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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · 16d

Randomly caught 60 Minutes tonight, first watch post-Weiss appointment at CBS…

Story 1: Drum beating war with Venezuela

Story 2: Anti-science MAHA “longevity medicine” promo

Story 3: Supernatural mind reader who guessed Joe Rogan’s PIN code

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Geoff Bowser @geoffbowser.bsky.social · 17d

I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · 18d

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · 18d

Modernist beauties in Stamford CT designed by architect Victor H. Bisharat

Round modernist office building in Stamford CT

Side view of round modernist office building in Stamford

Interior of modernist office building featuring skylight

Office building in front of pool in Stamford CT

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · Sep 22

Abortion bans making pregnancy more dangerous, shaming women for using tylenol, making the world more dangerous for babies: this is all pronatalist because pronatalism is about recreating mandatory childbearing, not making childbearing easier.

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · Sep 21

A gender lens remains one of the best ways to understand far right authoritarian regimes. Male order is imposed through a family-like structure, with women subservient and children taught that fear is the price of belonging www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home

Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies

www.theguardian.com

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Sep 7

I loved it

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · Sep 5

During a lightning round at an event tonight, Bari Weiss asked Amy Coney Barrett to describe each of her colleagues with one word.

Answers:

Roberts: Chief
Thomas: Laugh
Alito: Grandfather
Sotomayor: Lively
Kagan: Analytical
Gorsuch: Out West
Kavanaugh: Sports
Jackson: (long pause) Actor … Broadway

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Sep 4

"I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag"....absolutely grim

Toxic masculinity quite literally killing this country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 4

WYDEN: All over the country, scientists and doctors are saying otherwise. They're all wrong too? They're all lying?

RFK Jr: Scientists and doctors are supporting me all over the country. I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag.

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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.social · Aug 24

Okay, for those of you who can't do the scavenger hunt, I'm gonna take you with me via video lol

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Aug 24

Mamdani scavenger hunt is thawing—just slightly—my perennially cold political heart. Community building is hopeful work.

Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Aug 10

Thank you! Although I can’t seem to DM you. Will email you a request for the contact details

Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Aug 10

Thanks for the boost!

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Aug 8

Watched Heightened Scrutiny last night. Excellent doc about the harmful power of the media to shape narratives about trans lives. Highly recommend.

www.heightenedscrutinydoc.com

HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY | 2025 Documentary From Director Sam Feder

New documentary that premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Amid the surge in anti-trans legislation that Chase Strangio battles in the courtroom, he must also fight against media bias, exposin...

www.heightenedscrutinydoc.com

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Aug 7

Highly recommend Chelsea Ebin’s @chelseaebin.bsky.social recent book on the subject. She advances a notion of “prefigurative traditionalism” to counter the idea that conservatives just want to “return to the past”

kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700636990/

The Radical Mind

The Radical Mind is a groundbreaking analysis of the origins of the Christian Right, whose political victories are radically reshaping the landscape of Ameri...

kansaspress.ku.edu

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Aug 4

Very helpful! Thanks

Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Aug 1

I’m looking for advice on good indexers for my book. Has anyone worked with someone recently they would recommend? Book is on fatherhood and race in 20th century APD, so qual poli sci/history pros especially helpful.

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Jul 29

You’re in my thoughts, Jenn. Sending positive energy your way.

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Jul 29

Nominations for the Ann Snitow Prize are due 8/1

Nominate an outstanding #feminist thinker, activist, artist

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Jul 28

Take my money!

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Jul 28

The poster on the wall really sends it for me

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Jul 28

My forthcoming book on fatherhood politics discusses this postcard to highlight how suffrage provoked crisis in patriarchal norms

Anti-suffrage provided a repertoire of discourses for patriarchy’s defenders, including the idea that expanding women’s rights threatened the family

Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · Jul 28

YOU GUYS.

Anti-women’s suffrage postcard depicting a man taking over the domestic duties including washing laundry and taking care of a baby.
Courtesy of the Curt Teich Postcard Archives Digital Collection (Newberry Library), from the Brian L. Bossier Collection, BB342, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/nby_teich/id/288324/rec/1.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Jul 15

If we want men to be less lonely, we should start by socializing them in boyhood to be part of a shared project of care. Give them dolls, toy kitchens, and tea sets. Ask them to help care for younger children. Expect them to clean up after themselves. Let them feel the work and value of care. 1/

Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · Jul 15

When I see people complain about male loneliness, it is so painfully OBVIOUS to me that most of these lonely men are men who feel entitled to a woman who does that labor for them, who acts as their agent enmeshing them into community through unpaid pro-social labor on their behalf.

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Jul 10

There are 6 days left to nominate someone for the Ann Snitow Prize, $12,000 honoring an outstanding #feminist, who combines intellectual or artistic work with creative, generative, effective social justice activism. Find out more: annsnitowprize.com/nominations

Nominations - The Ann Snitow Prize

Calendar and Requirements Nominations for the 2025 Prize will open on May 12, 2025 and will close July 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST. Nominations are submitted via email and should include the following:• ...

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Howell Williams @hhowell.bsky.social · Jul 10

so "where they are" is freighted by deeply moralized (and racialized) notions of manliness. "toughness" as proxy for intelligence or ability (a la Hegseth).

the line between "boys are just misunderstood" and bro culture seems razor thin to me.

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