Jessica Rohlfing Pryor, PhD
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Jessica Rohlfing Pryor, PhD
@graystreet.bsky.social
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychology & Core Faculty, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Northwestern University
www.perfectlyimperfectlab.com
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Join us Monday, November 17
11:30am to 1pm
at the northeast corner of Sheridan Rd. and Chicago Ave. on the public Evanston sidewalk

Let's support and encourage Northwestern faculty and students and urge the NU Administration to do the right thing and not cave to the Trump regime.
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Join our letter-writing campaign and tell your members of Congress to support life-saving scientific research!

#science #defendhighered #research

Link below👇
Support American science in federal funding
Our health and safety depend on scientific research. America is currently the world leader in cutting-edge medical and scientific research, and we want to keep it that way. Families need safe…
actionnetwork.org
September 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Perfectionism estranges us from everyone else, a critic argues, and traps us in endless conflict with ourselves. Why can’t we give it up?
The Pain of Perfectionism
It’s the fault people humblebrag about in job interviews, but psychologists are discovering more and more about the real harm it causes.
www.newyorker.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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People in ICE concentration camps are forced to kneel to eat food off plates “like dogs”, held on unsanitary buses in parking lots for more than 24 hours, crammed for weeks in freezing intake rooms where they sleep on the floor, and denied adequate medical care.

This is a human rights crisis.
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied one of succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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We got another massively consequential ruling from the Supreme Court this week, this one allowing Trump's dismantling of the Department of Education. But why is nobody talking about it? Because the ruling came down on the Court's so-called "Shadow Docket."
Dismantling It All With A Whisper
The Supreme Court’s “Shadow Docket” is letting the Trump White House burn it all down
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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July 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Call your Senators!
June 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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June 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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"Enabling dedicated experts to study everything and to push the boundaries of human knowledge in every direction is how vital, and unexpected, discoveries are made. The more we learn, the more we know." www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
June 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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June 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Letter from profs at Columbia + Barnard condemns antisemitism, while rejecting the definition used by the govt because it is being used to suppress free speech and categorically criminalize identity, making those groups vulnerable to repression @aaup.bsky.social academeblog.org/2025/05/27/o...
Open Letter from Concerned Faculty from Columbia University, Barnard College, and Teachers College
BY CONCERNED FACULTY AT COLUMBIA, BARNARD, AND TEACHERS COLLEGE We are publishing this letter at the request of several AAUP members from Columbia, Barnard, and Teachers College. The letter was dra…
academeblog.org
May 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Major update to #SCIMaP visualization of impacts of cuts to federally supported health research. Map now includes information on future economic losses (impact of proposed reduction of NIH IDC to 15%) and current economic losses (impact of terminated NIH grants).

scienceimpacts.org
May 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
@sseraphina.bsky.social, thanks so much for inviting me to discuss perfectionism and the pressure to succeed!
Do you feel proud when you succeed – or just relieved?
If you don’t appreciate your success when completing a tough project, these tips can change the way you think
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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How's Donald Trump recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month?

By cutting services for our veterans, for students, and for our most vulnerable.

Make it make sense.
May 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Makes you wonder 🧐
April 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
An awesome representation of the nuanced struggles brought in by perfectionism.
I was sent this infographic of my book, The Perfection Trap, drawn by Karina Viola Stolz.

And, well... it was too perfect not to share!
March 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM