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
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it's like the FIFA Peace Prize means nothing anymore
January 3, 2026 at 2:47 PM
it's like the FIFA Peace Prize means nothing anymore
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Cowburn & Conroy test their novel theory of asymmetric partisan opportunity for women in primary elections. They are less likely to win highly competitive Democratic primaries. In Republican primaries, women are least likely to win in more conservative districts.
Full article: shorturl.at/lVJVD
Full article: shorturl.at/lVJVD
January 2, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Cowburn & Conroy test their novel theory of asymmetric partisan opportunity for women in primary elections. They are less likely to win highly competitive Democratic primaries. In Republican primaries, women are least likely to win in more conservative districts.
Full article: shorturl.at/lVJVD
Full article: shorturl.at/lVJVD
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This is not a small thing, and it’s not just run of the mill misogyny - there is a war on women’s humanity and I’m fucking exhausted of people not treating it like the emergency it is
January 3, 2026 at 3:35 AM
This is not a small thing, and it’s not just run of the mill misogyny - there is a war on women’s humanity and I’m fucking exhausted of people not treating it like the emergency it is
Post a picture of your PhD graduation day
January 2, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Post a picture of your PhD graduation day
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I agree with Never Trumpers on a lot, but split hard on this: I do not think the Democratic Party needs to convince swing voters that Democratic candidates aren't too liberal. I think the party needs to convince swing voters that they themselves are actually quite liberal. They just won't admit it.
December 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I agree with Never Trumpers on a lot, but split hard on this: I do not think the Democratic Party needs to convince swing voters that Democratic candidates aren't too liberal. I think the party needs to convince swing voters that they themselves are actually quite liberal. They just won't admit it.
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This book is brilliant! I use it in a couple of my classes.
My gorgeous girl really deserves more attention. If more people understood what she teaches about know-your-place aggression, more “good” and “decent “ white people would realize it’s way past time for them to work deliberately to make society good and decent.
December 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This book is brilliant! I use it in a couple of my classes.
All these years, and I have never figured out how to stop writing Merry Christina! on about half of our holiday cards.
December 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
All these years, and I have never figured out how to stop writing Merry Christina! on about half of our holiday cards.
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An honor to talk to Nia-Malika Henderson @opinion.bloomberg.com about my recent book www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
‘Backlash Presidents’ Are Not Inevitable
As Trump openly calls Somali-Americans garbage and prioritizes White South Africans for refugee status, the racial component of Trump policies can’t be ignored. In “Backlash Presidents: From Transform...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
An honor to talk to Nia-Malika Henderson @opinion.bloomberg.com about my recent book www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The thing is, you can have a complicated relationship with your faith tradition and still believe, with your whole heart, that you keep your tree up until Epiphany and not a day later.
December 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The thing is, you can have a complicated relationship with your faith tradition and still believe, with your whole heart, that you keep your tree up until Epiphany and not a day later.
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Make no mistake, this is competitive authoritarianism. The regime is using the power of the state to coerce the press away from critical coverage. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
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December 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Make no mistake, this is competitive authoritarianism. The regime is using the power of the state to coerce the press away from critical coverage. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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This @peterbakernyt.bsky.social paragraph is a perfect summary of our descent into authoritarianism.
He’s not even editorializing. He’s just reporting what’s happened, and what we’ve become numb to. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
He’s not even editorializing. He’s just reporting what’s happened, and what we’ve become numb to. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
December 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This @peterbakernyt.bsky.social paragraph is a perfect summary of our descent into authoritarianism.
He’s not even editorializing. He’s just reporting what’s happened, and what we’ve become numb to. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
He’s not even editorializing. He’s just reporting what’s happened, and what we’ve become numb to. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
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Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
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As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
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Excited that "Race, Gender, and Nascent Political Ambition" is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social. W/ survey of white, Hispanic, and Black American respondents, we show primary gap in nascent political ambition is not between men and women but between white men and the majority of the polity.
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Excited that "Race, Gender, and Nascent Political Ambition" is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social. W/ survey of white, Hispanic, and Black American respondents, we show primary gap in nascent political ambition is not between men and women but between white men and the majority of the polity.
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Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
White nationalism is incompatible with the gospel and whatnot
Violets are blue,
White nationalism is incompatible with the gospel and whatnot
December 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
White nationalism is incompatible with the gospel and whatnot
Violets are blue,
White nationalism is incompatible with the gospel and whatnot
I did not think you could make O'Hare worse, but once again, this administration triumphs.
Border patrol under command of Greg Bovino running a checkpoint at the exit to the Uber lot at O’Hare airport in Chicago, asking drivers for proof of valid residency in this country
December 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I did not think you could make O'Hare worse, but once again, this administration triumphs.
I had the privilege of reading this book early and it's SO GOOD, everybody. Critical for folks interested in voting rights, representation, APD, and a keen understanding what happens in legislatures when democracy is hollowed out from within.
"... reshapes our understanding of southern politics, democratic backsliding, and American political development."
Stolen Representation by Michael P. Olson, Coming Soon
Explore the first title in the Cambridge Studies in American Legislatures series
#LawSky #BookSky 🗺️ 🗃️
https://cup.org/46veCij
Stolen Representation by Michael P. Olson, Coming Soon
Explore the first title in the Cambridge Studies in American Legislatures series
#LawSky #BookSky 🗺️ 🗃️
https://cup.org/46veCij
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I had the privilege of reading this book early and it's SO GOOD, everybody. Critical for folks interested in voting rights, representation, APD, and a keen understanding what happens in legislatures when democracy is hollowed out from within.
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Change in employment since Trump took office, by sector. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
December 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Change in employment since Trump took office, by sector. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Striking graph in @ronbrownstein.bsky.social column www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat... - causes are complex but multi-member districts are a great way to address this issue as well as the zero-sum politics it helps foster
December 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Striking graph in @ronbrownstein.bsky.social column www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat... - causes are complex but multi-member districts are a great way to address this issue as well as the zero-sum politics it helps foster
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I’m hiring a predoctoral fellow for the 2026-2027 AY with possibility of a second year. This is a great position for someone interested in pursuing a Ph.D. or who wants more hands-on experience doing research. Please apply/share! Happy to answer questions!
tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...
tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...
CSAP Predoc: Polarization and Inequality in the U.S. Criminal Legal System
tobin.yale.edu
December 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I’m hiring a predoctoral fellow for the 2026-2027 AY with possibility of a second year. This is a great position for someone interested in pursuing a Ph.D. or who wants more hands-on experience doing research. Please apply/share! Happy to answer questions!
tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...
tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...
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White men—30% of US population!!—are CEOs at 72% of Fortune 500 companies, direct 83% of the movies made in the US, serve as 70% of US Senators, & on & on.
Their representation in key industries is at least double what their share of the pop predicts but it’s still not enough for them!
Their representation in key industries is at least double what their share of the pop predicts but it’s still not enough for them!
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
White men—30% of US population!!—are CEOs at 72% of Fortune 500 companies, direct 83% of the movies made in the US, serve as 70% of US Senators, & on & on.
Their representation in key industries is at least double what their share of the pop predicts but it’s still not enough for them!
Their representation in key industries is at least double what their share of the pop predicts but it’s still not enough for them!
I know what I would do.
December 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I know what I would do.
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July 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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72 percent of full-time faculty were white in fall 2022 at US degree granting postsecondary institutions.
December 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
72 percent of full-time faculty were white in fall 2022 at US degree granting postsecondary institutions.