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Jennifer Schlegel
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Anthropologist and unapologetic Lutheran entering the invisible years.
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Breaking new research from @prri.org today on political violence and hate. We find that only about half of Republicans (51%) and white evangelicals (52%) now believe that hate symbols like Nazi flags or swastikas contribute a lot to political violence.
prri.substack.com/p/breaking-r...
Breaking Research: Political Leaders Failing to Condemn Followers’ Violent Rhetoric Seen as Top Contributor to Political Violence
Three in four Democrats say that hate symbols like Nazi flags or swastikas contribute to political violence, compared with half of Republicans
prri.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Can’t recommend this book and interviews with @milleridriss.bsky.social enough. Plenty of podcasts, too, like the one below.
"The Deadly Consequences of Misogyny | Cynthia Miller-Idriss"
Preacher Boys Podcast @theericski.bsky.social @preacherboyspod.bsky.social @milleridriss.bsky.social
18 Jan 2026 [0:59:17]
#Cult
https://s.cultpodcasts.com/0yOCT0quNUuP3f41N-H4hQ
How Misogyny Fuels Violence | Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Grab a copy of Cynthia Miller-Idriss' book, here* https://amzn.to/4b6rSOm Want to listen on Audible? Get a free Premium Plus trial here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/audible/mlp (As an Amazon associate, I receive a small commission on purchases made through the links on this channel. Thanks for making this show possible!) ✖️✖️✖️ What two things do most mass shooters, terrorists, or violent extremists have in common? Most of us know the first: they are almost always men or boys. But the second? They are almost always virulent misogynists, homophobes, or transphobes—even if they are also motivated by racism, antisemitism, or xenophobia. The antigovernment militiamen charged with plotting to kidnap and execute Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer used language saturated with misogyny, with one telling an FBI informant, “Just grab the bitch.” The men who killed scores at Virginia Tech, the Pulse nightclub, and a Maryland newsroom all had prior reports of stalking, domestic violence, or harassment of women. And in dozens of other incidents—from North America to Norway to New Zealand—an increasing number of misogynist incel (involuntary celibate) and male supremacist attackers have explicitly targeted and killed women, blaming feminism or sexual frustration with women as motivation for their attacks. Yet, despite all evidence, the bright red thread of misogyny running through these attacks is barely acknowledged by the media or even experts—and this failing leaves us powerless to stop the violence. In Man Up, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a leading expert on extremism, addresses this crucial oversight head-on, revealing how an epidemic of misogyny—both online and off—and a patriarchal backlash are driving an exponential rise in mass and far-right violence. She also offers essential strategies that all of us—including parents, teachers, and counselors—can use to fight the rising tide of violence, beginning with recognizing the misogyny that pervades our everyday lives. ✖️✖️✖️ Support the Show: Patreon.com/PreacherBoys ✖️✖️✖️ If you or someone you know has experienced abuse, visit courage365.org/need-help ✖️✖️✖️ CONNECT WITH THE SHOW: preacherboyspodcast.com https://www.youtube.com/@PreacherBoys https://www.facebook.com/preacherboysdoc/ https://twitter.com/preacherboysdoc https://www.instagram.com/preacherboyspod https://www.tiktok.com/@preacherboyspod To connect with a community that shares the Preacher Boys Podcast's mission to expose abuse in the IFB, join the OFFICIAL Preacher Boys Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1403898676438188/ ✖️✖️✖️ The content presented in this video is for informational and educational purposes only. All individuals and entities discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty through due legal process. The views and opinions expressed are those of the speakers. ✖️✖️✖️ Music by Lou Ridley — “Bible Belt” | Used with permission under license.
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January 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
You know he wants to call it Trumplandia.
January 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Domestic terrorism.
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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Trump’s lies, both big and small, have been corrosive to the foundations of civil society and democracy, which depend on a shared sense of reality. But the events of the first days of 2026 also show that they are deadly. They are literally killing us.
www.whitetoolong.net/p/trumps-lie...
Trump's Lies Are Killing Us: The Deadly Consequences of Big and Little Lies Everywhere
Trump's deadly lies represent a new stage in the backsliding of America away from democracy.
www.whitetoolong.net
January 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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After posting on the White House website just yesterday that Ashli Babbit was "murdered in cold blood," the administration states that the victim of the ICE shooting in Minnesota was justifiably killed as a "domestic terrorist."
January 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Took a @bsky.app timeout from reading Man Up: The New Misogyny & the Rise of Violent Extremism by @milleridriss.bsky.social only to learn of ICE killing of woman in MN and Nancy Mace calling Ayanna Pressley ‘baby.’
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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The "poverty penalty."
Excellent points.
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.

And trans lives are grounded in reality.

We see y'all. No matter what.

www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.

It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Great day in Kutztown, Pe-ay. #NoKings #Kutztown
October 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
That voice. That perspective. That insight. That integrity. Alas…
Susan Stamberg, one of the "founding mothers" of NPR and the first woman to anchor a national nightly news broadcast in the U.S., has died. She was 87. 🧵
October 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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When a cartoon summarizes your last two years of research...
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Riley Fanning. #NewYorkerCartoons
September 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Looking forward to using work by @roberpjones.bsky.social in a hate studies class I teach. Why? Read my review below. And shout out to @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social and her #SouthernLights conference for introducing me to Dr. Jones. readingreligion.org/978166800952...
The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy - Reading Religion
A New York Times BestsellerTaking the story of white supremacy in America back to 1493, and examining contemporary communities in Mississippi, Minn...
readingreligion.org
August 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?

Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
August 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Anyone looking for the proverbial hill to die on has plenty of options these days.
August 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week."

--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
August 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
#StaceyAbrams explains how to achieve an #autocracy in 10 steps.

We're at step 9.

The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
July 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Read it and weep, and then act.
And if these numbers boggle your mind, read article to get to link to research showing 88 human beings are dying every hour due to these cuts.

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July 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
We couldn’t get to yes with having this decent human being and effective leader of a divided state as our VP.
Governor Tim Walz, "The way our nation moves forward is not through hate. It is not through violence. It is through humility, and grace, and compassion.
June 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Anyone else googling if Sharpies are waterproof right about now? #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I’d be laughing if things weren’t so incredibly serious.
USAGM today urgently called back to work the staff of the Voice of America's Farsi language service. All had been on paid admin leave for the past three months with the rest of VOA's silenced journalists.
June 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM