Violence against women in politics (#VAWP) is rising globally. The #IPU and @undp.org have released a report detailing the issue and highlighting good practices from parliaments, including @senadomexicano.bsky.social Download the new report: ipu.org/VAWiP_IPU-UNDP

Gendered public tolerance 👩‍⚖️ 💢 @reedmwood.bsky.social, @syysr.bsky.social, @robjohns75.bsky.social & Graeme Davies of @york.ac.uk analyse data of the British electorate to evidence that the sexist beliefs of audiences is increasing the tolerance for and driving political violence

Glad to have contributed to this article on how MPs are navigating platform fragmentation, online harms, and shifting audiences across Twitter/X and Bluesky

We analyzed the social media activity of all MPs in the House of Commons. The likelihood of an MP still posting on X depends on their party, their province, and their position within government. Go see if yours still uses X, even after the deepfake scandal was laid out in a new investigation:

New in AusJPS: Lindsay Katz, Inessa De Angelis & Rohan Alexander analyse 535,961 statements in Australian parliamentary debates to examine gender, party and interruptions in the House of Representatives.

NEW ISSUE - NOUVEAU NUMÉRO 59 -2 @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique - cup.org/4uS9nn7 @danielbeland.bsky.social @emgmccallion.bsky.social @lturgeon.bsky.social @uottawa.ca @vincentr.bsky.social @fredericmerand.bsky.social

NEW ISSUE from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social - Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique - Volume 59 - Issue 2 - https://cup.org/4dfPikV Where not #OpenAccess this issue is free to read until the end of June 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney faced near-daily threats over his first 100 days in office, according to newly released government documents that show how a wave of threats against top political leaders carried over from the Justin Trudeau era.

Bringing #politics to life: Third-year @utoronto.ca @artsci.utoronto.ca @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social undergraduate students visit Queen's Park and meet #Ontario Premier. #ONpoli www.politics.utoronto.ca/news/bringin...

AusJPS early view: Katz et al. on "Do women politicians face more interruptions? An analysis of interjections in the Australian parliamentary debates (1998-2025)." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Currently in Volume 19, Issue 4 of Communication Methods and Measures #CMM: "Classification bias of LLMs in detecting incivility towards female and male politicians in German social media discourse" by Anke Stoll, @jingyuanyu.bsky.social, etc. 🔗https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2025.2551693

This is scary. The cost of participating in politics should never be violence, harassment, or threats. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

New article w/ Lindsay Katz & @rohanalexander.bsky.social in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social! Analyzing Australian House of Reps debates, we find that as women’s representation increases, interruptions of women MPs & interruptions overall decline Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1036... #polsky #gendersky

“I think it’s important that we don’t stay silent on the type of harassment that MPs are subjected to,” says former Liberal MP Pam Damoff. www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

We talk about “threats to democracy,” yet harassment targeting women in politics often receives less attention, despite its consequences for democracy For #InternationalWomensDay, I’m re-sharing an article I wrote last year that is, unfortunately, still relevant: theconversation.com/growing-thre...

"When the public turns hostile: Political violence against parliamentarians" is the latest #IPU report detailing the full scale of the intimidation + abuse directed at #MPs by the public, both online and off. Read the full report ➡️http://ipu.org/PVAP

Why Canada’s reaction to the Grok scandal is so muted in the midst of a global outcry

Advocacy groups for women and children say a wave of sexual deepfakes on X proves the government needs to create an online regulator, similar to what the Liberals put forward in a 2024 bill halifax.citynews.ca/2026/01/12/s...

In the wake of X’s deepfake controversy, it’s surprising and disappointing to see that still only 35% of MPs are on Bluesky. Read more on MPs’ use of Bluesky: doi.org/10.1017/S000... #cdnpoli

What are Canadian politicians doing on BlueSky exactly? www.cambridge.org/core/service...

🚨Excited to share our new paper published in PNAS (joint with @yamilrvelez.bsky.social and Don Green)! AI can enhance political knowledge and provide balanced information about politics with proper guardrails and vetted sources (e.g., party platforms). www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

In honour of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, I'm sharing my new op-ed for The Conversation on the harms of online misogyny targeting women in public life, especially when amplified by political leaders. #polisky #gendersky theconversation.com/quiet-piggy-...

I’m quoted in @theguardian.com today on the forms, impacts, and gendered differences in the violence faced by politicians and why it matters for democracy. Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... @utoronto.ca #VAWIP #gendersky #polsky

Excited to see our Bluesky paper featured in @davidakin.bsky.social’s daily roundup newsletter. Read more about our results here: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Number of unique speakers in the Australian parliament, by gender, 1998-2025. By Lindsay Katz and @inessadeangelis.bsky.social.

Thrilled to see my second diss article published as part of the special issue on Staff! Would love to hear your thoughts. It's open access: Echoes and Barriers: Staff as Key Actors in the Representative Process | Article | Politics and Governance www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

📣 Excited to share a new dataset article with @qalbaugh.bsky.social in @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We identify 176 out LGBTQ2S+ candidates in the 2015, 2019 & 2021 Canadian federal elections using a replicable search procedure based on individual candidate searches.

Updated Australian Hansard data (1998-2025) thanks to the incredible work of Lindsay Katz! zenodo.org/records/1729...

I don't like talking about the hate & abuse I received in politics. I don't need sympathy. But we do need change. And I promised to support women & girls who want to go into politics. So here is my story. We need to stop this. Now. 🔗 thewalrus.ca/they-called-...

#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social - What are Canadian Members of Parliament Doing on Bluesky? - cup.org/3VwRA5n - @inessadeangelis.bsky.social & @rohanalexander.bsky.social #FirstView

Which Canadian MPs are on Bluesky and what do they post? My new paper w/ @rohanalexander.bsky.social in @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social unpacks these questions, finding MPs use it like Twitter to discuss policy, the Ottawa bubble & constituency Read more: doi.org/10.1017/S000... #polsky #commsky #cdnpoli

It was lovely visit to Canberra last week! Thank you to @giwlanu.bsky.social for the warm welcome and the opportunity to present some of my on-going work on gendered online harassment in Canadian politics.

I had a wonderful week visiting the @qutdmrc.bsky.social in Brisbane! Already looking forward to my next visit 👩🏼‍💻🇦🇺

Social media comments toward candidates in the byelection of Battle River—Crowfoot, where Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre is running, have gotten so bad, RCMP had to issue a news release reminding people online threats are still criminal threats. #CDNpoli

Just published updates to my Canadian Politicians on YouTube dataset to include members of the 45th Parliament 🇨🇦💻 Check it out: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #cdnpoli #YouTube #polisky #commsky

Scary. Glad to hear no one was injured in this incident but it bears repeating: the cost of being in politics shouldn't be violence or threats of violence. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

Excited to be at #ICA25 and to present my research analyzing online harassment in Canadian politics

Happy to share my new paper w/ @zacspicer.bsky.social & @IStedman.bsky.social on councillor-perpetrated sexual violence in Canada published in State and Local Government Review. In it we offer recommendations for municipal govts on how to combat this problem. doi.org/10.1177/0160... #gendersky

"YouTube has loosened its content moderation policiesThe platform now lets videos stay online if ‘freedom of expression value may outweigh harm risk,’" www.theverge.com/news/682784/...

The rise in violence, intimidation, and threats targeting candidates in #elxn45 is deeply concerning nationalpost.com/news/politic...

"Pam Damoff ... thinks the rise in vitriol toward female politicians is a factor in deterring women from standing for Parliament." Read more in my recent op-ed about how harassment threatens women's equal political participation and our democracy: theconversation.com/growing-thre...

Growing threats faced by women candidates undermine our democracy

Why aren't we talking about harassment in #elxn45? In my new op-ed, I reflect on the harassment women continue to face in #cdnpoli, and the threat it poses to democracy: theconversation.com/growing-thre... @theconversationca.bsky.social #gendersky #polisky

🚨 Talking about harassment in politics hurts your political career. Yes, even in 🇸🇪. And, yes, for both women & men. Here’s what me and @sandrahkansson.bsky.social found in our Political Behavior paper using both experimental and descriptive approaches: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 👇

“For International Women’s Day, great, celebrate women, but actually do more by actually holding social media companies to account because they’re driving hate and they’re driving women out of politics.” My ask for #InternationalWomensDay. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

'Violence against politicians in Ireland' with Lisa Keenan & Mack Mariani. We find gender differences in the prevalence & nature of political violence, with women more likely to be targeted & more frequently subjected to psychological violence doi.org/10.1080/0790... @uccresearch.bsky.social

Took a break from writing about elections to vote (early) in one

My @theconversation.com article on algorithmically driven nostalgia and platform violence — out today 🙏🏼 theconversation.com/features-lik... @tomdivon.bsky.social @carrierentschler.bsky.social @scthrift.bsky.social @jessalynn-keller.bsky.social @ethnographer.bsky.social @persephone.blue

💥Excited to share my new publication co-authored w/ Cameron Anderson (UWO) and Mike McGregor (TMU) on gender and emotional reactions to sexual misconduct allegations against municipal councillors. The first 50 downloads are available for free: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VCUIM...

Why must the writ for an election be a Wednesday in Ontario (it's going to be some small-town Canadian thing like Ted Rogers and Galen Weston always played tennis on Tuesday, or something, isn't it!)?