Abbey Heffer
@abbeyheffer.bsky.social
she/sie/她
The Open Bookshelf on TT, IG and "X".
China specialist, feminist, & political scientist in training.
(Trying to)✍️a PhD in authoritarian policy-making.
The Open Bookshelf on TT, IG and "X".
China specialist, feminist, & political scientist in training.
(Trying to)✍️a PhD in authoritarian policy-making.
I've started a Substack where "translate" political science concepts and theories. I also lean heavy on reading recommendations.
My latest newsletter is a 3-minute read defining "fascism", a word that modern fascists unironically reject.
#politicalscience #science
open.substack.com/pub/theopenb...
My latest newsletter is a 3-minute read defining "fascism", a word that modern fascists unironically reject.
#politicalscience #science
open.substack.com/pub/theopenb...
January 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I've started a Substack where "translate" political science concepts and theories. I also lean heavy on reading recommendations.
My latest newsletter is a 3-minute read defining "fascism", a word that modern fascists unironically reject.
#politicalscience #science
open.substack.com/pub/theopenb...
My latest newsletter is a 3-minute read defining "fascism", a word that modern fascists unironically reject.
#politicalscience #science
open.substack.com/pub/theopenb...
Eight Questionably-Fun Facts about women's health and legal rights since I was born (nearly) 33 years ago.
Here's the image and the first "fun" fact, can you guess the rest based on this?
In my lifetime, women in the UK have had to fight:
1. For marital rape to be counted as a crime.
Here's the image and the first "fun" fact, can you guess the rest based on this?
In my lifetime, women in the UK have had to fight:
1. For marital rape to be counted as a crime.
December 3, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Eight Questionably-Fun Facts about women's health and legal rights since I was born (nearly) 33 years ago.
Here's the image and the first "fun" fact, can you guess the rest based on this?
In my lifetime, women in the UK have had to fight:
1. For marital rape to be counted as a crime.
Here's the image and the first "fun" fact, can you guess the rest based on this?
In my lifetime, women in the UK have had to fight:
1. For marital rape to be counted as a crime.
Who should I be following on here?
I care about holding people in public office accountable, protest rights, freedom of information and how authoritarianism functions within otherwise-democratic regimes.
Hit me with the recommendations.
I care about holding people in public office accountable, protest rights, freedom of information and how authoritarianism functions within otherwise-democratic regimes.
Hit me with the recommendations.
November 21, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Who should I be following on here?
I care about holding people in public office accountable, protest rights, freedom of information and how authoritarianism functions within otherwise-democratic regimes.
Hit me with the recommendations.
I care about holding people in public office accountable, protest rights, freedom of information and how authoritarianism functions within otherwise-democratic regimes.
Hit me with the recommendations.
Got quoted in the @FT today saying it's not easy to be a local government official in China right now.
www.ft.com/content/f197...
www.ft.com/content/f197...
China’s zombie car plant problem
The terminal decline of factories devoted to the internal combustion engine presents a challenge for Beijing
www.ft.com
March 26, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Got quoted in the @FT today saying it's not easy to be a local government official in China right now.
www.ft.com/content/f197...
www.ft.com/content/f197...
Apparently I've tricked social media algorithms into giving me all the cute, nerdy linguistic content for the two and a half languages I speak.
This one's from Middle English:
This one's from Middle English:
February 15, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Apparently I've tricked social media algorithms into giving me all the cute, nerdy linguistic content for the two and a half languages I speak.
This one's from Middle English:
This one's from Middle English:
This isn't a "social media isn't always awful" account... But sometimes it just hits in all the right places:
"Indian police clear a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after 8 months in bird lockup."
"Indian police clear a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after 8 months in bird lockup."
February 13, 2024 at 7:00 AM
This isn't a "social media isn't always awful" account... But sometimes it just hits in all the right places:
"Indian police clear a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after 8 months in bird lockup."
"Indian police clear a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after 8 months in bird lockup."
Social media isn't always awful.
February 5, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Social media isn't always awful.