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Karen Benjamin Guzzo
@karenguzzo.bsky.social
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Demographer and Sociologist. Director of the Carolina Population Center. LEGO Karen

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Williams Institute @williamsinstitute.bsky.social · 3h
Our new research shows that hundreds of federal surveys removed questions about sexual orientation and gender identity since the start of the second Trump administration. Read the full report at: tinyurl.com/SOGIdata

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 4h
"You can’t have 'great replacement' without the failure of women to fulfill their role as childbearers. White women are at the center of right-wing concerns about demographic change because their reproductive capacity is seen as a key bulwark against the browning of America."
aselrod.bsky.social Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 4h
My @liberalcurrents.com essay on the “repeal the 19th” guys from last November

www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 4h
My @liberalcurrents.com essay on the “repeal the 19th” guys from last November

www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...

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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 5h
$3K mini-grants available from Pew Research Center to prepare papers reusing their data on religion. Deadline to apply (not to write the paper) is March 2. www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/s...

Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Joanna L. Grossman

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 14h
LGBTQ+ adults in the US have distinct partnership and living arrangements often missed in surveys: less often married, more likely to cohabit or have non-coresidential partners, and more likely to live alone, with roommates, or in smaller households.
www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
Screenshot of website for publication 54-11

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chloe gibbs @chloergibbs.bsky.social · 20h
🚨🚨 It's new research week for me on the socials! 🚨🚨

First up, just released today as an NBER working paper:

"More Hours, More Work: Head Start Expansions Boost Maternal Employment" with fantastic coauthors Esra Kose and Maria Rosales-Rueda

www.nber.org/papers/w34831
More Hours, More Work: Head Start Expansions Boost Maternal Employment by Chloe Gibbs, Esra Kose, and Maria Rosales-Rueda Abstract: Women’s employment remains highly sensitive to childcare constraints, making childcare availability a critical lever for supporting mothers’ labor force attachment. We study the effects of expanded full-day programming in Head Start, using the 2016 federal funding initiative that targeted grantees with low full-day enrollment. Linking administrative program data, geo-coded center locations, and household data on employment, we estimate a difference-in-differences design by comparing mothers of young children in treated and untreated areas. The policy increased full-day enrollment by 19 percent and raised single mothers’ employment (1.9%), hours (2.5%), and earnings (6.5%). Results show that extending program duration meaningfully improves maternal labor market outcomes.

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 1d
@profsamperry.bsky.social has some great insights into how pronatalism links with Christian Nationalism. Pat Buchanan was writing about the "death of the west" 20+ years ago b/c white college educated women weren't having enough babies & the US was gonna be overrun by non-white "breeders"

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Isaac Maddow-Zimet @imaddowzimet.bsky.social · 1d
Very excited that @lauralindberg.bsky.social and I just posted a preprint of a paper that we've been working on for a while, looking at the (lack of) comparability of the most recent NSFG with prior waves of data. Feedback extremely welcome!
osf.io/preprints/so...
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 2d
This scheme to make passports harder to obtain comes as Republicans are trying to make passports one of the few documents that can be presented in order to be permitted to register to vote.
State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications
The State Department has ordered nonprofit public libraries to stop taking passport applications, cutting off a popular local service.
apnews.com

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 2d
France is sending letters to 29 yr olds to encourage them to have children before it’s too late. That’ll absolutely raise the birth rate. 🙄
France’s letters to 29-year-olds to remind them to have babies is a spectacular missing of the point | Zoe Williams
A serious plan to tackle low birthrates could include addressing the fact that if people could afford to house themselves, they might be quicker to settle down, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 2d
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2d
This message from the US State Department about "not wanting allies to be shackled by guilt and shame" is a pretty direct call-out to the German far-right argument that Germany has spent too long feeling guilty about the Holocaust, and needs to move on and stop doing remembrance.
Post from the Department of State: "We do not want allies to be shackled by guilt and shame"

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 2d
Analysis of U.S. deaths of pregnant and postpartum women from 2018–2023 indicates that obstetrical complications and disease are no longer the leading causes of maternal death, replaced by homicide, suicide, and overdose. Read the full analysis: nej.md/4a96wPp

#MedSky #Psychiatry #OBGYN
"Homicide, suicide, and drug overdose accounted for more than one fourth of maternal deaths (2018 of the total of 7901) from 2018 through 2023; deaths from these causes nearly equaled the combined toll of cardiovascular disease, infection, hypertension, and hemorrhage." Correspondence "Overdose, Homicide, and Suicide as Causes of Maternal Death in the United States" by H.A. Azad et al. Leading Causes of Death among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the United States, 2018–2023. Shown is the number of deaths per 100,000 live births according to cause of death among women who were pregnant or no more than 42 days post partum. Violence includes homicide and suicide by any means. Deaths in which the underlying cause was not specified are not included. AFE denotes amniotic fluid embolism, and Covid-19 coronavirus disease 2019.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d
You need to know about the SAVE Act, which recently passed in the House.

So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 3d
Kristi Noem tried to fire a Coast Guard pilot for forgetting her blankie but then needed that pilot to fly her home
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Wall Street Journal screenshot: Within DHS, Noem and Lewandowski have cut employees or put them on administrative leave. The pair have fired or demoted roughly 80% of the career ICE field leadership that was in place when they started. In the blanket incident, Noem had to switch planes after a maintenance issue was discovered, but her blanket wasn’t moved to the second plane, according to the people familiar with the incident. The Coast Guard pilot was initially fired and told to take a commercial flight home when they reached their destination. They eventually reinstated the pilot because no one else was available to fly them home. The DHS spokeswoman didn’t address the episode but said the secretary has “made personnel decisions to deliver excellence.”

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 3d
Oh, absolutely. They've cleverly identified something they can mobilize a large base behind to ultimately accomplish anti-feminist, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ policies they've long wanted to achieve. Low birth rates are just a pretense.

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 3d
What really scares me about this moment is that the right has been able to convince "regular" people that low birth rates are a problem that must be addressed. Once people accept that - and reasonable efforts like childcare or tax credits don't work - it opens the door to more draconian efforts.

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 3d
I think about this book a lot - the concerns about who was, and was not, having children in the US have been around a long time.

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 3d
Happy Valentine’s Day! #legokaren

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Jeannette H @jeannetteh.bsky.social · 3d
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records ...
www.reuters.com

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Ann Elizabeth @diggybaby.bsky.social · 3d
North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
Even without an on-campus voting site, NCAT students still marched to the polls. 💙💛 Students at North Carolina A&T showed that barriers won’t stop their voices. When access isn’t easy, they organize. ...
TikTok video by HBCU Student Action Alliance
www.tiktok.com

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Destenie Nock, PhD @destenie.bsky.social · 3d
I was recently promoted to Associate Professor. I’m so grateful and I also wanted to tell the truth behind what people call “effortless” success.
I wrote about infertility, fostering, work as coping, and choosing differently in this next chapter
Full story: destenienock5.wixsite.com/destenienock...
On Becoming an Associate Professor (And Telling the Truth About How I Got Here)
February 13, 2026By: Destenie NockWhen people found out I was promoted to Associate Professor, the response was generous and kind. A lot of people said some version of: “Of course. You publish so much...
destenienock5.wixsite.com

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 3d
Looksmaxxing is “a male space. My culture is not a costume.”

GTFOH

We’re doomed 😱
Handsome at Any Cost
www.nytimes.com

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 4d
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

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Adam Pollack @crispapoll.bsky.social · 4d
I am hiring a postdoc @ Univ of Iowa. Potential project focuses include flood-risk infrastructure planning, disaster recovery processes and outcomes, insurance program externalities, or uncertainty in climate damage attribution. Please consider applying/sharing! jobs.uiowa.edu/postdoc/view...
Postdoctoral Requisition Details - Jobs@UIOWA: Search and Apply for Jobs at The University of Iowa
Jobs@UIOWA: The official place to search and apply for jobs at The University of Iowa.
jobs.uiowa.edu

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 4d
Aw, poor guy. But he sure is cute.

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 4d
Scoop: The NIH infectious-diseases institute (NIAID) will soon scrub “pandemic preparedness” and “biodefense” from its web pages, according to e-mails I obtained.

The directive is the start of a broader shake-up at NIAID, which has long been attacked by Republicans.
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
www.nature.com

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 4d
"The White House Office of Management and Budget, which Vought leads, is allocating $15 million of what remains of USAID operating expenses to cover the costs of his protection" www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com

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akilbello.bsky.social @akilbello.bsky.social · 4d
I took that new right wing admissions test so you don't have to.

"It’s inconsistent, odd, and pseudo-scientific but it has just enough of a patina of science to let politicians who share their ideology justify its use."

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Trying out the clt
I took the CLT not only to add a stone to my infinity gauntlet but so you don’t have to. Read on to find out what I’ve learned.
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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 5d
In “Limits of Predicting Individual-Level Longevity,” Badolato et al. assess a range of classic statistical & machine learning survival analysis models. @nickirons.bsky.social @monjalexander.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...