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Paula Villa Braslavsky

@paulita.bsky.social

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Sociologist, focus on gender, care, biopolitics / embodiment, family, popular culture, STS prof & chair LMU Munich Former president of German Sociological Association (DGS) Privately here 🥾 / ☕️ / 🥘/ 🍷/ 🪴 🌺 Trying to be a Mensh 🇦🇷 🌈 ✡️

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 8h

Birthday Babka, happy 19th best daughter ever

Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 12h

Trotzdem, Glückwunsch !

Oliver Nachtwey @onachtwey.bsky.social · 12h

Symbolsprache des Standes der Emanzipation im Jahr 2025: Eine Frau und ein Mann gewinnen zusammen einen Preis, und wie bebildert die größte Presseagentur des Landes, @dpa.com , ihre Meldung dazu? Nur mit dem Mann und schiebt die Frau in die Bildunterschrift.

Geschwister-Scholl-Preis: Auszeichnung für Buch über "demokratischen Faschismus"

Hier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Geschwister-Scholl-Preis“. Lesen Sie jetzt „Auszeichnung für Buch über "demokratischen Faschismus"“.

www.zeit.de

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 23h

@mit.edu has done an incredibly important service to the nation by being willing to be the first school to reject the administration's "compact."

President Kornbluth focuses—and she's right—on the principle that "scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."

The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 22h

(fast) jeder AfD Schmock hat ne Israelfahne in der Bio. was das heißt? Trumprassismus nacheifern.
Antisemitismus ist nur, wenn es rassistisch ausbeutbar ist; sonst ist er: normal, lustig, höhöhö.
Beides echte screenshots desselben MdB.

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 1d

yes!

www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

MIT Rejects Proposed Federal Compact

MIT is the first institution to reject a proposal by the Trump administration that would trade preferential treatment on federal funding in exchange for far-reaching changes.

www.insidehighered.com

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 1d

🙏😊

Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 1d

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 1d

Danke! Geht schon deutlich besser

Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 1d

Hüte krank Bett / Couch / Sessel, leider. Wir holen das im Februar 2026 nach!

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 1d

Er freut sich sicher über „den Groll der Anderen“

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 1d

Pfaller agrees

www.zeit.de/kultur/liter...

"Wir haben ein gestörtes Verhältnis zum Genuss"

Leben wir in einer Verzichts- und Verbotsgesellschaft? Der Philosoph Robert Pfaller sagt im Interview: Durch Mäßigung verlernen wir wichtige Kulturtechniken.

www.zeit.de

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 2d

eloquente - über die 'eigenen rhetorischen Verhältnisse geschriebene'? - lehrreiche Würdigung von Claus Offe von Stephan Lessenich

www.soziopolis.de/am-puls-der-...

Am Puls der Zeiten

Zum Tod von Claus Offe

www.soziopolis.de

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 2d

Report it, interview the researcher, give some context.

Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 2d

why don't I see any critical coverage of this in Germany?

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 4d

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 4d

All nine institutions must reject this proposal: it is a thinly veiled attack on academic freedom; it is a test case for whether Trumpists can get away with demanding loyalty oaths; it exceeds the president’s powers to begin with
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

US universities must reject Trump’s ‘compact’. It is full of traps | Jan-Werner Müller

The administration is trying to make nine universities an offer they seemingly cannot refuse

www.theguardian.com

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 4d

"Key take-away: Political communication by mainstream parties plays a central role in the electoral success of the far right. When mainstream parties adopt far-right issues, they help to disseminate far-right ideas and legitimise them."

Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · 4d

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 4d

"protecting the dignity of women"

Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

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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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 5d

In case you missed it: our latest report explores a growing crisis in universities.

In many regions, students risk losing access to vital humanities, social science and arts subjects. Swipe to see our key findings and recommendations.

Key finding 1:
Cold spots have emerged in the North, South West and East of England, as well as parts of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Key finding 1:
Cold spots have emerged in the North, South West and East of England, as well as parts of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Key finding 2:
The biggest loss of provision is at lower-tariff levels. This is concerning given strong links between attainment and socioeconomic disadvantage.

Key finding 3:
Languages, Linguistics, Anthropology, Classics and Theology are among the hardest hit. If trends continue, English, History, Drama and Celtic studies – including Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh – could follow.

As we await the post-16 White Paper, we’re calling for:
- An urgent review of higher education funding
- Regulators to monitor provision with an ‘at-risk’ regional register and subject premium
- Government to help universities collaborate effectively with clearer guidance about competition law

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 4d

www.sfb1665.uni-luebeck.de/events/zwisc...

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 4d

"Projektvisite"
Forschungsalltag mit Mediziner*innen

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Sektion Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in der DGS @gender4dgs.bsky.social · 5d

🔎 Die AG „Care, Work & Gender“ ist auf der Suche nach neuen Mitgliedern, um die thematische Schwerpunkte sowie die Planung der Aktivitäten und ggf. Publikationen zu besprechen und die nächste Schritte festzuhalten.

📧 Bei Interesse melden Sie sich gerne kurz per Mail: [email protected]

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 5d

"das DLR ghostet uns"
Forschungsalltag

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SFB 1665 @sfb1665.bsky.social · 10d

🎓 We are excited to invite you to the next DLS event of the Collaborative Research Center “Sexdiversity” (SFB 1665) with Daphna Joel on “Rethinking Sex, Brain, and Gender: From Binary to Mosaic” 🧠  Date & Time: October 16, 2025 | 16:00–18:00, Room B1/B2 (Levi-Montalcini), CBBM, Campus Lübeck

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 5d

@fabianpfeffer.bsky.social on @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy

www.deutschlandfunk.de/soziologe-pf...

Soziale Ungleichheit - Soziologe Pfeffer: Vermögenssteuer ist "keineswegs radikal"

Der Soziologe Fabian Pfeffer hat sich für die Wiedereinführung einer Vermögenssteuer in Deutschland ausgesprochen.

www.deutschlandfunk.de

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 6d

Narrator: “No they don’t. They do not even extend it to women.”

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 6d

Do all these AI bros defending the personhood of chatbots etc extend their ethics to their interactions with non-human animals or no

Because I’m very curious now

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