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Carolyn E Holmes

@carolyneholmes.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee. African Politics, Nationalism, and Democracy. Also quilting. Lots of quilting.

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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 8h
I stand by the idea that "Common People" is the singular most important text on understanding ethnography and ethics in the English language: genius.com/Pulp-common-...
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Pulp – Common People
In one sense, it’s difficult to separate “Common People” from its moment of release, so emblematic as it was of an era when the Britpop tide was sweeping up any UK outfit with a
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 8h
I stand by the idea that "Common People" is the singular most important text on understanding ethnography and ethics in the English language: genius.com/Pulp-common-...
genius.com
Pulp – Common People
In one sense, it’s difficult to separate “Common People” from its moment of release, so emblematic as it was of an era when the Britpop tide was sweeping up any UK outfit with a
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 17h
A non-exhaustive list of things I do not want in my everyday life, that somehow keep getting advertised to me: - AI assistants - protein in my coffee - floofy sleeves on work attire Please. Stop.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Just doing what the good professor said…
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Every single one of the yikes.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Nova 💥⭐️💥 No va ✋🛑✋
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Chevy Nova
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Okay, but like... ...peer review as a system is really broken.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
So...would there be an appetite for a broader conversation about childcare at conferences like APSA? Just, you know, wondering...
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Still obsessed with Lone Stars.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Kennedy would never be able to do the trial in the US because of its significant ethical concerns, Offit added. “He’s taking advantage of a developing country … Is it because children in Africa are more expendable than children here?”" Yes. That is evident. That and the fact "Bobby" is an evil man.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’ve definitely heard cootie catchers. I remember calling them fortune tellers at school.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Teaching my children the old ways. The culture.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
a soon-to-be wizard wand, dish of candy, and several spikes, fire, and an axe (???) for a cardboard box Godzilla.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Halloween costume crafting with air dry clay…
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Schrödinger would absolutely love my AirPods. They are simultaneously in my bag and not in my bag at all times.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Alan, if you have contacts or an active account there…please ask them not to visit me anymore.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Second UPDATE: And now my 6 year old suggested that I should “text Dad, and also your sisters to tell them about your braveness” Already done, kid. Now I’m telling the whole of Al Gore’s internet.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
UPDATE: My kids *screamed* and climbed a tree. I forcibly relocated the very angry beastie with a snow shovel.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Came home to start a solo-parenting weekend and there was a SNAKE in my garage. I think I have to burn my house down now.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Nationalism is always a story that seems to be about the past, but is justifying the present moment.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If your name happens to be Mike, I’m just saying…don’t debate anyone tonight. It’s a bad night for Mikes on mikes.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This isn’t too far off…
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I don’t love sports like some of you do, but seeing these billboards all over Wisconsin was effective: www.wisn.com/article/bill...
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'What's worse than Chicago?': Midwest billboard campaign links sports rivalries to tariffs
A billboard campaign by Small Businesses Against Tariffs uses sports rivalries to highlight the impact of tariffs, with messages appearing in six Midwest states and Pennsylvania.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My 9 year old defines socialism as being required to finish homework and correct mistakes. My 6 year old defines socialism as having to eat broccoli.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The campus rock that students can paint says "Stop defending rapists" this morning. It is really depressing to list all the possible reasons that the students would choose to paint that in this moment.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Patriotism may be the last virtue of the scoundrel… …but “do it for the exposure” is the last refuge of the exploiter.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As in a bias tape folding machine so it can be ironed? Ive got a little clip that you can use with your iron, but in my experience, you don’t really need one, as long as you can put pins through your ironing board cover, à la: www.reddit.com/r/sewing/com...
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From the sewing community on Reddit: This might be common knowledge, but it's a wonderful new trick for me. Use a pin to making ironing bias binding and small edges easier.
Explore this post and more from the sewing community
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Found while cleaning out my childhood bedroom. The late 1990s were a *wild* time.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Ian M Hartshorn @ianmhartshorn.com · 30/09/2026
Speaking of which I'm doing undergrad methods for the first time and did a whole unit on description and used and appreciated @carolyneholmes.bsky.social et. al. intervention in the topic. (I can't remember who else is on this website. I think @mkguliford.bsky.social is)
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wooo! thank you! we’ve got another one that has recently come out (open access!) if you’re interested: idp.springer.com/authorize?re...
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Description as art and (social) science - International Politics
Everyone studying the social and political world engages in description, at some level, as a central part of the social scientific process. Whether in conceptualization, data collection, or the curati...
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bless the textbook rep who just came to my door trying to pitch software for “AI integrated assignments!” and “AI writing assistance for students!” when my door looks like this…
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The number astrology-adjacent things that populate modern working life is wild. Strengths assessments, personality tests, number codes for working styles... ...guys, just call yourself an Aries with Scorpio rising.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Seems like some of you are just now learning that TItle IX offices are on survivors' side in the same way that your HR rep is on your side in an employment dispute.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Some ✨professional news✨: I've once again *not* been selected as a MacArthur genius. Their loss, I say.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New York people: Go see this! It looks so great. AND, it's a very tangible reminder that this whole "refugee" thing is driven by a small handful of extremists (many of whom aren't even South African!), and not normal folks.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oooh! Where is that going to be? Could you send pictures?
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The To Do List is To Doing *the Most* today.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
leaving the author byline on the removed and flagged article...that's a real choice.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You love to see that no one cares: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
dailymaverick.co.za
Ernst Roets’ Washington cross spectacle struggles for US attention
Lex Libertas’ 3,000 white crosses in Washington event failed to attract much US media coverage, but the political connections behind it say something revealing about the growing network between global...
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The thing is, also, truth and reconciliation commissions are okay for the “on down” part of the equation. They have a very not-great track record on actually getting anyone in charge to sit down for a chat. If you’re looking for accountability, that’s a different conversation.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US.
A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The thing is, also, truth and reconciliation commissions are okay for the “on down” part of the equation. They have a very not-great track record on actually getting anyone in charge to sit down for a chat. If you’re looking for accountability, that’s a different conversation.
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The Nerdskull @nerdskull.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m not technically a cis man, but I am thought of as one to most people outside of queer communities, and I do this whenever I can. It really does work. If you get pushback, just ask the person to explain why they think the joke is funny. It works. It’s easy. Please do this.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Absolutely GORGEOUS!
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Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can Roelf Meyer repair the diplomatic fractures between the United States and South Africa? Read the latest on the quiet diplomacy of South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S. from @carolyneholmes.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/the-qui...
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The quiet diplomacy of South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S.
Can Ambassador Roelf Meyer repair the diplomatic fractures between the United States and South Africa?
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think this one is going to make a great picnic blanket.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It has come to my attention that some people find dancing to music in public to be embarrassing. I have 5 words: YOU PEOPLE ARE NO FUN. Signed, The only parent dancing by the DJ booth at the school fundraiser.
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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My newest in @goodauth.bsky.social - South Africa's new ambassador: trying to navigate in choppy waters by staying focused on trade and sports. goodauthority.org/news/the-qui...
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The quiet diplomacy of South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S.
Can Ambassador Roelf Meyer repair the diplomatic fractures between the United States and South Africa?
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