Elisabeth R. Anker
@libankerdc.bsky.social
Professor: Political Theory & American Culture
Author: UGLY FREEDOMS (Duke) & Orgies of Feeling: Melodrama and the Promise of Freedom (Duke)
Coeditor: Theory&Event
Next Book: “Every Man a Sovereign”
Libby to my pals
Web: https://tinyurl.com/Elisabeth-Anker
Author: UGLY FREEDOMS (Duke) & Orgies of Feeling: Melodrama and the Promise of Freedom (Duke)
Coeditor: Theory&Event
Next Book: “Every Man a Sovereign”
Libby to my pals
Web: https://tinyurl.com/Elisabeth-Anker
Aren’t white nationalists the main coalition in the first place?
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Aren’t white nationalists the main coalition in the first place?
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
I love my students so much
“Hey hey, ho ho, you and the worm have got to go.”
“Hey hey, ho ho, you and the worm have got to go.”
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I love my students so much
“Hey hey, ho ho, you and the worm have got to go.”
“Hey hey, ho ho, you and the worm have got to go.”
Swastikas and nooses no longer a problem
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Swastikas and nooses no longer a problem
This book has been a labor of love! It's Linda Williams' final writing alongside brilliant essays by great scholars, examining the role of melodrama in current life and politics across the globe. Available for pre-order from the always-wonderful @dukepress.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This book has been a labor of love! It's Linda Williams' final writing alongside brilliant essays by great scholars, examining the role of melodrama in current life and politics across the globe. Available for pre-order from the always-wonderful @dukepress.bsky.social
Perennial favorite
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Perennial favorite
Nope. Conspiracy where it’s at.
(plus James Martel reminds us of the importance of leftist conspiratorial thinking 😉)
(plus James Martel reminds us of the importance of leftist conspiratorial thinking 😉)
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Nope. Conspiracy where it’s at.
(plus James Martel reminds us of the importance of leftist conspiratorial thinking 😉)
(plus James Martel reminds us of the importance of leftist conspiratorial thinking 😉)
And DEEPAK CHOPRA?! I give up. am going full glen beck on this story
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
And DEEPAK CHOPRA?! I give up. am going full glen beck on this story
Epstein advising Bannon about Kavanaugh? have all these awful guys been linked all along
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Epstein advising Bannon about Kavanaugh? have all these awful guys been linked all along
TODAY! DC peeps, join us. Wondering how we got to a place where the Republican party is currently debating whether to mainstream a Nazi influencer?! Laura’s got answers.
Open to the public with free registration:
Open to the public with free registration:
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
TODAY! DC peeps, join us. Wondering how we got to a place where the Republican party is currently debating whether to mainstream a Nazi influencer?! Laura’s got answers.
Open to the public with free registration:
Open to the public with free registration:
AI used to decode Whale language! That's one of the first cool things I've heard for using AI! Can Haz more of this please, and less using AI to unemploy workers and siphon their salary to tech bunkers??
insideclimatenews.org/news/2910202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2910202...
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
AI used to decode Whale language! That's one of the first cool things I've heard for using AI! Can Haz more of this please, and less using AI to unemploy workers and siphon their salary to tech bunkers??
insideclimatenews.org/news/2910202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2910202...
Or televangelist headquarters
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Or televangelist headquarters
Humanities where the cool jobs at
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Humanities where the cool jobs at
Gotta love the people of DC
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Gotta love the people of DC
Young men too 😮😮
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Young men too 😮😮
I know this brilliant editorial already made the rounds last week but HOT DAMN does @tressiemcphd.bsky.social get at a fundamental conceit of the democrats:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I know this brilliant editorial already made the rounds last week but HOT DAMN does @tressiemcphd.bsky.social get at a fundamental conceit of the democrats:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Virtual Book launch next week for "Archie Bunker For President: How A TV Show Remade American Politics" with Emily Nussbaum and Kim Phillips-Fein! @oscarwinberg.bsky.social 's new book is going to be great! Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Virtual Book launch next week for "Archie Bunker For President: How A TV Show Remade American Politics" with Emily Nussbaum and Kim Phillips-Fein! @oscarwinberg.bsky.social 's new book is going to be great! Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Look what just came in the mail! Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right
by @lkatfield.bsky.social is fantastic, can’t wait to dive in!
by @lkatfield.bsky.social is fantastic, can’t wait to dive in!
October 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Look what just came in the mail! Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right
by @lkatfield.bsky.social is fantastic, can’t wait to dive in!
by @lkatfield.bsky.social is fantastic, can’t wait to dive in!
the Death Drive is real
October 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
the Death Drive is real
Why are these people always the worst?
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Why are these people always the worst?
YES this is how you do it Dems -- play hardball and grow a spine
October 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
YES this is how you do it Dems -- play hardball and grow a spine
UVA damaging much more than its own reputation -- weakening the bulwark for all of academia. Now's the time for solidarity across the academy against these moves. UVA's weak capitulation is damaging for everyone
October 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
UVA damaging much more than its own reputation -- weakening the bulwark for all of academia. Now's the time for solidarity across the academy against these moves. UVA's weak capitulation is damaging for everyone
Grossest week of images ever, will denizens of bsky survive the onslaught
October 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Grossest week of images ever, will denizens of bsky survive the onslaught