Adrian Daub
@adriandaub.bsky.social
"Zeitgeistprofessor". Cultural history and gender research at Stanford. Books: WHAT TECH CALLS THINKING (2020); THE CANCEL CULTURE PANIC (2024). Podcasts: The Feminist Present, @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social. Newsletter at adriandaub.substack.com
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Adrian Daub
@adriandaub.bsky.social
· Sep 24
It's here! It's here! It's here! THE CANCEL CULTURE PANIC is now out with Stanford University Press! You can buy it wherever you buy books. Or I guess you can talk about it in front of Alexa and she'll order it alongside a bunch of Pamplemousse LaCroix. www.amazon.com/Cancel-Cultu...
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Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
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Mnookin is the chancellor of UW Madison, and I agree, her response here is terrible (from NYT interview, linked farther down). Roth, president of Wesleyan, is the only one in this conversation even acknowledging that the root cause of the current crisis is Trump's attack on universities.
This is an egregiously bad response from Mnookin. The Trump administration does not care about viewpoint diversity! They are trying to nuke the whole sector!
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Mnookin is the chancellor of UW Madison, and I agree, her response here is terrible (from NYT interview, linked farther down). Roth, president of Wesleyan, is the only one in this conversation even acknowledging that the root cause of the current crisis is Trump's attack on universities.
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Trump appointed Harmeet Dhillon to the Justice Department so she could own the libs and sue DEI out of existence. But she is a bad lawyer! And her utter incompetence is the main reason why a conservative Trump judge just struck down the racist Texas gerrymander. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump’s Scheme to Gift the GOP Extra House Seats Just Blew Up in His Face
The opinion, written by a Trump appointee, cites Chief Justice John Roberts right up top.
slate.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Trump appointed Harmeet Dhillon to the Justice Department so she could own the libs and sue DEI out of existence. But she is a bad lawyer! And her utter incompetence is the main reason why a conservative Trump judge just struck down the racist Texas gerrymander. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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The monkeys may eventually write Hamlet, but they will break the network infrastructure & drown us in their word salad drafts before they do.
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The monkeys may eventually write Hamlet, but they will break the network infrastructure & drown us in their word salad drafts before they do.
Look, there are thousands of people in this country who have a bridge to sell ya. But it takes a special kind of gumption that Mace has a bridge to sell ya that's also a sex offender.
Nancy Mace: "You can see in the Epstein emails that he's clearly targeting President Trump as retribution for him being a good man ... he's a good man who protects women. That's what real men do."
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Look, there are thousands of people in this country who have a bridge to sell ya. But it takes a special kind of gumption that Mace has a bridge to sell ya that's also a sex offender.
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Again, this is an existential crisis for the entire financial & academic model of 🇺🇸 public universities, but the public doesn’t understand this, in part because our leaders have been on this issue. It’s maddening:
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New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Again, this is an existential crisis for the entire financial & academic model of 🇺🇸 public universities, but the public doesn’t understand this, in part because our leaders have been on this issue. It’s maddening:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Taking the "If" out of "If Books Could Kill"
seriously, click through these snippets at your own peril.
seriously, click through these snippets at your own peril.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Taking the "If" out of "If Books Could Kill"
seriously, click through these snippets at your own peril.
seriously, click through these snippets at your own peril.
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I loved listening to this thoughtful discussion between @sarahweinman.com, @moiradonegan.bsky.social, and @adriandaub.bsky.social, and I'm so excited to read Sarah's book! Buy it here or from your local bookstore: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
I also really loved being on IN BED WITH THE RIGHT with the amazing @moiradonegan.bsky.social and @adriandaub.bsky.social:
Episode 106 -- Spousal Rape and the Rideout Case
Podcast Episode · In Bed With The Right · 11/11/2025 · 1h 10m
podcasts.apple.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I loved listening to this thoughtful discussion between @sarahweinman.com, @moiradonegan.bsky.social, and @adriandaub.bsky.social, and I'm so excited to read Sarah's book! Buy it here or from your local bookstore: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
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gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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This is a straightforward Republican attack line, what the fuck is he doing
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is a straightforward Republican attack line, what the fuck is he doing
Wait where… where did they get these titles?
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Wait where… where did they get these titles?
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"Interested in my commentary on her outfits"
"There are huge ups with her but very self involved and to get her to be good probably requires more firmness than I enjoy."
"There are huge ups with her but very self involved and to get her to be good probably requires more firmness than I enjoy."
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"Interested in my commentary on her outfits"
"There are huge ups with her but very self involved and to get her to be good probably requires more firmness than I enjoy."
"There are huge ups with her but very self involved and to get her to be good probably requires more firmness than I enjoy."
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I honestly can’t process how they see this as something new. It’s his whole deal! Always has been!
This is a Texas Republican who was part of the January 6th mob
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I honestly can’t process how they see this as something new. It’s his whole deal! Always has been!
I had a lot of fun giving this as a talk at the Clayman Institute last week (the depressing subject matter notwithstanding)! Reworking it into a book chapter now with all my colleagues' excellent feedback in mind. #GenderStudies
November 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I had a lot of fun giving this as a talk at the Clayman Institute last week (the depressing subject matter notwithstanding)! Reworking it into a book chapter now with all my colleagues' excellent feedback in mind. #GenderStudies
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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When I think about how exquisitely careful NEH staff were to be fair, impartial, and rigorous, and how much work people put into grants so small they’re pocket change…I just want to scream.
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
When I think about how exquisitely careful NEH staff were to be fair, impartial, and rigorous, and how much work people put into grants so small they’re pocket change…I just want to scream.
Was eine traumhafte Nachbarschaft in der @suhrkamp.de Verlagsvorschau!!! Meine kleine pinke Parzelle direkt neben @unddieregel.bsky.social und @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social!
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Was eine traumhafte Nachbarschaft in der @suhrkamp.de Verlagsvorschau!!! Meine kleine pinke Parzelle direkt neben @unddieregel.bsky.social und @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social!
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it's incredible how badly they've bungled this despite near total elite buy-in or at least acquiescence in industry, finance, higher education, political media, and especially congress and the courts
I am well aware that they are and will continue to do massive damage to this country
but does it feel like they’re on a glide path to successful authoritarian consolidation anymore? I submit that it does not
but does it feel like they’re on a glide path to successful authoritarian consolidation anymore? I submit that it does not
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
it's incredible how badly they've bungled this despite near total elite buy-in or at least acquiescence in industry, finance, higher education, political media, and especially congress and the courts
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Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.”
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.”
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
Yeah but I know it when I see one
HANNITY: I keep hearing from Democrats, 'Nazi, fascist, racist, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini.' Is that incitement? Do you believe that impacts unstable people
BONDI: It is freedom of speech, but it does. They probably couldn't even define a 'fascist'
BONDI: It is freedom of speech, but it does. They probably couldn't even define a 'fascist'
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Yeah but I know it when I see one
Quick question what would that say about our nation?
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Quick question what would that say about our nation?
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Rather than let them escape, conservative policymakers are trying to trap women in marriage and motherhood. Because caregiving responsibilities make it harder for women to get themselves out.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Rather than let them escape, conservative policymakers are trying to trap women in marriage and motherhood. Because caregiving responsibilities make it harder for women to get themselves out.
Some @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social updates since I’ve not been on here very much (book manuscript home stretch): we just released this episode on spousal rape laws with the amazing @sarahweinman.com! It’s admittedly a dark topic, but please check it out, if you feel up to it!
I also really loved being on IN BED WITH THE RIGHT with the amazing @moiradonegan.bsky.social and @adriandaub.bsky.social:
Episode 106 -- Spousal Rape and the Rideout Case
Podcast Episode · In Bed With The Right · 11/11/2025 · 1h 10m
podcasts.apple.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Some @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social updates since I’ve not been on here very much (book manuscript home stretch): we just released this episode on spousal rape laws with the amazing @sarahweinman.com! It’s admittedly a dark topic, but please check it out, if you feel up to it!
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Epistemic violence against sexual abuse accusers—smearing them as deluded, crazy, or incompetent—is something rapists know works, and they conspire to do it.
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Epistemic violence against sexual abuse accusers—smearing them as deluded, crazy, or incompetent—is something rapists know works, and they conspire to do it.