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Dr. Giulia Evolvi

@giuliaevolvi.bsky.social

Marie Curie fellow with project MERGE - on digital religion, social movements, and gender - at University of Bologna ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น and University of Colorado Boulder ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ. She/her. Website: https://giuliaevolvi.com/

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Appena letto: โ€œla vita sessuale dei nostri antenatiโ€, il primo libro per adulti che ho letto di Bianca Pitzorno. Da bambina che si รจ sempre immedesimata nei suoi personaggi, ovviamente dovevo leggere la storia di una professoressa dellโ€™universitร  di Bologna alle soglie dei 40โ€ฆ

02.03.2026 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The U.S. department of state keeps sending me surveys to know if I liked being a visiting scholar in the U.S.

Itโ€™s kind of like when you order something on Amazon and the package arrives open and damaged but they still ask you how many stars you want to give them

02.03.2026 20:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why is nobody talking about Rosalia?

Which leads to the second question, Americans know Rosalia, right?

02.03.2026 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The book doesn't talk about religion and that's why I'm reading it: I think it's time to explore how religious women can also be neoliberal feminist subjects, especially when they create business and communities online as influencers.

27.02.2026 14:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today I'm re-reading "the rise of neoliberal feminism" by Catherine Rottenberg.

27.02.2026 14:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I want to apply for an ERC.

I tell people I want to develop my research idea, but maybe I want my own gang of postdocs and phds and even if they donโ€™t exist yet I know theyโ€™d be the coolest gang in the department

26.02.2026 07:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How to be a woman (in politics): constructions of gender in responses to Giorgia Meloniโ€™s Instagram Posts Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Italian far-right party Fratelli dโ€™Italia, is the first female Presidente del Consiglio in the history of Italy and is known to be vocal against feminism and gender-re...

Seems the link doesn't work, here's the working one: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

25.02.2026 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How to be a woman in politics?

Very happy that my article with @genderedform.bsky.social , analyzing the responses to Italian PM Giorgia Meloni's posts, has been published by Critical Discourse Studies

www-tandfonline-com.colorado.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10....

25.02.2026 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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An overview of the Second Vatican Council - Vatican News Pope John XXIII officially opened the Second Vatican Council on 11 October 1962 during a solemn ceremony inside St. Peter's Basilica, setting in ...

for some was a great hope of change; others regard it with nostalgia.

And you, what do you want? Women priests, or Latin mass?

More at: www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c... #Vatican #Church #Catholic #catholicfaith #catholicism

24.02.2026 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Other than the mass in vernacular, the Church became closer to the people and more open to other denominations.

I notice that Catholics may regard the Second Vatican Council in different ways:

24.02.2026 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What's the Second Vatican Council, and why it's important?

Before the 1960s, the mass used to be in Latin, and laypeople were less involved in the Church.

What changed? Between 1962 and 1965, the Catholic Church underwent an "aggiornamento", an update.

24.02.2026 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Whatโ€™s written here?

The owner of the store gave me strawberries in this bag. Heโ€™s from Sri Lanka. Now Iโ€™m super curious to know what it says but Google Translate is no help

23.02.2026 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Do you want to submit a paper to the digital religion panel Iโ€™m co-organizing?

Letโ€™s go to #EUARE2026 in Rome!

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23.02.2026 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Daughter: โ€œmy doll is being mean to meโ€

Me: โ€œweโ€™ll ground her!โ€

Daughter: โ€œno, you should kindly talk to her and make her understand what she did wrongโ€

This is what gentle parenting does, I cannot even get mad at a doll anymore.

21.02.2026 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Taking with other female academics it is still evident how strange it is to move to another country for research and have a male partner following โ€ฆ

the model is still that of the male academic doing fieldwork/visitings either leaving family behind or having a partner whoโ€™s a housewife

18.02.2026 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*Shameela. I hate when people get names wrong, sorry!

17.02.2026 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join me for the Global South Network online seminar series: I will be one of the discussant for Shaamela Yoosuf Ali's work on Sri Lankan women on Facebook

17.02.2026 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Religion and Artificial Intelligence (Engaging with Religion) Religion and Artificial Intelligence (Engaging with Religion) [Singler, Beth] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Religion and Artificial Intelligence (Engaging with Religion)

But will it last, and will it be the only AI-generated religion? Hard to say, but fascinating to follow.

To know more about AI and religion: Singler, B. (2024). Religion and Artificial Intelligence (Engaging with Religion). Routledge. www.amazon.com/Religion-Art...

16.02.2026 11:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AI Agents Created Their Own Religion, Crustafarianism, On An Agent-Only Social Network AI agents are now creating their own religion, talking about the self and investigating the nature of being. Everything is getting exceedingly weird.

Can AI create a religion?

Apparently, this happened with the Church of Molt, or Crustafarianism. Created by an AI agent, with 64 AI prophets, it looks like a crossover between Christianity and Crustaceans.

More here on Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/johnko...

16.02.2026 11:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just read: โ€œthe silent patientโ€ by Alex Michaelidis. I made the terrible mistake of approaching the ending of this book at night, so I had to stay up finishing it and I was too terrified to sleep afterwards. Itโ€™s the tragedy of the โ€œAlcestiโ€ made psychological thriller. I loved it so much.

15.02.2026 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nothing is passive-aggressive like university admins who address you as "Mrs" when they perfectly know you need to have a PhD to work there

14.02.2026 17:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This was in my inbox but unfortunately it was about a special issue, not an invitation to the ice castle of Arandelle

12.02.2026 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character wearing a top hat and ear muffs says i 'm such a nice guy ALT: a cartoon character wearing a top hat and ear muffs says i 'm such a nice guy

Is it me or the more I watch movies for kids, the more I feel like villains are similar to real people?

11.02.2026 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I realize that some people might be surprised bc bad bunny did the entire halftime show in Spanish, but my entire summers are about listening music in Spanish so itโ€™s not that strange

10.02.2026 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

- Users believing that the algorithm has a magical quality to send them the right content for their spiritual growth.

What do you think? Is the Internet magical?

10.02.2026 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But other interesting examples come to mind:

- People promoting manifesting and claiming that the energy of the Internet helps us obtain what we want

- Influencers healing people by touching the screen and inviting others to do the same

10.02.2026 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, can we talk about magic in digital religion?

There are several people who sell spells or practice magic online, for instance with the hashtag #witchtok.

10.02.2026 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is the Internet magical?

I was faced with this question as I was invited to give a talk in Rome at La Sapienza by Marinella Ceravolo who's doing a project about magic. it was also great to see Alessandra Vitullo who's expert in digital religion.

10.02.2026 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bad Bunny naming every country in America was such a power move

09.02.2026 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0