Kaitlin D. KT, Ph.D (She/They)
@kaitlindktphd.bsky.social
Bikes, Cats, Buses, and sometimes Political Science (feminist movements, cities, and public policy).
Having had to talk down multiple freshman from a ledge when they made the first B of their life on the first assignment in my classes when teaching at an elite liberal arts school, a lot of these young adults have been socialized that anything less than an A+ is failure.
So there is a new article out about grade inflation at a certain school and people think it's funny that students told the student paper that the report was stressful and here's why I don't think it's funny
A friend of mine killed herself my senior year
It is a high pressure place
and
A friend of mine killed herself my senior year
It is a high pressure place
and
October 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Having had to talk down multiple freshman from a ledge when they made the first B of their life on the first assignment in my classes when teaching at an elite liberal arts school, a lot of these young adults have been socialized that anything less than an A+ is failure.
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Single-member districts make all kinds of mischief possible.
The Supreme Court would be irrelevant here if we had proportional representation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
The Supreme Court would be irrelevant here if we had proportional representation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
October 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Single-member districts make all kinds of mischief possible.
The Supreme Court would be irrelevant here if we had proportional representation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
The Supreme Court would be irrelevant here if we had proportional representation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
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“The absurdity of adults dancing in inflatable costumes during anti-ICE demonstrations is meant to display community joy, protesters say, and helps to dispel the Trump administration’s narrative that Portland is a crime-ridden “war zone,” a characterization local and state leaders say is false.”
Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'
Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.
www.nbcnews.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“The absurdity of adults dancing in inflatable costumes during anti-ICE demonstrations is meant to display community joy, protesters say, and helps to dispel the Trump administration’s narrative that Portland is a crime-ridden “war zone,” a characterization local and state leaders say is false.”
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Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
August 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
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Cities are developing a new approach to developing housing: Integrating it into mixed-use library projects. These investments improve neighborhood vitality, add housing & improve services.
In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬
In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬
Aging Libraries Could Offer Cities a Unique Opportunity to Build New Housing While Improving Public Services
Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartment units have been built in combined library-housing developments. These projects not only address local housing needs but…
www.urban.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Cities are developing a new approach to developing housing: Integrating it into mixed-use library projects. These investments improve neighborhood vitality, add housing & improve services.
In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬
In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬
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We're getting a wave of articles that are like, "gee willikers it sure seems like the people who complained about 'cancel culture' for years really like canceling people."
Yes! This was extremely obvious at the time and a lot of us pointed it out!
Yes! This was extremely obvious at the time and a lot of us pointed it out!
Some say canceling is an act of redress. Others blame it on a mob.
“People have used the word ‘cancel’ so loosely,” Ernest Owens author of “The Case for Cancel Culture,” said, “that everyone’s calling everything a cancellation.”
“People have used the word ‘cancel’ so loosely,” Ernest Owens author of “The Case for Cancel Culture,” said, “that everyone’s calling everything a cancellation.”
How cancel culture came for everyone
Few issues in recent years have united the American right as much as their professed hatred of cancel culture. That’s changing.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:30 AM
We're getting a wave of articles that are like, "gee willikers it sure seems like the people who complained about 'cancel culture' for years really like canceling people."
Yes! This was extremely obvious at the time and a lot of us pointed it out!
Yes! This was extremely obvious at the time and a lot of us pointed it out!
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We’ve never had a shutdown under a competitive authoritarian regime before. This matters because the rules of the game have changed. If congressional leaders act as if the old rules apply, they will lose. The executive seeks to consolidate power and does not negotiate in good faith.
October 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We’ve never had a shutdown under a competitive authoritarian regime before. This matters because the rules of the game have changed. If congressional leaders act as if the old rules apply, they will lose. The executive seeks to consolidate power and does not negotiate in good faith.
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The issue with gifted classes isn't the content, its that testing INTO gifted classes is a structure based in racism and classism.
Many students who would benefit from these classes never get the chance, that's why Mamdani wants to shift away from this program.
Many students who would benefit from these classes never get the chance, that's why Mamdani wants to shift away from this program.
My wife is an elementary gifted ed specialist. The idea that gifted kids either don't exist or don't benefit from gifted education services is both wrong and harmful to those kids. Phasing out gifted programs is stupid. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...
Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted Program for Early Grades
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The issue with gifted classes isn't the content, its that testing INTO gifted classes is a structure based in racism and classism.
Many students who would benefit from these classes never get the chance, that's why Mamdani wants to shift away from this program.
Many students who would benefit from these classes never get the chance, that's why Mamdani wants to shift away from this program.
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I'm excited to share that we're running a junior faculty search in American politics. Proud to see GWU continue to invest in political science. Link: www.gwu.jobs/postings/122...
Assistant Professor of Political Science
The Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure-track position in American Politics at the rank of assistant professor beginning as early as Fall 2026. This position is pending f...
www.gwu.jobs
September 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
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🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels & Papers ⤵️
🌈 Gender, Sexuality, and Political Careers
🪑 @lenastephan.bsky.social @robindevroe.bsky.social, Andrea Aldrich, William Daniel (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) Ragnhild Louise Muriaas (@unibergen.bsky.social)
⌛👇 7 Nov
🌈 Gender, Sexuality, and Political Careers
🪑 @lenastephan.bsky.social @robindevroe.bsky.social, Andrea Aldrich, William Daniel (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) Ragnhild Louise Muriaas (@unibergen.bsky.social)
⌛👇 7 Nov
Gender, Sexuality, and Political Careers
European Conference on Politics and Gender, Newcastle University, 15 – 17 June 2026
buff.ly
September 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels & Papers ⤵️
🌈 Gender, Sexuality, and Political Careers
🪑 @lenastephan.bsky.social @robindevroe.bsky.social, Andrea Aldrich, William Daniel (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) Ragnhild Louise Muriaas (@unibergen.bsky.social)
⌛👇 7 Nov
🌈 Gender, Sexuality, and Political Careers
🪑 @lenastephan.bsky.social @robindevroe.bsky.social, Andrea Aldrich, William Daniel (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) Ragnhild Louise Muriaas (@unibergen.bsky.social)
⌛👇 7 Nov
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Fully 80% of the CDC's budget goes out to state and local health departments. Slashing the CDC's budget is going to be felt by "every person in every community across this country, whether they realize it or not.” my latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s CDC cuts could threaten chronic illness and national security, experts warn
Public health leaders worry proposed 53% CDC slash would weaken disease prevention and pose a national security risk
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Fully 80% of the CDC's budget goes out to state and local health departments. Slashing the CDC's budget is going to be felt by "every person in every community across this country, whether they realize it or not.” my latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Are you autistic? What did you think of the announcement yesterday? I want to hear from you for a Guardian US article: [email protected]
September 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Are you autistic? What did you think of the announcement yesterday? I want to hear from you for a Guardian US article: [email protected]
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see how settled science suddenly gets turned into something unclear as soon as conservatives make it a political issue? this has happened on dozens of issues.
The science on Tylenol and autism isn't clear, despite President Trump's claims. Here's what parents need to know to make their own decisions about acetaminophen.
When it comes to Tylenol, what are parents to do?
The science on Tylenol and autism isn't clear, despite President Trump's claims. Here's what parents need to know to make their own decisions about acetaminophen.
n.pr
September 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
see how settled science suddenly gets turned into something unclear as soon as conservatives make it a political issue? this has happened on dozens of issues.
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"Civility obsessives love a silver-tongued devil, wearing a nice suit, sporting a tidy haircut, while whispering sweet bigotries."
gifting this piece from Roxane Gay -
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
gifting this piece from Roxane Gay -
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
Opinion | Civility Is a Fantasy
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"Civility obsessives love a silver-tongued devil, wearing a nice suit, sporting a tidy haircut, while whispering sweet bigotries."
gifting this piece from Roxane Gay -
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
gifting this piece from Roxane Gay -
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
Love to give an impromptu lecture on previous quorum busting efforts by TX dems to prevent gerrymandering to my friends because it’s very important to me that everyone knows about the killer Ds and the Texas 11.
September 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Love to give an impromptu lecture on previous quorum busting efforts by TX dems to prevent gerrymandering to my friends because it’s very important to me that everyone knows about the killer Ds and the Texas 11.
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i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
September 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
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To be honest I don't think the solutions to AI in education are hard to imagine they are just hard to fund.
You need more in class time and smaller classes where faculty can engage more with students in the process of learning. This all costs money though as you have to grow more faculty.
You need more in class time and smaller classes where faculty can engage more with students in the process of learning. This all costs money though as you have to grow more faculty.
September 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
To be honest I don't think the solutions to AI in education are hard to imagine they are just hard to fund.
You need more in class time and smaller classes where faculty can engage more with students in the process of learning. This all costs money though as you have to grow more faculty.
You need more in class time and smaller classes where faculty can engage more with students in the process of learning. This all costs money though as you have to grow more faculty.
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"when it comes to income, Black two-parent families had about 60 percent of the income of white two-parent families and only 25 percent of the wealth"
www.vox.com/policy/46177...
www.vox.com/policy/46177...
The big myth about why Black kids can’t get ahead
How ignoring two-parent families has warped the narrative.
www.vox.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"when it comes to income, Black two-parent families had about 60 percent of the income of white two-parent families and only 25 percent of the wealth"
www.vox.com/policy/46177...
www.vox.com/policy/46177...
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"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis
September 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis
Today is my birthday. 35 years ago my mom had more access to abortion than women do today in the state of Texas.
I‘m so mad.
Wendy Davis did not bust her ass on the floor of the TX statehouse for appeasing pundit dudes to just throw away the legacy of Dems fighting for women in red states.
I‘m so mad.
Wendy Davis did not bust her ass on the floor of the TX statehouse for appeasing pundit dudes to just throw away the legacy of Dems fighting for women in red states.
September 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Today is my birthday. 35 years ago my mom had more access to abortion than women do today in the state of Texas.
I‘m so mad.
Wendy Davis did not bust her ass on the floor of the TX statehouse for appeasing pundit dudes to just throw away the legacy of Dems fighting for women in red states.
I‘m so mad.
Wendy Davis did not bust her ass on the floor of the TX statehouse for appeasing pundit dudes to just throw away the legacy of Dems fighting for women in red states.
You know what would be a better strategy than running pro-life Dems in red states where pro-choice referendums passed.
Figuring out who is voting republican & for pro-choice referendums to figure out how we can win them to the Dems.
But no it’s easier to just give up on women’s autonomy 🙃.
Figuring out who is voting republican & for pro-choice referendums to figure out how we can win them to the Dems.
But no it’s easier to just give up on women’s autonomy 🙃.
September 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
You know what would be a better strategy than running pro-life Dems in red states where pro-choice referendums passed.
Figuring out who is voting republican & for pro-choice referendums to figure out how we can win them to the Dems.
But no it’s easier to just give up on women’s autonomy 🙃.
Figuring out who is voting republican & for pro-choice referendums to figure out how we can win them to the Dems.
But no it’s easier to just give up on women’s autonomy 🙃.
Really wondering what will happen in ~20 years when the young trad wives discover Betty Friedan.
September 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Really wondering what will happen in ~20 years when the young trad wives discover Betty Friedan.
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Absolute cowards. They are still bound by Massachusetts State Law.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Athletics Removes Protections for Transgender Students From Handbook | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Athletics removed policies protecting transgender athletes from this year’s Student Athlete Handbook following a series of orders by the Trump administration and the University’s own scouring ...
www.thecrimson.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Absolute cowards. They are still bound by Massachusetts State Law.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...