Penny Edgell
@pennye.bsky.social
Sociologist, feminist, would rather be outdoors. More info at pennyedgell.com
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Tell @wearehighered.bsky.social about what's happening on YOUR campus with the attacks on higher ed.
We hear a lot about the elite campuses but what about the rest?
And we hear when schools do egregious things, but not so much about where things are better.
www.wearehighered.org/campus-tracker
We hear a lot about the elite campuses but what about the rest?
And we hear when schools do egregious things, but not so much about where things are better.
www.wearehighered.org/campus-tracker
Campus Tracker — We Are Higher Ed
www.wearehighered.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Tell @wearehighered.bsky.social about what's happening on YOUR campus with the attacks on higher ed.
We hear a lot about the elite campuses but what about the rest?
And we hear when schools do egregious things, but not so much about where things are better.
www.wearehighered.org/campus-tracker
We hear a lot about the elite campuses but what about the rest?
And we hear when schools do egregious things, but not so much about where things are better.
www.wearehighered.org/campus-tracker
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I think I just experienced the most engaging and theoretically impressive presidential address in my career from @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social at the annual meeting for the @sssreligion.bsky.social.
Legit masterful. Wish y'all could have experienced it.
Legit masterful. Wish y'all could have experienced it.
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I think I just experienced the most engaging and theoretically impressive presidential address in my career from @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social at the annual meeting for the @sssreligion.bsky.social.
Legit masterful. Wish y'all could have experienced it.
Legit masterful. Wish y'all could have experienced it.
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Thrilled to share that our paper (w/ @garyadler.bsky.social) in Social Forces, “Religious Rebound, Political Backlash, and the Youngest Cohort: Understanding Religious Change in Turkey,” received the Distinguished Article Award from @sssreligion.bsky.social!
November 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thrilled to share that our paper (w/ @garyadler.bsky.social) in Social Forces, “Religious Rebound, Political Backlash, and the Youngest Cohort: Understanding Religious Change in Turkey,” received the Distinguished Article Award from @sssreligion.bsky.social!
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Well-deserved!! Be sure to check out Sam’s latest award winning book.
Thrilled and honored that my book Religion for Realists was given the 2025 Distinguished Book Award by @sssreligion.bsky.social last night.
It’s vital that we understand religion and religious people. The social sciences are remiss to ignore either.
Hire more religion specialists.
It’s vital that we understand religion and religious people. The social sciences are remiss to ignore either.
Hire more religion specialists.
November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Well-deserved!! Be sure to check out Sam’s latest award winning book.
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Research + teaching + student = great partnership. Also why I love my job @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
Keep an eye on @ienesatac.bsky.social!
It was a fun weekend at @sssreligion.bsky.social
Keep an eye on @ienesatac.bsky.social!
It was a fun weekend at @sssreligion.bsky.social
Thrilled to share that our paper (w/ @garyadler.bsky.social) in Social Forces, “Religious Rebound, Political Backlash, and the Youngest Cohort: Understanding Religious Change in Turkey,” received the Distinguished Article Award from @sssreligion.bsky.social!
November 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Research + teaching + student = great partnership. Also why I love my job @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
Keep an eye on @ienesatac.bsky.social!
It was a fun weekend at @sssreligion.bsky.social
Keep an eye on @ienesatac.bsky.social!
It was a fun weekend at @sssreligion.bsky.social
Ready to present awards tonight for best book, article, and Student paper for @sssreligion.bsky.social, #SSSR_RRA2025
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Ready to present awards tonight for best book, article, and Student paper for @sssreligion.bsky.social, #SSSR_RRA2025
It's fun to show off my town, site of #SSSR_RRA2025
November 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's fun to show off my town, site of #SSSR_RRA2025
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Hello! I'm coming up from the dissertation bunker to say that if you will be at SSSR I'll be putting together some fun Bluesky content with @dacuetovilla.bsky.social for the @asareligion.bsky.social account. COME TELL US WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON. We'd love to amplify some voices.
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Hello! I'm coming up from the dissertation bunker to say that if you will be at SSSR I'll be putting together some fun Bluesky content with @dacuetovilla.bsky.social for the @asareligion.bsky.social account. COME TELL US WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON. We'd love to amplify some voices.
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This year's Presidential Address 'Religion and the Restructuring of American Politics' will be delivered by Ruth Braunstein during the #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting. The Plenary Session & SSSR Awards Ceremony will be held Nov. 1, from 5:45 PM to 7 PM. #Religion
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sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This year's Presidential Address 'Religion and the Restructuring of American Politics' will be delivered by Ruth Braunstein during the #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting. The Plenary Session & SSSR Awards Ceremony will be held Nov. 1, from 5:45 PM to 7 PM. #Religion
sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...
sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...
Worth a read. All of the rhetoric up to now has been designed to confuse and distract. To create an inflated sense of crisis and shock, to upset people so that they can't keep their eye on the ball. The ball here being actual authoritarian crackdown. It's here.
Donald Trump demanded the arrest of Chicago’s mayor and the governor of Illinois. @jonlemire.bsky.social on why Trump’s threats are no longer bluster:
Retribution Is Here
The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Worth a read. All of the rhetoric up to now has been designed to confuse and distract. To create an inflated sense of crisis and shock, to upset people so that they can't keep their eye on the ball. The ball here being actual authoritarian crackdown. It's here.
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I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges
Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
What a great research experience with two incredible young scholars of American religion. So excited the research is finally in print for the world to see!
@proflauragil.bsky.social, @pennye.bsky.social + I spent 18 months observing MN churches as they rebounded from COVID + the 2020 racial justice protests. We identify 3 approaches leaders used to shore up member loyalty + comply with external directives: Introspection, Avoidance + Mobilization.
October 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
What a great research experience with two incredible young scholars of American religion. So excited the research is finally in print for the world to see!
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While some MAHA activists appeared to be overjoyed that the president had brought their cause to a national stage, many were frustrated that it was Tylenol—and not vaccines—that took the brunt of the blame.
“This Tylenol thing stinks to high heaven.”
“This Tylenol thing stinks to high heaven.”
Anti-vax groups struggle to explain how Tylenol fits in with their whole thing
The White House's very weird autism announcement triggers a moment of opportunity and crisis.
www.motherjones.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
While some MAHA activists appeared to be overjoyed that the president had brought their cause to a national stage, many were frustrated that it was Tylenol—and not vaccines—that took the brunt of the blame.
“This Tylenol thing stinks to high heaven.”
“This Tylenol thing stinks to high heaven.”
Agree, it's a magical movie.
Heartbroken about the death of Robert Redford today. More than his work as an actor, I admired his work as a director and producer. My all-time favorite movie is Milagro Beanfield War, which he directed, and which is just magical. Or milagro, even.
September 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Agree, it's a magical movie.
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A message from our new Chair, Richard Carlbom: "I've met with Democrats across Minnesota who are ready to fight back — and my promise to you, as your Chair, is that's exactly what the Minnesota DFL is going to do."
March 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A message from our new Chair, Richard Carlbom: "I've met with Democrats across Minnesota who are ready to fight back — and my promise to you, as your Chair, is that's exactly what the Minnesota DFL is going to do."
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Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.
April 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.
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God willing if I haven’t been sent to the fields for dear leader and the creek don’t rise, I will do this:
I hope when Kevin Costner dies his obituary identifies him as “American Actor Who Portrayed White Characters”
September 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
God willing if I haven’t been sent to the fields for dear leader and the creek don’t rise, I will do this:
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BOOM💥💥💥
September 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
BOOM💥💥💥
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District and appellate courts, I think fairly, keep asking the Supreme Court to clarify what they actually mean—i.e. "If the new rule is that the Trump admin can never lose then you have to say that" and the Supreme Court keeps being like "No, you're supposed to just do it without us having to say."
September 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
District and appellate courts, I think fairly, keep asking the Supreme Court to clarify what they actually mean—i.e. "If the new rule is that the Trump admin can never lose then you have to say that" and the Supreme Court keeps being like "No, you're supposed to just do it without us having to say."
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I should also shout out Hakeem Jefferson. NOW I’m fini. (This was supposed to be a little coffee break post.)
cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/people/hakee...
cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/people/hakee...
Hakeem Jefferson
Hakeem Jefferson is an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University where he is also a faculty affiliate with the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and the Stanfo...
cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu
September 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I should also shout out Hakeem Jefferson. NOW I’m fini. (This was supposed to be a little coffee break post.)
cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/people/hakee...
cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/people/hakee...
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Oh! I was remiss in not pointing you towards Corey Fields’ work. Now, I’m fini.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2016...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2016...
African Americans in the Republican Party represent a range of political thinking, Stanford research shows
Sociologist Corey D. Fields finds that some African-American Republicans see issues of race and racism as more of a problem in America than others.
news.stanford.edu
September 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Oh! I was remiss in not pointing you towards Corey Fields’ work. Now, I’m fini.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2016...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2016...
History will remember these consultants, and the Democratic Party leaders who listened to them, as collaborators.
And not in a good "let's collaborate on a creative project" way.
And not in a good "let's collaborate on a creative project" way.
Despite what some political consultants advise, anti-Trump candidates can’t just focus on the economy. They need to put preserving democracy front and center.
Worth reading @davidoatkins.bsky.social ↘️
Worth reading @davidoatkins.bsky.social ↘️
Fighting Authoritarianism: A Democratic Imperative
In the lead-up to the 2026 midterms, fIghting authoritarianism should be as much of priority as emphasizing kitchen-table issues
washingtonmonthly.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
History will remember these consultants, and the Democratic Party leaders who listened to them, as collaborators.
And not in a good "let's collaborate on a creative project" way.
And not in a good "let's collaborate on a creative project" way.
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centrist dem consultants in NYC love to LARP as "Real American Whisperers," meanwhile Midwest dem governors are the ones with a clear-eyed view of fighting fascism
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
September 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
centrist dem consultants in NYC love to LARP as "Real American Whisperers," meanwhile Midwest dem governors are the ones with a clear-eyed view of fighting fascism
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Is climate change a religion? Here's my latest OpEd in #TheHill on the EPA's pathetic attempt to dodge science and overturn the #EndangermentFinding. #OpEdProject #PublicVoicesFellowship thehill.com/opinion/ener...
thehill.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Is climate change a religion? Here's my latest OpEd in #TheHill on the EPA's pathetic attempt to dodge science and overturn the #EndangermentFinding. #OpEdProject #PublicVoicesFellowship thehill.com/opinion/ener...