🏅In one of our most read articles this week, "Claiming Historical Responsibility?", @karolinefaerber.bsky.social & @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social analyze how Germany 🇩🇪 represents, negotiates and reproduces its colonial past in their FFP. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 gendersky polisky buff.ly/SfxuDfW

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social#OpenAccess- Watching Women, Money, and Politics at the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) - https://cup.org/4tZ5M5O - Kira Sanbonmatsu (Rutgers University - New Brunswick) #FirstView

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - U.S. State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor - https://cup.org/4e3eE5P - Andrea Gillespie, Tambria Schroeder & @mlkrook.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - USAID Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment - https://cup.org/4wS4Gvn - Jamille Bigio, @msmarkham.bsky.social & @mlkrook.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - The Building and Dismantling of the U.S. Government Gender Portfolio — and What We Do Now - https://cup.org/4uoqQUu - Caroline Hubbard & @mlkrook.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

#FirstView from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social#FirstView- Who Gets to Speak? How Institutions and Political Careers Shape Gender Bias in South Africa’s Parliamentary Debates - https://cup.org/4ugkEgF - Edalina Rodrigues Sanches & Ana Espírito-Santo

📣 New #FirstView Notes from the Field 📝 In "USAID Bureau on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance", @mlkrook.bsky.social interviews Julie Denham, Rebecca Gordon, and other members of the gender team at DRG. buff.ly/r1Kh24W #OpenAccess gendersky polisky

📣 New #FirstView Notes from the Field 📝 In "U.S. State Department Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues", @mlkrook.bsky.social interviews Kat Fotovat, Rachel Wein, and Varina Winder, who all served in S/GWI before its elimination in 2025. #OpenAccess gendersky polisky buff.ly/t4wOFAx

📢 Check our #PAG21 issue on Gender & IR! In "Manning Humanitarian Programs", Amy Gilmore considers humanitarian aids' gendered priorities and further identifies an "impossible bargain" for refugee men in Chad 🇹🇩 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 polisky gendersky buff.ly/ftavZUg

📣 New #FirstView Notes from the Field 📝 In "Gender at the National Security Council", @mlkrook.bsky.social interviews Andrea Freeman from USAID and Cailin Crockett from the Department of Defense. 🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟 gendersky polisky buff.ly/aVPwjfl

🏅In one of our most read articles this week, "Beyond Likes", @martafraile.bsky.social, @atiradocastro.bsky.social & @pzuluaga.bsky.social use a national survey and media content analysis to understand the role of social media influencers in shaping public opinion in 🇪🇸. #OpenAccess buff.ly/3Y56w9j

📣 New #FirstView Notes from the Field 📝 In "The White House Gender Policy Council", @mlkrook.bsky.social interviews Jennifer Klein and Rachel Vogelstein. Both served at the GPC until it was dismantled in 2025. 🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟 gendersky polisky buff.ly/i6c7SkM

📢 Check our #PAG21 issue on Gender & IR! In "A Voice at the Table", @kaanstoos.bsky.social tests types of women's participation in peace processes as a new variable affecting women's legislative representation in postconflict states. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 buff.ly/ELACFbc

🏅In one of our most read articles this week, "Perceptions of Feminism as a Threat", @evaanduiza.bsky.social & @gefjonoff.bsky.social focus on the case of 🇪🇸 to understand resistance to feminism and measure perceptions of feminism as a threat. 🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟 buff.ly/9fHnTSI

📣 New #FirstView Notes from the Field 📝 In "USAID Women, Peace, and Security Policy Advisor", @mlkrook.bsky.social interviews Tazreen Hussain, who served as the USAID WPS Policy Advisor from 2024 to 2025. 🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟 gendersky polisky buff.ly/UzpWT9Q

📢 Check our #PAG21 issue on Gender & IR! In "Militarized Social Reproduction", Julia Palik and Jehan Usop conduct interviews with the BIWAB in the 🇵🇭 to assess how MSR labor can shape women's postwar political trajectories. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 gendersky polisky buff.ly/tXuzVC9

New collection from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - Access to Gender Justice - https://cup.org/4s1JEXM Enjoy free access until the end of April 2026

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - Gender at the National Security Council - https://cup.org/4d8S8I8 - Cailin Crockett, Andrea K. Freeman, @mlkrook.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

🏅In one of our most read articles this week, "'The Anti-Woke Academy'", Iris B. Segers presents a content analysis of the FvD's online presence to highlight the anti-gender nature of the Dutch far right party's rhetoric. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 gendersky polisky buff.ly/lFVsP5X

📣 New #FirstView Notes from the Field 📝 In "United States Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons", @mlkrook.bsky.social interviews Special Envoy Jessica Stern, the second person to hold this position 🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟 gendersky polisky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢 Check our #PAG21 issue on Gender & IR! In "Formal and Informal Institutions", Petrice R. Flowers uses interview data to understand whether informal institutional rules impede the effectiveness of family policies and women diplomats' work-life balance in Japan 🇯🇵 gendersky buff.ly/nlxFfqE

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - The White House Gender Policy Council - https://cup.org/4vJ0jSV - Jennifer Klein, Rachel Vogelstein & @mlkrook.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

📣 New #FirstView Notes from the Field 📝 In "United States Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's issues", @mlkrook.bsky.social interviews Ambassador Geeta Rao Gupta, the fourth Ambassador-at-Large and the first woman of color to hold the position. 🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟 buff.ly/aPlSY0R

📢 Check our #PAG21 issue on Gender & IR! In "Anti-Feminist Foreign Policy", @sjangevine.bsky.social addresses the relationship between abortion politics and American 🇺🇸 foreign policy, mapping and analyzing its anti-feminist dimension. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 buff.ly/MHw72Rw

New collection from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - Access to Gender Justice - https://cup.org/4s1JEXM Enjoy free access until the end of April 2026

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - USAID Women, Peace, and Security Policy Advisor - https://cup.org/4vO0b4P - Tazreen Hussain & @mlkrook.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

New collection from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - Access to Gender Justice - https://cup.org/4s1JEXM Enjoy free access until the end of April 2026

New Article! Check out “Understanding the Policy Priorities of Republican Women in the US House of Representatives” by Michele Swers and Danielle M. Thomsen in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social buff.ly/QLrW4uq buff.ly/IcCEVso

Read this recent publication by @kaanstoos.bsky.social, “A Voice at the Table: How Women in Peace Processes Shape Political Representation” in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social. buff.ly/e9Dq9Gq buff.ly/He1KY1G

Are gendered institutions real powers or just ideas in our heads? Grounded in critical realism, this piece by @grahn.bsky.social bridges the divide, advocating abductive methods to uncover their elusive mechanisms shaping practices. doi.org/10.1017/s174... @politicsgenderj.bsky.social

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues - https://cup.org/41OIdB7 - Geeta Rao Gupta & @mlkrook.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - United States Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons - https://cup.org/4vzDjG7 - Jessica Stern & @mlkrook.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView #LGBTQI

📣 New #FirstView Notes from the Field 📝 In "USAID Senior LGBTQI+ Coordinator", @mlkrook.bsky.social interviews Jay Gilliam, appointed as the Senior LGBTQI+ Coordinator during the Joe Biden administration. 🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟 buff.ly/QBFSROo

New collection from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - Access to Gender Justice - https://cup.org/4s1JEXM Enjoy free access until the end of April 2026

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - USAID Senior LGBTQI+ Coordinator - https://cup.org/41yz53t - Jay Gilliam & @mlkrook.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

In alignment with the UN’s International Women’s Day theme for this year, “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls,” our new Virtual Special Issue highlights works published in P&G that focus on gender justice. Enjoy free access to the articles until the end of April ⬇️ buff.ly/wXnOTT4

Stay up to date and follow these APSA section journals on BlueSky.app - Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics @journalrep.bsky.social Journal of Experimental Political Science @jepsjournal.bsky.social

The best email to wake up to on a Monday morning ☀️ Coming soon in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social: our study on gender differences in political efficacy and ambition among youth wing members, drawing on original survey data from 12 parties across Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden.

📣Out on #FirstView📣 In "Male Agency?", Lena Wängnerud, Elin Naurin, & co-authors use LLMs to provide an overview of portrayals of fatherhood in Swedish 🇸🇪 parliamentary documents from 1993 to 2021. 🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟 buff.ly/E8jnJmf bluesky gendersky

What does online election violence look like in actual candidates’ experience? Focusing on Tunisia, this study by Malin Holm, @elinbja.bsky.social and @parzetterberg.bsky.social shows how gender shapes both exposure to attacks and their costs. @politicsgenderj.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/s174...

📣Out on #FirstView📣 In "Perceptions of Feminism as a Threat", @evaanduiza.bsky.social & @gefjonoff.bsky.social focus on the case of 🇪🇸 to understand resistance to feminism and measure perceptions of feminism as a threat. 🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟 buff.ly/9fHnTSI

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 In "Transnational Transphobias", @mmcloughlin.bsky.social analyzes the coalition of anti-trans feminists and traditionalists through a framework informed by critical discourse analysis. 🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟 buff.ly/z04AeFi

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - Male Agency? Analyzing Fatherhood Roles in Swedish Parliamentary Documents, 1993–2021 - https://cup.org/40el36q - Lena Wängnerud, Elin Naurin, @dirkhovy.bsky.social#OpenAccess Lorenzo Lupo & Oscar Magnusson #FirstView

New publication in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! Who perceives feminism as a threat, and why do a lot of women perceive feminism as threatening? With @evaanduiza.bsky.social, we explore these questions in the context of Spain. We find: ⬇️ doi.org/10.1017/S174...

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social#OpenAccess- Transnational Transphobias: Feminist and Traditionalist Anti-Gender Affective Orientations - https://cup.org/4kGYktp - M. McLoughlin (Syracuse University) #FirstView

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 In "Gender and the Reelection of Democratic Leaders", Donna Bahry & Lee Ann Banaszak investigate whether reelection is gendered by looking at data about chief executives in 98 democracies from 1960 to 2023. #OpenAccess buff.ly/B6NpPNJ

Out now in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! Here’s my analysis of how anti-trans feminists and traditionalists manage their competing commitments in their shared politics of transphobia. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social#OpenAccess- Gender and the Reelection of Democratic Leaders - https://cup.org/466PgrI - Donna Bahry & Lee Ann Banaszak #FirstView

Make sure to submit your abstracts by Sunday, February 1st! 📆✨

Do not miss our article published at @politicsgenderj.bsky.social Using content analysis and survey data, we show how generalist influencers in consumer markets produce anti-feminist content and how it can shape, reinforce, or shift public attitudes toward feminism