Christina Wolbrecht
@cwolbrecht.bsky.social
Political scientist @ Notre Dame. Gender, parties, suffrage, role models. New: See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People. https://bookshop.org/p/books/see-jane-run-how-women-politicians-matter-for-young-people-david-e-campbell/21729443
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An honor to talk to Nia-Malika Henderson @opinion.bloomberg.com about my recent book www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
‘Backlash Presidents’ Are Not Inevitable
As Trump openly calls Somali-Americans garbage and prioritizes White South Africans for refugee status, the racial component of Trump policies can’t be ignored. In “Backlash Presidents: From Transform...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
An honor to talk to Nia-Malika Henderson @opinion.bloomberg.com about my recent book www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The thing is, you can have a complicated relationship with your faith tradition and still believe, with your whole heart, that you keep your tree up until Epiphany and not a day later.
December 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The thing is, you can have a complicated relationship with your faith tradition and still believe, with your whole heart, that you keep your tree up until Epiphany and not a day later.
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Make no mistake, this is competitive authoritarianism. The regime is using the power of the state to coerce the press away from critical coverage. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
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December 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Make no mistake, this is competitive authoritarianism. The regime is using the power of the state to coerce the press away from critical coverage. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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This @peterbakernyt.bsky.social paragraph is a perfect summary of our descent into authoritarianism.
He’s not even editorializing. He’s just reporting what’s happened, and what we’ve become numb to. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
He’s not even editorializing. He’s just reporting what’s happened, and what we’ve become numb to. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
December 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This @peterbakernyt.bsky.social paragraph is a perfect summary of our descent into authoritarianism.
He’s not even editorializing. He’s just reporting what’s happened, and what we’ve become numb to. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
He’s not even editorializing. He’s just reporting what’s happened, and what we’ve become numb to. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
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Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
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As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
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Excited that "Race, Gender, and Nascent Political Ambition" is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social. W/ survey of white, Hispanic, and Black American respondents, we show primary gap in nascent political ambition is not between men and women but between white men and the majority of the polity.
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Excited that "Race, Gender, and Nascent Political Ambition" is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social. W/ survey of white, Hispanic, and Black American respondents, we show primary gap in nascent political ambition is not between men and women but between white men and the majority of the polity.
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Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
White nationalism is incompatible with the gospel and whatnot
Violets are blue,
White nationalism is incompatible with the gospel and whatnot
December 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
White nationalism is incompatible with the gospel and whatnot
Violets are blue,
White nationalism is incompatible with the gospel and whatnot
I did not think you could make O'Hare worse, but once again, this administration triumphs.
Border patrol under command of Greg Bovino running a checkpoint at the exit to the Uber lot at O’Hare airport in Chicago, asking drivers for proof of valid residency in this country
December 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I did not think you could make O'Hare worse, but once again, this administration triumphs.
I had the privilege of reading this book early and it's SO GOOD, everybody. Critical for folks interested in voting rights, representation, APD, and a keen understanding what happens in legislatures when democracy is hollowed out from within.
"... reshapes our understanding of southern politics, democratic backsliding, and American political development."
Stolen Representation by Michael P. Olson, Coming Soon
Explore the first title in the Cambridge Studies in American Legislatures series
#LawSky #BookSky 🗺️ 🗃️
https://cup.org/46veCij
Stolen Representation by Michael P. Olson, Coming Soon
Explore the first title in the Cambridge Studies in American Legislatures series
#LawSky #BookSky 🗺️ 🗃️
https://cup.org/46veCij
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I had the privilege of reading this book early and it's SO GOOD, everybody. Critical for folks interested in voting rights, representation, APD, and a keen understanding what happens in legislatures when democracy is hollowed out from within.
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Change in employment since Trump took office, by sector. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
December 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Change in employment since Trump took office, by sector. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Striking graph in @ronbrownstein.bsky.social column www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat... - causes are complex but multi-member districts are a great way to address this issue as well as the zero-sum politics it helps foster
December 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Striking graph in @ronbrownstein.bsky.social column www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat... - causes are complex but multi-member districts are a great way to address this issue as well as the zero-sum politics it helps foster
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I’m hiring a predoctoral fellow for the 2026-2027 AY with possibility of a second year. This is a great position for someone interested in pursuing a Ph.D. or who wants more hands-on experience doing research. Please apply/share! Happy to answer questions!
tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...
tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...
CSAP Predoc: Polarization and Inequality in the U.S. Criminal Legal System
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December 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I’m hiring a predoctoral fellow for the 2026-2027 AY with possibility of a second year. This is a great position for someone interested in pursuing a Ph.D. or who wants more hands-on experience doing research. Please apply/share! Happy to answer questions!
tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...
tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...
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White men—30% of US population!!—are CEOs at 72% of Fortune 500 companies, direct 83% of the movies made in the US, serve as 70% of US Senators, & on & on.
Their representation in key industries is at least double what their share of the pop predicts but it’s still not enough for them!
Their representation in key industries is at least double what their share of the pop predicts but it’s still not enough for them!
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
White men—30% of US population!!—are CEOs at 72% of Fortune 500 companies, direct 83% of the movies made in the US, serve as 70% of US Senators, & on & on.
Their representation in key industries is at least double what their share of the pop predicts but it’s still not enough for them!
Their representation in key industries is at least double what their share of the pop predicts but it’s still not enough for them!
I know what I would do.
December 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I know what I would do.
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July 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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72 percent of full-time faculty were white in fall 2022 at US degree granting postsecondary institutions.
December 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
72 percent of full-time faculty were white in fall 2022 at US degree granting postsecondary institutions.
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Just say women. This is taking forever.
December 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Just say women. This is taking forever.
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Rob Reiner took the lawless hero — Jason Bourne, Ethan Hunt, Batman — and reminded us that this is actually the bad guy. It’s a lesson worth remembering today.
Rob Reiner reminded us that lawless authoritarians are bad
The unconventional but needed message of "A Few Good Men"
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December 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Rob Reiner took the lawless hero — Jason Bourne, Ethan Hunt, Batman — and reminded us that this is actually the bad guy. It’s a lesson worth remembering today.
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"A Tent Big Enough for Bigots but Too Small for Critical Race Theory" excellent takedown of ******* Matthew Yglesias's lazy take of critical race theory by sociologist @victorerikray.bsky.social in @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/a-tent-big-e...
A Tent Big Enough for Bigots but Too Small for Critical Race Theory
Like so many of critical race theory's detractors, Matthew Yglesias fails to engage with the actual scholarship.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"A Tent Big Enough for Bigots but Too Small for Critical Race Theory" excellent takedown of ******* Matthew Yglesias's lazy take of critical race theory by sociologist @victorerikray.bsky.social in @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/a-tent-big-e...
Having to try to make sense of current American politics and reckon with AI and everything else made for a stressful semester. But today my students are stopping by after the final to thank me for the class and share their interests and plans and I’m reminded why we do it. ❤️
December 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Having to try to make sense of current American politics and reckon with AI and everything else made for a stressful semester. But today my students are stopping by after the final to thank me for the class and share their interests and plans and I’m reminded why we do it. ❤️
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Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
Nativity smashed, Mary figure ‘beaten’ at Evanston church: ‘God’s on the side of the vulnerable’
Vandals destroyed Lake Street Church of Evanston’s Nativity. It replaced Mary with a sign saying she’s in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
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Quiet, Piggy.
December 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Quiet, Piggy.
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📣 Out on #FirstView 📣
In "Women or Fetuses First?", @profamandaroberti.bsky.social, @profkmorgan.bsky.social & @katiekrumbholz.bsky.social investigate the effects of a pro-woman framing of pro-life policies.
🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟
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In "Women or Fetuses First?", @profamandaroberti.bsky.social, @profkmorgan.bsky.social & @katiekrumbholz.bsky.social investigate the effects of a pro-woman framing of pro-life policies.
🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟
gendersky polisky
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December 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📣 Out on #FirstView 📣
In "Women or Fetuses First?", @profamandaroberti.bsky.social, @profkmorgan.bsky.social & @katiekrumbholz.bsky.social investigate the effects of a pro-woman framing of pro-life policies.
🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟
gendersky polisky
buff.ly/ugrRv1R
In "Women or Fetuses First?", @profamandaroberti.bsky.social, @profkmorgan.bsky.social & @katiekrumbholz.bsky.social investigate the effects of a pro-woman framing of pro-life policies.
🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟
gendersky polisky
buff.ly/ugrRv1R
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How did Twitter users react right after Elon Musk bought the social media site? @macaukfmak.bsky.social @zeningduan.bsky.social Sijia Yang and I used a panel survey (wave 1 before Musk took control of Twitter, wave 2 after) to find out. 1/ urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
To quit or not to quit Twitter? The interplay of identities, perceptions, and behavioral reactions to changing platform ownership
Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter (now ‘X’) raised concerns about its governance and functioning. Using this as a case study, we propose a framework to analyze the interplay of social identities, ...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
How did Twitter users react right after Elon Musk bought the social media site? @macaukfmak.bsky.social @zeningduan.bsky.social Sijia Yang and I used a panel survey (wave 1 before Musk took control of Twitter, wave 2 after) to find out. 1/ urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...