show of old celeb interviews to "celebrate the movies" rather than put together an episode focused on what's going on in Minnesota.
The person who publishes the Free Press — where the words “Minneapolis” and “Minnesota” never appear tonight — also runs CBS News.
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 AM
During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake
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There have been 3 homicides in Minneapolis this year. Trump’s agents committed two of them: a mom and a nurse who cared for our Veterans.
Stay the hell out of our cities.
Stay the hell out of our cities.
January 26, 2026 at 2:41 AM
There have been 3 homicides in Minneapolis this year. Trump’s agents committed two of them: a mom and a nurse who cared for our Veterans.
Stay the hell out of our cities.
Stay the hell out of our cities.
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Did you hear this one about a 12 year old who got her first preiod in Minneapolis? Sureal and heartbreaking.
Listen to: How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5682...
Listen to: How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5682...
🔊 Listen Now: How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation
All Things Considered on NPR One | 5:33
one.npr.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Did you hear this one about a 12 year old who got her first preiod in Minneapolis? Sureal and heartbreaking.
Listen to: How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5682...
Listen to: How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5682...
On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken.
January 26, 2026 at 3:47 AM
On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken.
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A teacher literally shaking as she describes the threat from her own government to the children she teaches www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 26, 2026 at 3:28 AM
A teacher literally shaking as she describes the threat from her own government to the children she teaches www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Steph Curry on watching the protests from his hotel window: "In negative 10-degree weather. It was beautiful to see that turnout. That speaks to how important people felt to have their voice heard. In those elements and whatever streets outside our hotel, they were out, and it was amazing to watch."
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Steph Curry on watching the protests from his hotel window: "In negative 10-degree weather. It was beautiful to see that turnout. That speaks to how important people felt to have their voice heard. In those elements and whatever streets outside our hotel, they were out, and it was amazing to watch."
This has big implications for the Wisconsin Governor's race this year, because the new Chancellor will be selected by the Board of Regents, most of whom are appointed by the Governor.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/n...
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/n...
Columbia Selects University of Wisconsin Chancellor as Its President
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:10 AM
This has big implications for the Wisconsin Governor's race this year, because the new Chancellor will be selected by the Board of Regents, most of whom are appointed by the Governor.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/n...
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/n...