Christina Wolbrecht
@cwolbrecht.bsky.social
Political scientist @ Notre Dame. Gender, parties, suffrage, role models. New: See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People. https://bookshop.org/p/books/see-jane-run-how-women-politicians-matter-for-young-people-david-e-campbell/21729443
Brush with fame! We found my daughter’s Korean professor (Mimi) in the Kpop Demon Hunters credits.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Brush with fame! We found my daughter’s Korean professor (Mimi) in the Kpop Demon Hunters credits.
You're the best, Nathan! Kevin and I talk about this explicitly in A Century of Votes for Women. I love the quote from CE Ladd especially.
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
You're the best, Nathan! Kevin and I talk about this explicitly in A Century of Votes for Women. I love the quote from CE Ladd especially.
People knew this at the time that those classics were being written! This is the New York Times in 1956:
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
People knew this at the time that those classics were being written! This is the New York Times in 1956:
Our great pioneers of the scientific study of mass behavior didn't have much evidence to support their confident conclusions.
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Our great pioneers of the scientific study of mass behavior didn't have much evidence to support their confident conclusions.
Today is a good day to remind you that none of the classic vote studies thought very highly of women's political competence.
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today is a good day to remind you that none of the classic vote studies thought very highly of women's political competence.
A Fever in the Heartland returns?
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A Fever in the Heartland returns?
Too many pieces of rustic pottery, you say?
(Bought these at a neighborhood association auction last week which, let’s acknowledge, is Peak BlueSky).
(Bought these at a neighborhood association auction last week which, let’s acknowledge, is Peak BlueSky).
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Too many pieces of rustic pottery, you say?
(Bought these at a neighborhood association auction last week which, let’s acknowledge, is Peak BlueSky).
(Bought these at a neighborhood association auction last week which, let’s acknowledge, is Peak BlueSky).
Same week, y’all.
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Same week, y’all.
Lake effect snow doesn’t care if it’s still Fall.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Lake effect snow doesn’t care if it’s still Fall.
Role models gonna role model.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Role models gonna role model.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Because it's me, I'd want to put this all in historical perspective, perhaps connecting back to the anti-suffragists. This image is reproduced in Susan Goodier's 2020 essay, A Woman's Place: Organized Resistance to the Franchise.
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Because it's me, I'd want to put this all in historical perspective, perhaps connecting back to the anti-suffragists. This image is reproduced in Susan Goodier's 2020 essay, A Woman's Place: Organized Resistance to the Franchise.
This would also be a great opportunity to talk about carefully defining concepts. What do these authors mean by "woke"? (Any good cites on the origination and evolution of woke?) Previous reading/discussion of concepts like benevolent and hostile sexism would inform our discussion.
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This would also be a great opportunity to talk about carefully defining concepts. What do these authors mean by "woke"? (Any good cites on the origination and evolution of woke?) Previous reading/discussion of concepts like benevolent and hostile sexism would inform our discussion.
Barbara Ehrenreich makes a similar argument in this absolute banger of a 1990 Time magazine essay. time.com/archive/6716...
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Barbara Ehrenreich makes a similar argument in this absolute banger of a 1990 Time magazine essay. time.com/archive/6716...
For a counter view, radical feminists have long criticized liberal feminism for not going far enough in the workplace--the goal is not just for women to join the workforce but to transform it. This is bell hooks in feminist theory: from margin to center quoting Carole Ehrlich:
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
For a counter view, radical feminists have long criticized liberal feminism for not going far enough in the workplace--the goal is not just for women to join the workforce but to transform it. This is bell hooks in feminist theory: from margin to center quoting Carole Ehrlich:
Honestly grateful to Douthat for this accessible distillation of this point of view. Going to be a great teaching tool that generates lots of conversation.
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Honestly grateful to Douthat for this accessible distillation of this point of view. Going to be a great teaching tool that generates lots of conversation.
Looks like Mamdani is getting right on that agenda.
November 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Looks like Mamdani is getting right on that agenda.
I can’t get over it, Linda!
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can’t get over it, Linda!
what is happening
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
what is happening
This is part of the framed baby announcement for our #1. After years of infertility, she was born just about 9 months after we both got the same fortune at a roadside Chinese restaurant.
November 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This is part of the framed baby announcement for our #1. After years of infertility, she was born just about 9 months after we both got the same fortune at a roadside Chinese restaurant.
Still my all-time favorite Halloween memory.
October 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Still my all-time favorite Halloween memory.
If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn't Dracula.
I mean, come on.
I mean, come on.
October 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn't Dracula.
I mean, come on.
I mean, come on.