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Alex Madva
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Professor of Philosophy @ Cal Poly Pomona | Director of CA Center for Ethics & Policy | Co-Director of the Digital Humanities Consortium | Co-Author of Somebody Should Do Something
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Alex Madva @madva.bsky.social · Aug 11
So grateful to Frank Augugliaro for designing the cover of our new book!

Available everywhere on Sep 16 but never too early to preorder: somebody-book.com

@dryan149.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

#SocialChange
Book cover for Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change, by Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly
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methsaxon.bsky.social
The votes to end the shutdown reflect the divide among Dems that @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social pointed out at the beginning: Rather than left vs. moderate, the party's direction is being fought over by a “team normal” faction and a “team abnormal” one. www.vox.com/on-the-right...
The Democrats’ shutdown debate is about something much bigger
Is the best way to fight Trump “normal” politics — or something else?
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November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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ledaberio.bsky.social
@dryan149.bsky.social and I have published a paper on how we should all be a little less like Holden Caufield (i.e. obsessed with the idea of authenticity) and a bit more like María Lugones (i.e. celebrating our multiple facets)
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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dryan149.bsky.social
🚨New Paper!🚨

Do you love authenticity? @ledaberio.bsky.social and I argue that maybe you shouldn't!

We think that everything would be better if we all just got over the idea of true selves and were cooler with the fact that we all contain multitudes.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Challenges to Narrating a Multitudinous Self: Towards a Better Ethics of Code-switching - Topoi
We motivate and lay out the broad contours of a research program, namely that of developing a systematic ethics of code-switching. Such an ethics will articulate the values and norms that should gover...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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outonthemoors.bsky.social
I read the news today, oh boy

(Use whenever applicable)
Single comicbook panel showing the front page of a folded Daily Bugle newspaper. The banner and subhead are: "EVERYTHING AWFUL Oh God Somebody Do Something" (From Hawkeye #2, 2012)
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
madva.bsky.social
Book excerpt published by the Association of MBAs today! Most case studies in our book were drawn from the US but here we assembled insights from Latin American feminism and the success of the "Green Tide"

@mitpress.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social #booksky #feminism #GreenTide
November 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
madva.bsky.social
gift link for when the prophecy was foretold: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
madva.bsky.social
Bay Area peeps! See you at 2pm today (11/2), Book Passage in the Ferry Bldg!

If you can't make it today, come find me at Stanford's "Philosophers for a Brighter World" working group tomorrow at 4!

@mitpress.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social #booksky #socialchange
mitpress.bsky.social MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 16d
Sun. Nov. 2nd, Alex @madva.bsky.social presents "Somebody Should Do Something" at Book Passage — the Bay Area's liveliest bookstore! Join him to learn how anyone can help create social change: www.bookpassage.com/event/alex-m... #IndieBookstore
Alex Madva - Somebody Should Do Something (Ferry Building Store)
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November 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
madva.bsky.social
Part 2 of our interview for Dr. Anotida Chikumbu's BOOK SERIES is out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=d13M...

@dryan149.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky
Somebody Should Do Something (Part 2) Book by Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva and Daniel Kelly
YouTube video by The Dr. Anotida Chikumbu - BOOK SERIES
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October 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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mitpress.bsky.social
Sun. Nov. 2nd, Alex @madva.bsky.social presents "Somebody Should Do Something" at Book Passage — the Bay Area's liveliest bookstore! Join him to learn how anyone can help create social change: www.bookpassage.com/event/alex-m... #IndieBookstore
Alex Madva - Somebody Should Do Something (Ferry Building Store)
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October 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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michaelbrownstein.bsky.social
"We have not successfully addressed the climate crisis, income inequality, or myriad other long-standing injustices. Why think we can come together now?

And yet, we are."

@madva.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social
The Golden Age of Protest Is Now
Collective action in the U.S. is surging. Recognizing our shared momentum may be key to saving democracy.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."
Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Standing with Immigrants Oct. 21, 2025 My dear brothers and sisters, today I speak to you as your shepherd, but also as a fellow pilgrim who shares the pain of many of our immigrant communities. Families are being torn apart. Children are left in fear, and communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants. We stand with a mother who crosses borders to feed her children. We stand with the father who labors in silence to build a better future. We stand with the young person who dreams of safety and a better future. Our parishes and schools will not turn away those who seek comfort, and we will not be silent when dignity is denied in the enforcement of the law, it is essential that we respect the dignity of every human being. Now I want to say something directly to those immigrants without documents. Most of you have been here for years. You have worked hard. You have raised families. You have contributed to this nation. You have earned our respect. As the Archbishop of Chicago, I will insist that you be treated with dignity. Americans should not forget that we all come from immigrant families. You are our brothers and sisters. We stand with you. God bless you all.
October 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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cppphilosophy.bsky.social
If you're interested in the club but can't make it this time, email club president Connor Ruiz at connorruiz@cpp.edu.
October 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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cppphilosophy.bsky.social
Interested in philosophy? Even a little bit? Come to CPP philosophy club! Our first meeting will take place on Monday, October 27 from 5:30-7:30 PM in building 1 room 109. We will be talking about Ludwig Wittgenstein's Lecture on Ethics, but show up even if you don't read it!
October 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
madva.bsky.social
The long-awaited, much-anticipated Madva & Madva Collabo is canon!

Huge thanks to the *other* Dr. Madva -- psychiatrist and Co-Director of the Clinical Educators Program at Mass General (who also happens to be my sister, Lizzy) -- for inviting me to speak to the psych residents last week!
A photo of Alex Madva and Elizabeth Madva, holding his new book Somebody Should Do Something A collage of photos of Alex Madva and Elizabeth Madva
October 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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zackbeauchamp.bsky.social
I'm in the midst of a project in which I'm reading basically every paper published on resisting democratic backsliding. The reason that's even possible is because there aren't very many papers on resisting democratic backsliding
opinionhaver.bsky.social William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 21d
a hot take about academia: it is both too activist and not activist enough. the endless focus on problematizing critiquing, etc etc often degenerates into navel gazing, while there is often a lack of high-quality outcome oriented empirical work on "what could make social institution XYZ work better"
October 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
madva.bsky.social
Ivy interview and mini-course is featured on their front page today! Ivy CEO and founder Beri Meric and I had a wide-ranging conversation about education, healthcare, climate change, shoring up democracy, and the power of leaders to shape norms in their institutions.
tl.ivy.com/insights/how...
October 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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michaelbrownstein.bsky.social
Recommended reading for the day after the big protest: chapter 13 of Somebody Should Do Something @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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michaelbrownstein.bsky.social
The book tour rolls on for Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change, this one at Porter Square Books, with the inestimable Mahzarin Banaji. Link in the comments! @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @portersqbooks.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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michaelbrownstein.bsky.social
How one would expect the biggest national protest since to be covered
October 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
madva.bsky.social
A genuine pleasure swinging by Brandeis last week to talk about Somebody Should Do Something with the Philosophy grad students... esp CPP alum, CCEP Student Fellow, DHC Student Fellow, Double Major in Philosophy and Communication, and overall unstoppable rock star Katie Priest!!! We miss you Katie!
Photo of Alex Madva and Katie Priest
October 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
madva.bsky.social
Greetings to folks across the pond! Had a fun interview on Talk Radio Europe with Hannah Murray, and thanks again to DHC Student Fellow Tam Tran for producing the video!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4K_...

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Somebody Should Do Something | Dr. Alex Madva on Talk Radio Europe
YouTube video by California Center for Ethics and Policy
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October 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
madva.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Digital Humanities Student Fellow Tam Tran at CPP for producing these cool clips!
October 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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In short, it's Somebody Doing Something. (Great idea for a book): www.amazon.com/Somebody-Sho...
Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change
Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change [Brownstein, Michael, Madva, Alex, Kelly, Daniel] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change
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October 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Beantown peeps!

Our book tour continues tonight @portersqbooks.bsky.social! Get there early if you want a seat because our interviewer, Prof. Mahzarin Banaji, is bringing her whole class! So far the tour has been a blast, eg Main Point Books last week:

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October 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
madva.bsky.social
Very grateful to be interviewed for Dr. Anotida Chikumbu's BOOK SERIES! Here's the first segment, with more on the way!

@michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky #socialchange

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WoW...
Somebody Should Do Something (Part 1) New book by Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva and Dan Kelly)
YouTube video by The Dr. Anotida Chikumbu - BOOK SERIES
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October 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM