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!!
I had to read this to talk to NPR about it and now I think I deserve a little treat (this is Midas mindset) ifstudies.org/blog/the-lef...
The Left’s Family Problem: Marriage and Kids Cratering Among Liberal Young Adults
Progressive messaging that devalues, denies, and deconstructs the value of family life and celebrates solo living is leaving its mark on young liberals.
ifstudies.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I had to read this to talk to NPR about it and now I think I deserve a little treat (this is Midas mindset) ifstudies.org/blog/the-lef...
Beautiful commute home
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Beautiful commute home
Homeland Security isn't the only department doing full mask-off white nationalist twitter posting anymore
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Homeland Security isn't the only department doing full mask-off white nationalist twitter posting anymore
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Cannot make this up.
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Cannot make this up.
It's weird how well-off white women are, like, the least brutalized by the medical system, and yet the most likely to decide they'd rather join a cult and labor alone for 9 days with increasing signs of infection than go to the doctor
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It's weird how well-off white women are, like, the least brutalized by the medical system, and yet the most likely to decide they'd rather join a cult and labor alone for 9 days with increasing signs of infection than go to the doctor
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We took a 9-month break from skating lessons but now I'm reunited with my old nemesis, two-foot turns
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We took a 9-month break from skating lessons but now I'm reunited with my old nemesis, two-foot turns
Ugh the Russian ethnomusicological ensemble I followed on Instagram finally did a "we're sending one of our members off to fulfill his manly duty for the motherland" post. I don't know what I expected but nonetheless I'm bummed!!
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ugh the Russian ethnomusicological ensemble I followed on Instagram finally did a "we're sending one of our members off to fulfill his manly duty for the motherland" post. I don't know what I expected but nonetheless I'm bummed!!
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Ryan Lizza is playing the role of Haters’ Santa for me right now which makes sense because Santa is definitely Olivia Nuzzi’s type (several hundred years old, still owns slaves)
Feels like Christmas has really come early for the haters this year but I think they can still give us even more
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ryan Lizza is playing the role of Haters’ Santa for me right now which makes sense because Santa is definitely Olivia Nuzzi’s type (several hundred years old, still owns slaves)
Because it's goated, next question
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Because it's goated, next question
i saw a post the other day that was like "can we not use [the slang term] 'glazing' in polite company" and i gotta say, i cosign
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
i saw a post the other day that was like "can we not use [the slang term] 'glazing' in polite company" and i gotta say, i cosign
Everything is very bad but at least some things are funny
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Everything is very bad but at least some things are funny
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since we're doing the 00s again im becoming meaner
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
since we're doing the 00s again im becoming meaner
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Yeah, that’s the Denver airport
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Yeah, that’s the Denver airport
in spite or because of this, i am making challah today
wild how suddenly one tips over from "somewhat behind on several things" to "SO behind on EVERYTHING and also my hair is on fire"
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
in spite or because of this, i am making challah today
my next parent socializing bit is going to be to act like I've never heard of the concept of giftedness
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
my next parent socializing bit is going to be to act like I've never heard of the concept of giftedness
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Policy should focus not on fertility targets but on how “societies can remain prosperous, equitable & sustainable under conditions of low fertility, population aging & population decline. That is a question better aligned with what we actually know—and with the uncertainties we must acknowledge”
The demographic future that we do not know about
The demographic future of the planet has rarely been as questioned as it is today. For much of the 20th century, the demographic transition theory provided a clear narrative: With modernization and de...
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Policy should focus not on fertility targets but on how “societies can remain prosperous, equitable & sustainable under conditions of low fertility, population aging & population decline. That is a question better aligned with what we actually know—and with the uncertainties we must acknowledge”
wild how suddenly one tips over from "somewhat behind on several things" to "SO behind on EVERYTHING and also my hair is on fire"
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
wild how suddenly one tips over from "somewhat behind on several things" to "SO behind on EVERYTHING and also my hair is on fire"
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Logging on to the town Facebook page for my daily dose of psychic damage
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Logging on to the town Facebook page for my daily dose of psychic damage
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
Reading the Wayside School books to Ezra at bedtime, and I had completely forgotten about the delightful nonsense insult "Rub a monkey's tummy! Rub a monkey's tummy with your head!"
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Reading the Wayside School books to Ezra at bedtime, and I had completely forgotten about the delightful nonsense insult "Rub a monkey's tummy! Rub a monkey's tummy with your head!"
I'm really sad to hear that the international abortion pill providers have had to stop sending to the Philippines due to an apparent customs crackdown.
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I'm really sad to hear that the international abortion pill providers have had to stop sending to the Philippines due to an apparent customs crackdown.
this is my best post
what if we kissed and the state didn't even know if we were both girls
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
this is my best post
Abolish the cop in your head who takes the administrative data needs of the state as a given. Bill Maher (fuck him btw) is banking on people thinking, "Of course we need sex on birth certificates and it would be loony liberal overreach not to put it!" OK, sure, like, maybe, but why?
![RedWave Press
@RedWav.. • 22h g •••
Bill Maher: "[The left] started to teach that every baby is, I don't know, [let's not even put the gender on the] birth certificate."
Patton Oswalt: "Were we teaching that?"
Bill Maher: "Yes we were. Teach it—it was a law here in California."
Patton Oswalt: "Teaching what?"
Bill Maher: "Don't put s*x on the birth certificate. We'll see."
Patton Oswalt: "I'm sorry, I don't remember that."
Bill Maher: "I know, because it doesn't get in the BlueSky bubble."
BOOM!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6guagmhjwdanmotimn45j3pq/bafkreiahl53avfcdtjdcml6ryna75nxfdcei2zkldzgrtsvmf6fiqgdnrq@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Abolish the cop in your head who takes the administrative data needs of the state as a given. Bill Maher (fuck him btw) is banking on people thinking, "Of course we need sex on birth certificates and it would be loony liberal overreach not to put it!" OK, sure, like, maybe, but why?