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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD@sahrens.bsky.social |
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Political theory, political philosophy, democracy, trust, film, cats, typos, bike commuting Currently at Boston University as a postdoc in Kilachand Honors College. Unionizing.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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That’s a heartening amount of interest in theory.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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I’m curious if there is a clear migration pattern that started or intensified in and after 2016.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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😳 Is that typical? Are there discussion sections?
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Right? Average rent for a 1BR in Boston is ~3500, and you pay that out to a broker you didn’t hire, who usually acts like you describe, just to sign the contract 💸💸💸
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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It’s possible to find a place that doesn’t use a broker, but the odds are against renters. I’m hopeful that this will change in Boston and NYC.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Moving to Boston was the first time I paid a brokers fee—not because I hired a broker, but because that’s just what you do here. One month’s rent up front to a broker even though you’ve done all the work is fun. It was a shock. Even w excellent credit, moving to Boston cost 3-4x rent in cash.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Yes—Timothy Lundy!
timothylundy.com
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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It was enough for me to switch to Nisus Writer Pro so that it could never happen again 😬
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Random Microsoft psa: Always double check that your work isn’t saving to your institutional OneDrive. If you switch institutions, you’ll lose that work since backups like Backblaze won’t have ever logged it. This happened to me years ago. I’m def not still bitter about the paper I lost.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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The last time I was in a meeting with a university lawyer, they used “client” in place of student and referred to professors providing the university’s clients with services 🤢
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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I have not read this, but it's now on my library hold list!
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Started off the week with a union contract negotiation. Achieving some semblance of calm afterward requires cat’s silliness.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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I know we’re all preoccupied with ~*news*~ but USAG champs for senior women start today!
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Most of my first years are taking 19-21 hours. Many are stressed out to the max and still asking if they can overload *more* which makes me think there’s 1) high anxiety to get everything they can out of their $$$$$$ and 2) a misconception that more majors=more job options.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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sos I have neither Dramamine nor Ondansetron on this 4-hour train ride during which I thought I’d be grading rather than motion sick 🤢
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Or a car! Or less than 1200 sq ft!
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This was a fun read!
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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And she knows it!
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Meet Mixte! The shelter named her Dracula because she spent her days hiding behind a blanket. I thought she’d be hiding for weeks and months. On day one, she hid in a basket. By day three, she was cuddling, playing, and out and about. It’s day 8 now and Mixte is the queen of the abode.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Political Theory In/ And/ As Political Science was such a wonderful conference to be a part of. The feedback is fantastic, and the community-building is even more excellent!
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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I’m incensed that universities endorse these essentially for-profit places, treating “non-traditional” students like ATMs. They prey on people who want to learn and improve their economic position. It is abhorrent. She should not need me to avoid these institutions. They should not exist. 2/2
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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I’m incensed that universities endorse these essentially for-profit places, treating “non-traditional” students like ATMs. They prey on people who want to learn and improve their economic position. It is abhorrent. She should not need me to avoid these institutions. They should not exist. 2/2
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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A short story: My mom wants to get her college degree. She wanted to arrange everything herself—without my help. She was so proud to tell me when she started, and I am proud of her. Today, she finally told me where she’s going. It is, essentially, a rebranded for-profit institution. 1/2
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Gift link:
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Oh—I have adobe’s creative suite. I used to live by Garamond, but I find Caslon to be a little gentler, more welcoming, and easy to read.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Caslon!
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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I was lucky. The early models I had in political theory assigned an amount of reading that actually gave me time to try to understand and question. I try to do the same in my syllabi. I’d rather they read less and engage more deeply.
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Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill University
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New in Polity from RGCS alum Agatha Slupek '15 , Assistant Professor of Political Science at Western Michigan University:
"Oaths that (un)Bind: Recovering the Furies’ Political Voice in Aeschylus’s Oresteia"
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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The full article isn’t loading for me from that link—it might just be me!
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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We moved a ton throughout my childhood so we all have an aversion to *stuff* Best of luck to you! Who knows, maybe there’ll be a shift. It is hard to say “please stop spending your money giving me things I don’t want/let’s change to experiences” when people find joy in 🎁
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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We’re small, though. It’s just me, mom, and my sister. A friend with a huge family does secret Santa wherein every member of the extended family gets one other member a gift. Everyone submits a list of desired gifts with options from roughly $30-$100.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Yes. But we focus on experiences, which we can do because we’re geographically close. Dinner, drinks, plays, trips, and free things depending on the year. The only exception is día de los reyes, where mom insists on giving us 1) candy, 2) small, practical thing like hair ties, 3) small cash.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Ack typos, Newport-Berra*
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco had me from frame 1. Soon after, we get this remarkable sequence (DP: Adam Newport-Barra), which Joe Talbot and Terri D’Ambrosio set to Michael Nyman’s propulsive Musique à Grand Vitesse (which recurs throughout the film):
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Thanks, Glenn! Yeah…I think I’m going to need to keep myself busy and my phone in the other room or at home. I now have a big dinner party to plan, so hopefully that, ballet, and work will be enough!
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Polisky! What are your best tips for avoiding checking your email incessantly/stewing over applications?
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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It had a basically sold-out run at The Public a couple of years ago. I loved it! I’m sure they’ll have made it even better for the Broadway production.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Thanks for the recommendation!
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Just rewatched Parasite for teaching this week (classes could choose from 2 Ghibli films, 2 Bong Joon-Ho films, and American Utopia—all voted for Parasite). I’m excited for our discussions, but a tiny piece of my psyche at this moment would have loved one of the slightly lighter choices!
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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There is a line of argument I’ve come across that says the cause is increased social welfare programs, particularly personal retirement funds and social security because they lessen the benefits of raising children 🙄 no other considerations at all
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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It’s puzzling to not know what exactly BRIC does and why Mayor Wu has changed her mind and decided to give BRIC 3.4 million more dollars. I’m disappointed she didn’t respond to @bolts.bsky.social.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Now I want to check if anyone has done this for political science 😬 I’m first gen and just had no clue about what and how much I didn’t know, both in undergrad and grad school.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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This was the roughest part of fall in Chicago. For some reason it has felt less rough on the coast.
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Alert - motion to eliminate funding for the NEH. US folks please contact your rep right away this will be voted tonight. 😳⬇️🗃️
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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We have something like this in Boston, “getting Storrowed”
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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A Texas friend came up to visit and I’m slowly convincing friends and family to relocate to the northeast. Mom (moved) ✅ Sister (convinced) ✅ Friend M (okay, her family is in PA so that didn’t really take any convincing…planning to move) ✅ Friend L (convinced) ✅
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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My condolences. That’s a difficult situation.
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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Sanguinic!
youtu.be/cu68mx92kQs?...
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Stephanie Ahrens, PhD
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And of course it’s different than sitting in front of your television! You don’t have to factor in travel time or waiting in line or previews…all of which mean you’re giving movies a fair bit more time than their official run time.
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