JJ West
@jjwest.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @ American University
Senior Researcher @ PERIL
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Opinions are my own
My dog’s name is Tofu
Senior Researcher @ PERIL
🏳️🌈
Opinions are my own
My dog’s name is Tofu
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It’s pub day! Thank you @princetonupress.bsky.social for this amazing animated announcement 🔥
From a renowned extremism expert, Man Up shows how misogyny drives mass violence, offering strategies that we all—including parents, teachers, counselors—can use to quell this rising tide. @milleridriss.bsky.social
Out now. Learn more about this important book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Out now. Learn more about this important book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
September 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It’s pub day! Thank you @princetonupress.bsky.social for this amazing animated announcement 🔥
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This immediately sprang to mind when I heard the news (for obvious reasons given my recent book). I think Gamergate will be studied by historians (assuming we have any of those left in the future) as not just an inflection point, but a flashing red warning sign that people didn't want to see.
In 2014, Anita Sarkeesian canceled an event at Utah State after a credible assassination threat because the school’s response was that Utah allows guns on college campuses.
People have warned about this kind of violence for years. But they weren’t the people the powers at be wanted to protect.
People have warned about this kind of violence for years. But they weren’t the people the powers at be wanted to protect.
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This immediately sprang to mind when I heard the news (for obvious reasons given my recent book). I think Gamergate will be studied by historians (assuming we have any of those left in the future) as not just an inflection point, but a flashing red warning sign that people didn't want to see.
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Per tradition, our Blog’s on hols for August, so we’re counting down the most read posts of 2024-25.
At No.4, @joshuabowes.bsky.social & @jjwest.bsky.social’s ‘The Trump Manosphere’ on reactionary male supremacy, misogyny, & accelerationist violence.
➡️ Read it at: voxpol.eu/the-trump-ma...
At No.4, @joshuabowes.bsky.social & @jjwest.bsky.social’s ‘The Trump Manosphere’ on reactionary male supremacy, misogyny, & accelerationist violence.
➡️ Read it at: voxpol.eu/the-trump-ma...
The Trump Manosphere: Reactionary Male Supremacy, Misogyny and Accelerationist Violence in the Post-Election Era - VOX - Pol
By Joshua Bowes and Jennifer West Introduction In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, social media was replete with reactionary misogynistic hate and v...
voxpol.eu
August 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Per tradition, our Blog’s on hols for August, so we’re counting down the most read posts of 2024-25.
At No.4, @joshuabowes.bsky.social & @jjwest.bsky.social’s ‘The Trump Manosphere’ on reactionary male supremacy, misogyny, & accelerationist violence.
➡️ Read it at: voxpol.eu/the-trump-ma...
At No.4, @joshuabowes.bsky.social & @jjwest.bsky.social’s ‘The Trump Manosphere’ on reactionary male supremacy, misogyny, & accelerationist violence.
➡️ Read it at: voxpol.eu/the-trump-ma...
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Another officer says, “They’re starting to resist more now,” to which an officer replies: “We’re going to end up shooting some of them.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Another officer says, “They’re starting to resist more now,” to which an officer replies: “We’re going to end up shooting some of them.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Sitting US Senator Alex Padilla forcibly wrestled to the ground and arrested by the FBI for attempting to ask a question of DHS secretary Kristin Noem.
June 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Sitting US Senator Alex Padilla forcibly wrestled to the ground and arrested by the FBI for attempting to ask a question of DHS secretary Kristin Noem.
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Whew, what a read
THREAD
This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
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This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
1/31
May 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Whew, what a read
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Trump Gloats Over Passage of Bill That Will Kick Millions Off Medicaid, Food Aid
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Gloats Over Passage of Bill That Will Kick Millions Off Medicaid, Food Aid
The House of Representatives passed Trump's "One Big Beautiful" reconciliation budget that will likely kick millions off programs like Medicaid.
www.rollingstone.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Trump Gloats Over Passage of Bill That Will Kick Millions Off Medicaid, Food Aid
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Laura Loomer is the weirdest person in politics right now. She isn't even a stopped clock anymore, she's a clock that's flashing random numbers and about half of them are right and the other half are unbelievably racist and all of them are insane
May 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Laura Loomer is the weirdest person in politics right now. She isn't even a stopped clock anymore, she's a clock that's flashing random numbers and about half of them are right and the other half are unbelievably racist and all of them are insane
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if i understand my LGBTQ history, i believe queer people love having their bars raided on flimsy pretexts
“Officers reportedly ordered performers and all 133 patrons to wait outside while they conducted what they called a ‘compliance check.’ “
Everything old is new again. History repeats itself. Etc.
Everything old is new again. History repeats itself. Etc.
Police Raid a Pittsburgh Gay Bar, Then Reportedly Ask for Photos With Amanda Lepore
Officers reportedly ordered performers and all 133 patrons to wait outside while they conducted what they called a “compliance check.”
www.them.us
May 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
if i understand my LGBTQ history, i believe queer people love having their bars raided on flimsy pretexts
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If only there was a book about this 🤔
While the women behind "womanosphere" outlets all have different styles and tactics, they are mostly aligned in their desire to return to a gender-essentialist worldview: women as submissive homemakers, men as strong providers.
Now comes the ‘womanosphere’: the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin, fertile and Republican
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
If only there was a book about this 🤔
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This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
April 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
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An innocent man who committed no crime but is the same race as the person who murdered your daughter should have to spend the rest of his life in a concentration camp is the argument?
April 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
An innocent man who committed no crime but is the same race as the person who murdered your daughter should have to spend the rest of his life in a concentration camp is the argument?
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Put up or shut up time for the Supreme Court
April 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Put up or shut up time for the Supreme Court
We don’t need a left-wing Joe Rogan, but we do need a Jimmy Buffett of the winter time
April 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We don’t need a left-wing Joe Rogan, but we do need a Jimmy Buffett of the winter time
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yeah there's a direct through line between this ruling and anyone who bought that hogwart's game that trans people got screamed at for suggesting we boycott
JKR funded the campaign group behind all this btw. This is why we beg you to stop engaging with Harry Potter media.
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.
April 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
yeah there's a direct through line between this ruling and anyone who bought that hogwart's game that trans people got screamed at for suggesting we boycott
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if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
April 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
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“Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just disappeared.”
Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S.
MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S.
MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
April 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
“Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just disappeared.”
Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S.
MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S.
MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
My Dutch-American family and their greenhouses:
I see a lot of you are worried about your stocks so I’m glad I invested all my money in the one asset that will NEVER decline in value: tulips
April 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My Dutch-American family and their greenhouses:
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a world without trans people has never existed and never will
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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The massacre of 15 emergency and paramedics in Rafah is one of the worst incidents I can remember and I have yet to see any serious response.
"Those responsible must be held accountable" said Foreign Secretary David Lammy. What are you doing for this to happen? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
"Those responsible must be held accountable" said Foreign Secretary David Lammy. What are you doing for this to happen? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Evidence of ‘execution-style’ killings of Palestinian aid workers by Israeli forces, doctor says
Forensic consultant says multiple bullets were used from short range in attack that has caused global outrage
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The massacre of 15 emergency and paramedics in Rafah is one of the worst incidents I can remember and I have yet to see any serious response.
"Those responsible must be held accountable" said Foreign Secretary David Lammy. What are you doing for this to happen? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
"Those responsible must be held accountable" said Foreign Secretary David Lammy. What are you doing for this to happen? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥