Resist the temptation to address society-wide problems with individual solutions.
At best, they isolate and exhaust everyone who cares until many of them abandon the cause. At worst, they reinforce the very problem we wanted to solve.
When billionaires warn that “civilization” will end if women have fewer children, we should ask: Whose civilization? Our guests Nandita Bajaj and @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social connect Musk-style panic to white nationalism, eugenics, and patriarchal control.
📢 Call for Papers: Special Issue of Frontiers focusing on feminist quantitative research methods. Editors invite papers that examine the connections between feminist research, quantitative methods, intersectionality, and epistemology. Deadline for extended abstract: 15 March 2026.
📣 Registration for our Feminist Demography pre-conference workshop at #PAA2026 is now live!
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Do I know anyone who is a) going to RGS this year and 2) would agree be on a panel for my book Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy?
You would get my undying gratitude, and a free copy of my book! Please share!
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Coming up next week and there’s still time to sign up to join the conversation!
85k before the weekend folks for the excellent @nionwomen.bsky.social? You might have questions or concerns about sharing spaces, but hopefully you’ll look at what’s happening in the world (hello USA 🇺🇸) and conclude there is a more compassionate way. Sign and share here: notinourname.org.uk
Reflexivity and Positionality Statements in Quantitative Research
"Choices about research questions, data sources, analytical techniques, and interpretation are all influenced by researchers’ epistemological commitments, their lived experiences..."
By @maddipow.bsky.social & @scordoban.bsky.social
Seminar listing with two speech bubbles in pale teal on a swirly grey background. A conversation with FemDem, Feminist Demography Collective. Tuesday 3 March 2026, 10:00 (EST)/ 15:00 (GMT)/ 16:00 (CET)
Join us for a conversation with @feministdemography.bsky.social on 3 March 2026. Online, free and open to all. More info and link to sign up: femquant.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...
Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for @honoratabogusz.bsky.social's #FemQuantSeminar presentation and discussion on the Deroutinization of Labor and Second Birth in West Germany! For anyone who missed it, or might want to watch the presentation again, the recording is now available!
For the second year, BSPS @bspsuk.bsky.social will host a session on queer demography!
It focuses on LGBTQIA+ populations, experiences, and demographic processes (e.g. dating, families, health).
Questions? Contact @mortenkthomsen.bsky.social or me.
Please share!
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Explore queerness, migration & heritage with Imogen Patel in a Design Your Own Identity Postcard workshop. Define how you wish to be seen — send the postcard to yourself or someone else.
📍 Part of our Queer Migration Stories pop-up at the Royal Maritime Museum’s Fierce Queens evening.
People seem to completely lose their social filters when it comes to repro curiosity
We very intentionally launched S.A.F.E. on Valentine's Day because we know that helping people access safe abortions is an act of radical compassion and love. Happy birthday to us!
Destination: Love 💌 🗺️
People migrate for many reasons — safety, family, and new beginnings. Today, we’re sharing a few story discs shared by visitors that remind us how often love is the lead. Swipe to read. #Valentines
Happening today! The link to attend has just been emailed out to all who had signed up - if you've not received it please check your spam/ junk filter
Dr David Davies holds his book „The Regulation of Gender Stereotypes in Advertising“ which he discussed at the SEI book launch
Dr David Davies of the University of Sussex with members of the audience at his book launch
Yesterday, SEI hosted David Davies for the launch of his new monograph ‚The Regulation of Gender Stereotypes in Advertising‘: www.routledge.com/The-Regulati...
Coming up this week- Join us! The zoom link will be emailed out on the day of the event to everyone who has signed up in advance. More information and link to sign up here: femquant.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...
This is our most-watched FREE class. All to boost your scientific writing and change the way you manage your time 🎊 Click at the 📸 to sign in and watch the replay buff.ly/Jqgzf2f #AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc #NewPI
This talk is next week and there is still time to sign up!
Happening March 3rd! Our next installment in the Critical Quantitative Methodologies Series will feature @bakerdphd.bsky.social. The talk is entitled: "Examining the Higher Education Policy Discourse through 75 Years of Congressional Hearing Testimony". Register at: vcu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
This Wednesday!! Come along 😊
How about Abbott Elementary?
Call for participants! Please share widely. Details comments. Thank you!
Event details on grey background with photo of speaker. Deroutinization of Labor and Second Birth in West Germany: The Moderating Role of Childcare. Dr. Honorata Bogusz, University of Warsaw. Thursday 12 February 2026, 10:00 (EST) / 15:00 (GMT) / 16:00 (CET). Website in main post
Join us 12 February for the next FemQuant seminar when we will be joined by @honoratabogusz.bsky.social who will present her paper on Deroutinization of Labor and Second Birth in West Germany: The Moderating Role of Childcare. Full details and link to sign up: femquant.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...
Today! 👇
Birth rates are never a problem. They can be symptoms of problems, but the signal is always indirect and muted by the fact that people have kids and don’t have kids for many different reasons!
Term card for FemQuant events spring 2026 with grey and black swirly abstract background. Monthly events listed: Wednesday 14 Jan Dr Hyojin Seo, King's College London, "Outsider orbit"; Thursday 12 Feb Dr. Honorata Bogusz, University of Warsaw, Deroutinization of Labour and Second Births; Tuesday 3 March A conversation with the Feminist Demography Collective; Tuesday 12 May Chae Kim, Cornell University, Abortion Access in the Post-Dobbs Era; Tuesday 23 June Panel: Navigating the peer review process with queer/ feminist quant research. All events online. For time, more information and to sign up see link in main post
Updated term card for FemQuant events this spring! And there is still time to sign up to join us for the first event tomorrow!
Full details and links to sign up here: femquant.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...
I am so excited to be part of this event on the Global Politics of Abortion with the fabulous Dr Nayla Luz Vacarezza, Sarah of Ad’iyah Collective, Prof Sophie Harman & Dr Sydney Calkin
28th January. Be there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-pol...
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