Ana Catalano Weeks
@anacweeks.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, University of Bath, author of Making Gender Salient: From Gender Quota Laws to Policy bit.ly/3wzcTGM. Editor, LSQ. gender quotas, parties, gender & far right, mental load #academicmama https://anacweeks.github.io/
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Where are we now with gender equality at work?
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
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#GenderEquality
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
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#GenderEquality
Penny East: Gender Equality at Work: Where Are We Now?
Penny East, CEO of the Fawcett Society, discusses key milestones, ongoing challenges, and the path forward.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Where are we now with gender equality at work?
Join @pennyeast.bsky.social, Chief Executive at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social for a online event on Thursday, November 27 between 6 - 7pm GMT to dig into progress, barriers & action. 🔍
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#GenderEquality
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#GenderEquality
I’m lucky to teach a wonderful group of postgrads studying gender & politics at Bath 💫
Send your excellent gender & politics students our way 😊
They can find out more about our MSc in International Relations with Gender Politics at the Virtual Open Day on 12 Nov 👇
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/ex...
Send your excellent gender & politics students our way 😊
They can find out more about our MSc in International Relations with Gender Politics at the Virtual Open Day on 12 Nov 👇
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/ex...
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I’m lucky to teach a wonderful group of postgrads studying gender & politics at Bath 💫
Send your excellent gender & politics students our way 😊
They can find out more about our MSc in International Relations with Gender Politics at the Virtual Open Day on 12 Nov 👇
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/ex...
Send your excellent gender & politics students our way 😊
They can find out more about our MSc in International Relations with Gender Politics at the Virtual Open Day on 12 Nov 👇
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/ex...
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WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
New from us today in @aunz.theconversation.com 👇
TL;DR: Turns out, ⏰ time availabilty and💰 household bargaining theories don’t explain moms' 🧠 mental loads.
doi.org/10.64628/AA....
@leahruppanner.bsky.social @helenkowalewska.bsky.social
TL;DR: Turns out, ⏰ time availabilty and💰 household bargaining theories don’t explain moms' 🧠 mental loads.
doi.org/10.64628/AA....
@leahruppanner.bsky.social @helenkowalewska.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
New from us today in @aunz.theconversation.com 👇
TL;DR: Turns out, ⏰ time availabilty and💰 household bargaining theories don’t explain moms' 🧠 mental loads.
doi.org/10.64628/AA....
@leahruppanner.bsky.social @helenkowalewska.bsky.social
TL;DR: Turns out, ⏰ time availabilty and💰 household bargaining theories don’t explain moms' 🧠 mental loads.
doi.org/10.64628/AA....
@leahruppanner.bsky.social @helenkowalewska.bsky.social
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While mothers who earn more may be able to outsource some of the physical work in the household, the mental load is huge – and remains a barrier to gender equality.
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
While mothers who earn more may be able to outsource some of the physical work in the household, the mental load is huge – and remains a barrier to gender equality.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
First in-studio radio interview ✔️
This was a lot of fun! Was it like being on Frasier (my main point of reference)? Kind of!
You can listen to me talk about why I study the mental load and some of our key findings from about 2:10 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
This was a lot of fun! Was it like being on Frasier (my main point of reference)? Kind of!
You can listen to me talk about why I study the mental load and some of our key findings from about 2:10 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
First in-studio radio interview ✔️
This was a lot of fun! Was it like being on Frasier (my main point of reference)? Kind of!
You can listen to me talk about why I study the mental load and some of our key findings from about 2:10 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
This was a lot of fun! Was it like being on Frasier (my main point of reference)? Kind of!
You can listen to me talk about why I study the mental load and some of our key findings from about 2:10 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Delighted to announce we are advertising our first academic post in the Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM). The position is Associate Professor in Politics, Technology and Computational Social Science and is joint with Politics, the Oxford Internet Institute, and Reuben College 1/n
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November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Delighted to announce we are advertising our first academic post in the Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM). The position is Associate Professor in Politics, Technology and Computational Social Science and is joint with Politics, the Oxford Internet Institute, and Reuben College 1/n
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Open access! Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social, Helen Kowalewska @helenkowalewska.bsky.social, + Leah Ruppanner @leahruppanner.bsky.social explore how cognitive tasks "stick" to moms more than physical labor, regardless of resources. @sociusjournal.bsky.social
Take a Load Off? Not for Mothers: Gender, Cognitive Labor, and the Limits of Time and Money - Ana Catalano Weeks, Helen Kowalewska, Leah Ruppanner, 2025
Globally, women perform the lion’s share of domestic labor. Research indicates that gender disparities in cognitive labor—the “thinking work” required to antici...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Open access! Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social, Helen Kowalewska @helenkowalewska.bsky.social, + Leah Ruppanner @leahruppanner.bsky.social explore how cognitive tasks "stick" to moms more than physical labor, regardless of resources. @sociusjournal.bsky.social
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Who bears the mental load?
@anacweeks.bsky.social, @helenkowalewska.bsky.social, & @leahruppanner.bsky.social's new #Socius research argues that household #cognitive #labor sticks to #women regardless of time & resource constraints.
Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
@anacweeks.bsky.social, @helenkowalewska.bsky.social, & @leahruppanner.bsky.social's new #Socius research argues that household #cognitive #labor sticks to #women regardless of time & resource constraints.
Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
October 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Who bears the mental load?
@anacweeks.bsky.social, @helenkowalewska.bsky.social, & @leahruppanner.bsky.social's new #Socius research argues that household #cognitive #labor sticks to #women regardless of time & resource constraints.
Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
@anacweeks.bsky.social, @helenkowalewska.bsky.social, & @leahruppanner.bsky.social's new #Socius research argues that household #cognitive #labor sticks to #women regardless of time & resource constraints.
Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
🆕📝 Excited to share our new article out today in Socius: “Take a Load Off? Not for Mothers” (with @helenkowalewska.bsky.social & @leahruppanner.bsky.social)!
Even when women earn more or have less time, the mental load of running a household still falls on them.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2378...
Even when women earn more or have less time, the mental load of running a household still falls on them.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2378...
Take a Load Off? Not for Mothers: Gender, Cognitive Labor, and the Limits of Time and Money - Ana Catalano Weeks, Helen Kowalewska, Leah Ruppanner, 2025
Globally, women perform the lion’s share of domestic labor. Research indicates that gender disparities in cognitive labor—the “thinking work” required to antici...
doi.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🆕📝 Excited to share our new article out today in Socius: “Take a Load Off? Not for Mothers” (with @helenkowalewska.bsky.social & @leahruppanner.bsky.social)!
Even when women earn more or have less time, the mental load of running a household still falls on them.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2378...
Even when women earn more or have less time, the mental load of running a household still falls on them.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2378...
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Open access. Using original data from party manifestos, @anacweeks.bsky.social @pcaravantes.bsky.social @elombardo.bsky.social et al investigate the role of party ideology & critical junctures in the attention parties give to gender-related political interests. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
When is gender on party agendas? Manifestos and (De-)democratisation in Greece, Portugal, and Spain
When do political parties give attention to gender-related political interests, and what determines their positions? We argue that progress in gender equality commitments is an essential component ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Open access. Using original data from party manifestos, @anacweeks.bsky.social @pcaravantes.bsky.social @elombardo.bsky.social et al investigate the role of party ideology & critical junctures in the attention parties give to gender-related political interests. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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DM me if you want to chat about this great opportunity!
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Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications
The Art of Learning from Rejection
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
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#SanaeTakaichi will be the first female Prime Minister of #Japan.
Miku Matsunaga @royalholloway.bsky.social & Jochen Rehmert @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch write that much like Giorgia Meloni & Marine Le Pen, Takaichi has a complex relationship with gender equality @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social.
Miku Matsunaga @royalholloway.bsky.social & Jochen Rehmert @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch write that much like Giorgia Meloni & Marine Le Pen, Takaichi has a complex relationship with gender equality @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social.
Will Japan’s Sanae Takaichi follow in the footsteps of Giorgia Meloni on gender equality?
Much like Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen, Japan's new female Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has a complex relationship with gender equality.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#SanaeTakaichi will be the first female Prime Minister of #Japan.
Miku Matsunaga @royalholloway.bsky.social & Jochen Rehmert @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch write that much like Giorgia Meloni & Marine Le Pen, Takaichi has a complex relationship with gender equality @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social.
Miku Matsunaga @royalholloway.bsky.social & Jochen Rehmert @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch write that much like Giorgia Meloni & Marine Le Pen, Takaichi has a complex relationship with gender equality @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social.
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It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.
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Submit for the 2026 Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award #bestpaper from the 2025 APSA Annual Meeting. $750 prize; presented at the APSA Annual Meeting. Submit by February 11th: buff.ly/iSqyfJ5 #APSAAwards
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October 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Submit for the 2026 Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award #bestpaper from the 2025 APSA Annual Meeting. $750 prize; presented at the APSA Annual Meeting. Submit by February 11th: buff.ly/iSqyfJ5 #APSAAwards
Takeaway from this article (now with page numbers!): men support political gender quota/ parity laws less than women (whether legal quotas exist in their country or not), but people *do not* believe women elected in a system with quotas are less qualified / support them less. Because…: they aren’t!
⚖️ @hildecoffe.bsky.social, @sparshasaha.bsky.social , and @anacweeks.bsky.social : "Quotas or parity? How the framing of positive action measures impacts public support and backlash" 🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Takeaway from this article (now with page numbers!): men support political gender quota/ parity laws less than women (whether legal quotas exist in their country or not), but people *do not* believe women elected in a system with quotas are less qualified / support them less. Because…: they aren’t!
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"protecting the dignity of women"
Trump says he will talk to DOJ about Maxwell pardon, says Diddy asked for one reut.rs/4o8EWG5
Trump says he will talk to DOJ about Maxwell pardon, says Diddy asked for one
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday left the door open to a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"protecting the dignity of women"
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💡 The Canadian government is offering a primer on holiday mental load, complete with discussion of gender dynamics and a handy checklist 📝
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
Meanwhile the US government is… denying the existence of gender.
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
Meanwhile the US government is… denying the existence of gender.
The economics of kinkeeping - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
October 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
💡 The Canadian government is offering a primer on holiday mental load, complete with discussion of gender dynamics and a handy checklist 📝
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
Meanwhile the US government is… denying the existence of gender.
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
Meanwhile the US government is… denying the existence of gender.
🚨 Submit your excellent gender, sexuality, and politics papers & panels for @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 👇
▶️ Gender & Sexuality Politics
👉🏽 Section chairs: @anacweeks.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com
📢 Our section section welcomes papers and panels that advance the study of gender, sexuality, and intersectionality in politics, broadly conceived. >>>
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👉🏽 Section chairs: @anacweeks.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com
📢 Our section section welcomes papers and panels that advance the study of gender, sexuality, and intersectionality in politics, broadly conceived. >>>
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October 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🚨 Submit your excellent gender, sexuality, and politics papers & panels for @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 👇
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▶️ Gender & Sexuality Politics
👉🏽 Section chairs: @anacweeks.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com
📢 Our section section welcomes papers and panels that advance the study of gender, sexuality, and intersectionality in politics, broadly conceived. >>>
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👉🏽 Section chairs: @anacweeks.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com
📢 Our section section welcomes papers and panels that advance the study of gender, sexuality, and intersectionality in politics, broadly conceived. >>>
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October 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
▶️ Gender & Sexuality Politics
👉🏽 Section chairs: @anacweeks.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com
📢 Our section section welcomes papers and panels that advance the study of gender, sexuality, and intersectionality in politics, broadly conceived. >>>
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👉🏽 Section chairs: @anacweeks.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com
📢 Our section section welcomes papers and panels that advance the study of gender, sexuality, and intersectionality in politics, broadly conceived. >>>
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