Amy Cooter, Ph.D.
@amycooter.bsky.social
Militia expert. Sociologist. Research Director ARC (@arcglobal) and exciting news soon
Nostalgia, Nationalism & the US Militia Movement: http://tinyurl.com/yvme26ad
Nostalgia, Nationalism & the US Militia Movement: http://tinyurl.com/yvme26ad
So nice to have @noellecook.com's book out in the world! It's a helpful contribution to understanding white women's involvement not just in Jan 6th but also in radicalization more broadly. I was lucky to see this project as it was first coalescing, and I'm excited for other people to see it now, too
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So nice to have @noellecook.com's book out in the world! It's a helpful contribution to understanding white women's involvement not just in Jan 6th but also in radicalization more broadly. I was lucky to see this project as it was first coalescing, and I'm excited for other people to see it now, too
It's always nice when a physical book copy hits your hands, especially when your work is alongside so many great scholars' contributions.
www.routledge.com/Contemporary...
(Given the date, I was tempted to wear my vampire teeth, but that, uh, seemed like a mixed message)
www.routledge.com/Contemporary...
(Given the date, I was tempted to wear my vampire teeth, but that, uh, seemed like a mixed message)
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It's always nice when a physical book copy hits your hands, especially when your work is alongside so many great scholars' contributions.
www.routledge.com/Contemporary...
(Given the date, I was tempted to wear my vampire teeth, but that, uh, seemed like a mixed message)
www.routledge.com/Contemporary...
(Given the date, I was tempted to wear my vampire teeth, but that, uh, seemed like a mixed message)
These are law enforcement personnel who have been reallocated to ICE activities. Check out that first line. It's the reason I've been telling journalists that we're not going to fully realize what we've done to ourselves until there is some awful, *preventable* tragedy.
October 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
These are law enforcement personnel who have been reallocated to ICE activities. Check out that first line. It's the reason I've been telling journalists that we're not going to fully realize what we've done to ourselves until there is some awful, *preventable* tragedy.
Honesty, I don't care about the Cracker Barrel thing. As a kid, I never saw a point eating at a place that made meals that looked like every single one at my house. But this guy is now doing circles ina TN roundabout, and what on earth have y'all done?!
August 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Honesty, I don't care about the Cracker Barrel thing. As a kid, I never saw a point eating at a place that made meals that looked like every single one at my house. But this guy is now doing circles ina TN roundabout, and what on earth have y'all done?!
My goofy pound puppy who is supposedly a lab weimaraner combo, but is small for both of those
August 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My goofy pound puppy who is supposedly a lab weimaraner combo, but is small for both of those
Perhaps because they don't want to believe what's happening, perhaps because they're afraid of professional backlash when some of these institutions have been around a long time and have a huge reputation and budget. I don't know.
But as for me and my house, fuck this:
But as for me and my house, fuck this:
March 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Perhaps because they don't want to believe what's happening, perhaps because they're afraid of professional backlash when some of these institutions have been around a long time and have a huge reputation and budget. I don't know.
But as for me and my house, fuck this:
But as for me and my house, fuck this:
This is what happens when your pretend a Nazi salute is not a Nazi salute. And I'm not being glib.
Extremism and identity based exclusion rely on purity tests with ever shifting boundaries.
Extremism and identity based exclusion rely on purity tests with ever shifting boundaries.
March 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is what happens when your pretend a Nazi salute is not a Nazi salute. And I'm not being glib.
Extremism and identity based exclusion rely on purity tests with ever shifting boundaries.
Extremism and identity based exclusion rely on purity tests with ever shifting boundaries.
When an Internet pop up just might be too on point
March 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
When an Internet pop up just might be too on point
Feminized and devalued. It's "easy" women's work, labor not worth compensating, as exemplified in this post. Also, check out @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social 's work (for starters) on how women intersect with evangelical notions of gendered power
February 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Feminized and devalued. It's "easy" women's work, labor not worth compensating, as exemplified in this post. Also, check out @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social 's work (for starters) on how women intersect with evangelical notions of gendered power
Just in case you've ever wondered what it's like to be a woman with even a tiny public presence. The article in question appears to be this one
theconversation.com/as-trump-tou...
theconversation.com/as-trump-tou...
December 10, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Just in case you've ever wondered what it's like to be a woman with even a tiny public presence. The article in question appears to be this one
theconversation.com/as-trump-tou...
theconversation.com/as-trump-tou...
I'm just going to leave this old tweet right here for no reason whatsoever.
December 2, 2024 at 12:41 PM
I'm just going to leave this old tweet right here for no reason whatsoever.
Bracing for all the incoming conspiracy theories and predictably stupid rhetoric
December 2, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Bracing for all the incoming conspiracy theories and predictably stupid rhetoric
My Senegal parrot, Jude, still hates geese because of how this one would leave the lake and peck on the door at the apartment we lived in nearly 20 years ago now.
I took this picture when Jude decided he'd had enough and attempted to square off through the glass.
I took this picture when Jude decided he'd had enough and attempted to square off through the glass.
November 25, 2024 at 5:38 PM
My Senegal parrot, Jude, still hates geese because of how this one would leave the lake and peck on the door at the apartment we lived in nearly 20 years ago now.
I took this picture when Jude decided he'd had enough and attempted to square off through the glass.
I took this picture when Jude decided he'd had enough and attempted to square off through the glass.
'gonna take a cue from one of the field's forebearers and block people who militiasplain me, even if it's well intentioned. Fair warning.
November 13, 2024 at 12:35 AM
'gonna take a cue from one of the field's forebearers and block people who militiasplain me, even if it's well intentioned. Fair warning.
I. Have. So. Many. Questions.
October 31, 2024 at 11:42 PM
I. Have. So. Many. Questions.
Pics from the area
September 28, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Pics from the area
This is a set of resolutions being proposed in my hometown
Just gonna start pointing to things like this instead of updating my CV
Just gonna start pointing to things like this instead of updating my CV
July 9, 2024 at 4:52 PM
This is a set of resolutions being proposed in my hometown
Just gonna start pointing to things like this instead of updating my CV
Just gonna start pointing to things like this instead of updating my CV
I know it is a bad idea to respond to spam texts, and yet
May 11, 2024 at 12:29 AM
I know it is a bad idea to respond to spam texts, and yet
Spent quite a bit of time in a conversation after a talk last week unpacking how nostalgic group members can idealize the 1950s and simply say, "oh yeah, except that part," when reminded of the racism and other exclusion synonymous with that era.
Gonna just reference this from now on instead
Gonna just reference this from now on instead
April 20, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Spent quite a bit of time in a conversation after a talk last week unpacking how nostalgic group members can idealize the 1950s and simply say, "oh yeah, except that part," when reminded of the racism and other exclusion synonymous with that era.
Gonna just reference this from now on instead
Gonna just reference this from now on instead
Choose your caption:
-One of these things is not like the others
-Subtle but telling distinction
-When you're a social scientist, everything is data
-One of these things is not like the others
-Subtle but telling distinction
-When you're a social scientist, everything is data
January 13, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Choose your caption:
-One of these things is not like the others
-Subtle but telling distinction
-When you're a social scientist, everything is data
-One of these things is not like the others
-Subtle but telling distinction
-When you're a social scientist, everything is data
Hi folks! You can preorder my book for 20% off at this link
www.routledge.com/Nostalgia-Na...
It covers the history of the modern militia movement, members' key ideas and practices, and what we can likely expect from the movement as the 2024 Presidential election approaches.
www.routledge.com/Nostalgia-Na...
It covers the history of the modern militia movement, members' key ideas and practices, and what we can likely expect from the movement as the 2024 Presidential election approaches.
December 7, 2023 at 3:32 PM
Hi folks! You can preorder my book for 20% off at this link
www.routledge.com/Nostalgia-Na...
It covers the history of the modern militia movement, members' key ideas and practices, and what we can likely expect from the movement as the 2024 Presidential election approaches.
www.routledge.com/Nostalgia-Na...
It covers the history of the modern militia movement, members' key ideas and practices, and what we can likely expect from the movement as the 2024 Presidential election approaches.