Andrea Mansker
@andreamansker.bsky.social
Historian, anti-fascist, pro-reproductive justice
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
'DONALD IS FINISHED': Newsom goes on OFFENSE with Trump mockery campaign
YouTube video by MSNBC
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August 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New interview on my matchmaking book available now on THE FRENCH HISTORY PODCAST with Gary Girod:
Merchants of Love with Dr. Andrea Mansker
www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/merchants-of...
Merchants of Love with Dr. Andrea Mansker
www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/merchants-of...
Merchants of Love with Dr. Andrea Mansker
Con artists or merchants of love? Dr. Andrea Mansker talks about professional matchmakers in 19th century Paris.
www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com
July 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New interview on my matchmaking book available now on THE FRENCH HISTORY PODCAST with Gary Girod:
Merchants of Love with Dr. Andrea Mansker
www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/merchants-of...
Merchants of Love with Dr. Andrea Mansker
www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/merchants-of...
Great...Malthusianism AND a theocracy!
Project 2025 architect Russ Vought helped sell Trump’s megabill to reluctant House GOP fiscal hawks.
Project 2025 architect helped pull megabill over the line
Russ Vought, one of the most conservative budget minds in Trump’s White House, helped sell skeptical House Republicans on the president’s massive economic package.
www.politico.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Great...Malthusianism AND a theocracy!
You know who loved military parades...
June 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
You know who loved military parades...
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Nashville residents and immigrant advocates countered ICE by setting up hotlines, documenting activity, and sharing real-time alerts on social media. Groups like The ReMIX Tennessee tracked ICE and highway patrol sightings, warning communities and reducing surprise arrests. #3E
May 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Nashville residents and immigrant advocates countered ICE by setting up hotlines, documenting activity, and sharing real-time alerts on social media. Groups like The ReMIX Tennessee tracked ICE and highway patrol sightings, warning communities and reducing surprise arrests. #3E
Christine Adams reviews my MATCHMAKING book & that of Jennifer Heuer, THE SOLDIER'S REWARD in HISTORY TODAY:
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‘The Soldier’s Reward’ and ‘Matchmaking and the Marriage Market...’ review
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April 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Christine Adams reviews my MATCHMAKING book & that of Jennifer Heuer, THE SOLDIER'S REWARD in HISTORY TODAY:
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
The Nazis also offered motherhood classes to Aryan women under the Reich Mother's Service and bonuses to large Aryan families, all the while legalizing sterilization and abortion for non-Aryan women.
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Infamous Pronatalist Proposes Nazi-Like Medals for Moms Who Have 6 Kids
Right-wingers obsessed with declining birth rates, including Simone Collins—who wants a future of “genetically selected humans"—are reportedly offering creepy ideas to the Trump administration.
www.jezebel.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Nazis also offered motherhood classes to Aryan women under the Reich Mother's Service and bonuses to large Aryan families, all the while legalizing sterilization and abortion for non-Aryan women.
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www.jezebel.com/infamous-pro...
Considering that no one wants to have sex w/ incels, this is going to be an uphill battle.
April 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Considering that no one wants to have sex w/ incels, this is going to be an uphill battle.
Take a break from doom-scrolling and read my new blog post, "Matchmaking in Volatile Times:"
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/matchmaking-...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/matchmaking-...
Matchmaking in Volatile Times with Andrea Mansker
In the age of dating apps, is matchmaking is a “retro” solution to a contemporary problem? Andrea Mansker, author of Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France, discusses the hist...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
April 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Take a break from doom-scrolling and read my new blog post, "Matchmaking in Volatile Times:"
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/matchmaking-...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/matchmaking-...
"The task force demanded Harvard commission an external party to audit the university’s student body, faculty, staff, and leaders 'for viewpoint diversity, such that each department, field, or teaching unit must be individually viewpoint diverse.'”
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www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Trump’s Demands of Harvard Escalate His War on Higher Ed
Higher ed leaders and experts say the Trump administration’s harsh list of demands of Harvard gave it no choice but to fight back. Will other institutions do the same?
www.insidehighered.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"The task force demanded Harvard commission an external party to audit the university’s student body, faculty, staff, and leaders 'for viewpoint diversity, such that each department, field, or teaching unit must be individually viewpoint diverse.'”
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
WTF???
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
WTF???
"Guttmacher estimates show that this withholding of federal funds, if it becomes permanent, would result in at least 834,000 people losing access to Title X-funded care over the course of a year."
www.guttmacher.org/2025/04/trum...
www.guttmacher.org/2025/04/trum...
Trump Administration’s Withholding of Funds Could Impact 30% of Title X Patients
www.guttmacher.org
April 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"Guttmacher estimates show that this withholding of federal funds, if it becomes permanent, would result in at least 834,000 people losing access to Title X-funded care over the course of a year."
www.guttmacher.org/2025/04/trum...
www.guttmacher.org/2025/04/trum...
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She’s not wrong. (Spoiler: they won’t)
@MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty @RepTimBurchett @RepMarkGreen @AndyOgles @RepHarshbarger this is your crash too. #Trumpcession #TrumpCrash #OrangeMonday
@MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty @RepTimBurchett @RepMarkGreen @AndyOgles @RepHarshbarger this is your crash too. #Trumpcession #TrumpCrash #OrangeMonday
April 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
She’s not wrong. (Spoiler: they won’t)
@MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty @RepTimBurchett @RepMarkGreen @AndyOgles @RepHarshbarger this is your crash too. #Trumpcession #TrumpCrash #OrangeMonday
@MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty @RepTimBurchett @RepMarkGreen @AndyOgles @RepHarshbarger this is your crash too. #Trumpcession #TrumpCrash #OrangeMonday
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College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle
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College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle
ITHACA, NY—As nearly a dozen prospective students were forced into the back of a car with tinted windows, a Cornell University campus tour reportedly ended Tuesday inside an unmarked Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle. “Over there you can see our student center, which boasts its own bowling alley, and then, if you all will follow […]
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April 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle
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"Perhaps most importantly, these actions will diminish the very disciplines that drive the development of critical thinking, the understanding of value, and the pursuit of justice and democracy among the next generation of scholars and citizens."
Since our founding more than a century ago, Princeton University Press has invested in humanities publishing as a pillar of our publishing purpose.
Responding to the Current Political Moment in the United States - Association of University Presses
AUPresses resolves to speak out - on behalf of our member presses and in concert with the wide scholarly community - about the very real threats to knowledge and scholarship posed by the current floo...
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April 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"Perhaps most importantly, these actions will diminish the very disciplines that drive the development of critical thinking, the understanding of value, and the pursuit of justice and democracy among the next generation of scholars and citizens."
Here's where we're headed...hope we can make some fun outfits w/ our dollars!
April 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Here's where we're headed...hope we can make some fun outfits w/ our dollars!
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“Authoritarians want us to feel hopeless and helpless. It’s up to us to show them that we will not submit quietly and that we believe in struggle and collective action.” Thank you Cory Booker Thank you Ruth Ben-Ghiat for the powerful reminder open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
What Sen. Booker’s Speech Teaches Us About Effective Resistance Strategy
Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers!
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April 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
“Authoritarians want us to feel hopeless and helpless. It’s up to us to show them that we will not submit quietly and that we believe in struggle and collective action.” Thank you Cory Booker Thank you Ruth Ben-Ghiat for the powerful reminder open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
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Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
WASHINGTON—According to a new report published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, you live in a deeply embarrassing and barely functional country. “Our latest research and statistical analysis show...
theonion.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
