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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Aug 22

On yesterday's workshop call with @kellyclancy.bsky.social, I committed to morning pages - specifically for my book project - all through the month of September. I guess that means today's Day 1! Let's gooo

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Carlo Sariego @carlosariego.bsky.social · Aug 12

Feeling inspired to get back on here after a really really fun #ASA2025 so making my obligatory “I am on the job market” post! I study the power politics of bodies, borders and babies w/ a current focus on trans reproduction. Read more at Carlosariego.com

Carlo Sariego

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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Aug 7

then you review them as a class, and facilitate the conversation around how to go about bringing those things to reality. it's also interesting to work with students who resist the activity even tho they are clear about who they admire and why. it can expose some important blocks to surpass

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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Aug 7

I like this idea, and then I tack on the "dream CV" exercise. so students look to someone they admire who is 5-7 years ahead of them, and study what their path has been. then they write their own cv w/ pubs, positions, grants, etc. that they want as if they've already happened

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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · May 14

Very happy to be back in New England so I can pop down to @yaledivinityschool.bsky.social for lunch with friends and mentors! Oh and Noah Kahan/Boston I love u 4ever

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Ruth Braunstein @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social · Apr 26

I was thrilled to talk to @bradleyonishi.bsky.social (who knows a thing or two about podcasts, evangelicals, and extremism) about my new documentary podcast, *When the Wolves Came: Evangelicals Against Extremism*. Listen here: www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/min...

Mini-Interview: Dr. Ruth Braunstein on Resisting Evangelical Extremism – Straight White American Jesus

www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com

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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Mar 19

Just realized it's the first year since '22 that I won't be setting off in April for field work in Europe. Feeling so so grateful that Yale and the Macmillan Center sponsored my research. Studying the ways people imagine nationalism, citizenry, and religion thru tourism is more important than ever!

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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Mar 19

Interesting story on Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado. His political performances capture the sacrality of both left and right audiences (e.g. gets AOC's praise, stands up to Biden, and is a former soldier with a Bronze Star).

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...

Opinion | The Democratic Party’s New Recruiter Has a Theory

The Democrats’ best chance to constrain President Trump is retaking control of the House in 2026. Here’s how they might do it.

www.nytimes.com

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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Mar 18

ahhh! congrats!! can't wait to read it!

Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Mar 18

Congratulations, Oneya!!!

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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Mar 18

Good idea! Thanks for the reminder. I have been meaning to submit something to them for awhile

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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Feb 27

I'm being reminded today that friendship is such a tonic amidst all the chaos. One friend wrote me to ask if I'd read their book draft. Another wrote me asking if they could read my thesis. In a world where everything that is meaningful can be discredited as cringey, embrace 👏 your 👏 friends.

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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Feb 27

I'll miss it too. It's such a reversal from 2016 when WaPo was a light in the darkness. I recall being so moved by The Post when it came out around that time, too.

Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Feb 26

New article from Yağmur Karakaya on how the AKP uses the Hagia Sofia in its populist strategy and "leverages the monument's history to create a sense of yearning among the Turkish people while positioning itself as the sole entity able to fulfill this yearning." Check it out! doi.org/10.1057/s412...

Gifting of Hagia Sophia: icon’s role in extractive sacralization - American Journal of Cultural Sociology

This paper examines the sacralization of politics in authoritarian populisms through a case study of the conversion of Hagia Sophia, a fifteen-century-old monument from the Byzantine era into a mosque...

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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Feb 26

fun!

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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Feb 19

Awesome, Ruthie!! I can’t wait to listen and am so excited for you.

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Ruth Braunstein @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social · Feb 19

Some BIG news: the trailer for my new doc podcast is out today! WHEN THE WOLVES CAME is about how Christian nationalism has divided white evangelical churches, and how one Phoenix pastor & some unlikely allies are at the forefront of a growing resistance. More at open.substack.com/pub/ruthbrau...

Cover art for When the Wolves Came: Evangelicals Resisting Extremism

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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Feb 18

This is so awesome!

Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Feb 11

Considering the current chaos, it's worth reflecting on one of the most sacred ideals of a democratic society - truth-telling - and how we relate to it. Check out this great article from @jgotzsche.bsky.social in @sociologicaltheory.bsky.social on the topic

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · Jan 22

Rethinking JOY, in the latest #UncommonSense we look at joy and protest with Akwiugo Emejulu – Is joy a palliative for the world’s troubles or is it something more fleeting? buff.ly/4jkrhdl

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Elena G. van Stee @elenavanstee.bsky.social · Jan 20

Who gets to claim #MLK? @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social's research reveals how different groups have strategically interpreted Dr. King's words to advance their own causes—often in ways that directly conflict.

Find our 2024 conversation on the @contexts.org blog ▶️ contexts.org/blog/mlk-mem...

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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Jan 20

Looking for the light today ✨

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Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social · Jan 19

Yesssss

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British Journal of Sociology @bjsociology.bsky.social · Jan 15

Read this new article by Johan Gøtzsche-Astrup and Kaspar Villadsen entitled "The dispositif is alive! Recovering social agents in Foucauldian analysis".

#EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ https://buff.ly/4a4DJtw

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jan 14

Rep Landsman: "You're just picking on children. Our government is not supposed to be this intrusive. Your government has become incredibly intrusive. You're in our doctors offices banning treatments. You're in our classroom banning books. Now you're in my daughter's locker room"

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