In honour of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, I'm sharing my new op-ed for The Conversation on the harms of online misogyny targeting women in public life, especially when amplified by political leaders. #polisky #gendersky theconversation.com/quiet-piggy-...

‘Quiet, piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media

Gender-based violence in politics has democratic costs, diminishing diverse voices and expertise in public office.

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Feeling kind of blue today: #LetsGoBlueJays #Jaysin6

Poll of 235 mayors: 84% of women candidates were harassed while campaigning vs 64% of men candidates. 25% of women mayors experienced harassment at least 3x/month vs 10% of men mayors. 2x as many women mayors reported threats to their family as men mayors. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Survey shows sharp gender gap in political harassment

Female mayors face higher rates of politically motivated violence and harassment, a new poll finds.

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Get the inside track! 🎯 Here’s a sneak peek at the 8 workshops that will define #CPSA_ACSP26👇🏾 🔴 DEADLINE NOV 10 shorturl.at/AgUow @westernupolisci.bsky.social @erintolley.bsky.social @traceyraney.bsky.social @katepuddister.bsky.social @melomas.bsky.social @bittner.bsky.social @tariajadi.bsky.social

How should we identify LGBTQ2S+ candidates? In new research with @qalbaugh.bsky.social , we compare 3 methods for identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates in 🇨🇦 federal elections (2019–2021).

Identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates: comparing three approaches

In this research note, we compare three approaches to identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates: candidate surveys, published lists of LGBTQ2S+ candidates, and systematic searches of each candidate running. ...

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Had a fabulous time at the Blue Rodeo concert in Toronto last night. For anyone who missed it, the livestream can be found here:

Blue Rodeo "Live From Budweiser Stage 2025"

YouTube video by Blue Rodeo

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In what world is okay for a group of men to assume that an inebriated stranger is their sexual plaything? Our world, unfortunately. I wrote about the Hockey Canada trial in today's @thestar.com www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Here’s what we need to tell young women — and young men — about life and safety after Hockey Canada trial

Young women are always taught about how to keep safe - but as the Hockey Canada trial shows, the law is only one framework

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I wanna encourage allies to make donations today. Every sexual assault centre in the country has seen an uptick in calls *just* from the trial, let alone today's verdict. I'd also encourage you to support the most effective rape resistance program in the world (based here in Canada!)

Trump said the Everglades center would house “some of the most vicious people on the planet." But > a third of the detainees have no US criminal charges or convictions. DHS says they are "terrorists, gangsters" but "they just don’t have a rap sheet in the US” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns

Descriptions of the Everglades detention center as a place for violent criminals tell only part of the story.

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The media outlet that asks you to pay $25/month doesn't know if the president can take away an American's citizenship and has to call another person to figure it out

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.

President Trump said on Saturday he was considering revoking Rosie O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship. Trump has feuded with the comedian and actress since before he became president. Experts said the president does not have the power to take away the citizenship of a U.S.-born citizen.

Are more women elected in proportional elections than in majoritarian ones? @gulczynski.bsky.social, @monikaturyna.bsky.social & @jkantorowicz.bsky.social examine local Polish elections and find little evidence of that. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/UH5PdOR @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Afterglow Florence McGillivray 1914

I'm delighted to share a new article at Politics & Gender with @kebaisley.bsky.social and Kate Burke Pellizzari examining whether LGBTQ+ candidates face challenges financing their campaigns: doi.org/10.1017/S174....

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 In "Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography" @grahn.bsky.social & Cherry M Miller propose ethnographic approaches for scholars looking to research the gendered outcomes of institutions. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 polisky gendersky buff.ly/4jmQsMv

Glorious Northland Ted Harrison 1983

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 In "Labor Union Membership and Women’s Political Ambition" David Macdonald tests a novel supply-side explanation of women's political under-representation using CES data in the 🇺🇸. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 polisky gendersky buff.ly/3PHyCWX

New paper in IPSR with @traceyraney.bsky.social! Drawing on the reforms in the Canadian Senate, we argue that institutions in flux can be regendered by the people within them: amidst all the changes, Canadian senators successfully cemented new feminist rules. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Scary. Glad to hear no one was injured in this incident but it bears repeating: the cost of being in politics shouldn't be violence or threats of violence. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

Explosive device damaged B.C. MLA’s office, may be linked to earlier blast

A previous explosion had earlier been heard in the nearby 100 block of West 1st Avenue and police are looking into whether the blasts were connected

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ex-president sex pest endorses ex-governor sex pest in effort to fight current president sex pest

Peter Sterne@petersterne.com · last yr.

Former President Bill Clinton is endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his former HUD secretary, as the Democratic establishment tries to attempt to ensure Zohran Mamdani does not win the Democratic primary for NYC mayor. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...

Charlotte Bennett, the former staffer Cuomo's been hounding in the courts since she went public with his sexual harassment of her, appeared with @lindseyboylan.bsky.social at a Brad Lander event yesterday. If you haven't yet voted, making things less shitty for Cuomo's victims is a reason to do so.

In Final Push for Mayor, Lander Appears With 2 Cuomo Accusers

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Excellent Toronto Star op-ed on Bill 5 which recently became law in Ontario. It gives sweeping powers to the govt, allowing it to centralize power and circumvent democratic processes, all in the name of 'economic protectionism':

Ontarians have just lost core democratic protections — and few realize it

Bill 5 lets Premier Doug Ford designate any piece of land in Ontario a “special economic zone.” Inside that zone, Ford and his cabinet can override any provincial law.

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Wild Flowers Tom Thomson 1915

Happy to share my new paper w/ @zacspicer.bsky.social & @IStedman.bsky.social on councillor-perpetrated sexual violence in Canada published in State and Local Government Review. In it we offer recommendations for municipal govts on how to combat this problem. doi.org/10.1177/0160... #gendersky

Hold the Light Lee Munn 2023

Great interview w/ Jacinda Ardern in The Guardian: "But public life today is so horrible, so brutal. Why would anyone go into politics? 'I think the rehumanisation of people in public life is really important,' she says." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America

Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Gua...

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Northern Lights, BC Frederick Varley 1936

Excited to dive into my advance copy of a new book on party loyalty in 🇨🇦 politics by @alexmarland.bsky.social, @jaredwesley.ca & @mireillelalancette.bsky.social. Join us in Toronto at CPSA on June 5th, 12 p.m. to celebrate this important new work!

Cdn PM appoints 14 women and 14 men to his second cabinet BUT "[a] closer look reveals Carney’s appointments may be seen as a form of gender-washing — symbolically inclusive, but not substantively so. Notably, men hold five of the six most powerful positions…" theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s cabinet: A course correction on gender, but there’s more work ahead

Mark Carney has restored gender parity in the federal cabinet. But upon closer look, men hold five of the six most powerful positions while only one — foreign affairs — was awarded to a woman, Anita A...

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Petty in Pink

Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social · last yr.

Remove a letter, ruin a movie. 28 Days Late

Some very smart people talking about important issues that 🇨🇦 must confront in the aftermath of the federal election on this upcoming panel:

IRPP@irpp.org · last yr.

Western alienation. Qc sovereignty. What's next for Canadian unity? Join us May 7 as @cbreton.bsky.social, @loleenberdahl.bsky.social, & @jaredwesley.ca unpack the election’s regional verdicts & what they mean for national unity, Prairie politics, and Qc's sovereignty movement. 🔗 hubs.li/Q03ktH5Z0