Julie Novkov

@jnovkov.bsky.social

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Academic (poli sci, law, and US political development), administrator, gymnastics fan, resident of upstate New York. Go Great Danes! Views expressed here are solely my personal opinions. Born at 321 PPM CO2. #polisky #skystorians .. more

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Julie Novkov is an American political scientist, currently a professor of political science and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. She studies the history of American law, American political development, and subordinated identities, with a focus on how laws are used for social control while also being affected by social reform movements. .. more

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Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Peter Thorne, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 9 more Lisa W. Fazio, Peter Thorne, Gavin A. Schmidt, Ian Campbell, Alan Richardson, Andrew L. Whitehead, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Erol Akçay, Jennifer A. Johnson, Julie Novkov, David Stott, Anne Hilborn

Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 4h

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.

The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.

The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.

Why?

It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 14h

I feel like the next El Niño isn't going to go well.

Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 1d

NAIGC is doing this now.

Reposted by Mirya R. Holman, Julie Novkov

Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 1d

Last week @runforsomething.net helped elect a socialist in Atlanta, a former Republican in rural PA & at least 122 others, (including 35 red to blue flips). We’ve been building the big tent - tight on values, flexible on policy, and most importantly, centered on community.

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Caroline T. Schroeder, Alan E. Bayer , and 2 more Kim L. Scheppele, Caroline T. Schroeder, Alan E. Bayer, Julie Novkov, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 1d

A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it

Wow

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench

A judge explains his reasons for resigning.

www.theatlantic.com

Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic! We are doing mostly vegan Thanksgiving, so I'll add this to the menu (BTW, if you have vegans, we've found that we prefer pumpkin pie made with coconut cream. It's really, really good.)

Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 1d

That really was a great read.

Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, they are. "A rising midlife first marriage rate aligns with the notion that Americans are delaying marriage entry, pushing it back to later ages as they labor to achieve the economic stability perceived as a prerequisite for marriage." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The Rising Midlife First Marriage Rate in the U.S

This study documented change in the midlife first marriage rate for U.S. adults aged 40-59 between 1990 and 2019 and assessed the sociodemographic correlates of midlife first marriage formation for today’s women and men. Median ages at first ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Reposted by Stacie B. Dusetzina, Julie Novkov, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:

“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”

Reposted by Elizabeth Sharrow

Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 1d

This is really good.

Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 2d

For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...

Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.

"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."

www.teenvogue.com

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 1d

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 2d

They had to look really hard to find that rake and step on it. I am impressed.

Reposted by Elizabeth Sharrow, Bonnie Honig, Ann Bartow , and 3 more Elizabeth Sharrow, Bonnie Honig, Ann Bartow, Eric C. Schwarz, Julie Novkov, Kristina McElheran

Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 2d

Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.

"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."

www.teenvogue.com

Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 2d

I think it will have an insidious and corrosive effect on academic publishing if people turn to it en masse to write peer reviews. Good, thoughtful peer review can make a decent article draft into a truly pathbreaking contribution to the field.

Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 2d

This is so horrible.