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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

one of my dear friends Kerry also won a much deserved poster award for her dissertation - that she also recently successfully defended! Go Dr. Waldrep 🎉

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

i have accidentally taken a bluesky hiatus but attempting to crowdsource from fellow academics: would love any recos for readings (academic or news articles, textbooks, etc) or other media for an undergrad sociology of gender / gender and society class. what do the kids want to know these days?!

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

promoting myself (and wfrn) for a minute! I love the WFRN community so much and was thrilled to receive a poster award from them, especially because I love the paper I presented. it’s a paper i’ve been thinking about for awhile and i’m excited to move it forward this summer

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

26.2 miles in the greatest city on earth. my brain has not yet comprehended that yesterday happened (though my legs certainly have) #TCSNYCMARATHON

woman running down 1st avenue in NYC. she is surrounded by fellow marathoners. she is wearing a yellow shirt and green shorts and a white hat. she is smiling because she is approaching her sister and nephew (and so she gets to take a break lol)
the sun is shining and it’s a beautiful day in the city

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

i am a woman in STEM (set up a zoom call so i can curl my hair because there isn’t a mirror in this room)

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

lol 99% sure that, while i made my flight, which ofc is most important, my bag did not so my bag is currently over the middle of the atlantic ocean while i am in nyc. good thing i am not at all going to get extremely irrationally stressed about this, nope not me

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

nothing bonds an entire airplane full of primarily americans than a delay that means we all have <45 minutes to make connections back to the states. this guy was like yo we’re from detroit we got this and i was like i feel the same way about new york except my coalition is smaller

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

love an international airport bc wdym i have 20 minutes to sprint across the airport to make my connection and half of that is through a perfume store

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

came to the airport extremely early bc i was like well it’s better to panic at the airport instead of at home but now im just panicked in an extremely public space which is actually possibly worse (except i am here and my bag is checked in so it’s all gonna be okay)

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

crying saying goodbye to this little man for the next 12 days 😭

an orange cat sleeps on top of a brown blanket on mom’s legs. he is laying on his back full on belly out legs splayed arms bunny pawed. we see his giant tail in the foreground. he is so peaceful i don’t wanna leave himmm

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

the errand was to drop my key to the pet sitting office and she was like oh lovebug, the big ginger cat, and uses her hands to demonstrate big and i was like ohhh my baby, but yep he’s a big boy (unbothered about it below)

a large orange cat sleeps atop a brown blanket that is on mom’s legs. he is sleeping with his belly mostly up and exposed and his arms are in the bunny paw position. his thompers are resting on mom’s forearm. from this angle his body looks massive (it kinda is) and his head looks tiny

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

had to run an errand through peak city center and i ofc was being a baby about it but then there was a casual man outside the duomo just singing in one of the most beautiful voices i’ve ever heard? and i guess this is why i need to get out more

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

last pre-sunrise saturday run in florence AND last double digit miles before the marathon 🙏🏻 was in my head about todays run and then i ran 14 miles in under 2 hours lol

view of florence from along the arno. the moon is in the top left and the sky is starting to turn orange as the sun starts to come up over the mountains. we see a long sidewalk next to the arno where the lights of several bridges are reflecting.

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

a paul hollywood handshake would heal me right now

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

received my bib number for the marathon! it’s really happening!! (i truly sometimes worry im going to show up and they’ll be like … um what are you doing here??)

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

im here freaking out im going to mess the foreign part up but i actually just invented income that i didn’t receive 😭

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

i am normally very good at figuring things like taxes out for myself. it is 10/12; the actual final deadline is 10/15. just now realizing i put in my 2023 W2 for UT because i didn’t get a W2 in 2024 bc i was on fellowship 🤦🏻‍♀️ plz send help

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

went to decathlon to get things i knew i needed for the marathon and realized i am close enough that i need to figure out my clothing and plan for before and after in case i need to buy other things and that just really really freaked me out. it’s all finally happening.

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

asked the woman in our cafeteria if the fried fish was fried mozzarella, in case you’re wondering how american i am 😭

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

i love my weather app bc it’s like 10% chance of rain *starts pouring* or 80% chance and nary a cloud in sight. anyway guess which happened this am? (i’m being dramatic it wasn’t pouring but there was unexpected rain several times. the last few wednesdays have been a little cursed for me)

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I've been stuck in freeze mode for weeks, but the past two days were particularly bad...sometimes you gotta send yourself an email in the middle of the night with the subject "get yo shit together" with allll of your panic thoughts and then go on and get your shit together. so that's today's goal💅

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

stepped away from my computer and came back to this. would be so great if lovebug was actually capable of handling some of this for me

an orange cat sits on an orange and pink patterned chair (he blends in a bit) in front of a brown dining room table. on top of the table is a laptop and mouse and many sheets of paper. it looks like lovebug is contemplating the task at hand but he is probably just wondering why the laptop is not shut so he can sit on it

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

looked outside this AM and made the decision that we were gonna do this in the rain. first 6 miles it was actually pleasant. was positively pouring for the last 3+. but we made it (and now it’s like sunny lol)

view of the ponte vecchio in the rain. this picture does not capture the essence of how much it was raining but the ponte vecchio looks pretty (she always does)

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

every sunday, i make a to-do list for myself that implies a level of productivity i have never once experienced in my life. why do i keep thinking i can magically accomplish all of the leftovers from the prior week in one day?! i think there’s a term for this (insanity)

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Chapter 2 of my dissertation is now available in Socius! doi.org/10.1177/2378... In it, I aim to shed light on the debate as to whether gender specialization or gender egalitarianism is more beneficial for marital stability, considering education as an under-explored moderator of these associations

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Gender Egalitarianism and Marital Dissolution: Understanding the Bifurcation of the “Gender Revolution” in the United States - Kimberly McErlean, 2025

In the context of women’s increased economic status coupled with declining divorce rates, the “gender revolution framework” suggests that greater gender equalit...

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

there’s fuck putin graffiti inside cascine that i see a lot and today i saw ACAB somewhere else and it’s really special that there is some shared language here 💫

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

just unintentionally ran those 19+ miles at 8:45/mile. i reallllly gotta learn how to pace myself 😅

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

today’s panic reading the marathon facebook page: people talking about 1 gel every :30 or less?!? right now i eat half a chew maaaaybe every 6 miles lol (like it is only since prob 16 miles i’ve even stopped twice to eat instead of once lol). i mean i guess we know what works for us but am i crazy??

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

At least 15 people including journalists and teachers have been fired or suspended for criticising Charlie Kirk online, Reuters reports. Free speech for us, not for you. #NorthKoreaShit

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 14/09/2025

"The labor participation rate for women with children younger than 5 had the biggest midyear drop in more than 40 years during the first six months of 2025."

Remote policies helped women work. In-office mandates and child care costs are driving them back out.
Low flexibility and high child care costs are pushing mothers with young kids to the sidelines after they joined the workforce in record numbers during the pandemic.

Emma Nelson
The Minnesota Star Tribune
September 13th at 6:01 AM CDT

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

my emotional support recovery beverages

an array of beverages on a brown table in front of a white cabinet: chocolate milk, gatorade, generic coop sports drink, and a blue water bottle

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

i almost cry a lot while running bc i am in awe that my little mentally ill brain is doing this but today they were setting up for the triathlon in the park and i ran by what i think is the finish area and actually almost had to stop bc i was so emotional thinking about nyc lol why am i like this

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

not getting enough done during the week so having to work weekends but then burning out and not getting enough done during the week so having to work weekends but then burning out and having to work weekends and burning out and working and on and on and on 🌀

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

anyway if you ever need a couch (ish) to marathon plan, hit me up. you only have to run 4 days a week! but you do have to do this for basically 6 months lol

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I stumbled upon the NYC marathon FB page while looking for info and most of the posts are helpful and motivating and then you have comments like "I am 70 years old and I run 7 days a week and my long runs are 30 miles" and I am like okay, that is so amazing for you; I am just trying not to die

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

love when i’m on my run and im like yay it’s snack time 😊😊😊.. and the snack is just an energy chew made of pure sugar that im hoping will do the lords work for me

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

im so desperate to sleep through the night that im trying out calm’s sleep story called “once upon a GDPR” where a british man just reads part of the gdpr legislation and this might be genius?

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

i know this was like very not the point of severance but i think having a severed brain would be very useful rn

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

also it felt like i was fighting for my life the last 4 miles but bc i don’t know how to pace myself i actually finished at 9:05 / mile for 16 miles. 😅

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

omg i got good karma somewhere bc i spent that whole 2.5 hour run worried about rain and i got in less than 10 minutes ago and the rain just started 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

is anyone else having a meltdown that august is over and they’ve accomplished nothing??? september is about to be verrrry rough

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

okay i just watched this man on the bus struggle to get one of the buttons to work to request a stop and i’m so glad it is not just me. i’m like i have a PhD why am i so bad at taking the bus??

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Getting ready to make some code more officially public, so doing a file round of clean-up / annotating / making sensible to people who are not me. More often than not, this involves me deleting comments like: "wow kim, you're so dumb."🤦‍♀️

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

on week 3 of this fun new sleep schedule where i sleep for 4 hours and then watch every hour after that slowly crawl by while i try (and fail) to meditate and backwards count my way back to sleep 🙄

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

dying bc i’m watching david’s birthday episode of schitts creek where he says his plan is “popping a pill, crying a bit, and falling asleep early.” trade pills for wine and that is literally what i did for my birthday on thursday lol. unfortunately did not have a patrick to save me

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

def had to gaslight myself a bit but we made it through 15 miles! (last weeks failed run distance)

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

This is one of the more unhinged ads I've ever seen, but I am intrigued by the "disappear for one month" part (I DO NOT want to master AI tools, especially from this terribly made ad that is in RUSSIAN)

A pop-up website ad that says "Disappear for 1 month and become a master of AI tools." There is a very-obviously AI generated woman on the ad and a bunch of AI platform logos. The ad text is in Russian (LOL)

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Kim McErlean @kimmoments.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

it would be so ideal if all job applications that relied on workday could centralize their platform so we only need 1 login and only needed to input basic information 1x for all applications (like Interfolio!)

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