Bethany Mannon
@drbethany.bsky.social
Rhetoric & Writing professor in Appalachia, studying feminism & religion | AI eye-roller | academic who gets peer reviews done on time
UConn | Penn State | Newtown, CT | now in East TN
UConn | Penn State | Newtown, CT | now in East TN
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"I Grew Up in the Church" - Baylor University Press
In 'I Grew Up in the Church': How American Evangelical Women Tell Their Stories, Bethany Mannon studies the diverse and complex voices of women who have inf...
www.baylorpress.com
I have some thoughts about women - of all ages - leaving evangelicalism. 🧵
First of all, of course they are! I wrote about how women have spent the last two decades (and really longer) calling out alienating, unbiblical evangelical rhetoric and politics. 1/x www.baylorpress.com/978148131893...
First of all, of course they are! I wrote about how women have spent the last two decades (and really longer) calling out alienating, unbiblical evangelical rhetoric and politics. 1/x www.baylorpress.com/978148131893...
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This is my rep. She won't have town halls, at the only one she did have she removed a person for asking a hard question. There is an ongoing chalk protest at her office in Kingsport, TN EVERYDAY. She is a horrible person and a crook. Repost liberally.
Gift link.
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NEW: Trump pardons the husband of GOP Rep. Diana Harshbarger.
Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.
His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.
The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.
His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.
The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This is my rep. She won't have town halls, at the only one she did have she removed a person for asking a hard question. There is an ongoing chalk protest at her office in Kingsport, TN EVERYDAY. She is a horrible person and a crook. Repost liberally.
Gift link.
Gift link.
A TED talk and a Coldplay concert
American evangelicalism is like well what if instead of conjuring the Holy Spirit through ancient rituals we tried to do it with Ted talks
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A TED talk and a Coldplay concert
I can't think of a group of people whose opinions on menopause I would care about less
Someone please tell Marty Makary that menopause doesn't kill women or cause divorces.
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I can't think of a group of people whose opinions on menopause I would care about less
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“what are you talking about?”
oh my
GODDDDDD
oh my
GODDDDDD
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“what are you talking about?”
oh my
GODDDDDD
oh my
GODDDDDD
My husband writes smart, thoughtful essays
“Marce’s experience becomes a shared memory that reminds the Catletts who they are and ‘where’ they are.”
In Front Porch Republic, Ethan Mannon reviews Wendell Berry’s new novel, “Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story” - www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/10/reco...
In Front Porch Republic, Ethan Mannon reviews Wendell Berry’s new novel, “Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story” - www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/10/reco...
Reconciling Art and Nature: Wendell Berry’s New Novel - Front Porch Republic
Wendell Berry has written a ninth Port William novel, and it is unlike any other in the set.
www.frontporchrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My husband writes smart, thoughtful essays
Actually this would be a good week too
This feels like a week for the WSJ to publish another document from the Epstein estate
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Actually this would be a good week too
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A little crowd sourcing - trying to talk with some folks who have recently bought their first Bible or a new Bible
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A little crowd sourcing - trying to talk with some folks who have recently bought their first Bible or a new Bible
This is good news ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
The Supreme Court won’t hear the same-sex marriage case!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This is good news ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Every part of this makes me like @jamestalarico.bsky.social more
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Every part of this makes me like @jamestalarico.bsky.social more
Or today’s
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Or today’s
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This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
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Mamdani is going to impose Daria law. you’re standing on my neck
Mamdani is going to impose Sananda Maitreya law where you have to change your name if you're Terrence Trent D'Arby.
Mamdani is going to impose Zendaya law, where everyone will have to boycott Sydney Sweeney
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Mamdani is going to impose Daria law. you’re standing on my neck
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Hear me out 1: There’s a lot of money (think sports betting) riding on this potential senate “deal” and some of them are in on it.
Hear me out 2: Some of them are so grossly anti-Mamdani that they want to stick it to their own party and voters after what happened last Tuesday.
Hear me out 2: Some of them are so grossly anti-Mamdani that they want to stick it to their own party and voters after what happened last Tuesday.
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hear me out 1: There’s a lot of money (think sports betting) riding on this potential senate “deal” and some of them are in on it.
Hear me out 2: Some of them are so grossly anti-Mamdani that they want to stick it to their own party and voters after what happened last Tuesday.
Hear me out 2: Some of them are so grossly anti-Mamdani that they want to stick it to their own party and voters after what happened last Tuesday.
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Q: What do farmers say when they play poker?
A: "Weed 'em and reap!"
A: "Weed 'em and reap!"
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Q: What do farmers say when they play poker?
A: "Weed 'em and reap!"
A: "Weed 'em and reap!"
My 5-yo just told me I was stupid, and when I said "do you want to try that again?" He said "you're extra stupid."
How is parenting even supposed to work.
How is parenting even supposed to work.
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
My 5-yo just told me I was stupid, and when I said "do you want to try that again?" He said "you're extra stupid."
How is parenting even supposed to work.
How is parenting even supposed to work.
out for a run - look how close this mama deer let me get!
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
out for a run - look how close this mama deer let me get!
Is this one of the women who ruined the workplace
“.. On at least two occasions, articles from the Free Press appeared at the bottom of CBS articles as paid advertisements: ‘How the Yuppies Became Socialists’ and ‘How Catholicism Got Cool.’”
@scottnover.bsky.social $PSKY
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@scottnover.bsky.social $PSKY
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November 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Is this one of the women who ruined the workplace
"Is there anything we haven't put gold on yet?"
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
"Is there anything we haven't put gold on yet?"
I just had two margaritas so LOOK OUT BLUESKY
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I just had two margaritas so LOOK OUT BLUESKY
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Today in Chicago. My folder of videos of ICE agents losing their shit and pointing guns wildly at protesters grows. And that's just what's on camera.
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Today in Chicago. My folder of videos of ICE agents losing their shit and pointing guns wildly at protesters grows. And that's just what's on camera.
Evangelicalism needs women, but I'm not sure that women need evangelicalism
I have some thoughts about women - of all ages - leaving evangelicalism. 🧵
First of all, of course they are! I wrote about how women have spent the last two decades (and really longer) calling out alienating, unbiblical evangelical rhetoric and politics. 1/x www.baylorpress.com/978148131893...
First of all, of course they are! I wrote about how women have spent the last two decades (and really longer) calling out alienating, unbiblical evangelical rhetoric and politics. 1/x www.baylorpress.com/978148131893...
"I Grew Up in the Church" - Baylor University Press
In 'I Grew Up in the Church': How American Evangelical Women Tell Their Stories, Bethany Mannon studies the diverse and complex voices of women who have inf...
www.baylorpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Evangelicalism needs women, but I'm not sure that women need evangelicalism
I have some thoughts about women - of all ages - leaving evangelicalism. 🧵
First of all, of course they are! I wrote about how women have spent the last two decades (and really longer) calling out alienating, unbiblical evangelical rhetoric and politics. 1/x www.baylorpress.com/978148131893...
First of all, of course they are! I wrote about how women have spent the last two decades (and really longer) calling out alienating, unbiblical evangelical rhetoric and politics. 1/x www.baylorpress.com/978148131893...
"I Grew Up in the Church" - Baylor University Press
In 'I Grew Up in the Church': How American Evangelical Women Tell Their Stories, Bethany Mannon studies the diverse and complex voices of women who have inf...
www.baylorpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I have some thoughts about women - of all ages - leaving evangelicalism. 🧵
First of all, of course they are! I wrote about how women have spent the last two decades (and really longer) calling out alienating, unbiblical evangelical rhetoric and politics. 1/x www.baylorpress.com/978148131893...
First of all, of course they are! I wrote about how women have spent the last two decades (and really longer) calling out alienating, unbiblical evangelical rhetoric and politics. 1/x www.baylorpress.com/978148131893...
Commencing my annual re-watch of Derry Girls
a nun says here we go in front of a flag
ALT: a nun says here we go in front of a flag
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Commencing my annual re-watch of Derry Girls
Something I haven't yet seen in conversations about grade inflation is the rise of process-oriented pedagogy. When students plan, draft, and revise projects -- and I talk with them about their ideas and questions throughout -- then their final, graded drafts are really strong
This op-ed on grade inflation hits on all cylinders. I appreciated the exploration of different trends that have exacerbated it. #academicsky www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Why Students Are Obsessed With ‘Points Taken Off’
Students and professors are in a drawn-out battle over grade inflation. It may never end.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Something I haven't yet seen in conversations about grade inflation is the rise of process-oriented pedagogy. When students plan, draft, and revise projects -- and I talk with them about their ideas and questions throughout -- then their final, graded drafts are really strong
This is the year I started seeing my students as older versions of my kids, not younger versions of me, and I think that has made me a better professor
This is the self-care box I bring to my 9 am class. I tell people to get something to eat if they haven't had breakfast yet, or if they're not going to be able to get lunch for a while. Turns out 18-year-olds love bananas and Cinnamon Toast Crunch bars.
#teaching #Academicsky
#teaching #Academicsky
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is the year I started seeing my students as older versions of my kids, not younger versions of me, and I think that has made me a better professor