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Gender & Authoritarianism Research Collective
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Research. Political Education. Collaboration. Organizing.
https://politicalresearch.org/public-eye-magazine/public-eye-winterspring-2025
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The violence is not a bug- it’s a feature. My latest op ed is now live:

msmagazine.com/2026/01/27/i...
How Misogyny and White Nationalism Converge in ICE Enforcement
In Minnesota, poorly trained, heavily armed and trigger-happy men ICE agents target anyone non-white. It's misogyny, racism and state terror.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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a few thoughts youtu.be/lERS4kJIQR8
Abolish ICE
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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January 8, 2026 at 1:42 AM
This PRA Public Eye issue on "Gender & Authoritarianism" will, as @jamellebouie.net says, "help you understand the current psychosis in american life." @praeyesright.bsky.social @justisaurus.bsky.social @maryrreynolds.bsky.social
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January 6, 2026 at 3:11 AM
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@unitedwedream.org’s Greisa Martínez Rosas speaks with PRA about her path to leading the nation’s largest immigrant youth network as a queer undocumented women, and how immigrant communities uniquely resist authoritarianism. Read our full interview here: politicalresearch.org/2024/12/13/r....
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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33% of hospital workers in California are foreign born.
25% in Florida.
5% in Tennessee.

The U.S. faces shortages of health care workers, and #immigration restrictions will make the situation worse. buff.ly/Xb0nkhS
December 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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These women could instead blame unbridled capitalism as they attempt to distance themselves from a lifetime of overwork and redefine what is possible. Join a union, ladies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/s...
Fighting for Femininity, Not Feminism
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Only 12 percent of Trustees have "professional experience" in higher ed, yet they wield an existential power over universities.

Some, such as those at TNS, have been using their power to feather each others' nests at faculty and student expense.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Report: How to Prevent University Trustee Overreach
A new report argues the while increasing politicization of university governing boards has contributed to the erosion of academic freedom in recent years, boards also have the potential to adopt frame...
www.insidehighered.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Annie Wilkinson, Political Research Associates, on global feminist organizing against authoritarianism. @praeyesright.bsky.social @justisaurus.bsky.social

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"Hope is a Discipline" - White Picket Fence - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · White Picket Fence · 10/30/2025 · 42m
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November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Outstanding work by @fesonline.bsky.social mapping the tech/policy/finance connections binding the network undermining US democracy now, and that is coming for Europe next. Great visuals. www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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NYC, come out 11/7 and say: Billionaires out of our classrooms! Stand with @aaup.org @aft.org @debtcollective.bsky.social @psc-cuny.org @uupinfo.bsky.social. @higheredlabor.bsky.social @nysut.bsky.social @fordhamaaup.bsky.social @aaupcu.bsky.social, NYU AAUP, SDS, & many more
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women.

I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment
The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Toxic masculinity is not what it used to be…
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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PRA Senior Research Analyst Annie Wilkinson appeared on @juliekkohler.bsky.social’s White Picket Fence podcast to discuss how authoritarian regimes depend on gender essentialism and misogyny to consolidate power. Tune in now to learn more: lnk.to/wpfep1.
America's Gender Whiplash
America is facing a gender backlash—a backlash so swift and severe, it feels more like a whiplash. Right now, no group is more at risk than trans Americans. On his first day back in the White House, T...
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October 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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If anyone is confused about what is going on: www.cunylawreview.org/freedom-of-t...
September 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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It’s coming fast and furious now. If you are going to read one thing about my book and my work, read this unbelievably rich piece in The 19th News. Jasmine Mithani gets this book, and my aims, on a cellular level.

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Want to stop political violence? Start by addressing hostile sexism.
In her new book, an expert on violent extremism lays out evidence that gender-based bigotry fuels hate — so national security officials need to do something about it.
19thnews.org
September 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What's Gender got to do with Authoritarianism?

Theory: (En)Gendering Authoritarianism

belonging.berkeley.edu/engendering-...

Practice: Texas Professor Fired After Accusations of Teaching 'Gender Ideology'

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

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(En)Gendering Authoritarianism
This project explores how authoritarian movements leverage and weaponize gender to divide society and opposition movements, launder and normalize social hierarchies, reshape cultural norms, and lay th...
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September 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Faculty in red states are being punished for failing to signal in their course descriptions that their classes will include content on "gender ideology."

Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?

www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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How does domestic & intimate partner violence relate to overall crime and targeted violence? Read this article with @milleridriss.bsky.social and @washingtonpost.com, then check out Cynthia's newest book: Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism by Princeton University Press
Trump downplays domestic disturbances as he touts D.C. crime reduction
President Trump downplayed domestic disputes in a speech, suggesting they inflate D.C. crime statistics. Critics argue this undermines the seriousness of domestic violence.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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OpenAI is anything but “open”—very early on, it left behind that marketing tag to become increasingly closed, elitist, and inherently anti-democratic. Empire of AI had a rather different subtitle in its UK edition: “Inside the reckless race of total domination.”
September 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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This is a HUGE win for American higher education!

#DefendHigherEd

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Judge Issues Ruling Helpful to Harvard in Case Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Labor activists in coalition of local unions and labor-adjacent orgs. This was new, including the whole workforce of higher ed: faculty, clerical, health care, custodians, librarians, counselors, IT, buildings maintenance, landscapers, dining services, etc.
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
Raising HELU, Wall to Wall and Coast to Coast
When Higher Education Labor United was proposed in 2021, the major issues facing higher education were rising tuition, student debt, widespread reliance on contingent faculty, attacks on tenure, threa...
www.dollarsandsense.org
August 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Thought the same today. Juries are part of the often-frustrating-but-much-better-than-fascism rule of law Trump is destroying.
Everyone happy about the sandwich guy not getting indicted has to agree to not try to duck jury duty the next time their name comes up. It's one of the few ways you as a random citizen can say "no, this is not justice" in our system.

(Do not tell the court you know about jury nullification)
August 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM