Faculty calling themselves “the Feminist Collective” took control...
Timothy K. Minella@TimMinella
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Dec 06, 2025
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Faculty calling themselves “the Feminist Collective” took control of a leading academic journal, promising to institute racially discriminatory policies and favoring activist “scholarship.”
My new report examines the decline of the American Political Science Review. 🧵 1/x
My new report examines the decline of the American Political Science Review. 🧵 1/x
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The APSR is one of the leading journals in political science. The journal's decision of whether to publish a research paper can make or break a faculty member’s career.
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In 2020, the APSR granted editorial control to the Feminist Collective. This group of political scientists pledged to conduct a woke crusade against alleged systemic oppression in its own academic field.
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“If [political science] is to better reflect the diversity of society,” the Feminist Collective pronounced, “then we need to actively dismantle the institutionalized racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, and settler colonialism that continue to ... structure it.”
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The Feminist Collective promised to institute racial discrimination. Papers "by women and scholars of colour” would virtually automatically advance in the review process, while work by scholars who were not in these categories would need to clear an initial round of review.
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The Feminist Collective was proposing outright discrimination on the basis of race and sex, a shocking betrayal of higher education’s supposed commitment to merit and the pursuit of truth, regardless of the race and sex of researchers.
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What did the APSR publish under the Feminist Collective? Huge amounts of work on race, gender, decolonization, and equity. Nearly 25% of the journal was devoted to these topics.
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Matt Beienburg@MBeienburg
Why are college students & state taxpayers across the country getting soaked with the bill for this?: 🧵
The "Premier Scholarly Journal" of political science
@apsrjournal pumped out 40x more on race/gender/DEI than the Constitution since 2020 under the banner of "the Feminist Collective":
This prestigious "research" from university faculty includes gems like: "Violence in the American Imaginary: Gender, Race, and the Politics of Superheroes" studying the "rage of a white male vigilante" in Marvel and Netflix movies...
...and "Wages for Earthwork": "I propose 'wages' or reparations to Indigenous peoples for debt owed to them for their devalued climate work."
(All painfully documented by @timminella.)
Higher ed is broken, but there are solutions...
The "Premier Scholarly Journal" of political science
@apsrjournal pumped out 40x more on race/gender/DEI than the Constitution since 2020 under the banner of "the Feminist Collective":
This prestigious "research" from university faculty includes gems like: "Violence in the American Imaginary: Gender, Race, and the Politics of Superheroes" studying the "rage of a white male vigilante" in Marvel and Netflix movies...
...and "Wages for Earthwork": "I propose 'wages' or reparations to Indigenous peoples for debt owed to them for their devalued climate work."
(All painfully documented by @timminella.)
Higher ed is broken, but there are solutions...
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This leftist "scholarship" included “Wages for Earthwork,” in which the author advocates for “reparations to Indigenous peoples for debt owed to them for their devalued climate work” and for “decolonizing climate justice."
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In the article “Race, Gender, and the Politics of Superheroes,” the author examines the Marvel character Punisher as an emblem of “white male grievance.”
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An article complains about the "political misogyny" of calling Hillary Clinton a "nasty woman," suggesting that such insults might "construct and maintain gendered political identities that contribute to structural barriers that prevent gender parity in politics."
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Another article argues for "the socialization of housework" and for "defunding the police."
This "research" belongs in reports by left-wing think tanks, not in the self-proclaimed "premier scholarly research journal" of political science.
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This "research" belongs in reports by left-wing think tanks, not in the self-proclaimed "premier scholarly research journal" of political science.
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Public universities rely on journals like the APSR to judge the quality of their faculty. But because ideological agendas have replaced the pursuit of truth at these publications, public universities must adopt alternate metrics for faculty advancement.
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Enter the American Higher Education Restoration Act, a powerful reform released by @GoldwaterInst, @DefendingEd, and the Martin Center for Academic Renewal.
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@GoldwaterInst @DefendingEd This policy would bring accountability to faculty by ensuring that their taxpayer-funded research actually advances human knowledge rather than particular ideological agendas.
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@GoldwaterInst @DefendingEd The severe ideological imbalance of higher education threatens the academic research enterprise and promotes a one-sided, leftist view of American society. But the AHERA takes a giant leap towards restoring accountability to public universities.
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@GoldwaterInst @DefendingEd @sfmcguire79 @wesyang @MrDanielBuck @rpondiscio @SwipeWright @goACTA @feelsdesperate @varadmehta @jarobinson1