Cynthia Miller‐Idriss

Cynthia Miller-Idriss

@milleridriss.bsky.social

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Founding Director @perilresearch.bsky.social, testing ideas to prevent violence & build social cohesion. Author, Man Up, Hate in the Homeland, The Extreme Gone Mainstream. MSNow columnist. New book on Gen Z & gender divides coming 2028. .. more

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss is an American sociologist. She is a professor in the Schools of Public Affairs and Education at American University. She is the founding director of the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL). .. more

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · Nov 25

New followers! I’m an academic & scholar who writes for the public about upstream prevention of violence & analysis of misogyny, white supremacist extremism & more. But my favorite essays are this trio I wrote about my mom & what it means to be forgotten. 1/

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Perspective | My mother forgot who I was, and it made me a better daughter

Watching my mother’s erasure has been vicious. But I have also come to realize that despite all I’ve lost, I’ve gained something, too.

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you!

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Kathrine Richter @krichtercph.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome all the Twitter refugees.
You are very welcome.

Here's a book recommendation for those who want - by Cynthia Miller-Idriss

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Happy holidays

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 1d

Shameful. I cite CCDH’s work constantly. Imran Ahmed is a leading voice
raising the alarm on online harms, algorithms, and accountability. This is fascism, censorship & authoritarian overreach.

They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...

They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship.

www.nytimes.com

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 2d

I’m so glad- and love, love CJ’s work!

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, thank you so much! Really appreciate it.

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 5d

Grateful for this review of Man Up in The Irish Times:

“particularly sharp on the hypocrisy of western observers who scrutinise misogyny and gender-based violence abroad while overlooking its pervasive role at home, including among domestic terrorists.”

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Man Up by Cynthia Miller-Idriss: A bracing, vital intervention against misogyny

Miller-Idriss writes with clarity and urgency, showing how everyday sexism provides the scaffolding for extremism

www.irishtimes.com

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 6d

@milleridriss.bsky.social discusses her book Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism with Krys Boyd on @think.kera.org:

Misogyny drives all types of violence — not just against women - Think

Cynthia Miller-Idriss joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why we need to confront misogyny head on to prevent future acts of violence, and why attackers so often blame women for their hateful beliefs.

think.kera.org

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 6d

thank you Arlene!

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 7d

Honored to share a bit of my grandfather, along w/ the incredible work @perilresearch.bsky.social
doing to safeguard families & communities from online harms, as part of this terrific Einhorn Collaborative Through the Prism series. Such good questions!

einhorncollaborative.org/through-the-...

Through the Prism with Cynthia Miller-Idriss | Einhorn Collaborative

Cynthia Miller-Idriss is a Professor in the School of Public Affairs and in the School of Education at the American University in Washington, DC, where she is the founding director and chief vision of...

einhorncollaborative.org

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 7d

& more. There are so many things to be upset about this week alone, but these gross images of women’s literal containment & erasure can’t be ignored. Shame on these designers.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/s...

Why Can’t Fashion See What It Does to Women?

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 7d

It’s hard not to see parallels between rising misogyny & normalized sexism (“male standards” in the military, “masculine energy” in the corporate sector, so many varieties of “quiet, piggy”) & runways full of women whose faces are covered, physically distorted, bodies restrained & contained
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Paris fashion week images of women with faces distorted by mouth guards or contained by sleeveless clothes

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 7d

Our rights are slipping away. Young women nowadays have less rights than my mother did in the 70’s.
This wasn’t as long ago as you might think.
Women couldn’t even have credit in their own name until 1975. Equal rights for all hurt no one.

#Pinks ##ProudBlue #ERA #BostonMarathon

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PERIL @perilresearch.bsky.social · 8d

@milleridriss.bsky.social discusses with KERA why we need to confront misogyny head on to prevent future acts of violence, and why attackers so often blame women for their hateful beliefs.

Listen here:

Misogyny drives all types of violence — not just against women - Think

Cynthia Miller-Idriss joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why we need to confront misogyny head on to prevent future acts of violence, and why attackers so often blame women for their hateful beliefs.

think.kera.org

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 8d

patriarchy!

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 8d

It’s a lifetime of programming for all of us, women included. It’s hard to recognize water when you’ve been swimming in it your whole life.

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 9d

You & @msentropyrobinhood.bsky.social & so many others have banged this drum before, again and again… still hoping the field will start listening! Thank you.

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 9d

Have a listen to my interview with host Krys Boyd on KERA’s THINK podcast, where we talk about why we need to confront misogyny head on to prevent future acts of violence, and why attackers so often blame women for their hateful beliefs.

think.kera.org/2025/12/16/m...

Misogyny drives all types of violence — not just against women - Think

Cynthia Miller-Idriss joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why we need to confront misogyny head on to prevent future acts of violence, and why attackers so often blame women for their hateful beliefs.

think.kera.org

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 9d

Wow, thank you Chris. 🙏

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 9d

we don’t have anything like this but @drernestocast.bsky.social might have something?

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PERIL @perilresearch.bsky.social · 9d

PERIL's @milleridriss.bsky.social participates in the Healthy Screens Podcast to talk about the intersections of online life and offline violence and how all the dots connect.

Listen here:

Misogyny and the Manosphere Explained//Cynthia Miller-Idriss, PhD

YouTube video by Healthy Screen Habits

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Chris Lilley 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @frostinthepines.bsky.social · 9d

It’s not every book that makes my breath catch in my throat. This is one of those books.

@milleridriss.bsky.social shows how misogyny acts as a catalyst for violence and how patriarchy drives anti-scientific thinking, racism, and conspiracy movements
@princetonupress.bsky.social #manup #patriarchy

Book cover of Man Up: The New Misogyny & the Rise of Violent Extremism by Cynthia Miller-Idriss, published by Metropolitan Books. The design features bold white text on a dark background with orange sparks and flames, evoking urgency and conflict.

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Elmira Bayrasli @elmirab.bsky.social · 10d

"Gender is not a sideshow," writes @milleridriss.bsky.social in this @projectsyndicate.bsky.social piece about how and why authoritarians target women, both as supporters and as enemies.

The Far Right’s Gender Playbook

Cynthia Miller-Idriss highlights how authoritarian movements have made women and LGBTQ+ people central to their political strategies.

www.project-syndicate.org

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 11d

Reasonable leaders know what keeps people safer.

apnews.com/article/aust...

Australia to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre

Australian leaders have promised to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

apnews.com

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Rae Loren @aspwriter85.bsky.social · 11d

You can disable autoplay on many services.

Heres an article explaining how.

www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 12d

Went to sleep horrified at the Brown shooting of college students & woke up to this terrible news from Australia. My heart goes out to the families & to the Jewish community, targeted on the first day of Hanukkah.

A reminder to be careful of autoplay videos & grisly images already circulating.

CNN @cnn.com · 12d

Bondi Beach shooting was a terrorist attack on Australia's Jewish community on the first day of Hanukkah, police say. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/48SoSCq

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CNN @cnn.com · 12d

Bondi Beach shooting was a terrorist attack on Australia's Jewish community on the first day of Hanukkah, police say. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/48SoSCq

BNO News @bnonews.com · 12d

WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 12d

Thinking of all my colleagues and former students now at Brown- stay safe & know we are all sending love and support.

Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 13d

This is absolutely incredible messaging from NY Public Health- shocking tho it is to see trust in the federal government necessarily collapse like this. When the history books tell the story of this era, states, mayors, and community resistance like this will be the heroic part. What a moment.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13d

Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.

The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.

They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.

Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air

Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13d

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