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Tessa Moll

@tessamuldvarp.bsky.social
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Anthropologist on reprotech, postgenomics and race in South Africa; rock climber; Texpat. Views are my own. She/her/y'all. www.tessamoll.net/

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Another great review of my book, this time in the journal Critical Studies in Media Communication! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Making the liberal media: how conservatives built a movement against the press
Published in Critical Studies in Media Communication (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I'm putting in my tenure application on Oct. 1 and need to demonstrate my work's reach and impact. If you happen to have assigned any of my works to your students would you mind emailing me the syllabus? ajbauer2 [at] ua [dot] edu
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Indiscriminately putting ankle monitors on an entire nationality, thousands upon thousands of people living in a small community, all of whom were living here entirely legally until a few days ago when you revoked their legal status. It’s an authoritarian nightmare.
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Human Sciences Research Council @hsrcza.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Join us for the launch of “To Defend the Earth Is to Defend the Human,” a new publication exploring Cabral's remarkable contribution to what we might now call soil social science. 📆 24 JULY 2026 ⏰ 11:00–13:00 SAST Register: loom.ly/pM3ciLs
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Tessa Moll @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Fieldwork as a parent is a whole different ball game. Currently sipping a non-alcoholic beer at Spur and here for dinner the second night in a row so my kid can enjoy a playground with other kids in this midsize town in South Africa.
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Phila M. Msimang @msimang.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Next week I will have the pleasure of presenting my work on the intersection of race, politics, and international relations at Rhodes University’s Department of Political and International Studies in their Teach-In Series of 2026. See more about the Teach-In Series here: lnkd.in/dT4qcWdt
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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
In London? I’m talking about my new book MAKING THE LIBERAL MEDIA at UCL tomorrow, early afternoon: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
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Making journalism political again
A.J. Bauer will track the rightward shift of structural media criticism in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
And if you’re not, you can find it here! (Use discount code CUP20 to save $7) cup.columbia.edu/book/making-...
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Making the Liberal Media | Columbia University Press
Conservatives have disagreed about many things, but they have long been united by the belief that the mainstream—or “liberal”—media is biased against... | CUP
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16/04/2026
In a blatant 1st Amendment violation, students in the Texas Tech University system are completely banned from researching or writing anything related to sexual orientation or gender identity as part of their thesis.
Students in the Texas Tech system (64k, give or take) are now PROHIBITED from researching or writing anything "centered on" sexual orientation or gender identity as part of an undergrad honors or graduate thesis.

Not faculty, mind you. Students.
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
📣 PhD opportunity at University of Sydney/University of Glasgow! Come work with me, Sophie Chao, @sotiriagrek.bsky.social & @dremilinesmith.bsky.social on "Epistemic Infrastructures of Planetary Health Governance in Southeast Asia" #STS #hitmed #Planetary #PhDopportunity
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University of Glasgow - Colleges - College of Social Sciences - Student funding opportunities - Postgraduate Research - Latest PhD opportunities
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Phila M. Msimang @msimang.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
1/13 Check out our new chapter, Philosophy and Race Science, co-authored with Sahotra Sarkar for The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Race. In it, we track the historical development, the temporary retreat, and the subsequent reincarnation of race as a biological concept: doi.org/10.4324/9781...
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revieweditorial26.bsky.social @revieweditorial26.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
NOW #JMCQBookReview. #A.J.Bauer traces how the American conservative movement cultivated and sustained its belief in a hostile press. See the review by #Brian Creech.
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HUGERA @hugeraproject.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Prof. Duana Fullwiley (Stanford University) kicks off our spring speaker series with the talk “Into the Lab: Racial World Building and its Discontents” on February 3rd. You can register to attend via zoom here: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
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Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Even if Bovino gets fired, ICE has to go. Even if Noem is out, ICE has to go. Even when Trump leaves office, ICE has to go. As protests grow and ICE's popularity drops, we may see concessions and leadership changes, like Bovino's departure. ICE still has to go. www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
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Live updates: Top Border Patrol official Bovino expected to leave Minneapolis as Trump sends Homan to the state | CNN
Tom Homan is headed to Minnesota after the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in an encounter Saturday with federal agents deepened outrage over the Trump administration’s surge, part of its nati...
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The New York Times reports that a group of “scientific” racists misused National Institute of Health data (that families were assured would be protected) to write bogus papers on supposed to biological racial differences. Gift link.
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Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
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Phila M. Msimang @msimang.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I am looking forward to being a part of this pre-conference panel.
A poster announcing the "Situating Philosophy" pre-conference panel being held at the University of the Western Cape Life Science Auditorium.
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Tessa Moll @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
🎉New year, new pub.🎯 OPEN ACCESS "Troubling the canon: Language, geography, and the politics of STS publishing in five decades of journal publications" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Troubling the canon: Language, geography, and the politics of STS publishing in five decades of journal publications - Maurizio Meloni, Ayuba Issaka, Sam Cadman, Benjamin Hegarty, Luca Chiapperino, Te...
STS is now a global endeavour, with journals, scholars, and associations in a wide range of regions, languages, and transnational networks of knowledge. Buildin...
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Tessa Moll @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
When your first book manuscript goes into the folder 'FINAL FINAL'
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a cat driving a car with the words " hold on almost there " above it
ALT: a cat driving a car with the words " hold on almost there " above it
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Phila M. Msimang @msimang.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
One of the things I enjoyed this year was this interview with Rasmus Bitsch where Tessa (@tessamuldvarp.bsky.social) and I discuss the work we have been doing mapping the history of racial classification in South Africa. You can listen to this interview here: podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/a...
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I’m not an alum but I just donated $100 to help support African American/women journalists at the University of Alabama. They were abandoned by their school, which shamefully buckled under Trump. Together we can support young journalists to maintain a free press & keep hope alive!!
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
We invite you to submit a proposal for our special issue "The Human Diversity Dilemma: Navigating the Intersection of Microbiomes, Ethics and Society in Africa" to appear at the South African Journal of Science. Find the call here 👉 sajs.co.za/call-human-d... #philsci #philsky #HPS #hpbio #histsci 🦠
The question what excites you about microbiome research? is at the center, a whale and indigenous knowledge, three laughing faces, mushroom, snails and microbes.
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
📣 Our second call for abstracts for our special issue is out! 🙌 If you work on the intersection of human microbiomes, ethics and society in Africa, this call is for you! Check it out there: sajs.co.za/call-human-d... If not, you can still spread the message widely! #histbio #philbio🐋🌱
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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The blurbs are in! Thanks to @sidbedingfield.bsky.social, @rickperlstein.bsky.social, and @alicetiara.bsky.social for their generous praise for *Making the Liberal Media* which is due out in March. Journalists and academics interested in reviewing—hit me up and I'll connect you with my publicist!


    Well-written and deeply researched, Making the Liberal Media delivers new and significant insights into how conservative leaders employed the "liberal media" claim to build a movement that came to dominate US politics and policy formation. Bauer is an exceptional storyteller.
    Sid Bedingfield, author of Newspaper Wars: Civil Rights and White Resistance in South Carolina, 1935-1965

    With deep curiosity, creativity, and intellectual skill, A.J. Bauer has unearthed a story about the rise of the right that shifts the paradigm, by placing the habit of criticizing the media at the core of conservative identity. It is full of irony and richness, and utterly convincing.
    Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980

    Through meticulous archival research, AJ Bauer shows that “liberal media bias” is not just a slogan, but foundational to modern conservatism. From anti-communism to MAGA, newspapers to Joe Rogan, Making the Liberal Media traces the roots of right-wing media criticism and how it structured and legitimized the modern right. An essential read for understanding how conservative critiques of journalism became a political strategy, an identity marker, and a driver of media innovation.
    Alice E. Marwick, Director of Research, Data & Society
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
"The message is clear: Texas A&M does not permit teaching LGBT topics. Politicians, not professors, decide what is taught in Texas classrooms. Anyone who crosses this line may be fired on flimsy pretext" www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
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Why I Withdrew From My Dream Job
At Texas A&M, politicians, not professors, decide what is taught in classrooms.
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Phila M. Msimang @msimang.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Here I was talking about the consequences of the changes in classifications (and who was labelled as belonging in them) for conceptualising biological studies. Our discussion focused on the use of such classifications in microbiome research.
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Amazing talk by @msimang.bsky.social at the "Human Diversity Dilemma" Workshop (@localmicrobes.bsky.social), Cape Town! Check out this great infographic on shifting racial classif. in South Africa 17-21C by @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social and Phila: figshare.com/articles/fig... #hpbio #philsky #race
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Love Wins Always @lovewinzalways.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Important point—in this argument (which I support), the anarchy is not apolitical, even if it's tempting to think so.
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Daniel Feshbach @danielprime.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
How to delete your account without agreeing to the new TOS: In the dialogue box asking you to agree, DO NOT click agree. Instead, click on the TOS link which will open another tab. In the top right of that tab you can go to your account settings and delete your account.
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
If you haven't registered yet, please do so before September 22nd! #hpbio #philbio #histbio 🐋🌱 October 1st to 3rd, 2025 – Interdisciplinary Workshop in South Africa (Cape Town) – The Human Diversity Dilemma: Navigating the Intersection of Microbiomes, Ethics, and Society in Africa
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Tessa Moll @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
So excited to share that earlier this year I received a Wellcome Trust Early Career Award for a 5-year project "DDT Relations: Tracing the Chemical Alterlife of South African Malaria Control." Can't wait to get started back at UCT's Department of Anthropology! www.news.uct.ac.za/news/researc...
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UCT researchers awarded for shaping the future of disease prevention
UCT celebrates the university’s first recipient of the distinguished Wellcome Early-Career Award and a second Wellcome Trust Discovery Award.
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Check out this 6-year STS postdoc opportunity at the University of Vienna! #STS jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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University Assistant (Post-doc) in Technosciences, Materiality, and Digital Cultures
University Assistant (Post-doc) in Technosciences, Materiality, and Digital Cultures
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Tessa Moll @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Lordy... where do I begin. So considering the author of the op-ed was a co-author on a paper comparing pain levels by racial groups in the US, then I would venture that yes, he surely does need his humanities colleagues.
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Submitted abstracts will be selected to appear in an interdisciplinary OA special issue in the South African Journal of Science! sajs.co.za 🙌 Deadline: August 18th. Early career scholars accepted can request travel support to our writeshop in Cape Town! #hps #phibio #microbiome #philsci 🦠
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Check out the call for applications for the 2026 STHV STS School in Seoul!! Wish this existed when I was a graduate student/early career researcher!! #STS www.sthvschool.org
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Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School
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Sonja van Wichelen @sonjavw.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
3-year research fellowship at Edinburgh! A great opportunity for folks working at the intersection of medical sociology, STS and socio-legal studies. International applicants are welcome! #STS www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...
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Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh
Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Fellow. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
We got great news! @ishpssb2025.bsky.social gave us funding to support early career travel to our event in October! Deadline for abstract submission is extended until Aug 18. Don't miss this chance! #phibio #hps #microbiome #philsci 🦠
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Tessa Moll @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
If you're a researcher (particularly early-career) that focuses on health, join us for the @hsrcza.bsky.social 'Winning at Wellcome' workshop 16-17 Sept
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Tessa Moll @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Our confirmed speakers for the workshop "The Human Diversity Dilemma" include Jantina de Vries, Marina Joubert ‪@marinajoubert.bsky.social‬, Phila Msimang @msimang.bsky.social‬, Tessa Moll @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social Evodia Setati. Check our exciting program! 👇🦠 💗 #philbio
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katherine mckittrick @demonicgrounds.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Revolutionary Demand For Happiness Writing Residency! For more information see below and here: www.instagram.com/p/DL-tbSjyZH...
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Tessa Moll @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
That NYTimes storu comes to you courtesy of a researcher (of race and IQ no less) in this godawful club www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
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Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss
Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Save the date! Interdisciplinary Workshop: The Human Diversity Dilemma: Navigating the Intersection of Microbiomes, Ethics, and Society in Africa #hpbio #histbio #philbio 🌱🐋 Check the Call for Abstracts for our special issue on our website: perspectivesrace.wixsite.com/the-human-di...
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Tessa Moll @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
If you are interested in the history of racial classification in South Africa -- or a visual depiction of how categories shifted historically, driven by political, economic, and social interests, we have an infographic for you. Find it here: figshare.com/articles/fig...
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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Worth running through the translator! www.information.dk/debat/2025/0...
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Når arven fra Sydafrikas apartheid møder MAGA-bevægelsen, når offermentaliten nye højder
Mens alle andre flygtninge afvises, bliver en ikkeforfulgt minoritet nu hentet til USA i privatfly. Det er umuligt at se andre årsager til denne forskelsbehandling end afrikaanernes hvide hudfarve
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Tessa Moll @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
It's not *done-done* (cause lord knows I have many many rounds of edits in my future), but I just sent off my book manuscript to my editor. This calls for a beer.
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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
You can now pre-order my book *Making the Liberal Media* on Amazon! Hate Amazon? Tell your local bookstore you'd like to order a copy. It goes on sale Nov. 18. www.amazon.com/Making-Liber...
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Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press
Amazon.com: Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press eBook : Bauer, A. J.: Kindle Store
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 24/04/2025
"The pro-natalist movement, for all its proponents’ insistence on the supposed demographic emergency facing the United States, is not really interested in making parenting easier or less burdensome for women," writes Guardian US columnist Moira Donegan.
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What is America’s pro-natalism movement really about? | Moira Donegan
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Tessa Moll @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Teaching colleagues, what's the current state on the debate about students using AI for writing assignments? Are we letting it go when we suspect it's the case? Are we checking (and with what systems)? I teach so intermittently that I haven't been confronted yet....
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Science, Technology, & Human Values @sthv.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
It's that season once again 🍂 ☀️ ❄️ 🌱 so please spread the word: Science, Technology, & Human Values are pleased to announce that we are taking proposals for Special Issues of the journal 📬 ⏰ The call closes 21 June 2025 - and you can find details in the form: forms.gle/6uYdQim9J1z5...
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