Dr Katie Gaddini
@drkatiegaddini.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Sociology
@UCL | Research Fellow @Stanford | 'Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right' June 2026 with @Norton
@UCL | Research Fellow @Stanford | 'Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right' June 2026 with @Norton
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Tradwives are trending. But @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social argues that the women actually shaping the conservative movement aren't tradwives at all.
🔗 Learn about the women shaping the right from Gaddini's @bostonglobe.com op-ed: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/12/o...
🔗 Learn about the women shaping the right from Gaddini's @bostonglobe.com op-ed: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/12/o...
Forget the tradwives. These are the women shaping the right. - The Boston Globe
The women really shaping the conservative movement aren’t baking sourdough or milking cows. They’re fighting over abortion, trans rights, education, and public health.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Tradwives are trending. But @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social argues that the women actually shaping the conservative movement aren't tradwives at all.
🔗 Learn about the women shaping the right from Gaddini's @bostonglobe.com op-ed: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/12/o...
🔗 Learn about the women shaping the right from Gaddini's @bostonglobe.com op-ed: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/12/o...
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NEW podcast episode: "Christian Women Empowering Right-Wing Politics"
How are Christian women empowering the Right & what unites them? @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social, author of Esther’s Army, joins us to make sense of this large & growing demographic. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
How are Christian women empowering the Right & what unites them? @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social, author of Esther’s Army, joins us to make sense of this large & growing demographic. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
Christian Women Empowering Right-Wing Politics
Podcast Episode · The Revealer · August 26 · 32m
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August 27, 2026 at 1:20 PM
NEW podcast episode: "Christian Women Empowering Right-Wing Politics"
How are Christian women empowering the Right & what unites them? @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social, author of Esther’s Army, joins us to make sense of this large & growing demographic. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
How are Christian women empowering the Right & what unites them? @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social, author of Esther’s Army, joins us to make sense of this large & growing demographic. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
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College idealists, antifeminist powerhouses, Black conservatives, MAHA social media influencers... ASA member Katie Gaddini @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social @stanford.edu @sriucl.bsky.social breaks down what drives right-wing Christian women. @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social
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July 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
College idealists, antifeminist powerhouses, Black conservatives, MAHA social media influencers... ASA member Katie Gaddini @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social @stanford.edu @sriucl.bsky.social breaks down what drives right-wing Christian women. @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social
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new Give Theory a Chance! A discussion with @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social about her excellent and timely new book Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right (@wwnorton.com).
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July 15, 2026 at 10:20 PM
new Give Theory a Chance! A discussion with @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social about her excellent and timely new book Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right (@wwnorton.com).
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🎧 Our latest No Jargon episode features sociologist @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social (@tcru-ucl.bsky.social) on the power of conservative Christian women. Drawing on her new book, Gaddini explains how they've become a force on the American right + what drives their engagement.
📽️ Watch the full ep:
📽️ Watch the full ep:
No Jargon Episode 302: The Christian Women Behind MAGA
YouTube video by Scholars Strategy Network
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July 10, 2026 at 8:51 PM
🎧 Our latest No Jargon episode features sociologist @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social (@tcru-ucl.bsky.social) on the power of conservative Christian women. Drawing on her new book, Gaddini explains how they've become a force on the American right + what drives their engagement.
📽️ Watch the full ep:
📽️ Watch the full ep:
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It's pub week for @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social ! Go get her absorbing new book on MAGA Christian women bookshop.org/p/books/esth...
Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right
The Christian Women Who Power the American Right
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July 7, 2026 at 2:27 PM
It's pub week for @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social ! Go get her absorbing new book on MAGA Christian women bookshop.org/p/books/esth...
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Conservative Christian women are often portrayed as followers in American politics, but
@drkatiegaddini.bsky.social of @tcru-ucl.bsky.social says that stereotype misses a lot. In this pod ep, learn how they've become a powerful force on the American right.
🎧 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/chri...
@drkatiegaddini.bsky.social of @tcru-ucl.bsky.social says that stereotype misses a lot. In this pod ep, learn how they've become a powerful force on the American right.
🎧 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/chri...
July 1, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Conservative Christian women are often portrayed as followers in American politics, but
@drkatiegaddini.bsky.social of @tcru-ucl.bsky.social says that stereotype misses a lot. In this pod ep, learn how they've become a powerful force on the American right.
🎧 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/chri...
@drkatiegaddini.bsky.social of @tcru-ucl.bsky.social says that stereotype misses a lot. In this pod ep, learn how they've become a powerful force on the American right.
🎧 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/chri...
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"Behind every state law that restricts the sports participation of transgender athletes, young women have been among the most vocal and visible supporters," write @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social and Kelsy Burke.
Rightwing gen Z women are celebrating the anti-trans supreme court ruling | Kelsy Burke and Katie Gaddini
Gen Z conservative women may be fewer in numbers than their male counterparts, but they are no less consequential
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July 1, 2026 at 2:51 PM
"Behind every state law that restricts the sports participation of transgender athletes, young women have been among the most vocal and visible supporters," write @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social and Kelsy Burke.
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Happy publication day to @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social's Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right. We will be hosting Dr. Gaddini alongside @moiradonegan.bsky.social next week, July 9, in partnership with The Ruby. Details in the thread!
June 30, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Happy publication day to @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social's Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right. We will be hosting Dr. Gaddini alongside @moiradonegan.bsky.social next week, July 9, in partnership with The Ruby. Details in the thread!
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Women are often treated as passive supporters of the Christian Right. @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social new book Esther’s Army shows how they became some of the most effective political organisers in modern US conservatism.
Out today: bit.ly/3QtTTrd
@wwnortonuk.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social
Out today: bit.ly/3QtTTrd
@wwnortonuk.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social
Esther's Army
How and why right-wing Christian women have risen to the forefront of American politics
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June 30, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Women are often treated as passive supporters of the Christian Right. @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social new book Esther’s Army shows how they became some of the most effective political organisers in modern US conservatism.
Out today: bit.ly/3QtTTrd
@wwnortonuk.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social
Out today: bit.ly/3QtTTrd
@wwnortonuk.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social
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TCRU’s @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social joins this UCL panel exploring politics, religion and public life.
The discussion connects closely with Katie’s new book, Esther’s Army, on gender, religion and political power in the US.
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
The discussion connects closely with Katie’s new book, Esther’s Army, on gender, religion and political power in the US.
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
Disagreeing Well brings together perspectives to explore one of the most contested questions shaping contemporary public life: Is politics corrupting religion?
On 2 July, the Bloomsbury Theatre will host a panel of experts to explore this question!
Book your tickets here: https://bit.ly/4u82xJG
On 2 July, the Bloomsbury Theatre will host a panel of experts to explore this question!
Book your tickets here: https://bit.ly/4u82xJG
June 17, 2026 at 9:01 AM
TCRU’s @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social joins this UCL panel exploring politics, religion and public life.
The discussion connects closely with Katie’s new book, Esther’s Army, on gender, religion and political power in the US.
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
The discussion connects closely with Katie’s new book, Esther’s Army, on gender, religion and political power in the US.
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
Tonight! Now in a bigger new room: Bentham House, Gideon Schreier Lecture Theatre, 1st Floor.
June 2, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Tonight! Now in a bigger new room: Bentham House, Gideon Schreier Lecture Theatre, 1st Floor.
just a few tickets remaining for my book launch on 2 June in London! get 'em before they're gone: www.eventbrite.com/e/1986476474...
Book Launch of Katie Gaddini's 'Esther's Army'
Join us in person to celebrate the launch of Katie Gaddini’s new book 'Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right'
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May 21, 2026 at 6:10 PM
just a few tickets remaining for my book launch on 2 June in London! get 'em before they're gone: www.eventbrite.com/e/1986476474...
thanks for the gorgeous review!
📣New book review📣
'What the book ultimately demonstrates is the dynamic adaptability of the contemporary Christian right.'
Benjamin Nangle reviews 'Esther’s Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right' by @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social.
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'What the book ultimately demonstrates is the dynamic adaptability of the contemporary Christian right.'
Benjamin Nangle reviews 'Esther’s Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right' by @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social.
reacpol.net/esther-army/
Book review: Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right - Reactionary Politics Research Network
Book review of Katie Gaddini's Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right
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May 21, 2026 at 6:09 PM
thanks for the gorgeous review!
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How do women become the political backbone of the Christian Right?
Join TCRU’s @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social for the launch of Esther’s Army, based on 10+ years of research into the women organising, mobilising and reshaping American politics.
2 Jun, 17:30, Gordon Sq.
Book now: bit.ly/4nAdpy6
Join TCRU’s @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social for the launch of Esther’s Army, based on 10+ years of research into the women organising, mobilising and reshaping American politics.
2 Jun, 17:30, Gordon Sq.
Book now: bit.ly/4nAdpy6
Book launch: Katie Gaddini's 'Esther's Army'
Esther's Army examines how and why right-wing Christian women have risen to the forefront of American politics.
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May 19, 2026 at 1:29 PM
How do women become the political backbone of the Christian Right?
Join TCRU’s @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social for the launch of Esther’s Army, based on 10+ years of research into the women organising, mobilising and reshaping American politics.
2 Jun, 17:30, Gordon Sq.
Book now: bit.ly/4nAdpy6
Join TCRU’s @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social for the launch of Esther’s Army, based on 10+ years of research into the women organising, mobilising and reshaping American politics.
2 Jun, 17:30, Gordon Sq.
Book now: bit.ly/4nAdpy6
"By and large, Gaddini has found that young Christian women want to be a wife and a mother and have a high-powered job." Engaging and nuanced piece by @nancywalecki.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com today. Check it out here: www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
A Perfume With a Whiff of MAGA
Brittany Aldean’s Vada perfume codes conservative because she herself does.
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May 15, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"By and large, Gaddini has found that young Christian women want to be a wife and a mother and have a high-powered job." Engaging and nuanced piece by @nancywalecki.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com today. Check it out here: www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
📣CfP: @ajaxlife.bsky.social, Rebekah Larsen and I are organizing a one-day conference on Aug 7: Researching the Right in 2026: Translation Across Methods, Borders, and Disciplines
@ipk.bsky.social You have until June 1 to submit an abstract here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@ipk.bsky.social You have until June 1 to submit an abstract here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Researching the Right in 2026: Translation Across Methods, Borders, and Disciplines
August 7, 2026 | New York, NY (USA)
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May 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
📣CfP: @ajaxlife.bsky.social, Rebekah Larsen and I are organizing a one-day conference on Aug 7: Researching the Right in 2026: Translation Across Methods, Borders, and Disciplines
@ipk.bsky.social You have until June 1 to submit an abstract here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@ipk.bsky.social You have until June 1 to submit an abstract here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us on 2 June at 17:30 for my book launch at @ucl.ac.uk hosted by the @uclsociology.bsky.social and featuring these dynamos: @aaronwinter.bsky.social @ktwamley.bsky.social and Victoria Redclift. Only a few spots remaining!
May 11, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Join us on 2 June at 17:30 for my book launch at @ucl.ac.uk hosted by the @uclsociology.bsky.social and featuring these dynamos: @aaronwinter.bsky.social @ktwamley.bsky.social and Victoria Redclift. Only a few spots remaining!
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Very excited to read @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social’s latest, out from Norton this summer!
March 30, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Very excited to read @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social’s latest, out from Norton this summer!
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It was great to speak with @monicatorrr.bsky.social at @huffpost.com about the role of women in Christian nationalism. Extra fun when the piece also includes @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social! www.huffpost.com/entry/women-...
A Surprising Number Of Women Support Christian Nationalism — And It’s Having Major Consequences Nationwide
How men and women support Christian nationalism is consistent, but there's one key difference.
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March 30, 2026 at 2:46 PM
It was great to speak with @monicatorrr.bsky.social at @huffpost.com about the role of women in Christian nationalism. Extra fun when the piece also includes @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social! www.huffpost.com/entry/women-...
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Book Launch: 'Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right'
📅2 June 5:30pm
@uclsociology.bsky.social welcome you to the launch of 'Esther's Army' by @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social. A sweeping portrait of the women shaping the political future of the US.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
📅2 June 5:30pm
@uclsociology.bsky.social welcome you to the launch of 'Esther's Army' by @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social. A sweeping portrait of the women shaping the political future of the US.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Book Launch: 'Esther's Army'
UCL Sociology Network are excited to welcome you in person to celebrate the launch of 'Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right' (WW Norton) by Katie Gaddini.
www.ucl.ac.uk
April 23, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Book Launch: 'Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right'
📅2 June 5:30pm
@uclsociology.bsky.social welcome you to the launch of 'Esther's Army' by @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social. A sweeping portrait of the women shaping the political future of the US.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
📅2 June 5:30pm
@uclsociology.bsky.social welcome you to the launch of 'Esther's Army' by @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social. A sweeping portrait of the women shaping the political future of the US.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Excellent piece:
Why do Trump and some of his most fervent tech billionaire backers want to take land and create privately-controlled zones? Gil Duran says we’re watching the rise of a new anti-democratic extremism—networked, crypto-financed, and cloaked in the language of freedom.
Trump’s Gaza Fantasy and the Network State: The Tech-Fueled Future of Privatized Sovereignty | TechPolicy.Press
We’re watching the rise of a new anti-democratic extremism—networked, crypto-financed, and cloaked in the language of freedom, writes Gil Duran.
www.techpolicy.press
June 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Excellent piece:
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With Musk and Trump in a post-DOGE meltdown, it's tempting to think this marks some end for DOGE's AI takeover of the federal government. But as I wrote this week before the social media wars, Musk (and "AI") are best understood as accountability shields. www.techpolicy.press/musk-ai-and-...
Musk, AI, and the Weaponization of 'Administrative Error' | TechPolicy.Press
The only change from Musk's departure from DOGE may be the degree to which the public pays attention, writes Eryk Salvaggio.
www.techpolicy.press
June 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
With Musk and Trump in a post-DOGE meltdown, it's tempting to think this marks some end for DOGE's AI takeover of the federal government. But as I wrote this week before the social media wars, Musk (and "AI") are best understood as accountability shields. www.techpolicy.press/musk-ai-and-...
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In coming weeks, the Congress is expected to ramp up consideration of a proposal to bar states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years. Here’s a look at which specific measures are most likely to be blocked, and which may be spared.
The State AI Laws Likeliest To Be Blocked by a Moratorium | TechPolicy.Press
These are the state artificial intelligence regulations most likely to be blocked by a proposed federal moratorium, according to a new report.
www.techpolicy.press
June 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In coming weeks, the Congress is expected to ramp up consideration of a proposal to bar states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years. Here’s a look at which specific measures are most likely to be blocked, and which may be spared.