Tara Chandra

PhD Cand. in Poli Sci @UCBerkeley | gender & political violence, US FP & natsec | @FP4America NextGen | 2021 @AspenStrategy RLP | @JacksonYale MA & @UChicago BA

[Tara Chandra @tarachandra_1]

As Ukraine regains territory, evidence of widespread sexual violence by Russia is becoming clear. I draw on existing research & my work to explain what this tells us & how we should respond.

🧵w/key points⬇️

CW for article: rape, sexual assault, torture

https://t.co/Fscr4ferEu

[Tara Chandra @tarachandra_1]

@NBedera Congratulations! I cannot wait to read this!!!

[Tara Chandra @tarachandra_1]

@vwyeth I can’t recall the price - it definitely wasn’t that much, but this was like, 2016, so I imagine things might have changed since then!

[Tara Chandra @tarachandra_1]

@vwyeth We have had this happen, but it was several years ago. Lived in DC at the time and there are agencies that will do a very fast (maybe even same-day?) renewal. You have to be able to show existing ticket for immediate travel, though it sounds like you have that.

[Tara Chandra @tarachandra_1]

@blairwelsh_ @theBraith @alexbruens @ryan_brutger @uedaxecker @C_Faulkner_UCF @uazsgpp @haoliuhoward @iamnemeth @SalchakJohn @CamberWarren So excited to see this out there!! Congratulations!!!

[Tara Chandra @tarachandra_1]

@hosam_christian @Wellesley Congratulations! Such wonderful news! I’m so excited for you and all that this next chapter holds!

[Tara Chandra @tarachandra_1]

@mark_berlin2 Congratulations!!!

[Tara Chandra @tarachandra_1]

@blairwelsh_ @MaiyoraaJ @Mirna_El_Masri @nihad_aboud @SaavedraLux @brian_jphillips Congratulations, Blair! Can’t wait to hear about your adventures in Abu Dhabi! I am so grateful for your friendship!

[Tara Chandra @tarachandra_1]

@bhumipurohit @APSAtweets Congrats!! This is so well-deserved and you are amazing!!

[Council on Foreign Relations @CFR_org]

AI generated images and deep fakes in political advertisements could easily be used to sexualize female politicians, opinion makers, and other leaders, which research has shown can undermine women's credibility in campaigns, writes @ProfCatherine. https://t.co/MQSdBURVb3

[Tara Chandra @tarachandra_1]

My team is going to the NBA Finals!

[Miami HEAT @MiamiHEAT]

Anything is possible 😄

[Unsung History Podcast @Unsung__History]

Happy Birthday to Sophonisba Breckinridge, born #OnThisDay in 1866.

Breckinridge was the first woman the first woman to earn a PhD in Political Science at UChicago & the first woman to earn a JD at UChicago. She then taught at UChicago for decades.

https://t.co/YaucB5SipB

[Tara Chandra @tarachandra_1]

I had the honor of visiting @mark_berlin2's class via Zoom this morning and discussing the complex issues in understanding and preventing gendered violence in intrastate and interstate conflict. They asked very well-informed questions – they clearly have a wonderful instructor!

[Mark Berlin @mark_berlin2]

A massive thanks to @tarachandra_1 for joining our class today to discuss her research on gender and political violence! Check out some of Tara’s recent writing here https://t.co/q9w1RCDlHA

[Andrew Reddie @areddie89]

And the travel to @isanet begins! The SFO-YUL route already full of IR scholars @jules__george @tarachandra_1

[Tara Chandra @tarachandra_1]

Beautifully written analysis of why Biden's trip is - at this moment - so symbolic and important

[Kimberlé Crenshaw @sandylocks]

While it's personally dispiriting to see your work targeted in bad faith, what's more distressing to me is that the lives of women of color I've written about are being diminished and erased in a political moment in which we need their stories most.

[Tara Chandra @tarachandra_1]

@IshanaRatan Congratulations!!!

[Tara Chandra @tarachandra_1]

This thread answered so many of my questions - thanks so much for putting this together!

[roger bennett @rogbennett]

World Cup 2022 is over, yet Women’s World Cup is just 214 days away. Next Men’s World Cup 2026, to be played on American shores (as well as Canada and Mexico) kicks off in a mere 1,269 days. May it transform the profile of the game in this nation 🏆

[Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice @4GenderJustice]

Today, the crime of ‘forced pregnancy’ was recognized by the #ICC as the incomparable violence done to women who are raped, forcibly made pregnant, and confined with the intent to keep them pregnant. With forced pregnancy, the invasion of the body and self is total.