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Elisabeth R. Anker

@libankerdc.bsky.social
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Professor: Political Theory & American Culture Author: UGLY FREEDOMS (Duke) & Orgies of Feeling: Melodrama and the Promise of Freedom (Duke) Next Books: “Every Man a Sovereign” and “Going Low” Libby to my pals Web: tinyurl.com/Elisabeth-Anker

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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mamdani has the best social media team of all time I’m moving to New York
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
DC rapidly turning into the lawn decor final sale rack at Home Depot
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Democracy is awesome!
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I cannot emphasize enough how fucking weird it is to live in DC these days. This over my kids school just now
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Walking around DC basically like getting punched in the face over and over again
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Our air was poisoned for this dude sleeping through it all
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Some seriously toxic air in DC right now
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Every place offering shelter to Republicans on the mall right now is a place they want to destroy
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Yes! Mamdani calling out America’s Ugly Freedoms! And showing how to make freedom for all, not just a few
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Close up for you voyeurs
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Bookends to the American experiment
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
“Show me what the algae pool looks like!” “THIS IS what the algae pool looks like!”
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Look at this bad ass latte art!
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Venture Capitalist Elegy
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Jerkoff to Ossoff is honestly a pretty compelling slogan who's ready to hire me for campaign messaging
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Wondering what happened to equipment from the Iraq war? Repurposed for the streets of Washington DC:
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
birth year death year
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Damn - this is a BRILLIANT photo for this article. props where props are due
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
An administration heading a political party populated with tons of little neo-n*zis suing Harvard for anti-semitism is PEAK 2026 BULLSHIT
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
f*king fetterman, man
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Is Trump threatening to grab Cuba by the p***y? What even is this
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Amidst all the attacks in journalism, this excellent book has just come out to help us understand how attacks on the “liberal media” started in the first place. Great work @ajbauer.bsky.social !!
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I wanted to go on here to pass on that the brilliant political theorist and more importantly fabulous human being Bill Connolly passed away yesterday. This is such a loss, I'll have more to say later but for now my heart breaks.
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Scenes from walking to work on a college campus
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This book was truly awful. I find it genuinely dismaying that it got all of these accolades. It was SO poorly researched and tone deaf. And in an era of rapid onset fascism, the authors argued for less concern for public health and more state neglect. And then got rewarded for this?? WTF people
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
W: Just a sweet guy who likes to paint his toes in the bubble bath
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Also, in South Korea it’s not one and done: ALL OTHER ACCOMPLICES also sentenced.
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Is this Justice Being Done? Men with impunity held to account?? So unfamiliar I forgot this could happen
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
“The salon played yenta to billionaire money and alpha-male minds, and together they all converged on a master philosophy: they were apex predators ordained by nature to exploit and subjugate others. This creed allowed them to steer intellectual history into its current fascist dead-end.”
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Bari Weiss is a one trick pony who always does the same thing: enforce right-wing conformity under the name of heterodox courage
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Reminds me of when my kid was looking at my bookshelf and asked me who F-Anon was
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
And the *only* reason we even know about Epstein is because ONE intrepid reporter actually took young girls’ testimony seriously. If it wasn’t for Julie Brown’s tenacity - and RESPECT FOR THESE YOUNG GIRLS - we’d all be in the dark. SO: Who’s following the next trail?
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I haven’t heard people saying this yet: it is highly unlikely that Jeffrey Epstein was running the only billionaire pedophile ring in the world. The documents have revealed whole global elite networks that include access to young girls. Who’s running the current rings for all these men?
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
love this
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
this breaks my heart 💔. Bezos is amazoning The Post into the grave. we DCers NEED it. it's a great source for local news, for domestic and international politics, for culture, for holding power to account. A billionaire with his own penis rocket is gutting a storied paper for nothing.
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
LA protestors for the win
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Tomorrow nite at the theater closest to the White House. Who do we think bought the only two seats?
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I’m sure Trump’s crack FEMA Team is on it
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Everything’s fine
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This is horrific - and it was also incredibly brave of this detainee to speak the truth about the murder of his fellow. He is defenseless and vulnerable against all the ICE agents who will want to enact retribution. This is true bravery.
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Tanning beds and steroids now make up the base of the food pyramid
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
We Are All That Lady
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
I was back on Al Jazeera last night discussing the Netflix merger, and why it is bad for workers in Hollywood, for those of us who watch movies, and for film as a majestic art form. Link ⬇️🎥🥸
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Be the raccoon you wish to see in the world
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
what is happening here and how does amazon understand feminist theory
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Aren’t white nationalists the main coalition in the first place?
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I love my students so much “Hey hey, ho ho, you and the worm have got to go.”
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