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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Also she is delaying leaving until the first work day after hitting five years when the congressional pension kicks in.
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Also she is delaying leaving until the first work day after hitting five years when the congressional pension kicks in.
Same week, y’all.
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Same week, y’all.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Big thanks to @hondercin.bsky.social for this generous review of See Jane Run in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People. By David E. Campbell and Christina Wolbrecht. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2025. 256p. | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge ...
See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People. By David E. Campbell and Christina Wolbrecht. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2025. 256p.
www.cambridge.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Big thanks to @hondercin.bsky.social for this generous review of See Jane Run in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I’d like to see data on the seat and row dimensions of airplanes back when everyone wore suits and skirts.
The Department of Transportation launched a new campaign to “restore courtesy and class to air travel” as the number of cases involving disruptive passengers remains higher than 2019. The video mentions passenger clothing and thanking flight attendants. https://wapo.st/4pmeglO
Government wants ‘civility’ back on flights, starting with your clothes
A “civility campaign” video starring Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy mentions passenger clothing and thanking flight attendants.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I’d like to see data on the seat and row dimensions of airplanes back when everyone wore suits and skirts.
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New report from us at @snfagora.bsky.social and partnered with @publicagenda.bsky.social finds the GOP evenly divided into 3 main camps: those who think Trump should be able to defy the courts, those who think he shouldn't, and those who aren't sure.
snf-agora.shorthandstories.com/understanding/
snf-agora.shorthandstories.com/understanding/
Understanding Evolving Republican Attitudes Towards Democracy
Survey from SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins and Public Agenda Pinpoint Distinct Divides Within Republican Party
snf-agora.shorthandstories.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New report from us at @snfagora.bsky.social and partnered with @publicagenda.bsky.social finds the GOP evenly divided into 3 main camps: those who think Trump should be able to defy the courts, those who think he shouldn't, and those who aren't sure.
snf-agora.shorthandstories.com/understanding/
snf-agora.shorthandstories.com/understanding/
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Between a random Portland barista saying he wants to hurt Charlie Kirk and the President of the United States calling for the execution of Democrats, both sides clearly have a violence problem
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Between a random Portland barista saying he wants to hurt Charlie Kirk and the President of the United States calling for the execution of Democrats, both sides clearly have a violence problem
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@gelliottmorris.com's piece on what Americans actually want from parties is fascinating. It also (re-)produces a classic finding: Almost no one is in the "socially liberal but economically conservative" bucket, but those who are have very popular Substacks
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
@gelliottmorris.com's piece on what Americans actually want from parties is fascinating. It also (re-)produces a classic finding: Almost no one is in the "socially liberal but economically conservative" bucket, but those who are have very popular Substacks
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
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Dept. of Ed is reclassifying all the female dominated professions (nurse, therapist, speech pathologist, PA) as not having “professional” degrees, which makes it harder for them to get educational loans.
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Dept. of Ed is reclassifying all the female dominated professions (nurse, therapist, speech pathologist, PA) as not having “professional” degrees, which makes it harder for them to get educational loans.
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
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I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
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The Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025.
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025.
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
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New at Tusk: The Epstein conspiracy shows a damaged Trump no longer in his party's driver's seat
Are we in the MAGA endgame?
The Epstein conspiracy shows a damaged Trump no longer in his party's driver's seat
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
New at Tusk: The Epstein conspiracy shows a damaged Trump no longer in his party's driver's seat
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It's not just you. News headlines have become more negative in the 21st century -- particularly in partisan outlets
THIS IS BAD!
THIS IS BAD!
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It's not just you. News headlines have become more negative in the 21st century -- particularly in partisan outlets
THIS IS BAD!
THIS IS BAD!
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Now forthcoming at Quarterly Journal of Economics
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
(See thread below for an overview)
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
(See thread below for an overview)
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Now forthcoming at Quarterly Journal of Economics
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
(See thread below for an overview)
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
(See thread below for an overview)
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I spoke with the Boston Globe about the Summers situation
TLDR: other professors like myself can no longer trust Summers to perform a key duty of a university professor, which is to advise & mentor students
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
TLDR: other professors like myself can no longer trust Summers to perform a key duty of a university professor, which is to advise & mentor students
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
Long a coveted voice, Larry Summers withdraws from a half-dozen groups amid Epstein ties. Harvard’s not among them. - The Boston Globe
Former Harvard president Larry Summers is no longer affiliated with a series of centers and think tanks with which he’s long been involved, officials confirmed Tuesday.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I spoke with the Boston Globe about the Summers situation
TLDR: other professors like myself can no longer trust Summers to perform a key duty of a university professor, which is to advise & mentor students
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
TLDR: other professors like myself can no longer trust Summers to perform a key duty of a university professor, which is to advise & mentor students
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
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I think this misses a key part of how academia works in practice. He’s a senior colleague (not at her university) who would have influence over her career. He also described himself as a mentor. You don’t need to be at someone’s institution (in academia) to hold power over someone’s career.
I have no sympathy for any of Summers’ comments. But universities should not cut ties with people whose comments and/or private associations they find odious, even when they are right. If he violated either the law or university regulations, fine. Otherwise, not so much.
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I think this misses a key part of how academia works in practice. He’s a senior colleague (not at her university) who would have influence over her career. He also described himself as a mentor. You don’t need to be at someone’s institution (in academia) to hold power over someone’s career.
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Former first lady Michelle Obama said the U.S. has “a lot of growing up to do” to be ready for a female president.
“There’s still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman. And we saw it,” Obama said. https://wapo.st/48kepjO
“There’s still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman. And we saw it,” Obama said. https://wapo.st/48kepjO
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Former first lady Michelle Obama said the U.S. has “a lot of growing up to do” to be ready for a female president.
“There’s still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman. And we saw it,” Obama said. https://wapo.st/48kepjO
“There’s still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman. And we saw it,” Obama said. https://wapo.st/48kepjO
This asshole is out here saying, as president of the most prestigious university in the world, that women don’t advance in academia because they’re not intelligent enough while he’s telling a pedophile he won’t mentor this woman unless she sleeps with him.
My rage is without end.
My rage is without end.
November 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This asshole is out here saying, as president of the most prestigious university in the world, that women don’t advance in academia because they’re not intelligent enough while he’s telling a pedophile he won’t mentor this woman unless she sleeps with him.
My rage is without end.
My rage is without end.
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If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
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Happy publication day to "Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics!" The book is now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome... and I am available for interviews, guest lectures, and unplatformed feminist rants!
Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics (Women, Peace and Security)
Amazon.com: Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics (Women, Peace and Security): 9783111659480: Matfess, Hilary: Books
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November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Happy publication day to "Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics!" The book is now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome... and I am available for interviews, guest lectures, and unplatformed feminist rants!
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Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
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"The Consequences of Elite Action Against Elections" is now in print at BJPS (@bjpols.bsky.social)
doi.org/10.1017/S000....
doi.org/10.1017/S000....
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"The Consequences of Elite Action Against Elections" is now in print at BJPS (@bjpols.bsky.social)
doi.org/10.1017/S000....
doi.org/10.1017/S000....
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!