Meredith Conroy
@meredithconroy.bsky.social
Political Scientist at CSUSB studying gender and media, 538 contributor (RIP), & I lead research @ the Geena Davis Institute. Fan of elections & multiracial pluralistic democracy. Idahoan. Subscribe to Gender Gap: https://meredithconroy.substack.com
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It's been hard to keep up but we tried to put Trump's use of executive orders into context. The audience in mind as I wrote this are folks who are trying to understand what's going on, and need a foothold. Hope you'll read and share w friends/family/your students:
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Women voters were key to the success of Governors-elect Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) in the 2025 elections, according to CAWP’s analysis of exit-poll data. The gender gap in voting fueled decisive victories in both races.
Women Voters Key to Democratic Gubernatorial Wins in 2025
cawp.rutgers.edu
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Women voters were key to the success of Governors-elect Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) in the 2025 elections, according to CAWP’s analysis of exit-poll data. The gender gap in voting fueled decisive victories in both races.
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Excited to share that, with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social , we’ve published a new article in New Media & Society!
We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology.
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We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology.
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The wellness pipeline: Tracing far-right health narratives on X - Piotr Marczyński, Catherine Tebaldi, 2025
This article examines how far-right groups advance political agendas through digital platforms, specifically by embedding reactionary ideology within health and...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Excited to share that, with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social , we’ve published a new article in New Media & Society!
We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology.
Thread below 🧵
We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology.
Thread below 🧵
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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"A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that the president spent nearly 20 minutes apparently battling to keep his eyes open at a recent event" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A closer look at Trump’s apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent nearly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open at a recent Oval Office event.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that the president spent nearly 20 minutes apparently battling to keep his eyes open at a recent event" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
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the monetization of masculinity as failure continues apace, case no. 5,643
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
the monetization of masculinity as failure continues apace, case no. 5,643
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it's also just a rather good newsletter and worth a sub anyway
No GoFundMe, but I am thinking about rent for this month, so if you don’t wanna subscribe to the newsletter and just feel like chipping in some beer money or whatever:
Venmo is @ Jake-Lahut straightfromthehut.substack.com
Venmo is @ Jake-Lahut straightfromthehut.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
it's also just a rather good newsletter and worth a sub anyway
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This is even more delightful than I'd heard.
Martin Scorsese and his daughter Francesca read Letterboxd reviews and guessed which Scorsese movie they were about.
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is even more delightful than I'd heard.
ziwe wants to die in this moment right?
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
ziwe wants to die in this moment right?
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Interesting to see the Latter-day Saints position on AI:
>"We are teaching church members that we will not grow spiritually if we allow AI to write our sacrament talks or do our seminary homework. AI cannot replace our individual effort and spiritual preparation as we prepare lessons, prayers...”
>"We are teaching church members that we will not grow spiritually if we allow AI to write our sacrament talks or do our seminary homework. AI cannot replace our individual effort and spiritual preparation as we prepare lessons, prayers...”
Church won’t use AI to create images of Jesus Christ or to prepare conference talks, apostle says
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints uses AI, but general conference talks are divinely inspired, not artificial, Elder Gong says.
www.deseret.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Interesting to see the Latter-day Saints position on AI:
>"We are teaching church members that we will not grow spiritually if we allow AI to write our sacrament talks or do our seminary homework. AI cannot replace our individual effort and spiritual preparation as we prepare lessons, prayers...”
>"We are teaching church members that we will not grow spiritually if we allow AI to write our sacrament talks or do our seminary homework. AI cannot replace our individual effort and spiritual preparation as we prepare lessons, prayers...”
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this article will publish tomorrow at 7:30 am www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
this article will publish tomorrow at 7:30 am www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
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For every Dem who sees their House vote as expressing approval of Trump, there are 79 who see it as an expression of disapproval.
For every Republican who sees their vote as an expression of disapproval of Trump there are … 8 who see it as an expression of approval. www.pbump.net/o/tuesday-an...
For every Republican who sees their vote as an expression of disapproval of Trump there are … 8 who see it as an expression of approval. www.pbump.net/o/tuesday-an...
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
For every Dem who sees their House vote as expressing approval of Trump, there are 79 who see it as an expression of disapproval.
For every Republican who sees their vote as an expression of disapproval of Trump there are … 8 who see it as an expression of approval. www.pbump.net/o/tuesday-an...
For every Republican who sees their vote as an expression of disapproval of Trump there are … 8 who see it as an expression of approval. www.pbump.net/o/tuesday-an...
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New: Women candidates, running on affordability, powered many of Dems’ big wins last night. Aside from the VA and NJ gov races, women made up a large % of those who flipped VA House seats + set a record for women’s representation in that chamber 19thnews.org/2025/11/demo...
Women running on affordability powered Democrats’ night of victories
Democratic women proved effective messengers in an election focused on the rising cost of living and the effects of Trump’s second term.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
New: Women candidates, running on affordability, powered many of Dems’ big wins last night. Aside from the VA and NJ gov races, women made up a large % of those who flipped VA House seats + set a record for women’s representation in that chamber 19thnews.org/2025/11/demo...
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Republicans have long worried that -- once Trump is gone -- the college graduates whom he alienated will remain Democrats, while the disengaged voters whom he mobilized will stop turning out.
The 2025 election results make that scenario more plausible www.vox.com/politics/467...
The 2025 election results make that scenario more plausible www.vox.com/politics/467...
This is how the Trump coalition unravels
The 2025 elections illuminate a nightmare scenario for the Republican Party.
www.vox.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Republicans have long worried that -- once Trump is gone -- the college graduates whom he alienated will remain Democrats, while the disengaged voters whom he mobilized will stop turning out.
The 2025 election results make that scenario more plausible www.vox.com/politics/467...
The 2025 election results make that scenario more plausible www.vox.com/politics/467...
It is simply impossible to have a society where groups profit off of politicizing anything that could be construed as political offensive. No behavior is safe once they (e.g. Libs*fTiktok , T*USA) decide to make it famous.
Turning Point USA continues to carry on the sainted work of Charlie Kirk by singling out innocent high school teachers for death threats.
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It is simply impossible to have a society where groups profit off of politicizing anything that could be construed as political offensive. No behavior is safe once they (e.g. Libs*fTiktok , T*USA) decide to make it famous.
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Turning Point USA continues to carry on the sainted work of Charlie Kirk by singling out innocent high school teachers for death threats.
Math teachers at Cienega High School in Arizona are facing death threats and calls that they be fired after a Turning Point USA employee falsely accused them of wearing Halloween costumes mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Arizona teachers' costumes weren't about Charlie Kirk. They're facing death threats anyway
Math teachers at Cienega High School in southern Arizona are facing death threats and calls that they be fired after a Turning Point USA employee falsely accused them of wearing Halloween costumes mocking the assassination of the organization’s co-founder, Charlie Kirk.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Turning Point USA continues to carry on the sainted work of Charlie Kirk by singling out innocent high school teachers for death threats.
huge loss! @leximcmenamin.com thank you for your stories at Teen Vogue, excited to see what you do next.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
huge loss! @leximcmenamin.com thank you for your stories at Teen Vogue, excited to see what you do next.
The signs were always there! Technology is a society killer. Watch this Super Bowl ad (with Kate Mara?!?!) from 1998 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oCl...
AT&T "Angela likes Bobby" Commercial (1998)
YouTube video by Play Pause Video
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The signs were always there! Technology is a society killer. Watch this Super Bowl ad (with Kate Mara?!?!) from 1998 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oCl...
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When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.
Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature
Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ...
www.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.
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I really am just working from the basic premise of political science that public opinion isn’t just measurable — you can and should CREATE it.
This never stops being true, but I’m not sure Ds have ever, at least in my lifetime, learned to apply it for good. *Creating* public opinion either never occurs to them, or if it does, offends their sensibilities? It’s exasperating
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I really am just working from the basic premise of political science that public opinion isn’t just measurable — you can and should CREATE it.
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America has an oligarchy and somehow Scott Adams has access to it
November 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
America has an oligarchy and somehow Scott Adams has access to it
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There's fortitude.... then there's mossing your teammate at the track in the bottom of the 9th of game 7 in the World Series after coming in the game 9 pitches ago
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
There's fortitude.... then there's mossing your teammate at the track in the bottom of the 9th of game 7 in the World Series after coming in the game 9 pitches ago
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genuinely crazy-making how much the national press is indifferent to the verifiable fact that jd vance is buddy buddy with internet nazis, and the degree to which this is almost certainly a form of solidarity among people with a similar institution pedigree
mainstream media report on jd vance’s twitter mutuals, challenge level: impossible
He has already chosen, what the fuck are we doing here
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
genuinely crazy-making how much the national press is indifferent to the verifiable fact that jd vance is buddy buddy with internet nazis, and the degree to which this is almost certainly a form of solidarity among people with a similar institution pedigree