Alex Sieber
@asieber.bsky.social
Political Science PhD Student at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Alex Sieber
@asieber.bsky.social
· May 23
Political Gay Science: Nietzsche, Conservatism, and Nonbinary Identity - Gender Issues
Why has modern American conservatism committed itself to gender binaries? Examining why this new categorizing unsettles conservatives (and how they have reacted against teacher unions and transgender ...
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I argue that the recent conservative reorientation toward gender binarism is a pivot in resentment, not an intensification in "Political Gay Science: Nietzsche, Conservatism, and Nonbinary Identity."
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#lgbtqrights #ressentiment #Nietzsche #conservatism
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#lgbtqrights #ressentiment #Nietzsche #conservatism
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89% of Democrats and 19% of Republicans hope to see a woman president in their lifetime.
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More, via Opinion Today:
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More, via Opinion Today:
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November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
89% of Democrats and 19% of Republicans hope to see a woman president in their lifetime.
(@today.yougov.com)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251121-top...
(@today.yougov.com)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251121-top...
Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains
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November 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
FIFA Will Award Its Own Peace Prize Next Month in Washington
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November 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
And they laughed at him.
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
And they laughed at him.
BREAKING: A MOMENT OF REFLECTION IN THE LONGUE DURÉE
October 31, 2025 at 12:29 AM
BREAKING: A MOMENT OF REFLECTION IN THE LONGUE DURÉE
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People in prison explain what music means to them — and how they access it. Story via @npr.org
People in prison explain what music means to them — and how they access it
Three people incarcerated at prisons across the U.S. spoke to NPR's Morning Edition about how music helps them reconnect with the past, endure the present and envision the future.
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September 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
People in prison explain what music means to them — and how they access it. Story via @npr.org
"Swimming is the closest thing I have to a religion. It’s one of life’s few experiences where the world isn’t pushing you back. A good swim means losing all sense of time." – Judith Butler
September 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"Swimming is the closest thing I have to a religion. It’s one of life’s few experiences where the world isn’t pushing you back. A good swim means losing all sense of time." – Judith Butler
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My job as a professor is not to create a serviceable worker. My job is to help foster thoughtful citizens or community members.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
Do not accept the premise that education is to blame for abysmal jobs outcomes.
“The fantasy economy's framing of economic inequality… focuses exclusively on education…deflects attention away from decades of public policies and changing business practices that have…contributed to stagnating wages”
“The fantasy economy's framing of economic inequality… focuses exclusively on education…deflects attention away from decades of public policies and changing business practices that have…contributed to stagnating wages”
August 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My job as a professor is not to create a serviceable worker. My job is to help foster thoughtful citizens or community members.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
The Truth About Detransitioning www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...
Opinion | The Truth About Detransitioning
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August 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The Truth About Detransitioning www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...
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Check out "Trans-Exclusionary Reactionary Feminism and the Politics of Ressentiment" from Signs and read how trans-exclusionary feminists' definition of womanhood is shaped by "ressentiment." Find it here: ow.ly/8NTH50WttHN @signsjournal.org
July 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Check out "Trans-Exclusionary Reactionary Feminism and the Politics of Ressentiment" from Signs and read how trans-exclusionary feminists' definition of womanhood is shaped by "ressentiment." Find it here: ow.ly/8NTH50WttHN @signsjournal.org
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The line between online political fundraising and an outright scam feels like it's disappeared. I wrote about the deceptive tactics—the fake "400% matches," the guilt trips targeting the vulnerable, the absurd narratives—and why the Democrats’ embrace of these tactics is harming the party brand.
A Party's Brand Is Built on Trust. So Why Are Democrats Treating Their Supporters Like Marks?
The Fundraising Frenzy Invades Text Messages
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July 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The line between online political fundraising and an outright scam feels like it's disappeared. I wrote about the deceptive tactics—the fake "400% matches," the guilt trips targeting the vulnerable, the absurd narratives—and why the Democrats’ embrace of these tactics is harming the party brand.
update: Morgan Wallen is in Miami.
July 26, 2025 at 4:18 AM
update: Morgan Wallen is in Miami.
My cat worships a printer because she thinks it is also a food dispenser. 🖨️🙏😺
July 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My cat worships a printer because she thinks it is also a food dispenser. 🖨️🙏😺
"... Needless to say, no one who shares a
delusion recognizes it as such."
delusion recognizes it as such."
July 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
"... Needless to say, no one who shares a
delusion recognizes it as such."
delusion recognizes it as such."
"But Mbembe has already made up his mind. For him, neo-sovereigntism has little to do with Pan-Africanism. In fact, it represents its opposite: a retreat into a limited and parochial vision of the world."
The Pessimist’s Optimist www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
The Pessimist’s Optimist www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Kevin Okoth · The Pessimist’s Optimist: Beyond the Postcolony
Achille Mbembe is the pessimist’s optimist: he delivers a devastating analysis of the contemporary moment while never...
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July 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"But Mbembe has already made up his mind. For him, neo-sovereigntism has little to do with Pan-Africanism. In fact, it represents its opposite: a retreat into a limited and parochial vision of the world."
The Pessimist’s Optimist www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
The Pessimist’s Optimist www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Coyote pups at Graceland Cemetery!
June 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Coyote pups at Graceland Cemetery!
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The share of Republicans on X who say the platform is mostly good for American democracy has risen from 17% in 2021 to 58% today. Democrats’ views have moved in the opposite direction. www.pewresearch.org/...
June 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The share of Republicans on X who say the platform is mostly good for American democracy has risen from 17% in 2021 to 58% today. Democrats’ views have moved in the opposite direction. www.pewresearch.org/...
"Decolonizing Dignity" by Geo Maher
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Decolonizing dignity - Contemporary Political Theory
Few concepts in the western theoretical canon warrant decolonial scrutiny more than that of dignity. This paper begins from the well-known bifurcation between a hierarchical dignity-as-status and the ...
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April 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Decolonizing Dignity" by Geo Maher
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