Journalist + editor interested in health and justice, currently reporting on the IUD. Work in @slate, @marshallproj, @nytimes, @longreads. Opinions mine.
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Last year, I started wondering how long my IUD would really last. When I had it inserted, I was told it was good for 5 years, but I later learned that research had extended the lifespan to 8. Great news—but I wanted to know how we had gotten to that point. slate.com/technology/2024/06…
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Zócalo editor-at-large @MiaAArmstrong and her husband worked to bring his grandparents, who had never left Mexico, to the U.S. for Christmas. As the trip approaches, she reflects on her binational family.
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Home Together: A binational family, a bureaucratic miracle, and los abuelitos' first trip to the U.S. @MiaAArmstrong
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Thrilled my new story “Patrons” is out in @ISSUESinST with artwork by Rey Velasquez Sagcal and a response essay by Oli Mould 💫
If extraterrestrials lifted you to another planet, would you connect to the internet? “Patrons,” a new #FutureTenseFiction story by @cassidymcfadz, explores the digital bricks behind memory and community—and, yes, an artists’ colony founded by aliens. issues.org/futuretensefictio…
Es hoy! Nos vemos en @PincheGringoBBQ a las 7 p.m.
¿Por qué la #frontera y #migración son temas clave en las #Elecciones2024?🇺🇸Acompáñanos en nuestro segundo evento gratuito de Vota-neando, con Irasema Coronado y @carlosbravoreg, ¡te esperamos!
🗓 22 de octubre / 7:00 PM.
📍@PincheGringoBBQ
👉 Registro en bit.ly/3TYxrFa
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A washed-up actor named Jim Stone licenses out his hologram for parasocial relationships. What could go wrong?
I discuss my latest story "Parasocial" with my fantastic editor, Mia Armstrong-López, here:
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Acompaña a Carlos Bravo para analizar un tema clave como lo es la frontera en las #Elecciones2024. Te esperamos este martes 22 de octubre a las 7 pm en @PincheGringoBBQ de Polanco, CDMX. Entrada libre. Registro previo aquí 👉 bit.ly/3TYxrFa
Próximo martes 22 de octubre, estaremos en el @PincheGringoBBQ de Polanco, conversando con los amigos de @ASU sobre el lugar de México en la elección estadounidense. ¡Ahí nos vemos!
¡Es hoy! Te esperamos a las 7 pm en @PincheGringoBBQ para hablar sobre el impacto de la desinformación en la elección 🇺🇸
Participan: @lcoral, @Marianaszs, @jm_casanueva
🤝@USEmbassyMEX, @NewAmerica, @asumediaent, @socialtic, @dandefossey, @PincheGringoBBQ
¿Qué es real y qué no? La desinformación avanza muy rápido y en el marco de las #Elecciones2024 de 🇺🇸, la IA juega un papel clave. Acompáñanos este 15 de octubre en #VotaNeando, aprende a identificar noticias falsas. ¡Regístrate aquí! bit.ly/4gZXyVM @lcoral @marianaszs
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What inspired “Parasocial” by @monicabyrne13, our September #FutureTenseFiction story.
Read: issues.org/futuretensefictio…
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I wrote about my relationship with the U.S. with all its twists and turns.
Read here at @ThePublicSquare —>
The Borders Between My Mexican and American Identities | Essay zocalopublicsquare.org/2024/…
I'm continuing to report on the IUD, & I want to hear your IUD story! Why you love/hate it; your experience with pain, side effects, insertion, removal; how you feel about the politicization of contraception ... If you want to share it, I want to hear it: bit.ly/myiudstory
For @Slate I spoke to women who removed their own IUDs—a practice with a (very!) long history, lots of online controversy, and important implications for reproductive autonomy. slate.com/technology/2024/08…
For @Slate I spoke to women who removed their own IUDs—a practice with a (very!) long history, lots of online controversy, and important implications for reproductive autonomy. slate.com/technology/2024/08…
Not everyone will be able to remove their own IUD, and not everyone wants to. But research shows that knowing about the possibility of self-removal makes people more likely to recommend the IUD—and that even holds true among people who tried and failed to self-remove.
Giving people more more information about their contraception means giving them more control—even if that information is nuanced or complicated. (It often is!) slate.com/technology/2024/08…
(Ty @shanpalus for editing 💕)
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Modeling conversation and relationships in games, deckbuilding in Sings of the Sojourner
Center for Science and the Imagination @imaginationASU talk with @leighalexander and @MiaAArmstrong
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EXCLUSIVE: Investigation finds "ASTRONOMICAL" death rate in Maricopa County jails. With 43 deaths in 2022 and 43 in 2023, they are among the deadliest jails in the country. But you wouldn't know that, because the deaths were underreported — until now. azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
Viapath, the telecoms provider hundreds of thousands of incarcerated people and their family members have to rely on if they want to communicate, announced a data breach including SSNs, addresses, financial info, precise location info, messages, and medical requests.
As @pahwa_nitish wrote about for our Time, Online package, these companies have near total monopolies in the systems they operate in, and users have no choice but to use them if they wish to connect with their loved ones. slate.com/technology/2023/12…
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In this piece for @Slate, @fhi360 experts Kavita Nanda and David Hubacher spoke with @MiaAArmstrong about #IUDs, including the science of how the body responds to one and the need for increased funding of contraceptive trials: slate.com/technology/2024/06…