@bjolliffscott.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Illinois State University. I study constitutional monarchy, soft power, and women executives. Mom to E. Coffee, books, nature, and golden retrievers are good for my soul.
Starting a gloomy Thursday with an R/R is a nice way to brighten the day!
Translation: Gordon Brown is apocalyptically furious that as he was trying to do a good job, which he was clearly far better able to do than his opponents, Mandelson & Andrew were both actively trying to screw him over for the benefit of their rich pedo pal, & yes he will happily see them both burn
Fun fact: one of my great-great-great-etc. relatives attended to Charles I at his execution.
My hope is that he panics and tells all and then we get some American spillover effects. Probably too much to ask for tbh
📬 Look what I found in the mail today! The Oxford Handbook of Belgian Politics is really out now!
Thanks to Min Reuchamps, Marleen Brans, Petra Meier and @emilievh.bsky.social for leading this huge effort!
A statement from the King after his brother’s arrest.
Welp, time to make a very welcome update to my monarchy syllabus.
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Abraham Lincoln Penguin may be my favorite fictional historical character ever. My 6 year old is the coolest kid ❤️
“We are a Minneapolis 2nd grade Brownie Troop of 12 including trans and neurodiverse youth and 75% BIPOC kids. We want to go to summer camp and try horseback riding! During the current ICE occupation we need your support more than ever...”
And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.
🚨 CURT CIGNETTI SMILE 🚨
Everything is beyond terrible and I seem to have developed an unsettling inner ear muscle spasm from the stress of it. But today my 6 year old and I played Oregon Trail, went ice skating, and played with her American Girl dolls. If 10 year old me could’ve designed her dream day, this would be it.
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
this still slaps youtu.be/ZQ_MEFVx5jM?...
I would love to go to MBS and chat 1990s, Bridget Jones, Princess Diana, Mass Observation. But I’m on maternity leave now (I’ll have to bring my baby to the conference) and can’t organise a panel. If anyone wants to do something, let me know!!
I love how you described your encounter with the EC. This is how I felt the first time I attended a COE church whilst living in England having grown up evangelical, and although I attend a PCUSA church because my family prefers it, I will never not be Episcopalian at heart. My soul indeed relaxed.
@shafrhistorians.bsky.social
New @ejir.bsky.social special issue on "History and Theory in International Relations" #HistIR 🔽
Congrats to all contributors and the editorial team! 🥳
journals.sagepub.com/toc/EJT/curr...
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining;
it is the night of the dear Savior’s birth...
Truly He taught us to love one another;
His law is love and His gospel is peace.
Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother,
and in His name all oppression shall cease.
NEW ISSUE from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social -
Politics & Gender - Volume 21 - Issue 4 - December 2025 - https://cup.org/4sboZSj
cc @apsa.bsky.social
When your birthday is four days before Christmas it’s only natural that someone in the house has the stomach flu on that day. Every. Year.
This exactly.
Underrated feeling: picking up your library holds for holiday reading ❤️🎄📚
Agree 💯%. I know I am angrier, more tired, and less patient than I was pre-pandemic. There are painful invisible scars from those years.
I love her!
It’s like we are willing ourselves into a new Dark Age. It’s utterly craven and baffling.
#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social -
Why did the Netherlands apologize? Slavery, justice, and the political conditions of state apologies in Europe - https://cup.org/4pA0jB9
- Bart-Jan Zandee & @ssregilme.bsky.social
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