Matt Mendez
@profmattmendez.bsky.social
CSULB Professor, Political Scientist, Teacher Scholar. Studies representation, legislative politics, Congress, neurodiversity, gender identity, migration, and Latino Politics. I love cats and Star Trek.
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Happy LGBTQ+ Pride! Let’s champion all LGBTQ+ people including people with HIV. They are also part of the family and we must help to reduce the stigma that still exists for people with HIV.
June 10, 2023 at 6:51 PM
Happy LGBTQ+ Pride! Let’s champion all LGBTQ+ people including people with HIV. They are also part of the family and we must help to reduce the stigma that still exists for people with HIV.
The legal (& let’s be honest, psychiatric) systems are still learning about how trauma impacts individual behavior & scales up to influence trends in society. Valuing the experience of survivors is just and I hope our legal & psychiatric systems eventually catch up to ppl’s lived experiences.
A Louisiana bill would have created a pathway out of prison for domestic violence survivors who are incarcerated over acts that responded to the abuse.
The proposal has now failed for this legislative session.
Bolts reported on the bill in April.
The proposal has now failed for this legislative session.
Bolts reported on the bill in April.
Domestic Violence Survivors Seek a Pathway Out of Louisiana Prisons - Bolts
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June 5, 2023 at 7:48 PM
The legal (& let’s be honest, psychiatric) systems are still learning about how trauma impacts individual behavior & scales up to influence trends in society. Valuing the experience of survivors is just and I hope our legal & psychiatric systems eventually catch up to ppl’s lived experiences.
I also love Star Trek. Deep Space Nine is my favorite Trek series and Sisko is my captain. But I love them all! Star Trek Picard delivered one of the best seasons of Trek ever, and finally gave Beverly her due. Live long and prosper.
June 4, 2023 at 2:52 AM
I also love Star Trek. Deep Space Nine is my favorite Trek series and Sisko is my captain. But I love them all! Star Trek Picard delivered one of the best seasons of Trek ever, and finally gave Beverly her due. Live long and prosper.
Yep, and in a working paper, my coauthor Sara Angevine and I find that LGB Congress Members sponsor more bills on behalf of trans folks than their straight counterparts.
What extremist conservatives are trying to do is seperate trans people from the LGBTQ+ community. It’s ok to be gay or lesbian they say but not trans. Fuck that. It’s all of us or none of us.
Happy Pride.
Happy Pride.
June 3, 2023 at 11:17 PM
Yep, and in a working paper, my coauthor Sara Angevine and I find that LGB Congress Members sponsor more bills on behalf of trans folks than their straight counterparts.
Hi! I am excited to be on this platform. My name is Matt, and I am a political scientist who studies legislative politics and representation for groups that do not offer a direct electoral reward. I have a strong normative commitment to political representation for all minoritized groups.
June 3, 2023 at 11:14 PM
Hi! I am excited to be on this platform. My name is Matt, and I am a political scientist who studies legislative politics and representation for groups that do not offer a direct electoral reward. I have a strong normative commitment to political representation for all minoritized groups.
My co-author Sara Sadhwani and I find that legislators respond less to undocumented constituents than they do citizen constituents. Our paper, ¿ Quién Importa? State Legislators and Their Responsiveness to Undocumented Immigrants, was published in Politics Research Quarterly in fall 2022.
June 3, 2023 at 11:13 PM
My co-author Sara Sadhwani and I find that legislators respond less to undocumented constituents than they do citizen constituents. Our paper, ¿ Quién Importa? State Legislators and Their Responsiveness to Undocumented Immigrants, was published in Politics Research Quarterly in fall 2022.