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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

If you are interested in democracy or accelerationism or cringe shit, check out my new essay “Democracy is cringe, read some Aristotle” in Communication and Democracy! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Democracy is cringe, read some Aristotle

This essay takes the notion of “democracy as cringe” as a jumping-off point for examining some undercurrents in far-right and accelerationist rhetorics. Using the concept of cringe, I trace how con...

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I am very fortunate to have a 19 year-old and 15 year-old that I can turn to and say: please explain this situation to me, a Gen X person, because this is so very online that I can’t follow it. I feel like I have translators available to me that are invaluable.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Yesterday’s second dose of Shingles vaccine led me into a 15-hour dream where I was trying to complete a creative assignment for a class taught by God— a woman who didn’t give clear instructions for the assignment—but everyone in class abandoned me to go to a carnival (including God).

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Looks like I just found the main case for my fall legal writing course.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I'm hyped to share my new essay in the latest issue of Capacious! "Always the Horizon: Forces, Futurities, and the Churn of White Nationalism" PDF here--> capaciousjournal.com/media/339

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

My kid just learned that his short story received a golden key in the NATIONAL Scholastic Art & Writing awards! This is HUGE! Awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall in June!

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I’m gonna be honest, I don’t ever really want to do it, but I bet it feels really satisfying to hit someone in the face with a frying pan

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Update: Chonk size harness works

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Looks like I’ll be enduring the humiliation of having to return a “cat harness” due to chonk-related difficulties.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Colin Wright is the Riley Gaines of academia: making a grift off of being 5th place and mistakenly believing that they always deserve 1st.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

New catchphrase just dropped

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I was much more excited about this tweet when I thought the three letters after “c—-“ were different.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Imagine how awesome it would be if they could invent a printer that consistently worked.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I’m watching the horseshoe theory unfold at 3x speed.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

This right here. My dad once broke his arm while slipping on ice and then finished a full day as a mechanic (went to ER after work). That’s not ideal, but hyping Trump as “macho” is laughable. All he does is whine about how people are “mean” to him. This is some weak shit no matter who you are.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I can’t imagine posting this without being blackmailed. God, I hope Newt Gingrich is being blackmailed right now.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Stop using facial ID and fingerprint right now to unlock your phone and go with a passcode. Passcodes are protected under fifth amendment in a very clear way that biometric data is not. Just do this one thing real quick.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I *am* alarmed by rising antisemitism--not "on the left" or on the right, but in the air, everywhere. Which is *why* NYT inaccurately describing Mamdani as "anti-Israel" in a news article upsets me. We Jews have real problems. Mamdani, who opposes Israeli Right's idea of Israel, isn't one of them.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Suddenly, when they least expected it, a horseshoe appeared in the heavens. It almost seemed as if socialism had been part of their magical journey the whole time. 🌈

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

My essay, “Based Books: White Nationalist Strategies for a Post-Print Age,” is out in the latest issue of The Journal of Right-Wing Studies today! Feel free to read, if you’re “into” that kinda thing! escholarship.org/content/qt89...

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

It’s not hyperbole to say that the deaths in Minnesota are on the GOP’s hands. They’ve built this political environment and they’ve allowed a demagogue to spread hate. This is entirely on them.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Pre-glitter version, but still: LFG

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Daniel Robson @dancollen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

(Literal) White House social media propaganda source is a neo-Nazi Really running out of ways to say there's no (figurative) paper walls between these guys.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

This post thread is just…sigh. Fucking unbelievable

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I wish this was me being airlifted out of the planet

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I’d normally feel ok realizing that this 250 year experiment was over, which I always saw coming. But now I have kids. And so I gotta actually do shit to fight for them. Speaking as one parent to another: if you have kids and aren’t ready to riot, then you are a fucking shit parent.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Worth noting LBJ used the National Guard to protect and expand civil rights; DJT is doing exactly the opposite.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

They are good in many other ways also.

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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Because Republican Senators, particularly so called "Dr" Bill Cassidy. Get Ready ⚰️💀🥀

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

So NOW is it legal to egg a cybertruck?

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The Katie/Stephen Miller storyline just got even better.

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John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 05/06/2025

Everyone on Twitter right now.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Basically, humanities scholars who have turned into cops should embrace their role! Let the world know!

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I’ve served as an NEH reviewer in the past, and it was a great experience. HOWEVER, at this point, if you serve as an NEH reviewer, you are a snitch and a stool pigeon. By all means, though, I encourage you to list it on your CV.

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Drew McWeeny @drewmcweeny.com · 03/06/2025

Pride Month so far: Jonathan Joss is murdered in a disgusting hate crime and the Navy intentionally announces they are changing the name of the USNS HARVEY MILK. America... now more than ever... David Lynch's words ring loudly. "Fix your hearts or die." This cannot be our normal.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

@newyorker.com: “Should we platform this Nazi who seems legitimately dangerous right now? Yes? Okay, but should we feature the story with a whimsy pic of him? Also yes? OKAY!”

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Can anyone explain the far-right appeal of Paul Ramsey? I find him a snooze, even as someone who studies this shit.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Literally makin’ s@&t up

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

If academics wrote books like substack bros. “If you’ve been with me for a while you know that I like to go DEEP into a topic. That’s just who I am. Well this new book goes extra hard & I’ve written 90k words on my fave subject. But bear with me, folks, it’s gonna be a wild ride, so buckle up.”

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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Still skeptical of this being whirring through this self

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I hate that I immediately knew what this was referencing, and that there was an image accompanying it in my head. A terrible, horrifying image.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Hundreds of thousands claim that Q is sending them secret messages through 8kun. Let’s fucking go.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I told my 14-yo I would love to just watch a movie of his choice tonight. He chose “Driver” with Ryan Gosling. I held my tongue (mostly) throughout the entire cheesy slop of script/direction. And you know what? If you’re not being an asshole, movies can be enjoyable. That’s what I learned.

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Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I know there are good far-right and extremist researchers I’m connected with here, so I’m reaching out to see if anybody knows about Charlotte/Charly Fang, the Milady “cult,” KaliAcc, etc. (If you have no idea what these mean, don’t waste time going down this very dumb rabbit hole, btw.)

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