Stephanie Baker
@stephabaker.bsky.social
She/her/hers
Higher Ed policy team at New America. Opinions = own. Working on fed policy re: parenting students and child care access. Opinions on lots of things.
Parent/worker/baker/learner/gardener who believes in the power of the people.
Higher Ed policy team at New America. Opinions = own. Working on fed policy re: parenting students and child care access. Opinions on lots of things.
Parent/worker/baker/learner/gardener who believes in the power of the people.
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people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think
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48 years. That's how long trans women have been eligible to compete in tennis.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
48 years. That's how long trans women have been eligible to compete in tennis.
If only those who were concerned about how women are treated had like, a whole body of activism and scholarship about gender they could turn to to improve conditions for women.
December 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
If only those who were concerned about how women are treated had like, a whole body of activism and scholarship about gender they could turn to to improve conditions for women.
Will we be busier working on more tasks for our billionaire overlords, busier working to survive the escalated and more drastic impacts of climate change thanks to data centers, or both?
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will unleash a wave of new ideas and unfinished projects—leaving people busier, not freer, as “everybody’s jobs will be different.” trib.al/i8LvkCC
Nvidia CEO says AI will actually make everyone a lot busier: 'Everybody's jobs will be different' | Fortune
“I would say that there's every evidence that we will be more productive and yet still be busier because we have so many ideas,” Jensen Huang said.
trib.al
December 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Will we be busier working on more tasks for our billionaire overlords, busier working to survive the escalated and more drastic impacts of climate change thanks to data centers, or both?
What the actual fuck is wrong with this guy
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What the actual fuck is wrong with this guy
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not sure why, but seeing lots of posts about the so-called "crisis in masculinity" today, so I'm re-upping this 🧵 from last year explaining why this issue is better thought of as a "fear of femininity"...
last week there was a lot of "young men" & "crisis of masculinity" Discourse™, so since I'm gradually uploading some of my old slam poems to YouTube, I figured I'd release "Barrette Manifesto", which later became a chapter of my first book #WhippingGirl...
youtu.be/auEs_fVvmoU
youtu.be/auEs_fVvmoU
Barrette Manifesto
YouTube video by Julia Serano
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
not sure why, but seeing lots of posts about the so-called "crisis in masculinity" today, so I'm re-upping this 🧵 from last year explaining why this issue is better thought of as a "fear of femininity"...
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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One thing I always want to ask these masculinity entrepreneurs is why men can’t look to women as role models, and can’t see in women models of human virtue and thriving that are worth emulating. After all, women look to men for these all the time.
Sure, Galloway is better than Peterson
But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and th...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One thing I always want to ask these masculinity entrepreneurs is why men can’t look to women as role models, and can’t see in women models of human virtue and thriving that are worth emulating. After all, women look to men for these all the time.
So if we aren’t at war because Congress hasn’t declared war, is blowing up people on boats in the Caribbean a war crime or …terrorism?
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
So if we aren’t at war because Congress hasn’t declared war, is blowing up people on boats in the Caribbean a war crime or …terrorism?
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It’s Giving Tuesday. (It’s giving … Tuesday.) I really encourage you to donate to an abortion fund, which make the promise of equality real by allowing women to control their bodies and lives, pursue their dreams, and live with dignity. Find your local fund here: abortionfunds.org
Homepage - National Network of Abortion Funds
Our network of nearly 100 abortion funds builds power for abortion access. Find a fund, get support, donate, and join campaigns with NNAF.
abortionfunds.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It’s Giving Tuesday. (It’s giving … Tuesday.) I really encourage you to donate to an abortion fund, which make the promise of equality real by allowing women to control their bodies and lives, pursue their dreams, and live with dignity. Find your local fund here: abortionfunds.org
You kind of have to be a bad writer to take on something like Project 2025, because it necessitates ignoring evidence, justifying fascism, and writing policies based on vibes, white supremacy, and misogyny
Actually just reading Project 2025, like just the PDF, and god damn this is poorly written. I thought the heritage foundation had been around long enough to at least write somewhat professionally and skillfully but this is some shit I'd be ashamed to have in my Youtube scripts
December 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
You kind of have to be a bad writer to take on something like Project 2025, because it necessitates ignoring evidence, justifying fascism, and writing policies based on vibes, white supremacy, and misogyny
What happened to Trump makes all the orders and no one is allowed to challenge them?
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
What happened to Trump makes all the orders and no one is allowed to challenge them?
Yes when shit costs more, people spend more to get it. Would bet they spent more but got less, which apparently isn’t worth talking about here
Consumers spent $9.1 billion online through 6:30 p.m. EST on Monday, marking a 4.5% increase year-over-year.
Cyber Monday Consumers Will Spend Up To $14.2 Billion—Setting New Record, Report Says
Consumers spent $9.1 billion online through 6:30 p.m. EST on Monday, marking a 4.5% increase year-over-year.
www.forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Yes when shit costs more, people spend more to get it. Would bet they spent more but got less, which apparently isn’t worth talking about here
Also they run ads for ICE so fuck ‘em
Spotify’s annual end-of-year summaries faced criticism last year after including underwhelming features, like one that called some users a “pink pilates princess” for listening to pop music.
Spotify Wrapped Could Drop This Week—As Fan Pressure Mounts After Panned 2024 Edition
Spotify’s annual end-of-year summaries faced criticism last year after including underwhelming features, like one that called some users a “pink pilates princess” for listening to pop music.
www.forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Also they run ads for ICE so fuck ‘em
This is fucking incredible and beautiful and sad
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This is fucking incredible and beautiful and sad
Has Babson College made any kind of statement about their student being detained?
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Has Babson College made any kind of statement about their student being detained?
It’s World AIDS Day (even if our oppressive govt wants to ignore it).
Grateful for the activists that forced attention and resources on AIDS and changed so many lives. Grateful for folks living with AIDS and grieving those lost too soon.
Grateful for the activists that forced attention and resources on AIDS and changed so many lives. Grateful for folks living with AIDS and grieving those lost too soon.
December 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It’s World AIDS Day (even if our oppressive govt wants to ignore it).
Grateful for the activists that forced attention and resources on AIDS and changed so many lives. Grateful for folks living with AIDS and grieving those lost too soon.
Grateful for the activists that forced attention and resources on AIDS and changed so many lives. Grateful for folks living with AIDS and grieving those lost too soon.
My then 10 month old drumming along on her high chair to a virtual Indigo Girls concert
And also more people acknowledging the truth about COVID risks to our health
And also more people acknowledging the truth about COVID risks to our health
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
My then 10 month old drumming along on her high chair to a virtual Indigo Girls concert
And also more people acknowledging the truth about COVID risks to our health
And also more people acknowledging the truth about COVID risks to our health
This. And those tech bros and billionaires still want THEIR kids to attend college, just not anyone else.
I saw something say that AI was making undergrad degrees useless and I can't ignore the fact that tech bros and billionaires want everyone else to not attend college to ensure the populace loses critical thinking skills and push them out of the ability to overtake them.
November 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This. And those tech bros and billionaires still want THEIR kids to attend college, just not anyone else.
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Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
It should read this and add that FDA ignores that 2,000 children have died from Covid in the U.S., estimated 6 million have long covid.
Headline should read: Antivax-led FDA attributes 10 child deaths to COVID shots, offers no proof
November 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It should read this and add that FDA ignores that 2,000 children have died from Covid in the U.S., estimated 6 million have long covid.
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Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?
Saying you made an agreement that “places no restrictions” that very clearly places restrictions on trans ppl is…I guess consistent in a country where the ppl in power routinely lie, lie,+ lie some more.
Disgusting of Northwestern to enter this agreement and try to gaslight their community about it
Disgusting of Northwestern to enter this agreement and try to gaslight their community about it
"The agreement places no restrictions on our transgender community."
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
November 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Saying you made an agreement that “places no restrictions” that very clearly places restrictions on trans ppl is…I guess consistent in a country where the ppl in power routinely lie, lie,+ lie some more.
Disgusting of Northwestern to enter this agreement and try to gaslight their community about it
Disgusting of Northwestern to enter this agreement and try to gaslight their community about it
MetLife denied my short term disability claim (not explicitly for long COVID but symptoms that could be from long COVID/I will never know for sure) so a big fuck you to them, and am relieved to hear this person got the disability benefit they need and should never have been denied
A Google software engineer won his battle against MetLife to receive disability benefits for Long Covid.
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
MetLife Owes Disability Pay to Software Engineer With Long Covid
A Google LLC software engineer suffering from long Covid won his lawsuit seeking long-term disability benefits from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
MetLife denied my short term disability claim (not explicitly for long COVID but symptoms that could be from long COVID/I will never know for sure) so a big fuck you to them, and am relieved to hear this person got the disability benefit they need and should never have been denied
Also a good gift option
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drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Also a good gift option