‘Quiet, piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media Gender-based violence in politics has democratic costs, diminishing diverse voices and expertise in public office.

In honour of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, I'm sharing my new op-ed for The Conversation on the harms of online misogyny targeting women in public life, especially when amplified by political leaders.
#polisky #gendersky
theconversation.com/quiet-piggy-...

Toronto Blue Jays logo

Feeling kind of blue today: #LetsGoBlueJays #Jaysin6

Survey shows sharp gender gap in political harassment Female mayors face higher rates of politically motivated violence and harassment, a new poll finds.

Poll of 235 mayors: 84% of women candidates were harassed while campaigning vs 64% of men candidates. 25% of women mayors experienced harassment at least 3x/month vs 10% of men mayors. 2x as many women mayors reported threats to their family as men mayors. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Get the inside track! 🎯 Here’s a sneak peek at the 8 workshops that will define #CPSA_ACSP26👇🏾
🔴 DEADLINE NOV 10 shorturl.at/AgUow
@westernupolisci.bsky.social @erintolley.bsky.social @traceyraney.bsky.social @katepuddister.bsky.social @melomas.bsky.social @bittner.bsky.social @tariajadi.bsky.social

Identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates: comparing three approaches In this research note, we compare three approaches to identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates: candidate surveys, published lists of LGBTQ2S+ candidates, and systematic searches of each candidate running. ...

How should we identify LGBTQ2S+ candidates?

In new research with @qalbaugh.bsky.social , we compare 3 methods for identifying LGBTQ2S+ candidates in 🇨🇦 federal elections (2019–2021).

Blue Rodeo "Live From Budweiser Stage 2025" YouTube video by Blue Rodeo

Had a fabulous time at the Blue Rodeo concert in Toronto last night. For anyone who missed it, the livestream can be found here:

Here’s what we need to tell young women — and young men — about life and safety after Hockey Canada trial Young women are always taught about how to keep safe - but as the Hockey Canada trial shows, the law is only one framework

In what world is okay for a group of men to assume that an inebriated stranger is their sexual plaything?
Our world, unfortunately.
I wrote about the Hockey Canada trial in today's @thestar.com

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

I wanna encourage allies to make donations today.

Every sexual assault centre in the country has seen an uptick in calls *just* from the trial, let alone today's verdict.

I'd also encourage you to support the most effective rape resistance program in the world (based here in Canada!)

Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns Descriptions of the Everglades detention center as a place for violent criminals tell only part of the story.

Trump said the Everglades center would house “some of the most vicious people on the planet."

But > a third of the detainees have no US criminal charges or convictions.

DHS says they are "terrorists, gangsters" but "they just don’t have a rap sheet in the US”

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

The media outlet that asks you to pay $25/month doesn't know if the president can take away an American's citizenship and has to call another person to figure it out

Are more women elected in proportional elections than in majoritarian ones? @gulczynski.bsky.social, @monikaturyna.bsky.social & @jkantorowicz.bsky.social examine local Polish elections and find little evidence of that. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/UH5PdOR

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Afterglow
Florence McGillivray
1914

I'm delighted to share a new article at Politics & Gender with @kebaisley.bsky.social and Kate Burke Pellizzari examining whether LGBTQ+ candidates face challenges financing their campaigns: doi.org/10.1017/S174....

Congrats Anika, and welcome to TMU!

Research article "Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography: Crafting Research from a Diverse Methodological Menu" by Michal Grahn & Cherry M. Miller. Abstract begins: The objective of feminist institutionalist (FI) political science is to expose institutions that perpetuate gender inequalities. The nature of these entities and the best strategies for studying them remain hotly debated topics. Some scholars identify ethnography as a valuable methodology for FI research. However, novices to this methodology might need help navigating it. In this theory-generating article, we aim to bridge the gap between different approaches to FI and ethnographic methodologies. We propose ethnographic approaches suitable for scholars who see gendered institutions as real entities that constrain and enable human practices, as well as those who perceive them as sedimented clusters of meanings.

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In "Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography" @grahn.bsky.social & Cherry M Miller propose ethnographic approaches for scholars looking to research the gendered outcomes of institutions.

🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 polisky gendersky

buff.ly/4jmQsMv

Glorious Northland
Ted Harrison
1983

Research article "Labor Union Membership and Women’s Political Ambition: Evidence from the United States" by David Macdonald. Abstract begins: Women have long been underrepresented in American politics. This is evidenced by women being less likely to run for and hold elected office. Existing scholarship largely focuses on explaining why women are less politically ambitious than their male counterparts but pays less attention to why some women do run for office. To this end, I focus on the potential role of labor union membership. I argue that labor unions can foster political ambition and increase ordinary people’s likelihood of running for office. I test this among women in the American mass public, primarily with survey data from the 2010–22 Cooperative Election Study (CES). Overall, I find that labor union membership is significantly associated with women’s likelihood of running for office.

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In "Labor Union Membership and Women’s Political Ambition" David Macdonald tests a novel supply-side explanation of women's political under-representation using CES data in the 🇺🇸.

🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 polisky gendersky

buff.ly/3PHyCWX

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

New paper in IPSR with @traceyraney.bsky.social! Drawing on the reforms in the Canadian Senate, we argue that institutions in flux can be regendered by the people within them: amidst all the changes, Canadian senators successfully cemented new feminist rules.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Explosive device damaged B.C. MLA’s office, may be linked to earlier blast A previous explosion had earlier been heard in the nearby 100 block of West 1st Avenue and police are looking into whether the blasts were connected

Scary. Glad to hear no one was injured in this incident but it bears repeating: the cost of being in politics shouldn't be violence or threats of violence. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

ex-president sex pest endorses ex-governor sex pest in effort to fight current president sex pest

In Final Push for Mayor, Lander Appears With 2 Cuomo Accusers

Charlotte Bennett, the former staffer Cuomo's been hounding in the courts since she went public with his sexual harassment of her, appeared with @lindseyboylan.bsky.social at a Brad Lander event yesterday.

If you haven't yet voted, making things less shitty for Cuomo's victims is a reason to do so.

Ontarians have just lost core democratic protections — and few realize it Bill 5 lets Premier Doug Ford designate any piece of land in Ontario a “special economic zone.” Inside that zone, Ford and his cabinet can override any provincial law.

Excellent Toronto Star op-ed on Bill 5 which recently became law in Ontario. It gives sweeping powers to the govt, allowing it to centralize power and circumvent democratic processes, all in the name of 'economic protectionism':

Wild Flowers
Tom Thomson
1915

Happy to share my new paper w/ @zacspicer.bsky.social
& @IStedman.bsky.social
on councillor-perpetrated sexual violence in Canada published in State and Local Government Review.

In it we offer recommendations for municipal govts on how to combat this problem. doi.org/10.1177/0160...
#gendersky

Hold the Light
Lee Munn
2023

‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Gua...

Great interview w/ Jacinda Ardern in The Guardian: "But public life today is so horrible, so brutal. Why would anyone go into politics? 'I think the rehumanisation of people in public life is really important,' she says."
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Northern Lights, BC
Frederick Varley
1936

An image of a new book on party loyalty in Canadian politics.

Excited to dive into my advance copy of a new book on party loyalty in 🇨🇦 politics by @alexmarland.bsky.social, @jaredwesley.ca & @mireillelalancette.bsky.social.

Join us in Toronto at CPSA on June 5th, 12 p.m. to celebrate this important new work!

Mark Carney’s cabinet: A course correction on gender, but there’s more work ahead Mark Carney has restored gender parity in the federal cabinet. But upon closer look, men hold five of the six most powerful positions while only one — foreign affairs — was awarded to a woman, Anita A...

Cdn PM appoints 14 women and 14 men to his second cabinet BUT "[a] closer look reveals Carney’s appointments may be seen as a form of gender-washing — symbolically inclusive, but not substantively so. Notably, men hold five of the six most powerful positions…" theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Petty in Pink