Arlene Stein
LightNews LightNews
banner
ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein
@ajoystein.bsky.social
1.5K followers 570 following 680 posts

Sociologist thinking and writing about authoritarianism, democracy, LGBTQ issues, feminism. Author of The Stranger Next Door, Unbound, other books. Child of immigrants. Never Again for Anyone. #KnittyGrittyJC

Videos

Arlene Stein is an American sociologist and author best known for her writing about sex and gender, the politics of identities, and collective memory. She is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University and former director of the Institute for Research on Women. Stein has also taught at the University of Essex and at the University of Oregon. .. more

Political science 34%
Sociology 24%
Posts Replies Media Videos

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 2h
Trump ends the year weak and unpopular, his coalition dispirited and riven by infighting.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Gerald Friedman, Arlene Stein, Cullen S. Hendrix

sethabramson.bsky.social
Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16h
This is profoundly un-American.

No—that's not right.

It's *anti*-American.

It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions.

The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 1d
Everything he touches turns to s—-.

Kennedy Center’s Christmas Eve Jazz Show Canceled After Trump Name Added to Building www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
Kennedy Center’s Christmas Eve Jazz Show Canceled After Trump Name Added to Building
www.nytimes.com

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 2d
Heroism.

Lawmaker Returns to Migrant Center Where She Clashed With U.S. Agents www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/n...
Lawmaker Returns to Migrant Center Where She Clashed With U.S. Agents
www.nytimes.com

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 2d
Often, it is precisely through visible, largely legal and contestable far-right civil society organizing that antidemocratic forces mobilize.

Youth Hostels, Blood Banks, Yoga: How One Far-Right Network Spread Across the World www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...
Opinion | Youth Hostels, Blood Banks, Yoga: How One Far-Right Network Spread Across the World
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Arlene Stein

psychobob4q2.bsky.social
Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 3d
Just leaving this here...

Reposted by Arlene Stein, David Darmofal

atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Trump: "We're gonna need the help of robots and other forms of uhhhh, I guess you could say employment. We're gonna be employing a lot of artificial things."

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 5d
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Thanks to Donald Trump, 2025 was a good year … for white-collar criminals
Why would the Trump administration choose to set aside consequences from criminals whose actions threaten the stability of the broader American economy?
www.theguardian.com

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 5d
The number of attacks by extremist settlers in the West Bank has skyrocketed in the last two years.

Land Grab: Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Land Grab: Inside Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank
Israeli seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, often brutally, has accelerated, raising doubts about the prospects of a peaceful solution to the conflict.
www.nytimes.com

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 5d
There is real sickness on the right.
mehdirhasan.bsky.social Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d
Steve Bannon reportedly said: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!' about the late Rob Reiner.

A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.

Oh the hypocrisy.
Turning Point crowd boos Rob Reiner: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!'
A crowd at Turning Point USA's AmFest event booed slain Hollywood director Rob Reiner after MAGA influencer Steve Bannon said liberals believed he had a larger impact on culture than Charlie Kirk."Jus...
www.rawstory.com

Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Daniel W. Drezner, Arlene Stein

mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d
Steve Bannon reportedly said: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!' about the late Rob Reiner.

A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.

Oh the hypocrisy.
Turning Point crowd boos Rob Reiner: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!'
A crowd at Turning Point USA's AmFest event booed slain Hollywood director Rob Reiner after MAGA influencer Steve Bannon said liberals believed he had a larger impact on culture than Charlie Kirk."Jus...
www.rawstory.com

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 7d
More, please!
malena.bsky.social Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 7d
Sharing videos like these next ones is important. If you have religious friends & they see religious leaders & police speaking out about #ICELawlessness it could make them think.

It could. It may not immediately sink in, but it could make the 1st dent.

www.instagram.com/reel/DSX_OBZ...

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Tom Clark, Seema Jayachandran , and 5 more

moiradonegan.bsky.social
Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 7d
I don’t know how it works at the New York Times, but my editors at The Guardian would never let me publish this if they knew that I was one of the elites who spent time with Epstein. And if I published it without telling them, I would be out of a job.
Opinion column from David Brooks: The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. I have been especially startled to see Ro Khanna, a House Democrat and one of the most impressive politicians in America, use the phrase “the Epstein class” in his public statements. In an interview with my colleague David Leonhardt this week, Khanna explained that he had gotten the phrase from voters who asked him if he was on the side of “forgotten Americans” or “the Epstein class.” Photo of David Brooks at dinner with Jeffrey Epstein, from files released by the House Oversight Committee.

Reposted by Arlene Stein

malena.bsky.social
Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 7d
Sharing videos like these next ones is important. If you have religious friends & they see religious leaders & police speaking out about #ICELawlessness it could make them think.

It could. It may not immediately sink in, but it could make the 1st dent.

www.instagram.com/reel/DSX_OBZ...

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 9d
My latest.

America faced domestic fascists before and buried that history theconversation.com/america-face...
America faced domestic fascists before and buried that history
Although thousands of Americans embraced fascist ideas during the interwar years, a new study examines why the US has had little appetite to remember that past.
theconversation.com

Reposted by Arlene Stein

maxberger.bsky.social
Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 11d
The White House getting in the Christmas spirit by blaming the most vulnerable members of society for the suffering Trump is responsible for.

Jesus would have hated these people.

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 16d
the ultra-rich 0.001% control three times the wealth of the poorest half of humanity.

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people
About 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as half of humanity. Here’s one way to illustrate that
www.theguardian.com

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 16d
Duh.

Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists
www.nytimes.com

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 16d
Resisting authoritarianism means doing more to engage with citizens – and being prepared to be surprised by what they say. “listen to people. Don’t be so certain about what they want, what they need. You have to ask.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We asked critics from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Critics from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 17d
Join with UC Unbowed to tell President James Milliken, the UC Regents, and Gov. Newsom to protect UC's academic freedom and independence from the federal government. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/un...
University of California: Reject the federal government's political control
The Trump Administration is trying to place the University of California under political control. Join with UC Unbowed to tell President James Milliken, the UC Regents, and Gov. Newsom to protect UC's...
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 17d
People are very lonely. They’re very isolated…the Zohran Mamdani campaign gave people not just kind of hope for a more decent and affordable New York, but also the campaign became people’s whole social worlds.

M. Gessen and Michelle Goldberg on How to Resist www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | M. Gessen and Michelle Goldberg on How to Resist
www.nytimes.com

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 17d
More, please!

Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders
www.nytimes.com

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 20d
Another misleading @nyt headline, which should have emphasized how he and his family are profiting.

Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy
www.nytimes.com

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 20d
One cannot go to Arendt’s work for comfort. What she offers instead is company — the company of someone who had direct experience of the horrors of the 20th century yet never relinquished what she called amor mundi, or “love of the world.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...
Hannah Arendt Is Not Your Icon
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Arlene Stein

moonchildjs.bsky.social
moonchildjs.bsky.social @moonchildjs.bsky.social · 22d
We’re in a hell of a lot of trouble.

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 23d
A progressive sweep in Jersey City!

James Solomon Beats Jim McGreevey, a Former Governor, in Jersey City www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/n...
James Solomon Beats Jim McGreevey, a Former Governor, in Jersey City
www.nytimes.com

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 23d
Shameless effort to distract from policies that hurt the nation’s children.

Michael and Susan Dell to Put $250 in 25 Million Children’s Accounts www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
Michael and Susan Dell to Put $250 in 25 Million Children’s Accounts
www.nytimes.com

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 23d
It is not “presidential” behavior, to say the least. But it’s far worse than that: calling a whole people “garbage” dehumanizes and gives license to disposing of them.

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the U.S. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the U.S.
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Arlene Stein

onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23d
Dedicated to fighting wokeness.

ajoystein.bsky.social
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 25d
Japanese American groups have filed an amicus brief contesting President Trump’s recent invocation of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, a law that was also used to justify the imprisonment of Japanese Americans.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
www.nytimes.com