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Verena Reidinger @reidingerve.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 30m

Yay! Great job Jordie!

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dr. jordie davies @jordiedavies.bsky.social · 1d

New article: "Fundamentals of Solidarity: Race-Based Caucus Organizing in Houston" is live at Urban Affairs Review. I'm grateful to the organizers who let me into their world and work so we could produce this piece. Check it out 👇

Fundamentals of Solidarity: Race-Based Caucus Organizing in Houston - Elizabeth Jordie Davies, 2025

Grassroots organizations often espouse multiracial solidarity as a value but struggle with putting this value into practice. How can organizations, especially t...

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 1h

Also a 14/10 Instagram account

Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 1h

Oh I have it on my to listen list, moving up now!

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 2h

If you are looking for a jazzy-bluesy album to listen to, can I recommend Olivia Dean's new album The Art of Loving?

It's really lovely. If you like Maggie Rogers, this is for you!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sur...

Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love)

YouTube video by OliviaDeanVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 2h

itme

Two guys on a bus meme. The sad guy "working on old projects" the happy guy "thinking about new projects"

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 2h

I can't believe I have to work on all these smelly old papers while all the shiny ideas for new papers are RIGHT THERE

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Robin Marty @robinmarty.com · 4h

www.al.com/news/2025/10...

Alabama sheriff under fire for Halloween display with ‘ICE’ agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros

The controversial display shows ICE agent skeletons chasing figures in sombreros, which the sheriff's wife defends as "tongue-in-cheek" while citing her own Cuban heritage.

www.al.com

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 4h

This was a really challenging interview and I thank @catherinedevries.bsky.social for pushing me to reflect on why and how I write. I was kind of surprised by the result myself.

Hope you like it… and read the other interesting interviews by her.

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 8h

Writing isn’t just about what you say, it’s about what you refuse to lose in the process.

Read my conversation with Cas Mudde on writing, voice, and resisting conformity in academia, in the media, and on the page.

🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

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catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 8h

Writing isn’t just about what you say, it’s about what you refuse to lose in the process.

Read my conversation with Cas Mudde on writing, voice, and resisting conformity in academia, in the media, and on the page.

🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

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catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 12h

No. No thanks. Nope. No.

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 16h

I don't miss hosting them, lol 🫠

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 18h

FYI, if you try to measure the strength of civil society (what Hahrie, Milan, and I call civic opportunity in our 2023 Nature Human Behaviour paper), you may want to consider using our org-, county-, and ZIP code-level datasets published in Scientific Data: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 20h

Jake.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 21h

🚨 New assistant prof job posting at LSE with a focus on crime and criminal justice

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor, , LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university <spa...

jobs.lse.ac.uk

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Amalia Skilton @amaliaskilton.bsky.social · 20h

There is a name for people who write in short blocks. Authors!

If you write in long sessions only, you will end up either unpublished, or disappointed

For an overview of the psych research on this I love Paul Silvia’s /How to Write a Lot/

Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 1d

Duration: how long do you spend writing, when you write? (lots of people seem to think the only way to write a lot is to spend really long blocks of time writing. I disagree)

I ask: what's your ideal amount of writing? And how does that compare to your actual writing practices?

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 20h

An embarrassment of riches! Thanks to all the folks who sit on all the APSA committees and read all my silly work & especially to my coauthors for putting up w me

Three award plaques for best paper and best book sit on a black desk. On the edge of the image are various desk items like a sign that says NOPE and a water bottle with a horseshoe sticker on it

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 21h

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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · 23h

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

My reaction to reading papers outside my own area. Three categories:

1. Brilliant
2. Obvious
3. Impenetrable

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 1d

It seems very... stupid to be writing about writing right now. I think about this dog every day.

But also there are a lot of us whose job is to write and we still want to write even as <waves arms around> happens. So this is for all of us.

A gold retriever wearing a pink tie sits at a laptop. Behind the dog is an apocalyptic scene of bombs and fire and war. The dog just looks at the screen of the computer like it is just tappity tapping

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 1d

And! Recovery is just as important as writing! Go touch grass! Talk to people for real for real. Volunteer! Dance! Have fun! And then get back to writing.

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Kelly Clancy @kellyclancy.bsky.social · 1d

Come with Mirya and me in Portland - July 2026! Applications are open now!

Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 1d

Oh and!! @kellyclancy.bsky.social and I have opened up applications for our next writing retreat - July 2026 in war torn (joking!) Portland, Oregon. Come write with us where you get to experience long duration, high frequency, high intensity all at once!

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 1d

Oh and!! @kellyclancy.bsky.social and I have opened up applications for our next writing retreat - July 2026 in war torn (joking!) Portland, Oregon. Come write with us where you get to experience long duration, high frequency, high intensity all at once!

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 1d

The ideal writing practice is a combination of duration, frequency, and intensity, with a recognition that you can vary one of these levers easily, as long as you are taking the others into account!

What's your ideal combination?

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