I will say one thing: nothing demonstrates the value of military history, the staff and war colleges, and reading military theory like watching a war conducted by a bunch of guys who skipped all of that in favor of 'manliness' and push-ups.
She then critiqued my daughter’s choice of stickers as being INSUFFICIENTLY GIRLIE.
I try very hard to be a reasonable person.
However the nurse who called my SICK! TODDLER! ‘mean’ because she cried and pried off the pulse ox is testing me.
every fucking chapter is like "wowowow women are so hard on themselvesssss I wish I could be like my lazy pos husband and be messy and not care that the kids aren't feddddddddddd but i can't bcuz i'm literally just a gorlllllll"
stop! having! kids! with! losers!
god I am reading a book right now where the (female) author is trying to convince the (inferred to be female) audience that she has the keys to women's liberation WHILE ALSO constantly pointing to how her husband doesn't pull his weight with the kids.
Aww, did someone discover that regime change wars in the Middle East are easy to start & hard to stop??
Not accepting phd students at korbel
need crowdsourcing help #polisky - if your department is not admitting PhD students this cycle, please respond with the department
i already know my department, GW, is not admitting students
ROUGH MEN. [bangs on the masculinity sign] People. You NEED ROUGH MEN SO YOU CAN SLEEP.
a perhaps insane question:
does anyone have an outdoor desk they like?
Logistics is woke. Supply is woke. End-state planning is woke. Force protection? Believe it or not, woke
The Ethiopian government is picking favorites amid a split in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which could unravel the country’s fragile peace, warns @hilarymatfess.bsky.social.
Many thanks!
am I very stupid or is the PRRI data only available in aggregate form (rather than individual, anonymized responses)? ccing @kaitsims.bsky.social for visibility and emotional support
"After Liberation" comes out NEXT MONTH! You can save 20% on your pre-order at www.sup.org with code MATFESS20.
And now the border is down the street and in the church and at the kindergarten. Because the border is no longer a physical space but an idea that justified “otherness” and follows people around owing to their race, religion or whether or not they have an accent.
shame is back on the menu boys
I just finished this book and it is — hands down — one of the best books I've ever read.
Thank you so much!!
awww thank you so much!!
I went on "Unclear and Present Danger" (w @jamellebouie.net and @lioneltrolling.bsky.social) to talk about GI Jane, American discomfort with women in combat, and how hot Viggo Mortensen was in those little khaki shorts. You can listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
a fun thing about having OCD is that instead of being excited that my latest book, "After Liberation
Women and the Politics of Expectations in Rebel-to-Party Transitions" comes out *next month,* I'm petrified it's bad.
Anyway! you can pre-order a book I am proud of here www.sup.org/books/politi...
<3 thank you!
Nonconsensual deepfake pornography has become ubiquitous across the internet, mostly targeting women and girls.
And yet, despite the scale of the problem, policymakers have been slow to respond, @hilarymatfess.bsky.social writes.
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I am tired of bending into knots to understand the evolution and motivation and pathos of men who hurt people.
There's a line from a Doubleclicks song that I come back to:
"I don’t care if you are happy now
I just hope that you are victimless"
rise and grind babyyyyyy.
while all you pillow-cucked honk shoo maxxers were 'getting the medically recommended amount of sleep' I was doom scrolling in bed
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listen, I am usually team "professionalization and training reduce civilian harm" but that rests upon the assumption that the people being trained and professionalized joined to *protect* civilians. And I am not convinced that holds for this new generation of ICE recruits.
Europe's five stages of grief wrt Trump:
1. Wake-up call
2. Backlash
3. Breaking point
4. Appease
5. Repeat
