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Michelle Lipinski
@michellelipinski.bsky.social
Senior editor @ucpress.bsky.social. Finicky reader. (She/her)
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Influencer culture is transforming how artists work, how platforms operate, and what creative independence means today.
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The Influencer Creep — and How Social Platform Shape Artistic Work
How the pressures facing influencers—like visibility, algorithmic anxiety, and self-branding—have spread to shape how artists and creative workers navigate platform-dependent worlds.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Hello for day 2 of #ASA2025! If you aren't busy hitting the beach, drop by the exhibit hall and see us! It's just as fun!

If you can't make it in today, visit our website and save 40% of the American Studies books we have on the stand: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
American Studies Association 2025
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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We're here early today, #AAA2025NOLA attendees! So drop in and wake us up by taking a look at our latest Anthro books!

Our AAA website is here for you to save 40% off those books!
American Anthropological Association 2025
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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At #ASA2025 (American Studies)? Join Editor Naja Pulliam-Collins for a roundtable this afternoon:

📚 Publishing in Environmental Justice, Naturecultural Studies, & Environmental Humanities
🕒 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
📍Room 204
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Also hiring for another position in our Marketing Department! We're looking for a Marketing Manager to manage campaigns and champion our authors. Join our mission-driven team! careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucop/EMP...
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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UC Press is looking for a skilled Marketing Coordinator to help execute campaigns and keep our promotional efforts running smoothly. If you’re detail-oriented, collaborative, and ready to grow your marketing career in publishing, apply here: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucop/EMP...
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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✨✨✨ Pre-order your shiny women’s spin on economics today! a.co/d/0aEqmQa ✨✨✨@ucpress.bsky.social @swiftynomics.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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So grateful for this review of my book! 🫶❤️‍🔥🫶❤️‍🔥🫶#swiftynomics @swiftynomics.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Economist @mlheggeness.bsky.social's #Swiftynomics is an "astute debut...the balance of academic rigor and pop-culture verve makes complex economic ideas both digestible and entertaining...[a] smart fusion of cultural analysis and feminist economics." www.publishersweekly.com/9780520403116
Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy by Misty L Heggeness
Economist Heggeness’s astute debut analyzes the role women play in the economy through the lens of billionaire pop star Taylor S...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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"SNAP ensures that all Americans get a better chance at a decent diet, a minimum element for a decent life, without sacrificing all personal autonomy and pride. That’s no small achievement."—Christopher Bosso, author of WHY SNAP WORKS ⁠ #SNAP www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/6...
Let us Now Praise the Food Stamp Plan
Christopher Bosso, author of "Why SNAP Works: A Political History—and Defense—of the Food Stamp Program" on why the Food Stamp Program matters
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October 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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UC Press is looking for a Publicist! Help amplify authors, pitch stories that spark conversation, & champion bold, field-defining books. Apply here. Or spread the word!
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October 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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We're thrilled to share a selection of our latest book signings! We look forward to working with these authors on their upcoming projects: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/r...
News: Recent UC Press Book Signings
We're thrilled to announce a selection of our latest book signings!
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October 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Congratulations to Joel Mokyr, co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the role of innovation in driving economic growth. His article, "Capitalism Reinvents Itself," appeared in the November 2013 issue of UC Press's @currenthistory1.bsky.social
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Capitalism Reinvents Itself
The economics of a world of information and automation is radically different from that of a world of wheat, steel, and railroads.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Congratulations to anthropologist and UC Press author @ievajusionyte.bsky.social on being named a 2025 #MacArthurGenius Fellow! A brilliant recognition of her vital work. www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
Ieva Jusionyte
Exploring the political and moral ambiguities of border regions and historically shifting distinctions between legal and illegal practices.
www.macfound.org
October 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Come work with us! 📚📣📚
UC Press is looking for a Publicist! Help amplify authors, pitch stories that spark conversation, & champion bold, field-defining books. Apply here. Or spread the word!
careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucop/EMP...
October 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Some professional news: Very excited to have signed a book contract with @ucpress.bsky.social for Checkmarked: The Power and Politics of Online Verification!
September 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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In urgent times, UC Press publishes ideas that matter to champion new voices, expand global reach, and amplify bold scholarship that shapes discourse and drives change.

Dive into the UC Press 2025 Annual Report: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/u...
UC Press 2025 Annual Report
Highlighting UC Press’s accomplishments during the 2024-25 fiscal year and our vision for the future.
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August 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Thanks to @timemagazine.bsky.social for running this op-ed from @mlheggeness.bsky.social on Swiftynomics and Taylor Swift's new album: time.com/7309943/tayl...
Taylor Swift’s Album Release is Quintessential Swiftynomics
Taylor Swift's album announcement is "a masterclass in modern advertising," writes Misty L. Heggeness.
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August 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Come visit @ucpress.bsky.social (and me!) if you're in Chicago for #ASA2025!
Hello, @asanews.bsky.social! Thrilled to be in the Windy City for this year's #ASA2025 conference!

We'll be here until Tuesday with our latest books in Sociology.

If you can't make it, visit our ASA website and learn how to save 40% off displayed books: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
August 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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We have a huge collection of Sociology books on sale for this year's #ASA2025. Visit our website to find out how to get 40% select books, whether you're at this year's conference or not! www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
August 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
First day #ICA25 Denver, here we go!
Heading to Denver next month for #ICA25 and want to chat about all things books and @ucpress.bsky.social ? Feel free to email ([email protected]) or DM me for a potential meet-up!
June 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
And I feel incredibly honored and lucky to be working with you, @krystenstein.bsky.social , on what is going to be an awesome @ucpress.bsky.social book! :)
Now that the ink is dry, I’m thrilled to share that I’ve officially signed the contract for my first academic book with University of California Press!

I feel incredibly lucky and honored that @michellelipinski.bsky.social reached out after encountering my dissertation—we immediately
June 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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This is a really nice, positive review of my book in the new issue of Surveillance & Society! It's also a great summary of the book, if you want to try it before you buy it.
PDF link: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
June 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Heading to Denver next month for #ICA25 and want to chat about all things books and @ucpress.bsky.social ? Feel free to email ([email protected]) or DM me for a potential meet-up!
May 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM