Julia Azari
@juliaazari.bsky.social
Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said.
Book: Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History
https://tinyurl.com/te8cmzmr
https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
Book: Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History
https://tinyurl.com/te8cmzmr
https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
i hate it when my inability to wear an offensive Halloween costume compromises my research
October 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
i hate it when my inability to wear an offensive Halloween costume compromises my research
This part of the Coates-Klein conversation stopped me in my tracks, and I just wrote a book about this
September 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This part of the Coates-Klein conversation stopped me in my tracks, and I just wrote a book about this
As of today it's a Real Object.
August 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
As of today it's a Real Object.
A few weeks after we lost Sydney, we found Astoria, who had been at the shelter much too long and is thriving with us, seen here helping me knit and also sunning her belly in the window.
July 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A few weeks after we lost Sydney, we found Astoria, who had been at the shelter much too long and is thriving with us, seen here helping me knit and also sunning her belly in the window.
I've recently welcomed Astoria into my life and she's taken pretty well to it
July 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I've recently welcomed Astoria into my life and she's taken pretty well to it
This doesn't... feel like an accident.
July 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This doesn't... feel like an accident.
Said goodbye to a very, very dear friend yesterday, my cat Sydney, and I'm so sad. Going dark for a bit to mourn and get out of town.
June 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Said goodbye to a very, very dear friend yesterday, my cat Sydney, and I'm so sad. Going dark for a bit to mourn and get out of town.
yes, i should blog this and yes i should have blogged today and didn't. thanks semester. thanks AI. also good vibes for my ancient cat would be appreciated.
May 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
yes, i should blog this and yes i should have blogged today and didn't. thanks semester. thanks AI. also good vibes for my ancient cat would be appreciated.
it's a particularly poignantly written email about the state of democracy from a knitwear designer that's gotten me this morning.
April 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
it's a particularly poignantly written email about the state of democracy from a knitwear designer that's gotten me this morning.
1. we're gonna start with cats. i freaking love cats. mine, yours, random ones on the street. they're hilarious and adorable and their paws are the best.
January 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
1. we're gonna start with cats. i freaking love cats. mine, yours, random ones on the street. they're hilarious and adorable and their paws are the best.
whatever else is happening here, and it's a lot, mandate politics are being used in direct juxtaposition to process and rule of law, something i kinda cautioned about when writing about this subject 10 yearsa go.
January 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
whatever else is happening here, and it's a lot, mandate politics are being used in direct juxtaposition to process and rule of law, something i kinda cautioned about when writing about this subject 10 yearsa go.
25 fucking minutes this is happening. what the actual fuck
December 18, 2024 at 3:30 PM
25 fucking minutes this is happening. what the actual fuck
i guess the thing is that if enforcing rules and norms that suggest we have to live with other people and consider their feelings is politically toxic, "preachy," etc. then we are not going to have much of a society or democracy
November 14, 2024 at 4:10 PM
i guess the thing is that if enforcing rules and norms that suggest we have to live with other people and consider their feelings is politically toxic, "preachy," etc. then we are not going to have much of a society or democracy
Unlikely to be my problem anytime soon but thanks for the urgent news update, Economist.
October 28, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Unlikely to be my problem anytime soon but thanks for the urgent news update, Economist.
you don't say, Washington Post.
October 28, 2024 at 1:28 PM
you don't say, Washington Post.
couldn't have planned this, but as someone who's been writing about how we interpret elections for almost 2 decades, i actually tried to answer the question that Elie Mystal poses here.
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/do-we-alre...
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/do-we-alre...
October 18, 2024 at 11:12 AM
couldn't have planned this, but as someone who's been writing about how we interpret elections for almost 2 decades, i actually tried to answer the question that Elie Mystal poses here.
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/do-we-alre...
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/do-we-alre...
here's my fur crew plus a cat napkin that @jenvictor.bsky.social bought me to commemorate Havana
October 2, 2024 at 4:26 PM
here's my fur crew plus a cat napkin that @jenvictor.bsky.social bought me to commemorate Havana
i keep re-reading this to make sure i didn't hallucinate
July 1, 2024 at 3:08 PM
i keep re-reading this to make sure i didn't hallucinate
Sydney, furious with me for not remedying the fact that a dog is barking outside.
June 29, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Sydney, furious with me for not remedying the fact that a dog is barking outside.
It just doesn't get any worse than this place.
June 15, 2024 at 4:28 PM
It just doesn't get any worse than this place.
Today's hot document, from Jack Kemp's debate prep in 1996. There were a lot of questions about Dole's age that year.
May 16, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Today's hot document, from Jack Kemp's debate prep in 1996. There were a lot of questions about Dole's age that year.