Excited to be at the @latimes.com Festival of Books tomorrow, talking with Mariah Rigg, @janellebrown.bsky.social and Christine Sneed! Tickets here:

Want to fight fascism? Join a knitting circle. The resurgence of resistance crafting.

I wrote about knitting, quilting, and the aesthetics and gender politics of craftivism, for @voxdotcom.bsky.social’s The Highlight (gift link)

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How a capybara took over the Scholastic Book Fair What this furry favorite can teach us about kids’ reading and writing.

Hello I have some capybara-related content for you today

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haha oh no! You could be totally fine, my 7 yo sleeps pretty well!

I wrote about sleep, an activity purportedly necessary for human life, in which my 3-year-old prefers not to engage (gift link)

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Teen boys are using ChatGPT as their wingman. What could go wrong? AI is teaching teenagers about love now.

I wrote about how teens are using AI for dating and relationship advice (gift link)

So it’s not necessarily that women will be breadwinners all the time, but odds are good they’ll be breadwinners at some point in their lives

Kids? A Growing Number of Americans Say, ‘No, Thanks.’ (Published 2024)

Hi! The last data point comes from here: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/25/w...

The cliché is always that it's men who are afraid of commitment and having kids. But a Pew Research poll just shows that, for Gen Z, it's the women who are more hesitant to start a family.

This is breaking me a little. I was writing about chilling effects, and immigrants being terrorized out of public life, for this website, in 2017 and frankly earlier. www.vox.com/policy-and-p...

ICE is bringing back pandemic-style lockdowns In immigrant communities, it feels like 2020 all over again.

I wrote about how ICE is forcing families into lockdown, in a painful echo of the pandemic

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Why your kid is yelling “chicken banana” Is this the next “6-7”?

I wrote about “chicken banana” (gift link)

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2026 Science + Literature Ceremony Featuring honored authors Kimberly Blaeser, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, and Anna North, and hosted by Flora Lichtman

These books are chosen by a panel of scientists and writers, and it’s such a joy to be among them! If you’re in NYC, you can come celebrate with us at the awards ceremony in March!

National Book Foundation and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announce the 2026 Science + Literature Selected Titles The National Book Foundation (NBF) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation today announced selected titles for the fifth year of the Science + Literature program, which identifies three books annually that...

So honored that BOG QUEEN has been chosen, alongside work by Kimberly Blaeser and Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, as one of @nationalbook.bsky.social’s Science+Literature Selected Titles for 2026!

Why universal child care is closer than ever in New York One of Zohran Mamdani’s most expensive ideas has surprising early momentum.

I wrote about what Mamdani’s early win on child care says about momentum behind the issue nationwide (Nick Shirley notwithstanding) www.vox.com/policy/47516...

Bog Queen 'SPARKLES LIKE UNEARTHED TREASURE' KALIANE BRADLEY 'A MESMERISING NOVEL' OBSERVER 'AN IRIDESCENT CONTEMPORARY FOLKTALE' LUCY ROSE Rich, wild and shimmeri...

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This is tonight! Come say hi!

I’ll be talking about BOG QUEEN with @kennethluke.bsky.social on Tuesday, hosted by @huxleyandhiro.bsky.social. It’s a Zoom event so folks can join from anywhere!

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So honored to see BOG QUEEN on this list!

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there's going to be pressure within Trump world in 2026 to rewrite the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to exclude patients undergoing IVF

@annanorth.bsky.social looks at the likely showdown at the EEOC www.vox.com/policy/47264...

The looming showdown over IVF, explained Trump says he supports IVF. That’s about to be tested.

I wrote about a schism on the right over IVF, that’s set to come to a head in 2026 (gift link)

Thanks so much @surlyspice.bsky.social!!