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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 19d

Our new Virtual Special Issue highlights some of our editors' favorite articles published during their editorial terms.

Kathleen Dolan and @ailitripp.bsky.social (2007-2010) highlight work that had an impact on the field at the time and remains relevant today.

#OpenAccess until December 2025!

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Aili Mari Tripp @ailitripp.bsky.social · Apr 18

Never thought I would see David Brooks quoting Marx: "we have nothing to lose but our chains"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. (Gift Article)

It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.

www.nytimes.com

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Aili Mari Tripp @ailitripp.bsky.social · Apr 12

www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Some foreign students fear speaking out as visa cancellations rise

International students say they are deleting social media, keeping their views to themselves and staying on campus to avoid being deported.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Aili Mari Tripp @ailitripp.bsky.social · Apr 3

What utter nonsense!

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Apr 1

NEW ISSUE from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social -

Politics & Gender - Volume 21 - Issue 1 - cup.org/3Yb8U1u

w/ papers by @mlkrook.bsky.social, @klbeckwith.bsky.social, @ailitripp.bsky.social, @erincassese.bsky.social, @amandafriesen.bsky.social, @drorlysiow.bsky.social & more

#MPSA25 #MPSA2025

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Mar 26

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Mar 22

WOW! AOC and Bernie Sanders just held the Biggest political event in Denver since Obama 2008.

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · Feb 27

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.

Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

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Aili Mari Tripp @ailitripp.bsky.social · Feb 27

There is no bar low enough for this administration.

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · Feb 27

This is truly devastating news, not only for scholars and scientists, but also for the United States as a great power with global influence. Senseless, heartless, cowardly, and stupid.

Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · Feb 27

Since the 1950s, Summer Language Workshops at Indiana University have provided training in Russian, East European, and Central Asian languages. Generations have come to Bloomington to study Romanian, Polish, Kazakh, etc.

Rubio just cancelled all of them
languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...

Title VIII: Funding: Summer Language Workshop: Language Workshop: Indiana University Bloomington

Title VIII Fellowships

languageworkshop.indiana.edu

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Feb 24

President of Finland Alexander Stubb speaking in Kyiv today:

▪️ It’s not Russia who decides on EU membership,its the European Union who does that
▪️ It’s not Russia that decides on NATO membership,it’s the alliance itself
▪️ It’s not Russia that decides on what Ukraine has by its border,when,where&how

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · Feb 17

It’s about having red hair and freckles FFS and how to be cool with that when other kids make fun of it. By that twisted logic, you’d have to ban pretty much every children’s book, old and new www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/e...

Julianne Moore says her book about embracing differences was removed from Pentagon-run schools | CNN

Oscar winner Julianne Moore claims her children’s book “Freckleface Strawberry” was banned by the Department of Defense’s Education Activity, a global network of 160 schools serving military families.

www.cnn.com

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · Feb 16

Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · Feb 15

🇫🇮🇺🇦 Finnish Prime Minister has called for an urgent EU summit on Ukraine to develop a common position on Europe's role in the negotiations.

🇪🇺 "Only the EU can make decisions on security, Ukraine's membership in the EU or its restoration. For this, there must be a place at the negotiating table."

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · Feb 14

Because AP continues to refuse to use 'Gulf of America,' it is being barred indefinitely from the Oval Office and Air Force One, but its journalists will be able to retain their credentials to the White House complex, according to Taylor Budowich, White House deputy chief of staff.

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · Feb 14

Hagan Scotten’s resignation letter says it all.

Dropping the charges against Eric Adams to turn the Mayor of New York into a lackey of the President is a staggeringly corrupt perversion of justice and democracy.