“Over half reported having reviewed or adjusted key words in research proposals, and almost half said they’d reframed research topics. [43%] had also cautioned students or collaborators to be careful what they say publicly and more than a third had abandoned plans on one or more research topics.”

The US government has a new website for moms that is peddling pro-natal, trad-wife propaganda: “the only mention of working motherhood on the homepage links to a warning that “workplace exposures, conditions, and tasks can affect workers’ sexual and reproductive health.” See @jessicacalarco.com👇

Reform mobilising non-voters looks to be a big story from this year’s locals. As so often, non-voters are the “dark matter” of politics - rarely discussed but so numerous they even mobilising a small slice can have big effects. Particularly in low turnout local elections.

Voters are ~4X as likely to be able to vote for a David as for a Sarah… there are 516 Davids, 453 Johns, 385 Pauls & 137 Sarahs among the candidates. “…our needs & experiences are not going to be represented by an endless supply of Davids and Johns” -Penny East www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

NPR spotlighted JMF author @leahruppanner.bsky.social in a Q&A about her new book & mentioned a JMF article she coauthored: tinyurl.com/mvr85uz7 The JMF article, authored by @anacweeks.bsky.social & Dr. Ruppanner, explored gender distribution of parents' cognitive labor tasks: tinyurl.com/mcfn9s3s

@leahruppanner.bsky.social’s fantastic new book Drained is out and covered by NPR life kit (including our research on US parents!). Run don’t walk to get her mental load audit & practical advice !! www.npr.org/2026/04/21/n...

If you are headed to the first-ever meeting of EPSS in Belfast, bookmark this schedule & come check out all the excellent research on gender, sexuality, and politics! @turnbulldugarte.com & I had a v tough job narrowing it down… from engagement and ambition to polarization, backlash and more 👇

Tres textos claves que ayer recomendé a mis estudiantes, que a mi juicio son aportes relevantes en la discusion pública. De las autoras @anacweeks.bsky.social @luciadammert.bsky.social Pamela Figueroa y @ceciliarikap.bsky.social

The Rothermere American Institute at Oxford is recruiting for the Churchill Associate Professor of United States Politics, looking especially for a colleague with expertise in American political development. The application deadline is May 6. See the job listing here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

🗓️ Bath friends, mark your calendars! On May 14 5:30pm @leahruppanner.bsky.social is giving a talk on the mental load and her excellent new book, Drained! Free & open to the public, please join us for a great conversation ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leah-ruppa... @uniofbathipr.bsky.social

We are hiring ! Very happy to talk to anyone interested ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Happy mother's day to all the UK mums out there! #researchinthewild metro.co.uk/2026/03/13/m...

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.4) The study by @anacweeks.bsky.social, @pcaravantes.bsky.social Espírito-Santo, @elombardo.bsky.social Stratigaki & Gul examines backsliding on #GenderEquality as an indicator of democratic decay 🔓#OpenAccess 👇https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13608746.2024.2412746

📢NEW PUBLICATION: Do you think work-family challenges are limited to advanced economies, where many women work in the formal sector? Our review article disagrees (w @aysegulkayaoglu.bsky.social ). doi.org/10.1016/j.wo...

Next Mon (23rd) I’m presenting new research on “Femonationalist Politics” at the Gender Working Group, EUI. 🙏 for the invite! www.eui.eu/events?id=58... We find femonationalist rhetoric makes nativist parties seem ⬆️ socially acceptable & ⬇️ extreme, though effects on overall support are modest.

Where do parents find the time to parent? Less sleep, work and screens. Amazing chart feat. in @alphaville.ft.com Further Reading. homeeconomics.substack.com/p/where-do-p...

“I am delighted to conditionally accept your article for publication in The Journal of Politics.” 🥳 We find that gender quota laws for legislatures also increase the share of women in cabinets. w @gventurini.bsky.social @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan. Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”

ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement. "I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish. Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature. Minneapolis, MN

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

So all colleges and universities will bring back the DEI stuff they cut when obeying in advance right...............................................................................................................................................right?

Portugal is having a presidential election tomorrow (Sunday). It is a fairly unusual one, which is representative of how much the political landscape has changed in the country. Here is some quick context about it, in case that is of interest: 1/9

'The truth is Musk and the tech sector simply do not prioritise safety or dignity in the products they create' www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

. @peterallen.bsky.social and I wrote about this approach to politics - an excited, fan-like focus on Westminster gossip, to the exclusion of the material impact of political decision - in our paper “‘Huge fan of the drama’: Politics as an object of fandom” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

… is psychodrama a real word? Is this a new Britishism i was not aware of. It’s been bothering me all day. Now everyone is saying it.

How do you measure the domestic mental load? 🧐 And how does your experience stack up against our research of 3,000 US parents? I created a quiz using the same approach we use in peer-reviewed sociological research so you can find out! Hope this sparks some conversations 💡 tally.so/r/447Xxk

Hi friends, anyone on instagram in professional capacity? I’m at @anacweeksphd and would love to follow folks there too!

On day 8 of our Administration, @governor.ny.gov and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC. No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.

📣📣📣 GREAT, time-sensitive opportunity for senior/mid-career scholars to join us in Madrid at UC3M´s social sciences department (UC3M-ATRAE Program 2026) on an attractive pay+research funds package 📣📣📣 This does NOT happen everyday. THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n

Congress requires DOD to facilitate Scouts activities but the Secretary can ignore the law in cases where it is “detrimental to national security." Hegseth is preparing to do so because the scouts have become too inclusive of girls. www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...

Apropos of nothing (lol jk) I encourage everyone to follow the great work that @johannarickne.bsky.social, @ollefolke.bsky.social & Rune Vammen Lesner are doing on sexual harassment and women's careers. academic.oup.com/esr/advance-... www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

A woman reported that Ronaldo assaulted her in Vegas in 2009. "In recent months, Ronaldo has also been part of diplomatic efforts to woo the U.S. President Donald Trump."

🏆 Nominations for the APSA 2026 Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha (best paper) Award are open! If you saw (or presented!) an excellent paper at APSA 2025 please use the submission portal to nominate it: apsa.secure-platform.com/a/organizati... Eligibility: apsanet.org/programs/aps...

When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein. Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

Great to see that the European Parliament voted to allow proxy voting for pregnant women and new mothers (pending approval by member states). Now, why not extend the same rights to new fathers? Otherwise, the assumption is again that mother = default parent. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

I’ll take some good news www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Excellent from @monaeltahawy.bsky.social 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Where are we now with gender equality at work? Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍 🔗 Register now: buff.ly/pFqZj23 #GenderEquality

I’m lucky to teach a wonderful group of postgrads studying gender & politics at Bath 💫 Send your excellent gender & politics students our way 😊 They can find out more about our MSc in International Relations with Gender Politics at the Virtual Open Day on 12 Nov 👇 www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/ex...

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. Gen Z women aren't playing around.

New from us today in @aunz.theconversation.com 👇 TL;DR: Turns out, ⏰ time availabilty and💰 household bargaining theories don’t explain moms' 🧠 mental loads. doi.org/10.64628/AA.... @leahruppanner.bsky.social @helenkowalewska.bsky.social

While mothers who earn more may be able to outsource some of the physical work in the household, the mental load is huge – and remains a barrier to gender equality.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

First in-studio radio interview ✔️ This was a lot of fun! Was it like being on Frasier (my main point of reference)? Kind of! You can listen to me talk about why I study the mental load and some of our key findings from about 2:10 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Delighted to announce we are advertising our first academic post in the Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM). The position is Associate Professor in Politics, Technology and Computational Social Science and is joint with Politics, the Oxford Internet Institute, and Reuben College 1/n

Open access! Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social, Helen Kowalewska @helenkowalewska.bsky.social, + Leah Ruppanner @leahruppanner.bsky.social explore how cognitive tasks "stick" to moms more than physical labor, regardless of resources. @sociusjournal.bsky.social

Who bears the mental load? @anacweeks.bsky.social, @helenkowalewska.bsky.social, & @leahruppanner.bsky.social's new #Socius research argues that household #cognitive #labor sticks to #women regardless of time & resource constraints. Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...