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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · 27d

Excited to host the authors of Hot Flash at the next Vital Signs webinar tmrw (Tues 10/7) at 12pm. It’s not too late to join us! #VitalSigns @drexelklinelaw.bsky.social @profbcrawford.bsky.social @naomicahn.bsky.social

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Half the population experiences menopause, yet bias and silence around it persist. Join Vital Signs for Menopause and the Law: A Conversation with the Authors of "Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores… ...

Half the population experiences menopause, yet bias and silence around it persist. Join Vital Signs for Menopause and the Law: A Conversation with the Authors of "Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopa...

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Sep 26

...the harmful chemicals present in hair products marketed as "healthy" and "clean," the exclusion of hair loss treatment from insurance coverage, discriminatory hair pat-downs of Black women by TSA agents at the airport, and so much more...

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Sep 26

So far, we've learned about the historical construction of white male baldness, hair and social control in 19th century anti-Chinese exclusionary laws, the history of hair policies in Indian boarding schools, the under-regulation of hair products and synthetic braids used by Black women....

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Sep 26

Today's the day! Excited to welcome an amazing set of scholars, advocates, and practitioners to the Drexel Kline School of Law for the Law Review's 2025 symposium on hair, health, law & policy. An honor to collaborate with the amazing @wendygreene.bsky.social! @drexelklinelaw.bsky.social

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Sep 4

To counteract this phenomenon, I argue for the normalization of maternal ambivalence to bring law into better alignment with social science and to ease the harms that flow from punishing women’s conflicted feelings about motherhood.

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Sep 4

Ultimately, it argues that by reinforcing the social stigma surrounding maternal ambivalence, law privileges restrictive gender stereotypes about self-sacrificing mothers and women fulfilling their natural reproductive destinies by becoming mothers.

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Sep 4

The article compares the law’s response to perceived maternal ambivalence, using a set of case examples involving pregnancy loss and child removal, with more generous understandings of such ambivalence found in the social science literature.

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thrilled to share my latest article, Normalizing Maternal Ambivalence, is out! With gratitude to the many scholars and advocates who have engaged me on this topic and helped me think more deeply about the stigmatization of women's conflicted feelings about motherhood. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Normalizing Maternal Ambivalence

<p><span>Certain themes are common when identifying good mothers: becoming a mother is an overwhelmingly happy experience; good mothers love their children imme

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Jun 19

Please tag yourself and others!

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Jun 19

@johnparsi.bsky.social @profnroemer.bsky.social @arosariolebron.bsky.social @katesilbaugh.bsky.social @marciazug.bsky.social @shanta-trivedi.bsky.social @gracewatkins.bsky.social @deborahwidiss.bsky.social @yiranzhang.bsky.social @shlorr.bsky.social

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Jun 19

@rebouche.bsky.social @courtneygjoslin.bsky.social @annaarons.bsky.social @profatkins.bsky.social @professorboone.bsky.social @maxineeichner.bsky.social @jillhasday.bsky.social @clarehuntington.bsky.social @profmejohnson1.bsky.social @lauralanesteele.bsky.social @proflmcclain.bsky.social

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thrilled to host this amazing group at Drexel for another wonderful Family Law Scholars & Teachers Conference! Most grateful for the generous feedback, new ideas, and supportive community #FLSTC @drexelklinelaw.bsky.social

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Jun 5

Amazing to learn from powerhouse discussion group on private law and harms from AB bans #HLP2025 - thanks to @nnsawicki.bsky.social @jrabrams.bsky.social Yvette Lindgren, Michelle Oberman, Erika Sabbath, Jamille Fields Allsbrook

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · May 23

Thrilled to listen to an amazing New Books panel, including the fantastic @dsc250.bsky.social (After Dobbs), @jillwieberlens.bsky.social (Stillbirth & the Law), and @jrabrams.bsky.social (Inclusive Socratic Teaching). Read these books!

#LSA2025 #FeministLegalTheory #DrexelKlineLaw

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · May 8

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Book Discussion - Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopause and What We Can Do About It | Association of American Law Schools

Date: Thursday, May 8 from 1 – 2 pm ET/12 – 1 pm CT/11 am – 12 pm MT/10 – 11 am PT Section on Aging and the Law sponsored by the Section on Women in Legal Education The authors of the book Hot Flash: ...

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · May 8

Excited to discuss Hot Flash - a critically important new book on menopause + law by @profbcrawford.bsky.social @naomicahn.bsky.social & Emily Waldman - on Thurs 5/8 at 1pm ET with AALS Section on Aging. Join us! (reg link below)
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Hot Flash | Stanford University Press

More than half the population will experience menopause; it is time for the law to acknowledge it.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · Dec 16

On the abortion 'complication' claim: Paxton says in his press release that abortion pills "caused serious harm to this patient."

This appears to be a lie—one that is being repeated by mainstream outlets

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Dec 3

Yes! Specifically, acts already committed that could be prosecuted in the future under the federal Comstock Act

Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · Dec 2

I asked repro experts what President Biden should do before Trump takes office. High on the list: pardon people for abortion-related ‘crimes’

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Nov 22

MMRCs like Georgia's reflect such an impoverished take on accountability, transparency, and "learning from our mistakes" in health care.

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Nov 22

The GA maternal mortality review committee's findings "are not supposed to be shared with the public — not even with hospitals or with family members of women who died."

Helps explain the recent decision to fire the whole committee...

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths

In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Nov 22

"Doctors say the feeling among would-be moms is fear."

For some women, the fear of death, trauma, or other harm due to obstetric violence + obstetric racism has long been part of giving birth. Not that this reality makes such reporting any easier to digest...

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A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban

Exclusive analysis finds the rate of maternal deaths in Texas increased 56% from 2019 to 2022, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period.

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Nov 22

"How long will we ask people to bare their open wounds for the world, and stand by when nothing happens?"

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Liz Kukura @lizkukura.bsky.social · Nov 22

Lots of important takeaways here, not least of which is the dignity of *all abortion storytelling,* not just the most tragic stories. Otherwise, we risk losing even when we win.

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Analysis: The Limits of a Tragic Story

Savita Halappanavar's death is widely seen as a catalyst for Ireland's abortion reform, but the truth is more nuanced—and offers important lessons for the U.S.

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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · Nov 22

The vote-tallying is now almost complete, and it's abundantly clear just how much abortion, on its own, is a winner electorally.

There have been 18 ballot initiatives post-Dobbs, and the pro-choice side has garnered 60.4% of the 56.6M votes cast.

In today's politics, that's a landslide.

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