Reb v. Wade

year after year, packing for spring break stresses me tf out... how is my carry-on supposed to hold 10 days of clothing suitable for temps ranging from 24° to 78° 😫

Gave a talk on fetal ""heartbeats"" last week + am giving another one in two weeks; even with such a short amount of time btwn events, i have to update all my maps & statistics. The antiabortion movement is CONSTANTLY hard at work, buzzing in the background amidst all the other ongoing horrors.

lately i spend the first 2-4 hours of my day utterly consumed by an unpinpointable, immobilizing dread that not even my "make drone music not drone strikes" playlist can quell 😵‍💫

fully agree!!

i think i've probably read it 20x over the years, starting with a REVELATORY class field trip to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in 8th grade 😅

"As You Like It" is my all-time fave and also my gender identity

A real opportunity was missed in not calling this “Terminal Degree”

i was definitely not expecting it, esp because the university didn't even approve the event until 5 days beforehand, and even then, my department was pretty careful about who they sent the flyer to... but as u and i both know from clinic escorting, their bark is usually worse than their bite lol

them: *multiple efforts to bait me during the Q&A*

me (seething inside, grinding my teeth into brontosaurus nubs): thank you so much for that insight, i'll definitely take that into consideration!

it turns out that years of fielding philosophobros' "more of a comment than a question" at conferences prepared me well for the unexpected attendance of a bunch of pro-life student protesters (and their large signs) at my colloquium talk yesterday 🥴

seconding this. being open about grief feels so taboo in our culture sometimes, and i'm really appreciative to you for sharing your experiencing with us -- but i'm so sorry that you're going thru this 💚

omg thanks for the rec!!

yikes 😫

minton's is so good! and i've heard the same about pivot tho i never got a chance to check it out

ah cute! i've never been but i did go on a couple dates w/ a gal who worked there lol

i live in a neighborhood near a Jif factory and sometimes i'll be on a walk and the whole town smells like peanut butter and i kinda love it

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lol. i appreciate the solidarity!! 💞

the one thing i'm super nervous about is DRY MOUTH (a side effect of one of the meds i'm on) so plz feel free to share suggestions for dealing w/ that during long presentations 😰

i've officially transitioned from "holy smokes i have to give a 60 min lecture about my research (followed by 30 min Q&A) i'm going to throw up" to "holy smokes i LOVE my research!! and i get to talk about it for a whole ass hour!! and then get feedback on it from rly smart cool people!!"

particularly infuriating considering that doctors & medical professionals are reporting pregnant people to the police for, e.g., taking valium while pregnant

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

glad i have a peer counseling shift on the repro healthline today. there are small ways we can support our fellow humans who might be dealing with crises that, while seemingly unrelated to the war in Iran, all stem from the white supremacist cisheteropatriarchal project of US imperialism.

i spent last night laughing w/ wonderful friends, then spent this morning listening to music & reading a novel before looking at the news.
there is so much joy & beauty in this world. why is it the project of terrible people to extinguish that possibility for others?
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objectively hilarious that an Ivy League school is paying me $$$ to come give a lecture about my research and for weeks i thought i wouldn't even be allowed to do a run-thru of the lecture **at my own school** because DEI

OMG yes please!!! Good Alabama folk include The Knights and Orchids Society, TAKE Resource Center, ALTRAC. And if you want to support affirming care for those 19 and older in our area hit me up - we will soon have it in both Tuscaloosa and Birmingham.

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here's a piece i wrote back in 2017, about Radigue's Biogenesis
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