Anne Taylor, PhD

Looks interesting!

a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

Are women's rights more at risk than we thought? On the Handmaid's Tale, glass vs. rubber balls, and singing in the shower

Are women's rights more at risk than we thought? Another great essay from @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/ruthbrau...

Yikes!

The Global Rise of Populist Nostalgia: Lessons From Collective Memory Propelled by issues of migration, globalization, and postcoloniality, the field of collective memory experienced a transnational and cosmopolitan turn in the first decade of the 21st Century. A broad...

So happy to hear my friend Yagmur Karakaya has a new publication out (and so timely, too): "The Global Rise of Populist Nostalgia: Lessons from Collective Memory"

Here's the link: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Map is Not the Territory How we see the world vs. how the world really is...

A new Substack post up today: "The Map is Not the Territory." Check it out: open.substack.com/pub/annetayl...

A quiet, foggy day before the students arrive 😍

Haha this is so true

Here's the link to the essay: indigenous.abbyschools.ca/sites/defaul...

Looking for alternatives to Mills for my Intro class, and am going to try a short essay from Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass called "The Gift of Strawberries." In talking about the gift economy vs. property economy, she sketches the two-way relationship between humans and society!

Manifesting this vibe today:

Wait… in my lifetime, they tore down the old Mile High stadium and built a new one… and now we need a newer new one?

An excellent article on resisting AI in schools:

“It took software developers in an METR study who used AI tools 19 percent more time to do their work. Nevertheless, because they expected to save time, they believed their work had been sped up by 20 percent.”

(Via @allisonpugh.bsky.social)

This article is excellent, thank you for sharing!

Oh cool! Thanks for sharing!

Congratulations!

Spirits of Empire The Declaration of Independence depicted Native Americans as bloodthirsty savages, and from its founding the United States aimed to expand westward by seizin...

@tisawenger.bsky.social's new book "Spirits of Empire: How Settler Colonialism Made American Religion" is out in March! It argues that American religion was shaped from the start by the governing imperatives of US empire. Pre-order and ask your library to purchase! uncpress.org/978146969362...

Weird Charisma | Anne Taylor | Substack Exploring the sacred in travel, religion, and culture with researcher-storyteller Anne Taylor. Click to read Weird Charisma, by Anne Taylor, a Substack publication. Launched 3 years ago.

Dusting off my ol' Substack newsletter and officially re-launching today! Introducing: Weird Charisma annetaylor.substack.com

Good morning ☕ my cup is a prayer: literacy and justice for all.

then you review them as a class, and facilitate the conversation around how to go about bringing those things to reality. it's also interesting to work with students who resist the activity even tho they are clear about who they admire and why. it can expose some important blocks to surpass

I like this idea, and then I tack on the "dream CV" exercise. so students look to someone they admire who is 5-7 years ahead of them, and study what their path has been. then they write their own cv w/ pubs, positions, grants, etc. that they want as if they've already happened

Very happy to be back in New England so I can pop down to @yaledivinityschool.bsky.social for lunch with friends and mentors! Oh and Noah Kahan/Boston I love u 4ever

I was thrilled to talk to @bradleyonishi.bsky.social (who knows a thing or two about podcasts, evangelicals, and extremism) about my new documentary podcast, *When the Wolves Came: Evangelicals Against Extremism*. Listen here: www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/min...

Just realized it's the first year since '22 that I won't be setting off in April for field work in Europe. Feeling so so grateful that Yale and the Macmillan Center sponsored my research. Studying the ways people imagine nationalism, citizenry, and religion thru tourism is more important than ever!

Opinion | The Democratic Party’s New Recruiter Has a Theory The Democrats’ best chance to constrain President Trump is retaking control of the House in 2026. Here’s how they might do it.

Interesting story on Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado. His political performances capture the sacrality of both left and right audiences (e.g. gets AOC's praise, stands up to Biden, and is a former soldier with a Bronze Star).

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...

ahhh! congrats!! can't wait to read it!

Congratulations, Oneya!!!

Good idea! Thanks for the reminder. I have been meaning to submit something to them for awhile

I'm being reminded today that friendship is such a tonic amidst all the chaos. One friend wrote me to ask if I'd read their book draft. Another wrote me asking if they could read my thesis. In a world where everything that is meaningful can be discredited as cringey, embrace 👏 your 👏 friends.

I'll miss it too. It's such a reversal from 2016 when WaPo was a light in the darkness. I recall being so moved by The Post when it came out around that time, too.