In this farewell essay, @payoub.bsky.social & I say goodbye as editors of @ejpgjournal.bsky.social. Here, we reflect on the responsibility editors bear for others' careers-- and on why editing for us meant a duty of care. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

"Gender doesn't matter" does not just dismiss women as relevant, but also ignores the existence and reality all LGBTQIA+ individuals as well... totally agree @kzhill.bsky.social!

Dr. Kristina Hill ☠️ 🏳️‍🌈 thinks this is a bad timeline@kzhill.bsky.social · 4w ago

…and of course it dismisses the reality of trans people, lesbians and gay men whose gender expression is policed by those same ppl practicing hegemonic “masculinity.”

This is terrible and enraging. I have heard nothing in London about welfare checks and efforts to get the elderly and vulnerable into cooling centers. We need to do better. Googling to figure out how I can volunteer....

Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Imagine if hundreds of people died in an extreme hurricane or floods smashing through Europe Heatwaves have already killed that many people. They are an extraordinary silent killer in that they dont generate outrage or fear.

I'm in! Who else?

APSA@apsa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Join APSA at Fenway Park! APSA invites #APSA2026 Annual Meeting attendees to a classic #Boston tradition for the Boston Red Sox vs. Seattle Mariners baseball game. 📍 Fenway Park Wednesday, Sept. 2 @ 4:10 PM Limited tickets available! Purchase your tickets by August 6th.

What is more is that England's local government reorganisation will reduce the # of women local councillors even further, as fewer seats advantages men. Sally Yalden's prelim analysis is here: lgiu.org/could-local-...

Could Local Government Reorganisation reverse progress towards gender parity among councillors? - LGIU

In this think piece, Cllr Sally Yalden – a Parish Councillor and Borough Councillor in Test Valley – reflects on the impact of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) on women’s representation and democ...

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Tiffany Barnes@tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Voters are ~4X as likely to be able to vote for a David as for a Sarah… there are 516 Davids, 453 Johns, 385 Pauls & 137 Sarahs among the candidates. “…our needs & experiences are not going to be represented by an endless supply of Davids and Johns” -Penny East www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A dispiriting fact that I have learned the hard way, over and over: For many award committees, search committees, and other selection committees, there is no research profile impressive enough to make up for not having a prestigious institution after your name.

Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Woohoo, here's my essay with my fav co-author on 30,000 fellowship wins across the Guggenheim, Stanford CASBS, NAEd, National Humanities Center, RSF visiting scholar, and Harvard Radcliffe. Spoiler: it's the people working at prestigious universities www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...

Thanks to @interpretivemm.bsky.social for featuring my article in @pspolisci.bsky.social on patterns of gender and LGBTQIA+ research in top journals: alas, still a long way to go towards inclusion! Read the section's great new research digest here: us13.campaign-archive.com?u=481e9fba53....

New Substack from our Assistant Director, Charli McMackin: the 'searching mothers' in Mexico and the gendered outsourcing of justice—when the state abandons the search, women inherit 'care for the dead.' Read the full article here: royalhollowaygenderinstitute.substack.com/p/from-care-...

From Care for the Living to Care for the Dead: Maternal Labour and the 'Searching Mothers' in Mexico

By Charli McMackin

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🙏 to Ximena Caló for writing abt my @apsrjournal.bsky.social article w/ Amanda Clayton & @dzobrien.bsky.social: across 12 democracies, gender parity rules for ♀️ in politics do *not* lead citizens to think govt institutions procedures & decisions are less fair! politicalsciencenow.com/what-voters-...

What Voters Really Think About Gender Quotas: An APSA Public Scholarship Program Summary -

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Ximena Caló, covers the new article by Amanda Clayton, [...]

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1000% hate this victim-blaming. It's a scam all the way down: people grifting on selling AI training, putting all responsibility on users, when it remains a terrible product w/ low productivity returns, enormous environ costs & along-term goal of severing citizens' ability to think for themselves.

Andrew Cherry@kolektiv.xyncro.com · 7mo ago

Ok, we're into the intro video, and we've been told that "you'll learn why crafting clear, precise prompts is essential to getting accurate, helpful results from Generative AI". Which strongly implies that accurate results are possible, and if they're not, that's your fault.

Come study with us at @genderrhul.bsky.social @rhulpir.bsky.social! We offer an interdisciplinary Masters in Gender Studies, with an intersectional focus, and we welcome students of all gender identities and lived experiences of gender. 🌈♀️

Gender Institute@genderrhul.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Interested in gender, power, and social justice? 📚 Our MSc in Gender Studies offers interdisciplinary training, an intersectional focus, and specialisation pathways across politics, history, IR, and global futures. Search 'Gender Studies' to find out more: www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-here/

Thinking tonight of that time when things were going very badly for the Argentine military junta so they decided to reclaim the Falkland Islands....

Thrilled that my new research w/ @kiranstallone.bsky.social on Bogota's Manzanas del Cuidado -- Blocks of Care -- is now published via the @genderrhul.bsky.social and Ladysmith: we find that feminist care policy *is* possible and reproducible across contexts! pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/files/699028...

My new article with Anna Elomäki and Claudia Weisner analyses how, despite international policy conversations about building caring economies, even countries well-poised to invest in care after COVID-19 did not do so: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... @rhulpir.bsky.social

Towards Caring Economies? Feminist Economic Visions and COVID-19 Recovery in Germany, Canada, and Finland

Feminist economic and feminist political economy approaches have long critiqued the gendered division of labor that relies, in part, on women’s underpaid or unpaid care work in public and in privat...

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For @policyoptions.irpp.org, I wrote about how Canada lags its European and Anglo peers in electing women to parliament, how that harms their reputation, and, drawing on research w/ @dzobrien.bsky.social & Amanda Clayton, why voters prefer gender parity. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/gend...

Canada ranks 71st for women in politics

Canada ranks 71st in the world for women in parliament. Voters support gender quotas to make politics more representative.

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Publication day! In @poppublicsphere.bsky.social, Verónica Pérez-Bentancur, Cecilia Rocha-Carpuic & I use data from Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Guyana & South Africa to propose a new framework for analysing "feminists vs conservative" battles over abortion reform. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I understand we want to explain large-scale complacency, but let's be clear: authoritarianism is *not* boring for women, minoritized individuals, immigrants, dissidents & everyone whose existence and rights are actively threatened by the regime. Erasing the harms is part of how complacency wins.

Carlos Diaz Ruiz@carlosdiazruiz.com · 10mo ago

Authoritarianism is boring. My American friends believe that dictatorships are dramatic with public executions and whatnot. Unlike the movies, dictatorships are unexciting. Life goes on: people get groceries and struggle with bills, as usual. Losing agency in your own society is mostly boring.

The point is not only to make parents, families, and people feel guilty; the *main* point is to make *women* *be* guilty. This whole shebang is deeply tied to the Trump's administration efforts to return women to their 'proper' roles in hearth and home and to police their bodies and their choices.

NPR@npr.org · 11mo ago

In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.

An amazing thank you @cwolbrecht.bsky.social & @sfranceschet.bsky.social for choosing my article 'Women Leaders and Pandemic Performance: A Spurious Correlation' for the 20th anniversary of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Christina Wolbrecht@cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 11mo ago

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social, current editor @mlkrook.bsky.social asked the previous editors (myself and @sfranceschet.bsky.social included) to identify our favorite articles published during our terms. Check it out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Happy to be featured in this new video from UN Women discussing barriers to women's political participation-- and for all the women aspirants out there, why 'it's not you, it's them'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QLy...

How social norms shape who leads and decides in politics | WYDE | Women’s Leadership Initiative

YouTube video by UN Women

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It has been an honor to participate in @msmagazine.com's podcast, Looking Back, Moving Forward, with @carmenriosss.bsky.social. In this episode, we talk about how feminists worldwide have redefined democracy ⤵️ msmagazine.com/2025/07/16/j...

carmen f*cking rios@carmenriosss.bsky.social · last yr.

"feminist activism plays a long game." i talked to @jennpiscopo.bsky.social for "looking back, moving forward" about what she learned watching "parity in everything” reforms expand in mexico over decades. read the full interview and tune in @msmagazine.com! msmagazine.com/2025/07/16/j...

I cannot believe I'm in the same podcast as Dolores Huerta and Goveror Maura Healey. Subscribe today for the new @msmagazine.com podcast on feminist futures with @carmenriosss.bsky.social! 🔽

carmen f*cking rios@carmenriosss.bsky.social · last yr.

in case you're looking for some hope and inspiration these days... looking back, moving forward, hosted by yours truly for @msmagazine.com, explores how we can build the feminist future we want — and how feminist history proves that it's possible. listen + subscribe: msmagazine.com/series/looki...

It was so lovely to spend the day with smart gender and politics scholars, learning about such new and wonderful work! Thank you so much @ioannagkoutna.bsky.social & @payoub.bsky.social!

Phillip Ayoub@payoub.bsky.social · last yr.

So proud of @ioannagkoutna.bsky.social (one of our great @uclspp.bsky.social PhD candidates) for expertly organizing a wonderful workshop with cherished UK-based colleagues working on gender politics! Appreciate this community and their fantastic contributions (both in general & to this workshop!).

We have a new pathway for gender equality in the US. I am proud to have partnered with the Los Angeles-based Gender Equity Policy Institute to coauthor a new policy brief on taking a gender lens to public policy. thegepi.org/roadmap-equi...

Roadmap for an Equitable Future: Placing a Gender Lens on American Public Policy - Gender Equity Policy Institute (GEPI)

REPORT: Integrating a gender perspective in policymaking is a promising new approach for accelerating women's equality in the United States.

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I am here at the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions in Prague and I am happy to answer questions about the journal!

European Journal of Politics and Gender@ejpgjournal.bsky.social · last yr.

Off to the @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions this week? Looking for a home for that excellent research paper you're about to workshop? The EJPG would love to receive it. Questions? Get in touch with our editors @jennpiscopo.bsky.social @payoub.bsky.social or one of our associated editors.

It was my pleasure to serve as the opponent for Juan Diego Duque-Salazar's PhD defense at @uupeace.bsky.social on Friday! Felicidades to Juan Diego for a fantastic project on gender and political ambition in contexts of high election insecurity.

I am honored & humbled working w/ Amanda Clayton & @dzobrien.bsky.social. Our latest @apsrjournal.bsky.social shows that gender quotas do *not* erode legitimacy: across democracies, voters prefer legislatures w/ gender balance to those w/ male dominance, full stop. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Two fab presentations by @jennpiscopo.bsky.social and @hannahrphill.bsky.social (and also Leah McCabe on abortion policy) for the Women and Politics group panel on the 2024 elections. Such important work here

Everyone is most welcome to join Professor Laura Sjoberg talk about her upcoming book on Tuesday 6th May at 4:30pm and the networking and general get together afterwards - gender@rhul.ac.uk.

2025 EGEN Prize Announcement: We are thrilled to announce the results of the 2025 prize competition. The EGEN prize committee selected 5 Prize Recipients and 3 Honorable Mentions this year! @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social @teele.bsky.social @mirya.bsky.social