Aidan Smith @AESmithPhd

Director @NewcombScholars, Author of Gender, Heteronormativity, and the American Presidency. Faculty @NCITU, alum @BarnardCollege, @UF, @UHManoa. Opinions mine. New Orleans, LA Joined October 2017

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Scholars Strategy Network (bsky: @scholars.org) @SSNScholars

7 months ago

RFK Jr. is in the spotlight this week, with moms on both sides closely watching the hearing. Kenicia Wright, @DrKatieGaddini, and @AESmithPhd explain moms' role in the "Make America Healthy Again" movement. Learn more via @bcrodriguez in @19thnews: 19thnews.org/2025/01/robert…

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Aidan Smith @AESmithPhd

2 years ago

Now I'm going to have to write about this Katie Britt speech. They literally put her in the kitchen to do her maternal politics shtick. It will be a challenge to capture that voice though.

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Jessica Valenti @JessicaValenti

3 years ago

Just thinking about how many men on the left called feminists hysterical for predicting today would come

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal @RepJayapal

3 years ago

A friendly reminder that five out of six conservative Justices on the Supreme Court were appointed by Presidents that lost the popular vote.

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Aidan Smith @AESmithPhd

3 years ago

It's nice to have pals who promote your work. Thanks friend!

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren

3 years ago

absolutely zero tolerance or patience for "breastfeeding is free" arguments sparked by the baby formula shortage. breastfeeding is only free if a mother's physical comfort, career, mental health, and often the physical health of both mother and baby, have no value.

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a grumpy noodle @blkgirlonline96

4 years ago

We literally went from a panicky “KN95 masks are the only safe masks in this pandemic!! No cloth masks!!!” to a “lol u don’t need a mask, ur fine” in a span of like 2 weeks…it’s so ratchet out here

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Rob Smith @RASmith2017

4 years ago

Folks, not to ruin everybody's good time, but there is probably something very fundamentally wrong with a society that is telling you that you are experiencing mental health issues because you find the idea of thousands of people dying preventable deaths every week.... disturbing

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Wendy's Wondering @WendyACronin

4 years ago

"Omicron's mild. Let it rip." One month later: "Why isn't my trash getting picked up? Where's the produce at the grocery store? Why did the clinic cancel my biopsy appt? Why hasn't my kid's teacher come back to school? I demand [cough] service!"

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Lakeview Life @LakeviewLife

4 years ago

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edburmila.bsky.social @edburmila

4 years ago

Schools pivoting to “anyone who is legally an adult is now eligible to be a substitute teacher” suggests that perhaps the quality of the student experience is not really what in-person advocates are concerned about.

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DougJBalloon @DougJBalloon

4 years ago

We wanted to understand the challenges and biases that Kamala Harris faces as the nation’s first female and first Black vice-president. So we assembled a panel of white guys named Matt.

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Aidan Smith @AESmithPhd

4 years ago

All three kids are finally vaxxed. Looking at flight schedules for the first time in two years. So many thanks for all the folks that made it happen.

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Daniel Laurison @Daniel_Laurison

4 years ago

Here's why I don't like MANDATORY pronoun go-rounds: 1. I would have hated having to decide/out myself every time I went anywhere when I was deciding whether to transition or not. 2. reinforces the notion that gender is the most important feature of our selves.

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Kate Manne @kate_manne

5 years ago

Unfun fact: abortion was not a political issue in this country until the early 1970s, when it was deliberately made a political issue to goad white evangelicals into voting Republican.

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Deanna B. Narveson @dbnarveson

4 years ago

I’m in the hurricane path. I’m in the global pandemic. I’m in the combination hurricane path and global pandemic.

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Aidan Smith @AESmithPhd

4 years ago

I don't want to leave. But I think we have to leave.

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Aidan Smith @AESmithPhd

4 years ago

Demoralized. This morning's hearings were heartbreaking. This afternoon, 10yo daughter's camp was cancelled days early due to covid risk. NOLA numbers are awful and skyrocketing. School starts in two weeks for my kids.