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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My newest Psych Today column. She challenged us to tell our stories. Here is mine, and embedded within it, appreciation for the transformation of much of Judaism from a long patriachal past to egalitarianism today. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gend...

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Goodbye, Gloria, and Thank You

Personal Perspective: Gloria once asked us to share our first feminist "click." Here's mine.

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Only four more days to register. Registration ends Monday at noon, Central Time. Start the semesterwith the accountability and support you need. For free!

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The Writing Guides is hosting FREE weekly accountability group. Move into fall with momentum into fall 📅 Tuesdays, Aug 25 – Sep 15 10 AM–1 PM CT 🔹 $100/4 weeks-"Writing Tips" &2 hours of co- working 🔹 $150 -As above plus an hour working with me thewritingguides.org/transitionto...

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

My public comment on the proposal to politicze the National Science Foundation, as well as cut all funding to the study of gender, race and other forms of inequality! Make your own statement now.... deadline July 13th at 11?59 ET.... scholars.org/contribution...

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Dear Mr. Vought:

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

My new column. Our writing has different strengths and weaknesses over our careers. We get better in many ways, but develop new problems as we become senior scholars. My main advice for this month: take some time to enjoy nature! thewritingguides.org/the-writing-... @asanews.bsky.social

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

You can now follow my columns on Psychology Today by having them come straight to your inbox. If interested, sign up here... www.psychologytoday.com/us/contribut...

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New column where I tell you about historian Stephanie Coontz new not to be missed book about the history, challenges, and future of marriage. Read all about it below. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gend...

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For Better and Worse: Talking About the Future of Marriage

Coontz's new book "For Better and Worse" shows us how much we can learn from history about the future of marriage.

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Inspiring National Convening of Scholars Strategy Network. Learned so much at plenaries! Met so many interesting scholars. #SSNConvrning

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The Writing Guides is accepting new clients! Do you need help to overcome writer's block? Perhaps you have a paper that needs a major structural overhaul, or you want help making your writing elegant? Reach out at thewritingguides@gmail.com This month's newsletter at bit.ly/WGNewOpportunities

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New Opportunities From the Writing Guides!

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Just in case you missed my announcement last week. The Writing Guides is back, new and improved! @asanews.bsky.social @sociologicalsci.bsky.social @thephdplace.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @theadhdacademic.bsky.social bit.ly/TheWritingGuides

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Introducing The Writing Guides! We offer workshops, retreats, and mentoring to support scholars in building strong, sustainable academic careers. Offering consulting and editing services. Read our most recent newsletter: bit.ly/TheWritingGuides 📩

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Sociology is being banned In Florida!

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Unfortunately an accurate description…

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 23/01/2026

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

If you know any UIC students, pass this on. The opportunity to study in Amsterdam this summer. 6 credits for barely more than it costs to earn them living in Chicago! Scholarships available...

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

A interesting, important, blog by my friend and colleague sociologist Donald Tomaskovic-Devey. Increasing inequality, political instability.... and what comes next? blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

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Let’s just face it, big firms got us into this mess

Rising income inequality has ravaged working class families in the US. Political parties are partly to blame. But what about the role of big firms?

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Council on Contemporary Families @ccfamilies.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

‼️ Check out our new brief report: More Than Postpartum: Tracking Differences in the Arc of Maternal Depression Across Liberal Welfare Regimes New research shows that both national policies and personal resources shape postpartum depression recovery. 🔗 bit.ly/4aKzw0n

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Come join me in my capacity as a Writing Guide at the Work/Family Research Network conference in Montreal next June. Ingo and registration below

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

My new column in Psych Today. Watch out for the gray area of sexual consent. New book by Myers and Wallace, Exploiting, Enduring and Resisting Ambiguous Sexual Consent in the Grey Area: Taking It. Have a Merry, Consensual Christmas | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gend...

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Have a Merry, Consensual Christmas

Personal Perspective: Even during the holidays, it's not always clear when sexual activity is unwanted. Sometimes it isn't black and white but grey.

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The Category X research Team speaking on our cross-national project on the realities of life for non-binary people in the US, Spain, Italy and Australia at the University of Valencia.

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

New column for academic writers: you will be more successful if you remind yourself why your topic is important. thewritingguides.org/the-writing-... #AcademicSky @thephdplace.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social @ccfamilies.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Fascism spreads…. Eliminate education… fight back Texas!

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

So proud of my over and mayor. Resist federal presence policing cities!

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 30/09/2025

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

My newest article in Psychology Today. Te Trump administration fires all the top women in the military and many in the rest of government. One of s many strategies to return us to a white male patriachy..... Where Have All the Women Gone? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gend...

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Where Have All the Women Gone?

Personal Perspective: The women, at least those at the top, are disappearing.

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

pod.link/1823280529Now featured on Apple Podcasts in the New Trailers Swoosh (whatever that is).... a very interesting podcast about current gender politics, especially in heterosexual marriage. How we got here, and some solutions.. Yours truly interviewed in Episodes 2 and 3. .

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

A podcast about how our economy depends on women but is a structural impediment to our success. You can hear me on Episode 2 and 3.... Great for use in the classroom! pod.link/1823280529/episode/f58934641baa28a5dd352edfc97710db @academicsky.org

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The Work Behind the Work

The Work Behind the Work is a WorkingNation podcast about why raising children in America has become so difficult, and what that reveals about our entire economy. Hosted by WorkingNation executive pro...

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Scary times. As the Atlantic has written, republicans have found their class warfare-destroy the educated class. 4 strategies: defund science, scare away foreign students, tax endorsements, muzzle free speech under the fiction of fighting antisemitism.

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Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

#AcademicSky Are you going to American Sociological Assoc meetings? Interested in talking about increased writing productivity & publishing? Come chat with us, The Writing Guides. Deborah Cohan and I started The Writing Guides. for just this purpose! PM what day/time frames work. No charge!

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