S. Laurel Weldon

Social Scientist; Women's Rights, Movements, Policy, Diversity; views are my own, not attributable to any affiliated institution; RT does not imply endorsement.

[S. Laurel Weldon @SLaurelWeldon]

@bchydro @deeznutznotwoke Unhelpful

[S. Laurel Weldon @SLaurelWeldon]

@bchydro Unhelpful. What caused this? When can we expect power to come back on?

[Lee Drutman ⚙️🏛 @leedrutman]

GOP learns the hard way: Turning the base up too high blows out your Speaker

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Hakeem Jeffries now has more support than any Republican hoping to be speaker. If just six GOP reps were to set partisanship aside and vote for him, we could have a functioning House to do the people's business without further delay.

[Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson]

Guys! Big Announcement! I am STOKED to debut the cover of my upcoming book, "We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance." Out in 2024, I'm hype!
@BasicBooks @Wellesley @thisdaypod
You can pre-order here:
https://t.co/Bc8kvPTU9g

[Moira Donegan @MoiraDonegan]

There’s lots of pop-antifeminism and pseudoscience out there attacking hormonal birth control, and it needs to be understood as continuous with the right wing anti-choice project.

[Sara Mitchell @sbmitche]

Just finished up the new chapter with John Vasquez for the revised third edition of What Do We Know About War. Our chapter discusses how quantitative conflict research provides insights about the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war & potential for escalation to a major power war.

[Tim Kaine @timkaine]

When Putin invaded Ukraine, he was counting on the democracies of the world to do nothing. But because of American leadership, we linked arms and proved him wrong.

It’s in our national security interests to stand with Ukraine—and we must deliver more aid to help them fight back.

[Catherine D. Tan @Catherineoscopy]

So now I’m on the benefits committee this year. We have this issue on the agenda.

If your college/uni offers 12(or+) weeks FULL leave FULL pay, please drop the name of your school in the comments. We have a point to make.

[Ragnhild L Muriaas @RMuriaas]

Does gender affect the length of parliamentary careers? In this study we develop three measures to investigate the size of gender gaps among political seniors in 9 countries from 1965-2020. Main take-away: Balanced parliaments reduce gender gaps, but size still large.
🙏P&G! 👇

[Vice President Kamala Harris Archived @VP46Archive]

Welcome to the newest member of the United States Senate!

[Simon Hix @simonjhix]

This week we’ve seen the effects of the US Republicans and UK Tories being captured by the extreme right

Yes, PR may enable radical right parties to win seats

But, majoritarian electoral systems have led to the extreme right gradually taking over mainstream right parties

[American Political Science Review @apsrjournal]

🏆Congratulations to Agustina S. Paglayan for winning the Heinz I. Eulau Award for best article published in the #APSR in the previous calendar year. 🏆
https://t.co/XhwDPtLP77

[S. Laurel Weldon @SLaurelWeldon]

@ECPR_Gender Come over to the blue place!

[ECPR Standing Group on Gender and Politics @ECPR_Gender]

Get ready for #ecpg2024! The list of sections and call for panels and sections will be published later this week 🫣

[S. Laurel Weldon @SLaurelWeldon]

@jean23bean I think @jean23bean is right about this. While it’s probably wise to avoid going out of your way to start fights, it’s important to be true to your conscience. In many cases, this is better than just trying to go along to get along, which can make it seem you have no ideas.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

NEW: California just became the first state in the nation to officially propose an Amendment to the United States Constitution to end our nation’s gun violence crisis.

Time to enshrine 4 widely supported gun safety freedoms --

1) Raising the minimum age to purchase a gun to 21

2) Universal background checks

3) A reasonable waiting period for gun purchases

4) Banning civilian purchases of assault weapons

No more waiting around for Congress. It’s time to act.

https://t.co/eZ394eWgZn

[Simon Hix @simonjhix]

Applications for Max Weber (Post-Doctoral) Fellows at @EUI_EU for 2024-25 have just opened. If you are interested in a Fellowship in @eui_sps please get in touch. https://t.co/LzRPX1683c

[UN Women @UN_Women]

It's #DemocracyDay.

Democracy, sustainable peace and conflict prevention cannot be achieved if women are left behind.

Repost if you agree!