Elena Pojman
@elenapojman.com
postdoc at mpidr studying gender, kinship, social demography, and work & family
What can demography teach us about the "gay cousin at Thanksgiving" meme?
A lot! If you were born in the 80s, 90s, or 00s, you could have one queer cousin, on average*. Younger cohorts have fewer cousins overall, but still have a strong share who are queer.
* for an American woman in 2023.
A lot! If you were born in the 80s, 90s, or 00s, you could have one queer cousin, on average*. Younger cohorts have fewer cousins overall, but still have a strong share who are queer.
* for an American woman in 2023.
November 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What can demography teach us about the "gay cousin at Thanksgiving" meme?
A lot! If you were born in the 80s, 90s, or 00s, you could have one queer cousin, on average*. Younger cohorts have fewer cousins overall, but still have a strong share who are queer.
* for an American woman in 2023.
A lot! If you were born in the 80s, 90s, or 00s, you could have one queer cousin, on average*. Younger cohorts have fewer cousins overall, but still have a strong share who are queer.
* for an American woman in 2023.
I wrote up a short post about some additional findings regarding the age of kin across women’s life course and how that may shape care demands, as well as a link to my poster and working paper:
elenapojman.com/paa-2025/
elenapojman.com/paa-2025/
April 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I wrote up a short post about some additional findings regarding the age of kin across women’s life course and how that may shape care demands, as well as a link to my poster and working paper:
elenapojman.com/paa-2025/
elenapojman.com/paa-2025/
So excited to win the poster award this morning for my dissertation work on racial-ethnic disparities in women’s kin caregiving burden across the life course #PAA2025
April 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
So excited to win the poster award this morning for my dissertation work on racial-ethnic disparities in women’s kin caregiving burden across the life course #PAA2025