Aimee Loiselle
@aimloiselle.bsky.social
Writer, historian, educator, snacker, gardener
Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican & Southern White Women Fought for Place in American Working Class (UNCP 2023)
US labor history, women and global capitalism, pop culture representations of work and wealth
Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican & Southern White Women Fought for Place in American Working Class (UNCP 2023)
US labor history, women and global capitalism, pop culture representations of work and wealth
Pinned
Thank you Northeast Popular & American Culture Association for selecting my book "Beyond Norma Rae" for the Peter C. Rollins Prize for a work that makes a significant contribution to the field.
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
@uncpress.bsky.social
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
@uncpress.bsky.social
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Speaking from a Texas prison, journalist @kwanetaharris.bsky.social reveals how menopause is neglected and punished for those living under state control.
msmagazine.com/2026/02/10/w...
msmagazine.com/2026/02/10/w...
Menopause in Prison Is a Public Health Crisis We’re Ignoring
Speaking from a Texas prison, journalist Kwaneta Harris reveals how menopause is neglected and punished for women in jail.
msmagazine.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Speaking from a Texas prison, journalist @kwanetaharris.bsky.social reveals how menopause is neglected and punished for those living under state control.
msmagazine.com/2026/02/10/w...
msmagazine.com/2026/02/10/w...
Saw this book and thought - how can I get this into a history course. Maybe I will have to create one.
"From the cool touch of moss on a stone wall, to the quiet determination of a worm crossing a sidewalk, The Sound of Feathers invites readers to notice the small wonders of life all around them..."
"From the cool touch of moss on a stone wall, to the quiet determination of a worm crossing a sidewalk, The Sound of Feathers invites readers to notice the small wonders of life all around them..."
The Sound of Feathers: Attentive Living in a World Beyond Ourselves
www.dukeupress.edu
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Saw this book and thought - how can I get this into a history course. Maybe I will have to create one.
"From the cool touch of moss on a stone wall, to the quiet determination of a worm crossing a sidewalk, The Sound of Feathers invites readers to notice the small wonders of life all around them..."
"From the cool touch of moss on a stone wall, to the quiet determination of a worm crossing a sidewalk, The Sound of Feathers invites readers to notice the small wonders of life all around them..."
Groups w legal expertise and staff to sue Trump administration over total elimination of climate change regulations:
National Resources Defense Council
Environmental Defense Fund
Earthjustice
Sierra Club
Union of Concerned Scientists
Environmental Integrity Project
#climatechange
National Resources Defense Council
Environmental Defense Fund
Earthjustice
Sierra Club
Union of Concerned Scientists
Environmental Integrity Project
#climatechange
Trump just torched the basis for federal climate regulations. Here’s what it means. » Yale Climate Connections
One scientist wrote that there is 'no scientific basis' for the move.
yaleclimateconnections.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Groups w legal expertise and staff to sue Trump administration over total elimination of climate change regulations:
National Resources Defense Council
Environmental Defense Fund
Earthjustice
Sierra Club
Union of Concerned Scientists
Environmental Integrity Project
#climatechange
National Resources Defense Council
Environmental Defense Fund
Earthjustice
Sierra Club
Union of Concerned Scientists
Environmental Integrity Project
#climatechange
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Trump’s war on civil rights has pushed the group—117 years old today—into a new era of confrontation.
How the NAACP signed up to abolish ICE
Trump's war on civil rights has pushed the group—117 years old today—into a new era of confrontation.
www.motherjones.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Trump’s war on civil rights has pushed the group—117 years old today—into a new era of confrontation.
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Still true
“Marriage and love have nothing in common.”
In Emma Goldman’s 1914 essay Marriage and Love, she argues marriage is largely an economic arrangement—and that love can’t be legislated by the state or church.
inthesetimes.com/article/emma...
In Emma Goldman’s 1914 essay Marriage and Love, she argues marriage is largely an economic arrangement—and that love can’t be legislated by the state or church.
inthesetimes.com/article/emma...
February 13, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Still true
@sfndhe.bsky.social + @higheredlabor.bsky.social on it. Scholars for New Deal is educators, scholars, writers for fully funded higher ed for the public good for all students, faculty, staff, and communities. Higher Ed Labor United brings together all higher ed workers to organize to make demands.
This is the type of thing I keep trying to talk to people about for higher ed. Not conference rooms where I "listen to diverse perspectives" but actually doing work to imagine what strengthening the US higher education system in furtherance of a democracy would look like.
Very excited about this new @knightcolumbia.org project, both because it gives us the chance to look beyond the current democratic crisis and because so many super people have already agreed to participate. knightcolumbia.org/content/new-...
February 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
@sfndhe.bsky.social + @higheredlabor.bsky.social on it. Scholars for New Deal is educators, scholars, writers for fully funded higher ed for the public good for all students, faculty, staff, and communities. Higher Ed Labor United brings together all higher ed workers to organize to make demands.
The man behind all the deregulation of climate change protections, labor, gutting the IRS, etc.
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
Russell Vought
www.lcv.org
February 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
The man behind all the deregulation of climate change protections, labor, gutting the IRS, etc.
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
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Politicizing federal workers’ jobs would push out the experts running our essential services and discourage the workers still there from speaking out against waste, fraud and abuse for fear of retaliation.
We’ll see Mr. Trump in court.
We’ll see Mr. Trump in court.
It's about to get easier for Trump to fire federal workers
Since his first term, President Trump has wanted to be able to fire federal employees for any reason. A new rule vastly expands his authority to do that.
www.npr.org
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Politicizing federal workers’ jobs would push out the experts running our essential services and discourage the workers still there from speaking out against waste, fraud and abuse for fear of retaliation.
We’ll see Mr. Trump in court.
We’ll see Mr. Trump in court.
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Educators in San Francisco go above and beyond for students in our schools. It’s time for SFUSD to do the same and invest in our classrooms.
Solidarity with United Educators of San Francisco as they fight to end the staffing crisis, for living wages, and for the classrooms our kids deserve.
Solidarity with United Educators of San Francisco as they fight to end the staffing crisis, for living wages, and for the classrooms our kids deserve.
We're at Mission High School this morning as SF educators stand up for fully staffed schools and the supports students deserve.
Our members are fighting for the schools their communities deserve, and to get back to their classrooms with a fair contract. ✊ @cftunion.bsky.social
Our members are fighting for the schools their communities deserve, and to get back to their classrooms with a fair contract. ✊ @cftunion.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Educators in San Francisco go above and beyond for students in our schools. It’s time for SFUSD to do the same and invest in our classrooms.
Solidarity with United Educators of San Francisco as they fight to end the staffing crisis, for living wages, and for the classrooms our kids deserve.
Solidarity with United Educators of San Francisco as they fight to end the staffing crisis, for living wages, and for the classrooms our kids deserve.
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PUBLICATION DAY! Today my book has officially been re-released by @pennpress.bsky.social. With new preface that examines the 2020 protest that led to the removal of the Rizzo statue, recent Philly politics, and the rise of Trump, I hope you'll check it out and help spread the word! 🗃️
February 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
PUBLICATION DAY! Today my book has officially been re-released by @pennpress.bsky.social. With new preface that examines the 2020 protest that led to the removal of the Rizzo statue, recent Philly politics, and the rise of Trump, I hope you'll check it out and help spread the word! 🗃️
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Reminder when you watch the Intuit Super Bowl ads, they have Super Bowl ad money because they are a successful rent seekers who have worked for decades to kill free, quality, public tax preparation services donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
The Death of Direct File
Tech for good not welcome in the Trump administration
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Reminder when you watch the Intuit Super Bowl ads, they have Super Bowl ad money because they are a successful rent seekers who have worked for decades to kill free, quality, public tax preparation services donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Fact: "However, speaking the plain and simple truth is not a quality appreciated by most academics, and consequently, Mills was not well-liked by his university colleagues, although he was wildly popular with students, the media, and the lay public."
Reading C. Wright Mills in the Age of Trump
Seventy years ago, C. Wright Mills published The Power Elite, a scathing indictment of corporate executives, state officials, and their academic apologists. His analysis has lost none of its bite as w...
jacobin.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Fact: "However, speaking the plain and simple truth is not a quality appreciated by most academics, and consequently, Mills was not well-liked by his university colleagues, although he was wildly popular with students, the media, and the lay public."
Yessss -- fight to slow it, fight to preserve as much as we can.
The planet will go on, all human resources and activities are what will collapse.
#climatechange
The planet will go on, all human resources and activities are what will collapse.
#climatechange
Bea Kim is an Olympian, @protectourwinters.bsky.social member + climate advocate.
“The world is changing. Glaciers are melting that we’re riding on. Each year we wonder if there will even be enough snow for us to do what we love. I couldn't watch it happen and not say anything about it,” she says.
“The world is changing. Glaciers are melting that we’re riding on. Each year we wonder if there will even be enough snow for us to do what we love. I couldn't watch it happen and not say anything about it,” she says.
How snowboarder Bea Kim fights climate change through her words and wardrobe
The 19-year-old U.S. snowboarding star is fighting climate change to help protect the planet and the sport she loves.
www.nbcmiami.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Yessss -- fight to slow it, fight to preserve as much as we can.
The planet will go on, all human resources and activities are what will collapse.
#climatechange
The planet will go on, all human resources and activities are what will collapse.
#climatechange
whoah
Ahndraya Parlato explores gendered aging and idealized beauty through photography and letters.
Photographic Reflections on Gendered Aging, Idealized Beauty, and Maternal Duty
With TIME TO KILL, I look at gendered aging, unpacking the ideals of beauty, caretaking, and maternal and domestic duty imposed on women over the course of their lives. My photographs—portraits, la…
buff.ly
February 8, 2026 at 1:25 PM
whoah
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Nancy Reddy researches beyond the archives by reading sideways.
Nancy Reddy on Researching Beyond the Archives
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. For most of the many years I spent working on The Good Mother Myth, I thought it was a book about the (mostly male) midcen…
buff.ly
February 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Nancy Reddy researches beyond the archives by reading sideways.
Any time I see "task force" I know some baloney is stirring:
America250 is congressionally chartered semiquincentennial initiated in 2016 VS. Task Force 250 from Trump admin for extreme patriotism VS. a group of Trumpians who created Freedom 250, charges $1 million to shake hands with T
America250 is congressionally chartered semiquincentennial initiated in 2016 VS. Task Force 250 from Trump admin for extreme patriotism VS. a group of Trumpians who created Freedom 250, charges $1 million to shake hands with T
America250
America250 is a bipartisan initiative working to engage every American in the 250th anniversary of the United States.
america250.org
February 8, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Any time I see "task force" I know some baloney is stirring:
America250 is congressionally chartered semiquincentennial initiated in 2016 VS. Task Force 250 from Trump admin for extreme patriotism VS. a group of Trumpians who created Freedom 250, charges $1 million to shake hands with T
America250 is congressionally chartered semiquincentennial initiated in 2016 VS. Task Force 250 from Trump admin for extreme patriotism VS. a group of Trumpians who created Freedom 250, charges $1 million to shake hands with T
Heading toward $1.5 billion.
Only the most extreme deals. They are all rotten, but the meme coins are absurd as well -- they have no value, but Trump and Melanie have made millions selling them throughout presidency.
Only the most extreme deals. They are all rotten, but the meme coins are absurd as well -- they have no value, but Trump and Melanie have made millions selling them throughout presidency.
🔊 Listen Now: How much money President Trump and his family have made
Planet Money on NPR One | 30:51
one.npr.org
February 8, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Heading toward $1.5 billion.
Only the most extreme deals. They are all rotten, but the meme coins are absurd as well -- they have no value, but Trump and Melanie have made millions selling them throughout presidency.
Only the most extreme deals. They are all rotten, but the meme coins are absurd as well -- they have no value, but Trump and Melanie have made millions selling them throughout presidency.
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Shipyard Bosses Forced to Pay Overtime to Get People to Stay for Pete Hegseth Speech
theintercept.com/2026/02/07/p...
theintercept.com/2026/02/07/p...
Shipyard Bosses Forced to Pay Overtime to Get People to Stay for Pete Hegseth Speech
Workers at Bath Iron Works, a shipbuilding company, showed no interest in hearing Pete Hegseth speak. So they were offered overtime.
theintercept.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Shipyard Bosses Forced to Pay Overtime to Get People to Stay for Pete Hegseth Speech
theintercept.com/2026/02/07/p...
theintercept.com/2026/02/07/p...
Tax the rich.
Billionaires are bad for the public good, tax revenues, environmental protections, and democratic participation.
Too much money, too much power.
#laborhistory
Billionaires are bad for the public good, tax revenues, environmental protections, and democratic participation.
Too much money, too much power.
#laborhistory
Tax cuts for giant corporations and the super rich.
Paid for by cuts to the social safety net for everyone else.
Trickle-up economics.
Paid for by cuts to the social safety net for everyone else.
Trickle-up economics.
February 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Tax the rich.
Billionaires are bad for the public good, tax revenues, environmental protections, and democratic participation.
Too much money, too much power.
#laborhistory
Billionaires are bad for the public good, tax revenues, environmental protections, and democratic participation.
Too much money, too much power.
#laborhistory
1973: 28% Americans in mainline Protestant churches; 65% of Senate’s 100 and eight of the nine justices on the Supreme Court. Today, by contrast, only 11% of Americans, about 27% of Senate, and one Supreme Court justice are mainline Protestants. Catholics and evangelicals join in backlash.
The Theology of Roe - First Things
A controversial abortion case reaches the Supreme Court, and men in black robes impose their religious views on the country. Counter to the justices’ expectation, a diverse movement rises up in protes...
firstthings.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM
1973: 28% Americans in mainline Protestant churches; 65% of Senate’s 100 and eight of the nine justices on the Supreme Court. Today, by contrast, only 11% of Americans, about 27% of Senate, and one Supreme Court justice are mainline Protestants. Catholics and evangelicals join in backlash.
AI at its best, right-wing interpretation at its best.
Inside Eisenhower Executive Office, John Adams has a message. “Facts do not care about our feelings,” an AI-generated version of second president says, paraphrasing not John Locke or Thomas Paine, but conservative influencer Ben Shapiro <<<<
Inside Eisenhower Executive Office, John Adams has a message. “Facts do not care about our feelings,” an AI-generated version of second president says, paraphrasing not John Locke or Thomas Paine, but conservative influencer Ben Shapiro <<<<
Trump's war on history
As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.
www.motherjones.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
AI at its best, right-wing interpretation at its best.
Inside Eisenhower Executive Office, John Adams has a message. “Facts do not care about our feelings,” an AI-generated version of second president says, paraphrasing not John Locke or Thomas Paine, but conservative influencer Ben Shapiro <<<<
Inside Eisenhower Executive Office, John Adams has a message. “Facts do not care about our feelings,” an AI-generated version of second president says, paraphrasing not John Locke or Thomas Paine, but conservative influencer Ben Shapiro <<<<
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Union members are stepping up and running for office!
Politicians won’t save us. We need labor leaders who will FIGHT for the working people of Texas at all levels of government — we need @joseloya.bsky.social for Texas Land Commissioner!
Politicians won’t save us. We need labor leaders who will FIGHT for the working people of Texas at all levels of government — we need @joseloya.bsky.social for Texas Land Commissioner!
February 6, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Union members are stepping up and running for office!
Politicians won’t save us. We need labor leaders who will FIGHT for the working people of Texas at all levels of government — we need @joseloya.bsky.social for Texas Land Commissioner!
Politicians won’t save us. We need labor leaders who will FIGHT for the working people of Texas at all levels of government — we need @joseloya.bsky.social for Texas Land Commissioner!
'Patent medicine companies realized that accessible products with specific names and purposes would appeal to middle-class white women, who were conditioned to see themselves as perpetually unwell but often misdiagnosed by physicians.'
#womenshistory
#womenshistory
Medical Misogyny and Marketing Addiction: How the Nineteenth-Century Patent Medicine Industry Exploited Women
Today, nearly half of young American women report negative interactions with healthcare providers. Research suggests that these experiences contribute to women pursuing alternative medicines at hig…
nursingclio.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
'Patent medicine companies realized that accessible products with specific names and purposes would appeal to middle-class white women, who were conditioned to see themselves as perpetually unwell but often misdiagnosed by physicians.'
#womenshistory
#womenshistory