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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 2h

Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
 CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
 But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.

👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...

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Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications

The Art of Learning from Rejection

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 2d

#SanaeTakaichi will be the first female Prime Minister of #Japan.

Miku Matsunaga @royalholloway.bsky.social & Jochen Rehmert @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch write that much like Giorgia Meloni & Marine Le Pen, Takaichi has a complex relationship with gender equality @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social.

Will Japan’s Sanae Takaichi follow in the footsteps of Giorgia Meloni on gender equality?

Much like Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen, Japan's new female Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has a complex relationship with gender equality.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 3d

It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 4d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 4d

Submit for the 2026 Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award #bestpaper from the 2025 APSA Annual Meeting. $750 prize; presented at the APSA Annual Meeting. Submit by February 11th: buff.ly/iSqyfJ5 #APSAAwards

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 4d

Takeaway from this article (now with page numbers!): men support political gender quota/ parity laws less than women (whether legal quotas exist in their country or not), but people *do not* believe women elected in a system with quotas are less qualified / support them less. Because…: they aren’t!

JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 5d

⚖️ @hildecoffe.bsky.social, @sparshasaha.bsky.social , and @anacweeks.bsky.social : "Quotas or parity? How the framing of positive action measures impacts public support and backlash" 🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 6d

I am also super interested, wonder if they have other initiatives on this 🤔 (and it reminded me to book Santa visit which has been open since like July).

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 7d

"protecting the dignity of women"

Reuters @reuters.com · 7d

Trump says he will talk to DOJ about Maxwell pardon, says Diddy asked for one reut.rs/4o8EWG5

Trump says he will talk to DOJ about Maxwell pardon, says Diddy asked for one

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday left the door open to a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · 7d

APSA Grants for Indigenous Politics Research.

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Advancing Research Grants- Indigenous Politics - American Political Science Association (APSA)

APSA Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics Applications for the Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grant – Indigenous

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 10d

💡 The Canadian government is offering a primer on holiday mental load, complete with discussion of gender dynamics and a handy checklist 📝

www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...

Meanwhile the US government is… denying the existence of gender.

The economics of kinkeeping - Canada.ca

www.canada.ca

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 Submit your excellent gender, sexuality, and politics papers & panels for @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 👇

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 11d

▶️ Gender & Sexuality Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @anacweeks.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com

📢 Our section section welcomes papers and panels that advance the study of gender, sexuality, and intersectionality in politics, broadly conceived. >>>

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 11d

▶️ Gender & Sexuality Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @anacweeks.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com

📢 Our section section welcomes papers and panels that advance the study of gender, sexuality, and intersectionality in politics, broadly conceived. >>>

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 12d

All eyes on South Carolina, where the anti-abortion movement is using the state as a testing ground for what they want nationally

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 13d

Happy to publish today in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social

Pop culture (think Netflix's Sex Education) make us think that emerging cohorts are happy to socially incorporate partners with sexually modern backgrounds and experiences 🏳️‍🌈

But is this really the case?

doi.org/10.1017/S147...

Allies on the streets but illiberal in the sheets? Gender and the public vs. private inclusion of sexual minorities | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Allies on the streets but illiberal in the sheets? Gender and the public vs. private inclusion of sexual minorities

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 13d

Grateful to many colleagues & friends who gave valuable feedback on this project along the way🙏 @elinbja.bsky.social @gulczynski.bsky.social @lottehargrave.bsky.social @homola.bsky.social @lucykinski.bsky.social @didacqueralt.bsky.social @teele.bsky.social @resulumit.bsky.social & others!

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 13d

Bottom line: PRR parties’ nods to women’s interests are largely electoral tactics, not genuine commitments.

➡️ Strategic inclusion without transformation.

Full article: doi.org/10.1177/0010...

Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests - Bonnie M. Meguid, Hilde Coffé, Ana Catalano Weeks, Miki Caul Kittilson, 2025

Despite their Männerparteien reputation, populist radical right (PRR) parties have recently expanded their agendas to include women’s interests. When do they em...

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 13d

Women’s descriptive representation has more limited impact:

👩‍💼 More women MPs? → no effect on positions or salience
👩‍🔧 A woman leader? → we see more focus on gender-based violence (but we note this is based on relatively few women leaders)

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 13d

Using original, hand-coded text analysis of PRR party manifestos (30 parties, 25 European countries, 1984–2022), we find:

🔹 Vote loss → more mentions of women’s rights
🔹 BUT no shift to egalitarian positions
🔹 Instead, parties adopt risk-averse (neutral) or femonationalist stances

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 13d

We argue PRR parties engage in strategic window dressing:

⚖️ When they’re losing votes, they highlight women’s interests in their manifestos.

But → this attention is superficial, not transformative.

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 13d

Populist Radical Right (PRR) parties are often seen as Männerparteien—men’s parties.

But in recent years, many have added women’s interests to their agendas.

❓But are these genuine shifts in gender ideology, or tactical moves?

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 New article out today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social !

📄 “Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests”

With Bonnie Meguid, @hildecoffe.bsky.social & Miki Kittilson

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests - Bonnie M. Meguid, Hilde Coffé, Ana Catalano Weeks, Miki Caul Kittilson, 2025

Despite their Männerparteien reputation, populist radical right (PRR) parties have recently expanded their agendas to include women’s interests. When do they em...

doi.org

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 20d

“Graydon's group commissioned Abacus Data to poll Canadians on women and politics and found the vast majority expect gender parity in Parliament, with 86 per cent saying equal representation is important.”

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Parties need quotas to get more women in Parliament, advocate says | CBC News

Canada's international ranking on gender parity in politics has plummeted over the past 25 years, and advocates say Canada must do better.

www.cbc.ca

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 27d

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Her name is Abir Al-Sahlani member of the European Parliament from Sweden

Silkabelli (mutazione-piromane Edition) @silkabelli.bsky.social · 27d

Queen

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 25d

Fantastic, congrats Lotte!

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 28d

Happening tomorrow! Sign up link below 👇

Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · Sep 9

Excited to share my research in an upcoming webinar:

“The Mental Load: How Invisible Domestic Responsibilities Shape Civic Life”

Hosted by the wonderful Farida Jalalzai (@virginiatech.bsky.social)
📅 Tues, Sept 16 | 9am ET / 2pm BST

🔗 Open to all: lnkd.in/edmm89_m

Would love to see you there!

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 29d

Great APSA in beautiful Vancouver 🍁 I’m inspired by all the great gender & politics research I saw! Capped it off with a gorgeous whale watching experience. We saw orcas and humpbacks 🐋 🐳 🤩

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