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Technology has advanced significantly over the past 200 years, but have ideas about gender and technology also changed over time? Are modern technologies gendered? In this comprehens...

Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I'm terrible at promoting my book – of which I'm super proud – and vow to get on top of the situation once I turn in spring semester grades. In the meantime, I think I will just periodically post this message: please buy my book. www.wiley.com/en-us/Gender...

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

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Screaming with joy here! My hate-love-hate relationship with racing, including the Kentucky Derby continues, dammit. Read what I wrote about it for @mitpress.bsky.social ten years ago, and congratulations to Golden Tempo, Cherie DeVaux & team. mitpress.mit.edu/kentucky-der...

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Kentucky Derby: Off-Track and Online image

On Derby Day, Holly Kruse discusses how horse racing has adapted to interactive and social media technologies. She is the author of Off-Track and Online: The Networked Spaces of Horse Racing.

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Saturday afternoon may not be the ideal time to post this, but... it's fall book adoption time here in North America, so if you're teaching an undergraduate course about tech, society, culture gender, social history, don't forget about this little book I wrote 😉. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

Gender and Technology: An Introduction, In this comprehensive text, Holly Kruse explores how notions of gender and technology have been socially constructed. Organized historically, the book provides ...

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Once every quarter-century or so, it's fun to be a fan of University of Iowa men's basketball. #Hawkeyes

Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I've neglected to mention that my new book – Gender and Technology: An Introduction – is now available in the US. I'm excited! I'll update my personal website with links soon. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

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If the USA Women’s Hockey team wants a real celebration and invite ,,, I’ll host them in Las Vegas. Do some nice dinners and shows and good times. I’m sure I can get a hotel and airline to help me out here and celebrate these women for real for real. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

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a man in a suit and tie is wearing a crown and saying yeah boyy !

Alt: Flavor Flav says YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!!

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

This is terrible, although if anyone was worried about me, I'm fine. The tenure ban is only for faculty who aren't already tenured. But who is going to want to come teach at an Oklahoma public university now? Even fewer people, that's who. www.oudaily.com/news/america...

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Gov. Kevin Stitt orders budgeting, tenure changes; AAUP responds

The American Association of University Professors issued a statement following the passing of two Oklahoma executive orders aimed at higher education reform, including eliminating professors’ tenure a...

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

In other news from my academic life.

Office door sign announcing erratic office hours and including a photo of a puppy.

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The U.S. publication date for my gender & tech book keeps getting pushed back – now February 24th? – but my box o' books has arrived. There aren't many – 2 hardback, 3 paperback – but it's quality, not quantity that counts. Thanks, @politybooks.bsky.social!

Box of books titled Gender and Technology.

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 12: A song with a strong bassline Duran Duran ~ Rio www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtEk... I scrolled & didn't see this no-brainer. I might have missed it? I was going to pick a Pino Palladino bassline, but Rio is iconic. Even historic. No love for JT?

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Rio (2001 Remaster)

YouTube video by Duran Duran - Topic

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

For the chosen family who feeds me every holiday, I made a diorama to represent such a meal, which includes all of us (who are either Fisher Price firefighter people or Devo); their cats, their 3 horses; and my dogmobile + dogs. I am folk artist.

Shoebox diorama of 4 people at in chairs at table, with cats all around them and a red van nearby with a dog next to it and a dog on top of it.

Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Today was a big UK book release day for @politybooks.bsky.social's @aoir.bsky.social authors. Congratulations, @halavais.bsky.social!

Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

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This book is SO GOOD.

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

It's launch week in the UK for my book, Gender and Technology: An Introduction. Don't miss out on this stocking stuffer, people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean from me! www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

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Tarantino’s big mistake is that anyone who watches enough movies to have an opinion on Paul Dano loves the kind of movies Paul Dano acts in

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

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shout out to my grandmother’s stuffing recipe for containing such helpful instructions as ‘cook it til it’s done’ and ‘pour broth til it looks right’

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I got the best undergrad education double majoring in poli sci & history while living at home & going to the U of Iowa, and to the U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's pioneering program in media studies for my PhD. Top land grant universities. Such crucial resources.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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seeing how many people show up in jeffery epstein's emails makes me happy i never reply to anyone's email

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Just now at my Tulsa Walmart Neighborhood Market there were people speaking Spanish, and the customer service employee who helped me with a return was a transgender woman with the cutest unicorn tattoo. And everyone seemed totally ok with it. In Oklahoma. It's fine, people!

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I miss being with everyone in Brazil at #AoIR2025, but remote participation removes the stress of trying to decide which panel to attend! The answer is always the one set up for remote participation. So far, those panels have been excellent. Great work, @aoir.bsky.social and local committee!

Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Using this opportunity to shout out the fantastic work of @wsuares.bsky.social at FOX25 in OKC. I'm in Tulsa, and her reporting has been crucial. Also remember outside the largest markets local FOX affiliates AREN'T owned by FOXNews. That includes Tulsa's excellent FOX23. Support local journalism!

Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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If you see headlines claiming NASA's found life on Mars - these are new studies of features in rocks which, if they were on Earth, look like the kind of thing caused by microorganisms. But they could very well - are most probably in fact - be caused by chemistry, not biology.

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Aliassime d. Zverev 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-4 Felix is into the Round of 16 at the U.S. Open for the first time since 2021. He was 2-6 against Sascha coming into this match, and hadn't beaten him since 2022. ✅9th Slam R16 ✅20th career top 10 win What a performance 🇨🇦

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

One of the only things I miss about Twitter is Tennis Twitter, but reading comments this morning after watching last night's match gives me hope for #TennisSky. #USOpen

Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I just saw the back cover text for my forthcoming book, and I have to say that @nancybaym.bsky.social @kylzjarrett.bsky.social & @alicetiara.bsky.social, you are the absolute best. I love you! I will miss seeing all of you in Rio this fall (if all of you are going to @aoir.bsky.social, that is).

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I can't go back to the other place, but I do miss Tennis Twitter. I just tuned in to the Cincinnati Open match between Norrie & Bautista Agut and searched Bluesky to find out what's going on with Norrie. Cramping, I assume? The latest post is from 3 days ago. C'mon, #TennisSky! Help.

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Being old means getting to live through so many satanic panics, each one more delightful than the last.

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Is it possible that I work in public education (tho the higher kind) in the state in question? Might I kind of, sort of have a bit of a vested interest in this story? I don't post political content, but this is really a personal interest story, right? nondoc.com/2025/07/25/b...

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Board members: TV in Ryan Walters' office displayed nude women during executive session

Oklahoma State Board of Education members reported seeing nude women on a TV screen in Superintendent Ryan Walters' office July 24, 2025.

Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Imagine it's me in this SNL sketch not BÖC and Christopher Walken is a voice in my head as I was writing my book. And instead of saying "More cowbell" that voice was saying "More commas." Then you will understand the experience I'm having reading page proofs and trying to figure out what went wrong.

Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

People keep following me, but I'm really mostly a lurker here. I mean, yesterday I watched the thriller "Berlin Syndrome" and was mildly triggered by an early shot of the U-Bahn, where I lost my coat in 2016 while riding with @miac.bsky.social & @mavery.bsky.social. Is this the content people want?

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

This is heartbreaking to watch. Sinner being such a good guy.

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

hollykruse.com is back. There's nothing there yet except for links to my books on publisher webpages: @mitpress.bsky.social, @politybooks.bsky.social (sort of) & Peter Lang. There's nothing about my dogs or horse(s), which is a sure sign that this website is totally a work in progress 🚧.

Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Oh, and also "key people in relevant interest groups, think tanks, or activist networks."

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I'm filling out author promotion form for my Gender & Tech book (ocean.exacteditions.com/issues/12086...) & am stymied by questions in the "(Non-Academic) Media & Publicity" asking for info on my contacts in the media and info on specialist media outlets. Ideas? Help! Tagged people in 1st comment.

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Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Humbly, as one of the few scholars of such tubez, I'm up to talk about this and also never talk to CNN Business about the the hyperloop ever again.