Caitlin Reed Wiesner
@caitlinrwiesner.bsky.social
Professional history buff and feminist killjoy | Writes about gender violence and state violence, often at the same time| Between the Street and the State coming Sept 2025
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September 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Tomorrow features another brilliant #AMA that #Skystorians should be keen to check out. We'll be joined by @caitlinrwiesner.bsky.social , author of Between the Street and the State: Black Women's Anti-Rape Activism amid the War on Crime!
September 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Tomorrow features another brilliant #AMA that #Skystorians should be keen to check out. We'll be joined by @caitlinrwiesner.bsky.social , author of Between the Street and the State: Black Women's Anti-Rape Activism amid the War on Crime!
I’m one of them! What a treat to contribute to this incredible reader. All the cutting edge and up-and-coming histories of healthcare, sexuality, and reproduction, all in one place.
Our book is out!! Happy publication day to our fantastic team of editors and authors.
September 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I’m one of them! What a treat to contribute to this incredible reader. All the cutting edge and up-and-coming histories of healthcare, sexuality, and reproduction, all in one place.
Thanks @feministkelly.bsky.social for the chance to talk up my forthcoming book on the Unsung History podcast. Listen for a preview of Between the Street and the State (coming out next week from @pennpress.bsky.social)
www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/Anti-Rape/
www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/Anti-Rape/
Black Women's Anti-Rape Activism
The feminist anti-rape movement began in the late 1960s at the height of women’s liberation. As rape crisis centers relied on federal grants aimed at prosecution of…
www.unsunghistorypodcast.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Thanks @feministkelly.bsky.social for the chance to talk up my forthcoming book on the Unsung History podcast. Listen for a preview of Between the Street and the State (coming out next week from @pennpress.bsky.social)
www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/Anti-Rape/
www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/Anti-Rape/
Not the worst birthday present I’ve ever gotten in the mail. Advance copies have landed! @pennpress.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Not the worst birthday present I’ve ever gotten in the mail. Advance copies have landed! @pennpress.bsky.social
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Really honored to join @kidadaewilliams.com and Dawn Rae Flood in blurbing @caitlinrwiesner.bsky.social's amazing book BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE STATE: BLACK WOMEN'S ANTI-RAPE ACTIVISM AMID THE WAR ON CRIME (forthcoming @pennpress.bsky.social). Y'all check it out! 🗃️
April 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Really honored to join @kidadaewilliams.com and Dawn Rae Flood in blurbing @caitlinrwiesner.bsky.social's amazing book BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE STATE: BLACK WOMEN'S ANTI-RAPE ACTIVISM AMID THE WAR ON CRIME (forthcoming @pennpress.bsky.social). Y'all check it out! 🗃️
What a dream team for blurbs. Can’t thank @renfro.bsky.social @kidadaewilliams.com and Dawn Flood enough!
Really honored to join @kidadaewilliams.com and Dawn Rae Flood in blurbing @caitlinrwiesner.bsky.social's amazing book BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE STATE: BLACK WOMEN'S ANTI-RAPE ACTIVISM AMID THE WAR ON CRIME (forthcoming @pennpress.bsky.social). Y'all check it out! 🗃️
April 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
What a dream team for blurbs. Can’t thank @renfro.bsky.social @kidadaewilliams.com and Dawn Flood enough!
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This was such a satisfying project, and one in which I realized for the first time how much my whole life had been spent in a manscape, in places where almost everything was named after men.
#WomensHistoryMonth: The City of Women Map is a fascinating visualization of women’s history and urban transportation. Created by Molly Roy, Rebecca Solnit, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, the map renames subway stops after notable women with links to that area, offering an entirely new way to view #NYC.
March 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This was such a satisfying project, and one in which I realized for the first time how much my whole life had been spent in a manscape, in places where almost everything was named after men.
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Funny how "erasing history" only applies to tearing down Confederate monuments, emphasizing the role of enslavement in the development of the U.S., & renaming military bases named after Confederates, but not to acknowledging historical Black, Brown, queer, and trans folks
March 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Funny how "erasing history" only applies to tearing down Confederate monuments, emphasizing the role of enslavement in the development of the U.S., & renaming military bases named after Confederates, but not to acknowledging historical Black, Brown, queer, and trans folks
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At the request of the Trump Admin, the Ntl Park Service removed references to trans people in this essay w/o consulting the writer, historian @wendylrouse.bsky.social.
Read it here as Prof Rouse intended (and as the NPS published/maintained it until now). 🗃️
drive.google.com/file/d/1p-rQ...
Read it here as Prof Rouse intended (and as the NPS published/maintained it until now). 🗃️
drive.google.com/file/d/1p-rQ...
The Very Queer History of the Suffrage Movement (U.S. National Park Service).pdf
drive.google.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
At the request of the Trump Admin, the Ntl Park Service removed references to trans people in this essay w/o consulting the writer, historian @wendylrouse.bsky.social.
Read it here as Prof Rouse intended (and as the NPS published/maintained it until now). 🗃️
drive.google.com/file/d/1p-rQ...
Read it here as Prof Rouse intended (and as the NPS published/maintained it until now). 🗃️
drive.google.com/file/d/1p-rQ...
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New post for the new year on "Running a DH Mock Interview." Contains a public-facing version of the guide I use to run mock interviews for students applying to DH-y jobs. Some notes on format, structure, content, and debriefing.
Running a DH Mock Interview · Brandon Walsh
Head of Student Programs at the Scholars' Lab in the UVA Library
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January 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New post for the new year on "Running a DH Mock Interview." Contains a public-facing version of the guide I use to run mock interviews for students applying to DH-y jobs. Some notes on format, structure, content, and debriefing.
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“…the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis.”
People cite this essay for its central idea, but it’s also damn good writing.
People cite this essay for its central idea, but it’s also damn good writing.
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
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December 27, 2024 at 7:29 PM
“…the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis.”
People cite this essay for its central idea, but it’s also damn good writing.
People cite this essay for its central idea, but it’s also damn good writing.
I’ve been told this is the place to be for academics to talk about projects and pedagogy to a non-fascist audience. I already like what I see.
December 7, 2024 at 3:44 AM
I’ve been told this is the place to be for academics to talk about projects and pedagogy to a non-fascist audience. I already like what I see.