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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · Aug 18

Most importantly, it calls for a transformative political imagination that can dismantle authoritarian populist logic and build pathways toward social justice.
This can be useful for anyone working on #gender, #populism, political imaginations, #socialjustice #genderedviolence, and #antigenderism.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · Aug 18

I explicate how gender-based needs are held hostage by paternalistic social policies, and how masculinist entrenchment normalises punitive violence under the guise of masculinist protection.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · Aug 18

I argue that authoritarian populism as a political imagination not only operates through its polarising logic but also paralyses thought processes for alternative imaginations and entraps people in its mind-confusing maze, which I reveal as #slowviolence

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · Aug 18

I introduce a nuanced analytical framework that explores gendered violence, anti-gender politics, and authoritarian populism through a relational lens - not as isolated issues, but as deeply intertwined forces shaping everyday life.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · Aug 18

My new article in Frontiers in Political Science reframes how we can understand gendered violence and anti-genderism in relation to each other within authoritarian populist imagination. #openaccess here: doi.org/10.3389/fpos...

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Humanities & Social Sciences @hss.springernature.com · Aug 8

Resisting anti-gender politics means engaging everyone—especially men. Read the recently published #openaccess article here: doi.org/10.1057/s415... #Feminism #MenAsAllies #GenderSky

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · Jul 30

I identify the challenges of engaging men in resisting this top-down anti-genderism as #slowviolence, using the forms of slow violence we developed back in 2023: doi.org/10.1057/s415...

Fatalistic normalisation, daunted managerialism and afflictive condemnation as forms of slow violence - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Fatalistic normalisation, daunted managerialism and afflictive condemnation as forms of slow violence

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · Jul 30

I deploy the #capabilities approach through continuum thinking for a more comprehensive understanding of gendered violence within top-down #anti-gender politics in #Turkey, building on the concept of 'masculinist entrenchment' we published last year: doi.org/10.1016/j.ws...

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · Jul 30

My new article on possibilities and challenges of engaging men in resisting #antigenderism toward #genderequality and #socialjustice for lasting social transformation is published in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications @springernature.com
#openaccess here: rdcu.be/eyoBH

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TristanBridges.bsky.social @tristanbridges.bsky.social · Jul 16

Trump’s AI-generated Superman post isn’t just a meme. It’s gendered propaganda. When real masculinity falters, political fantasy fills the gap. New post on visual exaggeration and "crisis masculinity" discourse and performance. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/s...

Superman Trump and the Crisis of Masculinity by Design

On July 10, 2025, the official White House X account posted an AI-generated image of Donald Trump as Superman. He’s shown in the red-and-blue suit, cape flowing, mid-flight. The caption reads: “A T…

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canan coskan @canancoskan.bsky.social · Jul 18

Helin: "Emniyet’in ağır bir yaptırımı var...Kalabalık sokakta özellikle trans kadınları durdurup GBT yapıyorlar. Kalabalığın içinde özellikle beni çağırması kötü hissettiriyor. Kapatılan evlerde ailesiyle görüşmeyen, kalacak başka yeri olmayan insanlar var."

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Jul 16

The urgent story of how an explosion of misogyny is driving a surge of mass & far-right violence throughout the West—from an internationally recognized extremism expert & media commentator.

Man Up is out in two months, on September 16. Preorder yours: hubs.ly/Q03jyDHx0 @milleridriss.bsky.social

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Sheffield Migration Research @sheffieldmrg.bsky.social · May 29

We have an online panel discussion on climate migration coming up in the Sheffield Migration Research Group. Monday 16 June 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm GMT. Please join us! Details here: www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...

Panel discussion: Climate Migration and Displacement

Panel discussion on Climate Migration an DisplacementPluralising Climate Mobilities: Moving Beyond the North–South DivideAbstract: Climate mobility represents one of the most complex challenges of our...

www.sheffield.ac.uk

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · May 28

Fortunately, it is not regarded as a privilege but a right, as it should be so.

Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · May 28

A French court says a British woman should be able to vote in EU and local elections there, despite #Brexit👇

🔗 www.connexionfrance.com/news/briton-... via www.connexionfrance.com

The #RightToVote is protected by the European Convention on Human Rights, it said.

#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

Briton wins right to be on EU electoral roll in historic French court ruling

The order is the first of its kind since Brexit

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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · May 25

"Father Moses is championing a form of virile, unapologetic masculinity. Skinny jeans, crossing your legs, using an iron, shaping your eyebrows, and even eating soup are among the things he derides as too feminine."

www.bbc.com/news/article....

Orthodox Christianity: Young US men joining 'masculine' Russian churches

A religion with traditions dating back centuries is attracting young American men.

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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · May 14

📣 Call for Papers: Workshop “Ancestral Citizenship in Motion: Migration and the Politics of Extraterritorial Belonging”

Abstract Submission Deadline: June 15, 2025

Workshop Dates: October 13–14, 2025 (Hybrid) Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Call for Papers – Workshop “Ancestral Citizenship in Motion: Migration and the Politics of Extraterritorial Belonging”

In an era marked by shifting migration policies, contested identities, and global reckonings with historical injustice, this workshop interrogates the growing significance of ancestral citizenship as ...

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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · May 12

A 'contributions-based' citizenship model is not a citizenship model, but a form of selective club membership.

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New English language and UK citizenship requirements for migrants as part of government crackdown

Sir Keir Starmer will say settling in the UK is a "privilege, not a right" as he lays out new rules to bring down net migration - but experts have questioned how effective they will be.

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Clément Plaisant @cplaisant.bsky.social · May 4

In #Turkey, CHP President Ozgur #Ozel punched in the face. Some will point out that this is an isolated gesture, but it is part of a wider context of criminalisation and demonisation of the main Turkish opposition party by the ruling bloc.

T24 @t24.com.tr · May 4

‼️ Özgür Özel, Atatürk Kültür Merkezi çıkışında yumruklu saldırıya uğradı

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Rola El-Husseini @rola-husseini.bsky.social · Apr 20

I’m pleased to share that I’ll be co-directing (with Nadine Sika, Sarah Anne Rennick and saloua zerhouni) a workshop this summer for APSA-MENA, focusing on decolonization and intellectual extractivism. The deadline is in a week. Distribute widely and apply!
web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · Apr 19

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Details emerge of Turkey’s Islamist anti-LGBT+ bill introduced in February

Turkey's far-right Islamist Free Cause Party (HÜDA-PAR), allied with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has submitted a controversial bill to parliament

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · Apr 19

In Turkey, HudaPar, which is part of the ruling alliance, has proposed law amendments that target LGBTQ individuals and restrain the sexual lives of many others based on their Islamic beliefs.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · Apr 17

Unfortunately, it is under embargo right now, but I can send a version in a dm.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · Apr 16

Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1332/1478...

Beyond authoritarian populist imagination: recognising indistinctive boundaries for democratic resistance

"Beyond authoritarian populist imagination: recognising indistinctive boundaries for democratic resistance" published on 14 Apr 2025 by Policy Press.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · Apr 16

There is a need to embrace discomfort and build spaces for intersubjective dialogue. I believe the ongoing democratic resistance in Turkey can facilitate (intersubjective) recognition between different contexts, which can pave the way for alternative political imaginations across the globe.

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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · Apr 16

Using Turkey as a case study, I show how authoritarian populism operates and how public resistance demonstrates the potential for alternative political imaginations.

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