She/her Higher ed policy at New America. Opinions = own. Working on fed policy re: parenting students and child care access. Opinions on lots of things. Parent/worker/baker/learner/gardener who believes in the power of the people.https://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mv4susbdd22lWe are just fucking cooked if we don’t stop this unregulated technology from being unleashed on us by the ruling class [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4susbdd22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mumfp27dgs2iHonestly I may not even get out of bed til after the election and even then only if under favorable conditions https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/09/03/gloria-steinem-dead/83531651007/03 Sep 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumfp27dgs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mumdqrqp322iYes and they saw the masses get expanded SNAP benefits, not kicking people off of Medicaid, remote work, etc. etc. and decided Oh shit we don’t like the masses having a better quality of life it makes them harder to control. So let’s strip away at any semblance of a safety net and keep them sicker [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumdqrqp322ihttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mukksrglwk2iSomeone help me understand why so many people in higher ed policy want to vaguely keep costs down without explaining what that means but don’t want free public college02 Sep 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukksrglwk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3muk5kjbhnk2pTook the morning off work to deal with some pain from an old injury but now I’m in the acupuncture waiting room correcting strangers’ misinformation about the Pell Grant because that was too painful.02 Sep 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk5kjbhnk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3muicvvypqk2mSeptember is National Student Parent Month! And therefore reason for my first work related bsky post in… a while. Check out the video below to learn more on why counting student parents is so important and can help us support the 1 in 5 undergrads who are parenting [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muicvvypqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3muhczo56ks2hJealous [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhczo56ks2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mtyxikssss2l*kicks my roommate out and covers the full rent myself, because now I have a robot to make my bed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyxikssss2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mtywziovhc2lFirst Dolly Parton, then Tim Curry. Check on your queer friends we are not OK. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtywziovhc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mtybf2pxnc2nDon’t trust a journalist who calls Dolly “neutral” in culture wars. Shows a serious lack of comprehension. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtybf2pxnc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mtwo63cgj22cOf all the days to forget my headphones, and not be able to grieve by listening to Dolly Parton on the train on my way home 😭25 Aug 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwo63cgj22chttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mtw6jfrhn22lSame. It’s easier than being housebound/bedbound which I have been and still am intermittently, but is much worse when i get any virus + for long periods of time With love to my fellow chronically ill folx who are more permanently housebound/bedbound and deserve support, research, and medical care [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw6jfrhn22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mtukwgegck2cMy baby sister found a letter from me from 8 years ago recommending she read Audre Lorde and she’s finally ready to. Good job, 8 years ago me. Excited for her.25 Aug 2026 00:31 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtukwgegck2chttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mtruiviz2k2mI had my first UU church experiences recently, when i sent my kid to their Our Whole Lives program. I didn’t attend services but popped in and out and heard a lot of truth telling around our country’s history and white supremacy And that is dangerous to fascists and why we keep telling the truth [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtruiviz2k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mtqvofffyc2iKids being sexually molested in school is a reason to strengthen, not dismantle, the ED Office for Civil Rights and prioritize title ix investigations of sexual violence. Instead, McMahon does the opposite and continues to shred ED so it can be as ineffective as possible in response [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqvofffyc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mtpizv2bnk2iI don’t know much about immigration law but I do know whatever judge looks at a 1 year old, unrepresented baby in court and does this will burn in hell. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpizv2bnk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mtol46drzc22I remain on an exclusively fig and fig focaccia diet until my neighbor’s tree stops producing an abundance of ripe figs this season22 Aug 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtol46drzc22https://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mto7vufg6k2fAs far as I’m concerned, 100% of people are lgbtq until they come out to me personally as cis and/or straight [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mto7vufg6k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mto7qfsxlc2fI honestly worry that not enough people will get it until they’re too debilitated to work and realize there’s actually no safety net (in the U.S.) to catch them. From someone who has lived a bit of the consequences of chronic illness/inability to work/rejections for disability pay when unable to [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mto7qfsxlc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mto6mm3ea22fShame on Hopkins for this program. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mto6mm3ea22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mtn4rssnqc2fYesterday my child purposely dipped the opening of her rainboots into puddles to fill the insides with alley puddle water. Then we came inside and she chewed up chocolate chips, and regurgitated them into her yogurt and ate them again. Can she even be de-feralized? [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtn4rssnqc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mtlm2wkwts2gthis sort of thing is why I’m not having success kicking myself off social media [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlm2wkwts2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/stephabaker.bsky.social/post/3mtllo7q7ac2gThis, test if you are sick You also may think it’s mild and you’ll be fine, but if you find yourself struggling with long covid symptoms you will want to have tested and know that you had it If you can’t afford tests check if there’s a mask bloc near you that can provide them maskbloc.org [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:pkgd6fhzuf6liu7jhplpgugt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtllo7q7ac2g