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Audrey Williams
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Storyteller and narrative transformation specialist || PhD candidate @ Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution || Currently researching: worldbuilding, music, democracy

I live for a good story.
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This remains one of my favorite posts on the internet, from back when Twitter was funny.
September 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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I'm going over offensive realism with my intro to conflict resolution students today, and I decided to put together a "Who is John Mearsheimer?" slide.

So, I went to his website, and then I saw his actual bio page...and let me tell you, the scream I scrumpt -->
September 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Well worth the read: “The Path to American Authoritarianism” by Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way

I’m struck by how much citizen non-participation contributes to democratic backsliding. Worried about how this manifests at universities in particular.

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Excerpt from the article. It reads: The depletion of societal opposition may be worse than it appears. We can observe when key players sideline themselves—when politicians retire, university presidents resign, or media outlets change their programming and personnel. But it is harder to see the opposition that might have materialized in a less threatening environment but never did—the young lawyers who decide not to run for office; the aspiring young writers who decide not to become journalists; the potential whistleblowers who decide not to speak out; the countless citizens who decide not to join a protest or volunteer for a campaign.
February 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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“Abd el-Hadi Fights a Superpower” by Palestinian poet Taha Muhammad Ali (1931-2011)

Full poem: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/taha-m...
October 7, 2023 at 10:59 PM