Christina Wolbrecht
@cwolbrecht.bsky.social
Political scientist @ Notre Dame. Gender, parties, suffrage, role models. New: See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People. https://bookshop.org/p/books/see-jane-run-how-women-politicians-matter-for-young-people-david-e-campbell/21729443
just brutal
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
just brutal
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*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps
in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a
large retail ...
www.aeaweb.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
OK, time to grovel on social media for basic research help: If I wanted to make claims about the ideological positioning of political parties in different countries, what would be a good straight-forward source? I know about the Manifesto Project, but was hoping for a simple searchable summary.
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
OK, time to grovel on social media for basic research help: If I wanted to make claims about the ideological positioning of political parties in different countries, what would be a good straight-forward source? I know about the Manifesto Project, but was hoping for a simple searchable summary.
Duverger would like a word.
"The best way to solve these problems is to leave the Democrats behind!"
"No, you can solve these problems more effectively by taking over the Democrats"
"LOOK AT WHO LOVES THE DEMOCRATS!"
"No, you can solve these problems more effectively by taking over the Democrats"
"LOOK AT WHO LOVES THE DEMOCRATS!"
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Duverger would like a word.
Lake effect snow doesn’t care if it’s still Fall.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Lake effect snow doesn’t care if it’s still Fall.
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Bartels did a study 20+ years ago looking at how much a member of Congress' record coincided with their constituents' views, broken down by income. MCs are a lot more responsive to their wealthier constituents. Think about whom SNAP and flight delays affect. www.russellsage.org/sites/defaul...
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Bartels did a study 20+ years ago looking at how much a member of Congress' record coincided with their constituents' views, broken down by income. MCs are a lot more responsive to their wealthier constituents. Think about whom SNAP and flight delays affect. www.russellsage.org/sites/defaul...
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Give Rosalind Franklin a tenth of the advantages he had and she’d be recognized as the “discoverer” of DNA. As it was, he and his colleagues had to use her (stolen!) notes to get there.
James Watson died yesterday. He was a bad man with many bad ideas. We owe a debt of gratitude to the unknown hero who uploaded this picture of him to Wikipedia.
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Give Rosalind Franklin a tenth of the advantages he had and she’d be recognized as the “discoverer” of DNA. As it was, he and his colleagues had to use her (stolen!) notes to get there.
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@jonilo.bsky.social @politicalquarterly.bsky.social what would it take for a women to become President of the United States? A series of unlikely events. doi.org/10.1111/1467...
What Will it Take for a Woman to Become President of the United States?
In this article we consider what it will take for a woman to be elected President of the United States. We examine the available data from the 2024 election, in comparison to previous elections; we i....
doi.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
@jonilo.bsky.social @politicalquarterly.bsky.social what would it take for a women to become President of the United States? A series of unlikely events. doi.org/10.1111/1467...
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Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
Role models gonna role model.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Role models gonna role model.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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A woman ruined my workplace
By Caravaggio (c. 1602)
By Caravaggio (c. 1602)
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A woman ruined my workplace
By Caravaggio (c. 1602)
By Caravaggio (c. 1602)
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❇️A DOUTHAT SYLLABUS❇️
I'm serious about this being a great pedagogical tool! I'm going to suggest some companion pieces and discussion topics, but would love my colleagues to add other suggestions and dimensions raised by this peice.
I'm serious about this being a great pedagogical tool! I'm going to suggest some companion pieces and discussion topics, but would love my colleagues to add other suggestions and dimensions raised by this peice.
Honestly grateful to Douthat for this accessible distillation of this point of view. Going to be a great teaching tool that generates lots of conversation.
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
❇️A DOUTHAT SYLLABUS❇️
I'm serious about this being a great pedagogical tool! I'm going to suggest some companion pieces and discussion topics, but would love my colleagues to add other suggestions and dimensions raised by this peice.
I'm serious about this being a great pedagogical tool! I'm going to suggest some companion pieces and discussion topics, but would love my colleagues to add other suggestions and dimensions raised by this peice.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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When Nancy Pelosi stepped down as Speaker I was asked to evaluate her time as leader, which was really exciting until the scope and scale of that task began to settle in. Put simply, she is among the greatest speakers in House history. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi: A Master of the House
This article analyzes the record of Nancy Pelosi’s four terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives. It evaluates her performance through three main lenses: as a party leader, institutional leade...
www.degruyterbrill.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
When Nancy Pelosi stepped down as Speaker I was asked to evaluate her time as leader, which was really exciting until the scope and scale of that task began to settle in. Put simply, she is among the greatest speakers in House history. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
🧵The gender views Douthat is platforming are widespread on the right, y'all. 1/X
Reporting this story, I heard near universal concern from Heritage staff of discrimination against unmarried women.
Then I obtained a letter to the Heritage board from anonymous staffers that alleged the same thing — and more.
Heritage is aware that alleged behavior could create legal trouble.
Then I obtained a letter to the Heritage board from anonymous staffers that alleged the same thing — and more.
Heritage is aware that alleged behavior could create legal trouble.
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🧵The gender views Douthat is platforming are widespread on the right, y'all. 1/X
I cried watching this live. Thank you, Madame Speaker.
www.nbcnews.com/video/george...
www.nbcnews.com/video/george...
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I cried watching this live. Thank you, Madame Speaker.
www.nbcnews.com/video/george...
www.nbcnews.com/video/george...
❇️A DOUTHAT SYLLABUS❇️
I'm serious about this being a great pedagogical tool! I'm going to suggest some companion pieces and discussion topics, but would love my colleagues to add other suggestions and dimensions raised by this peice.
I'm serious about this being a great pedagogical tool! I'm going to suggest some companion pieces and discussion topics, but would love my colleagues to add other suggestions and dimensions raised by this peice.
Honestly grateful to Douthat for this accessible distillation of this point of view. Going to be a great teaching tool that generates lots of conversation.
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
❇️A DOUTHAT SYLLABUS❇️
I'm serious about this being a great pedagogical tool! I'm going to suggest some companion pieces and discussion topics, but would love my colleagues to add other suggestions and dimensions raised by this peice.
I'm serious about this being a great pedagogical tool! I'm going to suggest some companion pieces and discussion topics, but would love my colleagues to add other suggestions and dimensions raised by this peice.
Honestly grateful to Douthat for this accessible distillation of this point of view. Going to be a great teaching tool that generates lots of conversation.
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Honestly grateful to Douthat for this accessible distillation of this point of view. Going to be a great teaching tool that generates lots of conversation.
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Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
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New: Women candidates, running on affordability, powered many of Dems’ big wins last night. Aside from the VA and NJ gov races, women made up a large % of those who flipped VA House seats + set a record for women’s representation in that chamber 19thnews.org/2025/11/demo...
Women running on affordability powered Democrats’ night of victories
Democratic women proved effective messengers in an election focused on the rising cost of living and the effects of Trump’s second term.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
New: Women candidates, running on affordability, powered many of Dems’ big wins last night. Aside from the VA and NJ gov races, women made up a large % of those who flipped VA House seats + set a record for women’s representation in that chamber 19thnews.org/2025/11/demo...