Aarushi Bhandari
@sushiaarushi.bsky.social
Asst. Professor of Sociology at Davidson College. Pop culture enthusiast. 🍉
Author of Attention and Alienation: The International Political Economy of ICTs - forthcoming with Columbia U Press.
Author of Attention and Alienation: The International Political Economy of ICTs - forthcoming with Columbia U Press.
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🚨‼️🔔 Just received this @columbiaup.bsky.social my book is now a REAL! I can’t believe I did it — a daughter of child brides from Nepal. Breaking generational constraints, I share all my wisdom with the annals of history.
I hope it’s moving and healing. 💕
Preorder cup.columbia.edu/book/attenti...
I hope it’s moving and healing. 💕
Preorder cup.columbia.edu/book/attenti...
Book tour dates! DM for interest! 😁
October 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Book tour dates! DM for interest! 😁
I know there is like nobody on this app but ftr being a Nepali in the US feels like mild schizophrenia. Separate group chats blowing up over Nepali revolution 2.0 and Charlie Kirk. The human mind is not designed to respond to so many group chats about separate world historical events simultaneously.
September 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I know there is like nobody on this app but ftr being a Nepali in the US feels like mild schizophrenia. Separate group chats blowing up over Nepali revolution 2.0 and Charlie Kirk. The human mind is not designed to respond to so many group chats about separate world historical events simultaneously.
Nepali millennials living through: revolution at 15, fascism at 25, pandemic at 30, genocide at 33, more extreme fascism at 34, a second revolution at 35.
Therapy will never be enough, we need utopia.
Therapy will never be enough, we need utopia.
September 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Nepali millennials living through: revolution at 15, fascism at 25, pandemic at 30, genocide at 33, more extreme fascism at 34, a second revolution at 35.
Therapy will never be enough, we need utopia.
Therapy will never be enough, we need utopia.
I am looking for outlets to write about the Nepal protests, please send any leads my way.
September 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I am looking for outlets to write about the Nepal protests, please send any leads my way.
My local bookstore is so cute. 🥺
August 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
My local bookstore is so cute. 🥺
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Now available! A bold and incisive critical analysis, ATTENTION AND ALIENATION considers how to reclaim the potential of the internet and design new systems that prioritize collective well-being. buff.ly/l0Jo65N #SocialMedia #AttentionEconomy #Nepal #Marx
August 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Now available! A bold and incisive critical analysis, ATTENTION AND ALIENATION considers how to reclaim the potential of the internet and design new systems that prioritize collective well-being. buff.ly/l0Jo65N #SocialMedia #AttentionEconomy #Nepal #Marx
Tomorrow, I turn 35. I have spent 34 years — in my academic work and my personal goals — dedicated to unlocking the keys to collective flourishing. Want to know only two things I have found to be True?
1. Noone has “the” answer.
2. Flourshing and capitalism cannot coexist.
1. Noone has “the” answer.
2. Flourshing and capitalism cannot coexist.
August 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Tomorrow, I turn 35. I have spent 34 years — in my academic work and my personal goals — dedicated to unlocking the keys to collective flourishing. Want to know only two things I have found to be True?
1. Noone has “the” answer.
2. Flourshing and capitalism cannot coexist.
1. Noone has “the” answer.
2. Flourshing and capitalism cannot coexist.
“No more floating hot takes” she said, and then went on to post several floating hot takes.
July 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“No more floating hot takes” she said, and then went on to post several floating hot takes.
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Is there hope for the internet? ASA member Aarushi Bhandari @sushiaarushi.bsky.social @davidsoncollege.bsky.social questions whether compassion, cooperation, and collective flourishing are still possible.
Is there any hope for the internet?
The author of the new book ‘Attention and Alienation’ wonders if the online world can ever become a place where kindness and human flourishing are the prevailing ethos.
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July 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Is there hope for the internet? ASA member Aarushi Bhandari @sushiaarushi.bsky.social @davidsoncollege.bsky.social questions whether compassion, cooperation, and collective flourishing are still possible.
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The ability to meet and interact with others online as fully realized, three-dimensional human beings would go a long way toward creating a more empathetic, cooperative internet, according to sociologist @sushiaarushi.bsky.social
Is there any hope for the internet?
The author of the new book ‘Attention and Alienation’ wonders if the online world can ever become a place where kindness and human flourishing are the prevailing ethos.
theconversation.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The ability to meet and interact with others online as fully realized, three-dimensional human beings would go a long way toward creating a more empathetic, cooperative internet, according to sociologist @sushiaarushi.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani won in a rare W for us utopians. Maybe the only day of I told you so in our life times, but we got one and we better parade it fast.
June 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Zohran Mamdani won in a rare W for us utopians. Maybe the only day of I told you so in our life times, but we got one and we better parade it fast.
Having an out of body experience seeing my book at the local bookstore. And they wrote a little blurb for it! 🥹
June 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Having an out of body experience seeing my book at the local bookstore. And they wrote a little blurb for it! 🥹
I appeared on The Colin McEnroe show to discuss the political economy of meme culture vis-a-vis Handbag dupes. For more great takes on trauma, rage, class consciousness and collective behavior, you can read by book Attention and Alienation! :)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
From totes to Birkins, handbags hold the keys to the world (along with your wallet and phone)
Podcast Episode · The Colin McEnroe Show · 06/04/2025 · 49m
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June 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I appeared on The Colin McEnroe show to discuss the political economy of meme culture vis-a-vis Handbag dupes. For more great takes on trauma, rage, class consciousness and collective behavior, you can read by book Attention and Alienation! :)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Feeling sad about Twitter takeover. My book would have generated much buzz there; here on Bluesky, I am talking to myself. Academic Twitter used to be funny, quirky and relatable while boosting visibility for us junior scholars. It should have been a public good. Damn you, Telecom Act of 1996. 😭
June 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Feeling sad about Twitter takeover. My book would have generated much buzz there; here on Bluesky, I am talking to myself. Academic Twitter used to be funny, quirky and relatable while boosting visibility for us junior scholars. It should have been a public good. Damn you, Telecom Act of 1996. 😭
🚨‼️🔔 Just received this @columbiaup.bsky.social my book is now a REAL! I can’t believe I did it — a daughter of child brides from Nepal. Breaking generational constraints, I share all my wisdom with the annals of history.
I hope it’s moving and healing. 💕
Preorder cup.columbia.edu/book/attenti...
I hope it’s moving and healing. 💕
Preorder cup.columbia.edu/book/attenti...
May 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🚨‼️🔔 Just received this @columbiaup.bsky.social my book is now a REAL! I can’t believe I did it — a daughter of child brides from Nepal. Breaking generational constraints, I share all my wisdom with the annals of history.
I hope it’s moving and healing. 💕
Preorder cup.columbia.edu/book/attenti...
I hope it’s moving and healing. 💕
Preorder cup.columbia.edu/book/attenti...
Reposted by Aarushi Bhandari
ASA members in the news are exploring subjects ranging from attacks on higher ed to grandparenting to Birkin bags.
How are elite handbags, DIY lawyering, & dishwasher debates all sociological? From the Walmart “Birkin” to grandparents parenting, Sociologists in the news weigh in: @musaalgharbi.bsky.social, @sushiaarushi.bsky.social, Michelle Janning, Madonna Harrington Meyer, & more!
🔗 bit.ly/4iokhdJ 🔗
🔗 bit.ly/4iokhdJ 🔗
April 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
ASA members in the news are exploring subjects ranging from attacks on higher ed to grandparenting to Birkin bags.
Really amazing slide from students in my Sociology of the Good Place class.
April 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Really amazing slide from students in my Sociology of the Good Place class.
Reposted by Aarushi Bhandari
How are elite handbags, DIY lawyering, & dishwasher debates all sociological? From the Walmart “Birkin” to grandparents parenting, Sociologists in the news weigh in: @musaalgharbi.bsky.social, @sushiaarushi.bsky.social, Michelle Janning, Madonna Harrington Meyer, & more!
🔗 bit.ly/4iokhdJ 🔗
🔗 bit.ly/4iokhdJ 🔗
April 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
How are elite handbags, DIY lawyering, & dishwasher debates all sociological? From the Walmart “Birkin” to grandparents parenting, Sociologists in the news weigh in: @musaalgharbi.bsky.social, @sushiaarushi.bsky.social, Michelle Janning, Madonna Harrington Meyer, & more!
🔗 bit.ly/4iokhdJ 🔗
🔗 bit.ly/4iokhdJ 🔗
Good morning academic and sociology friends. My first book Attention and Alienation is coming out on July 1 with @columbiaup.bsky.social. I am looking for speaking opportunities for Fall 2025, and would really appreciate a wide share. Please DM me if you are interested!
April 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Good morning academic and sociology friends. My first book Attention and Alienation is coming out on July 1 with @columbiaup.bsky.social. I am looking for speaking opportunities for Fall 2025, and would really appreciate a wide share. Please DM me if you are interested!
I am really thrilled, humbled and awed to share that I have received an NSF: CAREER award for my Sociology project synthesizing social psychology and political economy around digital mindfulness apps. This work feels like my life’s purpose, and I am so grateful to have the support to complete it.
March 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I am really thrilled, humbled and awed to share that I have received an NSF: CAREER award for my Sociology project synthesizing social psychology and political economy around digital mindfulness apps. This work feels like my life’s purpose, and I am so grateful to have the support to complete it.
Never thought I would say these next words but I wish I had seen the Oscars last night. From the standing ovation to the acceptance speeches, I have chills. 😭
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'No Other Land' Wins Best Documentary Feature Film | 97th Oscars Speech (2025)
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March 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Never thought I would say these next words but I wish I had seen the Oscars last night. From the standing ovation to the acceptance speeches, I have chills. 😭
youtu.be/3gzo7PiFiaM?...
youtu.be/3gzo7PiFiaM?...
The library representative helping my advanced quant class with lit reviews just said “JSTOR is the TJMaxx of academic research.” Genius framing.
February 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The library representative helping my advanced quant class with lit reviews just said “JSTOR is the TJMaxx of academic research.” Genius framing.
*into the void once agian* free to use means you are the product. This app will almost certainly teach you anxiety it’s not even a joke. 💯
February 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
*into the void once agian* free to use means you are the product. This app will almost certainly teach you anxiety it’s not even a joke. 💯
🙋🏽♀️ Attention and Alienation provides a blueprint for utopian visions of digital technologies.
who has written something good about the potential uses of digital technologies in a post-capitalist world, from a perspective that is critical of FALC/accelerationism-style tech-optimism yet also does not reject that digital technologies might come in handy under communism?
February 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🙋🏽♀️ Attention and Alienation provides a blueprint for utopian visions of digital technologies.