Hilary Matfess
@hilarymatfess.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @ Korbel School of International Studies | studies gender and violence | into coffee, running, biking, and my dogs
I love how we have a POTUS whose response to "hey, any comment about your documented close relationship to a pedo?" is "shut up fatty." this is good and normal.
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I love how we have a POTUS whose response to "hey, any comment about your documented close relationship to a pedo?" is "shut up fatty." this is good and normal.
They're just as good at political theorizing as they are at providing healthcare advice. (Hint: not very!)
(Excerpt from 'Putting Women in their Place' now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome...)
(Excerpt from 'Putting Women in their Place' now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome...)
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
They're just as good at political theorizing as they are at providing healthcare advice. (Hint: not very!)
(Excerpt from 'Putting Women in their Place' now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome...)
(Excerpt from 'Putting Women in their Place' now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome...)
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
www.amazon.com
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!
Reposted by Hilary Matfess
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
Reposted by Hilary Matfess
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
on the fragility of peace in Tigray: addisstandard.com/tplf-warns-p...
TPLF warns Pretoria peace agreement “More seriously threatened than ever before” - Addis Standard
TPLF warns Pretoria peace agreement “More seriously threatened than ever before” Addis Standard News -
addisstandard.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
on the fragility of peace in Tigray: addisstandard.com/tplf-warns-p...
but what if the soft animal of my body wants to go to sonic for the second time this week
October 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
but what if the soft animal of my body wants to go to sonic for the second time this week
breathtakingly out of touch story from the times today
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
breathtakingly out of touch story from the times today
are you trying to get a jump on holiday shopping? are the daily indignities of living under patriarchy starting to chafe? boy do I have a solution for you! Pre-order my new book 'Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics'! www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome...
Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics (Women, Peace and Security, 7)
Amazon.com: Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics (Women, Peace and Security, 7): 9783111659480: Matfess, Hilary: Books
www.amazon.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
are you trying to get a jump on holiday shopping? are the daily indignities of living under patriarchy starting to chafe? boy do I have a solution for you! Pre-order my new book 'Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics'! www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome...
that's one way to pivot to the pacific.
BREAKING: The U.S. carried out three strikes on four alleged drug-running boats in the eastern Pacific, Hegseth says, killing 14 and leaving one survivor.
Hegseth says US carried out 3 strikes on alleged drug-running boats in eastern Pacific, killing 14
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. military carried out three strikes Monday in the waters of the Eastern Pacific against boats suspected of carrying drugs, killing 14 and leaving one survivor.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
that's one way to pivot to the pacific.
every university administrator encouraging professors to 'integrate AI into the classroom' needs to read this and think long and hard about the implications
by OpenAI’s own estimates, hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users are showing signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
every university administrator encouraging professors to 'integrate AI into the classroom' needs to read this and think long and hard about the implications
i'm so sorry we are living in the dumbest timeline because red hat fan boys are posting things like '16th century maritime law says that you can kill pirates, so it's totally fine that we are using drone strikes against drug smugglers' and like, guys, legality is the absolute BARE MINIMUM
October 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
i'm so sorry we are living in the dumbest timeline because red hat fan boys are posting things like '16th century maritime law says that you can kill pirates, so it's totally fine that we are using drone strikes against drug smugglers' and like, guys, legality is the absolute BARE MINIMUM
good luck getting that security deposit back
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
A Pile of Rubble: After 123 Years, the East Wing Is Gone
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
good luck getting that security deposit back
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
this piece was... fine? but I wish that it had dug into the ways in which 1) the performance of a very specific type of femininity the cost of doing business for these women and 2) the retrograde politics of that aesthetic.
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
this piece was... fine? but I wish that it had dug into the ways in which 1) the performance of a very specific type of femininity the cost of doing business for these women and 2) the retrograde politics of that aesthetic.
can someone send me a copy of this, my blood pressure's been too low lately.
(fr though, I would love a pdf)
(fr though, I would love a pdf)
From cabinet secretaries to state legislators, many women in today’s GOP have one thing in common: they got their start in public life by winning beauty pageants. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4o2Cwcx
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
can someone send me a copy of this, my blood pressure's been too low lately.
(fr though, I would love a pdf)
(fr though, I would love a pdf)
I'm just a girl, standing in front of overleaf, asking it for a single usable beamer template
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just a girl, standing in front of overleaf, asking it for a single usable beamer template
I’m routinely shocked by how many people don’t know this.
relatedly, those people are often shocked when I say 1) motherhood has made me even more pro-choice and 2) having the right to pursue an abortion if I needed to allowed me to have a kid as a high risk pregnancy
relatedly, those people are often shocked when I say 1) motherhood has made me even more pro-choice and 2) having the right to pursue an abortion if I needed to allowed me to have a kid as a high risk pregnancy
im sure you all know this bc this is the woke website but the majority of people who get abortions are already mothers
After being forced to leave the state for an abortion in 2023, Taylor Edwards went on to have a healthy baby through IVF—and gave him the initials R.O.E.
www.jezebel.com/texas-woman-...
www.jezebel.com/texas-woman-...
October 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I’m routinely shocked by how many people don’t know this.
relatedly, those people are often shocked when I say 1) motherhood has made me even more pro-choice and 2) having the right to pursue an abortion if I needed to allowed me to have a kid as a high risk pregnancy
relatedly, those people are often shocked when I say 1) motherhood has made me even more pro-choice and 2) having the right to pursue an abortion if I needed to allowed me to have a kid as a high risk pregnancy
me: "ugh I just don't feel good."
my husband, with all of the caution and patience you'd expect from someone approaching a feral raccoon: "do you think it's maybe because you've had a pot and a half of coffee and a protein shake today?"
my husband, with all of the caution and patience you'd expect from someone approaching a feral raccoon: "do you think it's maybe because you've had a pot and a half of coffee and a protein shake today?"
October 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
me: "ugh I just don't feel good."
my husband, with all of the caution and patience you'd expect from someone approaching a feral raccoon: "do you think it's maybe because you've had a pot and a half of coffee and a protein shake today?"
my husband, with all of the caution and patience you'd expect from someone approaching a feral raccoon: "do you think it's maybe because you've had a pot and a half of coffee and a protein shake today?"
important reflection on the #WPS agenda in an era of backlash and multipolarity: www.eurasiareview.com/18102025-wom...
Women, Peace And Security In A Changing Global Order: Rethinking Participation, Protection And Mediation Practice – Analysis
By Elisa Tarnaala and María Solanas 1. Introduction The 25th anniversary of United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1325 and the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Ac...
www.eurasiareview.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
important reflection on the #WPS agenda in an era of backlash and multipolarity: www.eurasiareview.com/18102025-wom...
HAS ANYONE CHECKED THE WHEREABOUTS OF GEORGE CLOONEY AND BRAD PITT
Thieves broke into a first-floor wing of the Louvre Museum in Paris and fled with jewelry of “incalculable” value in a brazen daylight robbery, French officials said Sunday. nyti.ms/4qirt05
October 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
HAS ANYONE CHECKED THE WHEREABOUTS OF GEORGE CLOONEY AND BRAD PITT
a must read from Rebecca Turkington and Saskia Brechenmacher on the dismantling of the bipartisan WPS architecture: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/13/t...
Trump Erases Women From Foreign Policy
The White House has overturned the decades-old bipartisan policy consensus that female empowerment serves U.S. interests.
foreignpolicy.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
a must read from Rebecca Turkington and Saskia Brechenmacher on the dismantling of the bipartisan WPS architecture: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/13/t...
it's probably cool and fine that my husband, a former infantry officer, expressed concern about my physical safety as a professor in today's political atmosphere
October 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
it's probably cool and fine that my husband, a former infantry officer, expressed concern about my physical safety as a professor in today's political atmosphere
Reposted by Hilary Matfess
Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:
October 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:
my mantra while going through book proofs (h/t @kaitsims.bsky.social for being my emotional support colleague)
October 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
my mantra while going through book proofs (h/t @kaitsims.bsky.social for being my emotional support colleague)
niche post but: it took me a solid 10 seconds to realize this wasn't a vintage photo of Will Reno
October 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
niche post but: it took me a solid 10 seconds to realize this wasn't a vintage photo of Will Reno