Amber Lusvardi
@anlusvardi.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Agenda setting, gender & politics. Embodying the spirit of Leslie Knope and the Hamburglar.
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‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
February 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
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We've created a tracker that covers all executive orders affecting LGBTQ folks along with federal and state legislation.
We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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@alli.gay
@erininthemorning.com
@evanurquhart.bsky.social
@miralazine.bsky.social
@lizsaila.bsky.social
We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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@alli.gay
@erininthemorning.com
@evanurquhart.bsky.social
@miralazine.bsky.social
@lizsaila.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We've created a tracker that covers all executive orders affecting LGBTQ folks along with federal and state legislation.
We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Credit
@alli.gay
@erininthemorning.com
@evanurquhart.bsky.social
@miralazine.bsky.social
@lizsaila.bsky.social
We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Credit
@alli.gay
@erininthemorning.com
@evanurquhart.bsky.social
@miralazine.bsky.social
@lizsaila.bsky.social
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Please consider donating to this fund in honor of Dr. Mala Htun, and learn more about her legacy here: www.unmfund.org/s/1959/22/in...
Mala Htun Memorial Academic Fund
www.unmfund.org
February 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Please consider donating to this fund in honor of Dr. Mala Htun, and learn more about her legacy here: www.unmfund.org/s/1959/22/in...
A new unhinged Grimace just dropped to get us through these tough times.
February 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A new unhinged Grimace just dropped to get us through these tough times.
We’re living through dark and serious times so I’m glad the New York Times sent me this news email blast.
February 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
We’re living through dark and serious times so I’m glad the New York Times sent me this news email blast.
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Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.
January 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.
Great talking point for my gender and politics class for when we read bell hooks. Feminism is about ending oppression for ALL people.
Study of 61 nations finds higher sexism predicts lower GDP, lower "global peace index" (more militarization, lower safety and security), greater antidemocratic practices & shorter lifespans. Sexism truly harms us all, men, women, children.
theconversation.com/sexism-linke...
theconversation.com/sexism-linke...
Sexism linked to social ills for men and women, finds largest cross-cultural study of its kind
Women’s gains mean men’s gains too.
theconversation.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Great talking point for my gender and politics class for when we read bell hooks. Feminism is about ending oppression for ALL people.
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
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I laughed so hard when my friend explained to me how they watch other people play video games on Twitch. And yet here I am, watching other people’s livestreams of their birdfeeders.
January 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I laughed so hard when my friend explained to me how they watch other people play video games on Twitch. And yet here I am, watching other people’s livestreams of their birdfeeders.
Is anyone else being quietly haunted by the specter of their still unopened Fall 2024 faculty evaluations?
January 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Is anyone else being quietly haunted by the specter of their still unopened Fall 2024 faculty evaluations?
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No one is coming to save us. We’ve got to be there for each other.
January 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
No one is coming to save us. We’ve got to be there for each other.
Now out in Perspectives — our article on autonomy in transnational feminist organizing. We find autonomous movements have potential to better serve marginalized populations of women. @slweldon.bsky.social @kaitlindktphd.bsky.social @summerforester.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Now out in Perspectives — our article on autonomy in transnational feminist organizing. We find autonomous movements have potential to better serve marginalized populations of women. @slweldon.bsky.social @kaitlindktphd.bsky.social @summerforester.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
You know you’ve reached a certain age when your college friends start putting “Happy New Year!” in the group chat at 10:30 p.m.
January 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM
You know you’ve reached a certain age when your college friends start putting “Happy New Year!” in the group chat at 10:30 p.m.
Without downloading any new pics what’s your energy going into 2025
December 28, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Without downloading any new pics what’s your energy going into 2025
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Gender imbalance in academe:
"Women remain underrepresented among faculty in nearly all academic fields. Using a census of 245,270 tenure-track and tenured professors [...] we show that women leave academia overall at higher rates than men at every career age..."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Women remain underrepresented among faculty in nearly all academic fields. Using a census of 245,270 tenure-track and tenured professors [...] we show that women leave academia overall at higher rates than men at every career age..."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty
Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.
www.science.org
December 24, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Gender imbalance in academe:
"Women remain underrepresented among faculty in nearly all academic fields. Using a census of 245,270 tenure-track and tenured professors [...] we show that women leave academia overall at higher rates than men at every career age..."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Women remain underrepresented among faculty in nearly all academic fields. Using a census of 245,270 tenure-track and tenured professors [...] we show that women leave academia overall at higher rates than men at every career age..."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New iconic Christmas beverage just dropped
December 22, 2024 at 4:55 PM
New iconic Christmas beverage just dropped
There is absolutely nothing in the world I would rather be doing on this peaceful Friday afternoon before break than trying desperately to understand what is happening with Editorial Manager and why it didn’t properly update my submission status.
December 20, 2024 at 8:21 PM
There is absolutely nothing in the world I would rather be doing on this peaceful Friday afternoon before break than trying desperately to understand what is happening with Editorial Manager and why it didn’t properly update my submission status.
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NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…
propub.li
December 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️
End of semester grading always reminds me of this episode of Community.
December 17, 2024 at 5:02 PM
End of semester grading always reminds me of this episode of Community.
My stress-induced bald spot can confirm this is true.
Just a reminder tho, if you don’t give yourself a break from work your body will take that break one way or another by completely falling apart
December 17, 2024 at 4:49 PM
My stress-induced bald spot can confirm this is true.
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the grift will continue until the consultancies and ed-tech partners have destroyed every.single.public.university.
"$51 million dollars. That’s how much money the UW System paid Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group between 2019 and 2023."
www.wortfm.org/uw-system-sp...
"$51 million dollars. That’s how much money the UW System paid Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group between 2019 and 2023."
www.wortfm.org/uw-system-sp...
UW System spends millions on consultants - WORT-FM 89.9
The UW System paid Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group $51 million between 2019 and 2023, WORT found through an open records request.
www.wortfm.org
December 17, 2024 at 2:44 AM
the grift will continue until the consultancies and ed-tech partners have destroyed every.single.public.university.
"$51 million dollars. That’s how much money the UW System paid Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group between 2019 and 2023."
www.wortfm.org/uw-system-sp...
"$51 million dollars. That’s how much money the UW System paid Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group between 2019 and 2023."
www.wortfm.org/uw-system-sp...