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Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com · 22/09/2026

I recently finished reading @drkatw.bsky.social's important and very timely book on women's engagement in the far-right Alternative Für Deutschland, examined through a critical feminist lens. A must-read for everyone who wants to have an in-depth insight ⬇ www.routledge.com/Women-and-Al...

Book Cover: "Women and Alternative Für Deutschland" by Dr Katherine Williams

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's just a few thoughts. Trying to get the hang of the whole blogging thing around work and life. It's not perfect, but then what is? Maybe Dolly Parton's cover of Stairway to Heaven, but that's a different discussion altogether.

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Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

1/Nie werde ich den 18. März 1990 in meinem Leben vergessen: Zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben durfte ich wählen - und habe seither keine einzige Wahl verpaßt.Viel zu viele Menschen in unserem Land haben längst vergessen, wie viele Menschen für freie,geheime, allgemeine und gleiche Wahlen gekämpft und

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I sent a friend in Germany a copy of my book but it's being returned to sender as apparently the address is wrong. I wrote "-n" instead of "-r" on a relative pronoun in the address line but everything else (building name and number, post code etc.) was correct. Absolutely maddening.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 30/08/2026

Just a couple of days away from my desk, and look what the book fairy has left for me! Recommended, if slightly scary reading for anyone interest in #femonationlism (and other things #farright)

Book cover of "Women and Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)" by Katherine Williams, part of the Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right series, shown beside the quote: "Fascinating reading for anyone who wants to understand the motivations of female far-right activists."

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I couldn't have done it without my stellar PhD supervisors Claudia and @hdiamond.bsky.social ♥️

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Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Flush with its success in Saxony-Anhalt, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is in a strong position heading into two other state elections later this month, according to polls www.newsweek.com/german-far-r...

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German far-right AfD chances of winning next state elections

After getting the most votes in Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD has its eye on Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin later this month.

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I have finally gotten around to launching my blog. Be kind to me, graphic design isn't my passion 🤣🥲 hoping to post semi-regularly about my independent research activities. Sorry about the big thumbnail of my face.

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Catherine Baker @cat-baker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My first solo-author article, Is the Far-Right Anti-Science?, is now published in Social Epistemology. It explores the far-right’s epistemic struggle to claim scientific authority, attacking and co-opting science to legitimise white supremacy & misogyny—an issue academia must increasingly attend to

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm so absolutely thrilled and grateful to receive a box of my very own book this morning 🥂🎉🪩🥳

Kat holds up a copy of her book "Women and Alternative für Deutschland" in front of some plants, knitted artwork, and various trinkets.

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Just in case you needed a lil extra incentive to support my independent research work 😉 (released in HB and e-book format on 25th Aug) 🥂

A discount code for Kat's forthcoming book on women and the Alternative für Deutschland party.

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

As the last frond of Halley's comet crept nearer my elbow, I felt my soul leave my body. Tattooed by Dylan David at Stronghold in Cardiff ☄️

A stylised tattoo interpretation of Halley's comet, as featured on the Bayeux Tapestry. The fronds of the comet are yellow and brown, other accents are in green.

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Wissensnetzwerk Rechtsextremismusforschung @wi-rex.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Registration is open for our international conference “Ideologies and Networks Across Borders: The Transnational Far Right” in Leipzig! Join us for a broad range of panels + keynotes by Anukriti Dixit, @vladimirsafatle.bsky.social & @kai-arzheimer.com. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/ideologies...

conference sharepic: Oct 14-16, 2026, Leipzig; more information: wi-rex.de/wi-rex-veranstaltungen/

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

As my 40th birthday approaches, I have bought a dress with squids and sea critters on it and booked a tattoo. What tat design, you ask? Well, it's Halley's comet as it is interpreted on the Bayeux Tapestry 😂☄️ my only plan as I enter my 4th decade is to keep being this cool 😎

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

"Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see." An underrated classic.

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

"I am the most physically and verbally attacked public figure or politician of modern times" is a quite a thing for Nigel Farage to say when two MPs have been murdered in the last decade, Stephen Timms was stabbed twice in the stomach in 2010 and there was a plot to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

When you have laryngitis 😢 but you're still feeling smug about getting tickets to the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition 😎

A knitted tapestry based on a panel of the Bayeux Tapestry (chart by Roland Designs on Etsy). The background is a soul-piercing neon orange and the details are an electric blue. There is a ship with some mateys ahoy and a massive bloke on a horse.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 02/07/2026

Best advice you are going to get from me

A cartoon man in a green shirt and blue gloves kneels on a wooden floor, scrubbing it with a cloth. A red bucket with a mop stands nearby. Text above reads “How to Deal with an Existential Crisis”; below, “1. Create the illusion of purpose through work.”

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Llamau @llamau.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🎸 A thunderous thank you to Metallica's @allwithinmyhands.org Foundation! Following their incredible Cardiff show, we've been truly honoured with a £20,000 donation that will help us support young people, women and children experiencing or at risk of homelessness across Wales 💙

Group photo of the band Metallica. Each member is smiling. There is a plain white background.

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Some recent knitting-related activities. Two swatches (griffin from the Antique Pattern Library, and goat from unknown on Pinterest); the curio collar (pattern designed by Lydia Morrow); and finally a frame for my Black Philip piece (pattern designed by The Witchy Stitcher).

Two knitted swatches in dark grey and cream. One with what could be a griffin, and the other with a goat reared on its hind legs.

A framed pink and black knitted work bearing the slogan "wouldst thou like to live deliciously?" from the 2015 film The Witch, dir. Robert Eggers.

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Janoschki @janoschki.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Höcke sendet zwei Botschaften. Eine Umarmung an die Ossis: „Ihr seid die richtigen Deutschen, nicht ihr seid das Problem." Eine Einladung an die Wessis: „Ich war wie ihr, ich habe die Korrumpierung erkannt, also bin ich trotz westdeutscher Herkunft ein echter Deutscher. Ihr könnt das auch." 🧵

Screenshot eines Spiegel-Politik-Artikels vom 8. Juni 2026 mit dem Übertitel „Krudes Podcast-Interview" und der Überschrift „Björn Höcke spricht den Westdeutschen das Deutschsein ab". Der Vorspann beschreibt, dass Höcke erneut in einem Podcast radikale Thesen verbreitet, diesmal mit einer eigenwilligen Definition, wer im Land noch „echter Deutscher" sei. Das Artikelbild zeigt einen Mann am Rednerpult des Thüringer Landtags, im Hintergrund sitzen weitere Abgeordnete.

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

It's proofin' time 🔎 luckily my terrible dream didn't come true. Perhaps it's a sign to enjoy a caffeinated beverage or two after all 🤔☕

The front page of Kat's forthcoming book on women and Alternative für Deutschland (AfD).

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I had a terrible dream last night that I received my book proofs but it was not the material I submitted 😭 (yes, I have reduced my heroic levels of caffeine intake, why do you ask?)

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

A few snaps from our walk along the Wales Coastal Path between Sully and Penarth. 7 miles altogether. We set off at 9am-ish so was home before the temps got too crazy.

Kat standing on the Wales Coastal Path before a pleasant scene of a blue stretch of sea and a very small uninhabited island near Sully, Vale of Glamorgan.

A view of a stretch of sedimented rock on the Wales Coastal Path between Sully and Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan.

The view from an abandoned pill box on the Wales Coastal Path between Sully and Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan.

A view of the seafront in Sully on the Wales Coastal Path, Vale of Glamorgan.

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

What a treat! You can read my article for free through the link in my bio 📑

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Knitting with real wool is very nice. My current WIPs: The yellow and green vest is a riff on the olive vest by meganfaithmakes, and the grey and cream jumper is the Olga sweater by petiteknits 🧶🐑

The completed front panel of a yellow and green striped vest.

The back panel of a yellow and green striped knitted vest.

A grey and cream striped jumper with only one sleeve.

A grey and cream striped jumper with only one sleeve, this time hung on a coat hanger.

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Feeling a bit smug about all this aran weight (real!) wool that I picked up at Wonderwool Wales for £20 yesterday 🧶 (the bright yellow wool in last pic is sock yarn so not part of the aran haul) 🧶

Four different colours of yarn - yellow, light green, dark green, and purple - on top of a chequered bedspread

A kitchen table scene - winding the hanks of yarn into yarn cakes to make it easier to knit later down the line.

Three lots of yarn cakes in yellow, dark green, and light green.

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

How your email finds me

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

A very happy St George's Day, to all who celebrate.

A picture if George Michael our lord and saviour, looking like a snack. He's all pensive, there's a shadow over his face. Cross earring is on. The works.

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Available to pre-order from August 7th 😊🎉🪩🥂

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DK Renton @davidkr.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Out in the summer, the book is about the fiction anti-fascists have written, menippean satires, feminist dystopia, Communist-modernist-activism, Judas allegories, love letters to David Bowie, detectives under Hitler, queer fantasia, and much else besides. www.routledge.com/The-Anti-Fas...

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

It was wonderful to be reunited with @cfieschi.bsky.social and @rosabalfour.bsky.social and to discuss the threat of the far right. The whole discussion is now online.

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Is the Radical-Right Threat to Europe Existential or Overstated?

YouTube video by Carnegie Europe

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Extreme Right Research Network @errnetwork.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The latest blog is up! Following on from Prof. Paul Jackson's look at dogwhistles, Dr Dan Jones talks about how the extreme right have engaged with environmentalism - using mainstream language to cloak concept-dense narratives. www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo...

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Hiding in plain sight – the extreme right and environmentalism | UON

The environment has moved increasingly into a mainstream debate over the last 30 years, so it is not a surprise that the extreme right have sought to...

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

C-REX / CANSES methods and ethics webinar this week: "Researching far-right mothers as a mom" w/ @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social, University of Luxembourg Time and place: Apr. 16, 2026 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (CET), ONLINE. Moderated by @audreygagnon.bsky.social. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

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Researching far-right mothers as a mom - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism

with Catherine Tebaldi, University of Luxembourg

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 14/04/2026

🚨New article🚨 What if the misguided construction of 'right-wing populism' has prevented us from holding the elite accountable and rejuvenate democracy? This is what @alexyates2000.bsky.social and I explore in our new article: 'There is no such thing as ‘right-wing populism’' 1/ shorturl.at/jptiu

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There is no such thing as ‘right-wing populism’: Reclaiming the emancipatory potential of populism in reactionary times | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

There is no such thing as ‘right-wing populism’: Reclaiming the emancipatory potential of populism in reactionary times

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CIRAF @cirafcardiff.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

📣CIRAF Seminar alert!📣 Join us on 29 April at 12pm for 'Brexit, the Far Right, and Racism: 10 years on' with Brendan McGeever and Natalie-Anne Hall. FREE online seminar but registration is required: www.eventbrite.com/e/brexit-the...

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Brexit, the Far Right, and Racism: 10 years on

The 3rd free online seminar in CIRAF's 2026 series: Looking forward // looking back: learning from 2016 a decade on

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 13/04/2026

The proofs are in! Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right will be published in mid-June by OUP. Covering 10 PRR youth wings across Europe, we show how these organisations act as motors of mobilisation, socialisation, internationalisation, professionalisation, & normalisation for their parties.

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Happy 8th anniversary to the tweet that changed us forever. Look at this absolute unit.

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Submitted my book manuscript today and finally got to eat some fancy cake 🎉🥂🍰

Kat sat on her sofa eating a piece of lemon and blackcurrant cake

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Not sure what to read over the weekend? @imrobwalker.bsky.social and other brilliant RPRN members have you covered with this provocative anthology about Louis Theroux's Inside the Manosphere documentary It also includes the first ever poem published by Red Lines! reacpol.net/theroux-docu...

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Red Lines: Working ‘Theroux’ What Louis Missed: a Multi-Lens Structural Analysis of the Manosphere - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This anthology on Theroux's Inside the Manosphere documentary was curated by Rob Walker

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vjmalletft.bsky.social @vjmalletft.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Book now for April 28 in Paris or online americanlibraryinparis.org/event/frfran...

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Don't be afraid to self-promote!

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

May I suggest my "Interviewing the 'Unlovable'" book chapter? doi.org/10.7765/9781... 📚

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