Leslie Root
@lesja.bsky.social
reproductive justice for all, solidarity forever. demographer, asst prof of research at CU Boulder, inveterate and not particularly professional poster. на носу очки, а в душе осень
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Leslie Root
@lesja.bsky.social
· Apr 12
"shouldn't the left be engaging with pronatalism" comes up constantly. yeah I'm engaging with it. engaging by saying it sucks!!
The only place on earth where I'm qualified to be the one doing the locker-shoving
February 10, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The only place on earth where I'm qualified to be the one doing the locker-shoving
Reposted by Leslie Root
the indo-european language family is a conspiracy created by the sims-williams family to sell more languages
February 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
the indo-european language family is a conspiracy created by the sims-williams family to sell more languages
Like imagine you've taught your kid that gender is the major organizing principle of human society and then you have to turn around and admit that some people simply opt out. It's like telling them they could orchestrate a hostile takeover of their school and become the next principal
February 10, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Like imagine you've taught your kid that gender is the major organizing principle of human society and then you have to turn around and admit that some people simply opt out. It's like telling them they could orchestrate a hostile takeover of their school and become the next principal
A couple summers ago I was in my hometown hanging out at the library with Ezra, who started playing with a little girl. Her grandma and I were chatting about how they were ready to start kinder in the fall, and her example was, "she knows the alphabet, and which colors are for boys and for girls"
February 10, 2026 at 2:29 PM
A couple summers ago I was in my hometown hanging out at the library with Ezra, who started playing with a little girl. Her grandma and I were chatting about how they were ready to start kinder in the fall, and her example was, "she knows the alphabet, and which colors are for boys and for girls"
I always support dunking on these people but also I think the real answer is that it's hard for them because they've been indoctrinating their kids with compulsory heterosexuality and gender norms since before they were born
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I always support dunking on these people but also I think the real answer is that it's hard for them because they've been indoctrinating their kids with compulsory heterosexuality and gender norms since before they were born
Oh my god the infinity phase was so rough over here 😅
February 10, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Oh my god the infinity phase was so rough over here 😅
every time I want to find this one I have to perform a series of incantations where i google the song title (plavo jaka) with assorted years and forms of the word "gazoza"
February 9, 2026 at 9:59 PM
every time I want to find this one I have to perform a series of incantations where i google the song title (plavo jaka) with assorted years and forms of the word "gazoza"
makes me happy that there are still absolute bangers played by incredible musicians that you can kind of only find as poor-quality YouTube videos of New Year's parties in Tetovo
February 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
makes me happy that there are still absolute bangers played by incredible musicians that you can kind of only find as poor-quality YouTube videos of New Year's parties in Tetovo
Macedonian Roma banger www.youtube.com/watch?v=479a...
Ork Gazoza & Cepko Plavo Jaka Bare Bala New Show 2014 By DeNnIiSs FaCa
YouTube video by Studio DeNnIiSs FaCa
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Macedonian Roma banger www.youtube.com/watch?v=479a...
Reposted by Leslie Root
Post a banger that's not in English? Y'all are not ready for this Oirat language banger I'm about to send your way: youtu.be/0pvP6jpz5f0?...
Жаргалын Эрдэнэдалай-ЖУРАЙ ГЭЛДЭН
YouTube video by Баруун Монгол Ардын Дууч Жаргалын Эрдэнэдалай
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Post a banger that's not in English? Y'all are not ready for this Oirat language banger I'm about to send your way: youtu.be/0pvP6jpz5f0?...
au contraire, i've never been more ready for anything
February 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
au contraire, i've never been more ready for anything
Reposted by Leslie Root
Fellow #demographers - coming to #PAA2026 ? 🤓
💫 Please save the date for the Feminist Demography Pre-Conference Workshop!
Wednesday 5/6/2026
9-5pm CST in-person at PAA!
Flash talks! A moderated panel discussion! And a social hour to connect with fellow feminist demography colleagues!
💫 Please save the date for the Feminist Demography Pre-Conference Workshop!
Wednesday 5/6/2026
9-5pm CST in-person at PAA!
Flash talks! A moderated panel discussion! And a social hour to connect with fellow feminist demography colleagues!
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Fellow #demographers - coming to #PAA2026 ? 🤓
💫 Please save the date for the Feminist Demography Pre-Conference Workshop!
Wednesday 5/6/2026
9-5pm CST in-person at PAA!
Flash talks! A moderated panel discussion! And a social hour to connect with fellow feminist demography colleagues!
💫 Please save the date for the Feminist Demography Pre-Conference Workshop!
Wednesday 5/6/2026
9-5pm CST in-person at PAA!
Flash talks! A moderated panel discussion! And a social hour to connect with fellow feminist demography colleagues!
The beauty of neoliberal biopolitics is that being a good biopolitical subject can take so much work that people don't have time or agency left for other shit
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The beauty of neoliberal biopolitics is that being a good biopolitical subject can take so much work that people don't have time or agency left for other shit
Love @philipncohen.com's Pyrrhic defeat framing for this
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Love @philipncohen.com's Pyrrhic defeat framing for this
Hard to make anything new when you're always retvrning
February 9, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Hard to make anything new when you're always retvrning
I guess that's what I get for blocking people who put me in starter packs
February 9, 2026 at 4:29 AM
I guess that's what I get for blocking people who put me in starter packs
There is a demography cluster and I'm not in it 😅
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 AM
There is a demography cluster and I'm not in it 😅
I was just joking that I wanted a Norton critical edition 😅
February 9, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I was just joking that I wanted a Norton critical edition 😅
Probably a linguistics major take but I love using my brain to figure out what's going on when I don't understand everything that's being said
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Probably a linguistics major take but I love using my brain to figure out what's going on when I don't understand everything that's being said
Sometimes encountering languages you don't understand is an incredibly normal and also very cool part of being human
February 9, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Sometimes encountering languages you don't understand is an incredibly normal and also very cool part of being human
Reposted by Leslie Root
EJAE has the opportunity to do the funniest possible thing next year
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 AM
EJAE has the opportunity to do the funniest possible thing next year
Reposted by Leslie Root
We’re onto you, Ring
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
We’re onto you, Ring
Oh hmm bsky.app/profile/moll...
does anyone else remember when the 2022 Super Bowl had so many crypto ads people were calling it the Crypto Bowl and then crypto just absolutely fucking tanked?
anyway
anyway
![The advertising during the game stood out for a high number of celebrity cameos and advertisements for futuristic technology, particularly for products like electric vehicles, virtual reality and cryptocurrency.[136][137][138][139] There were many cryptocurrency-related ads drawing comparisons to dot-com commercials during Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000,[140][141] leading some to refer to the game as the "Crypto Bowl".[142][143]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn/bafkreievce7ps4onya4r7lnkhyunbnuniltxqhynyysdz3ratcfzlsah3a@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Oh hmm bsky.app/profile/moll...
Why is every commercial for AI
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Why is every commercial for AI