Bethany Mannon
@drbethany.bsky.social
Rhetoric & Writing professor in Appalachia, studying feminism & religion | AI eye-roller | Currently writing a book about Rachel Held Evans
UConn | Penn State | Newtown, CT | now in East TN
UConn | Penn State | Newtown, CT | now in East TN
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Bethany Mannon
@drbethany.bsky.social
· Nov 8
"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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"They are teaching us to evaluate which children’s screams are worth hearing on the basis of whose side it would help or hurt."
They sow chaos so they can hold onto power
#Culture #CultureWars #Fascism
www.christianitytoday.com/2026/02/jeff...
They sow chaos so they can hold onto power
#Culture #CultureWars #Fascism
www.christianitytoday.com/2026/02/jeff...
Jeffrey Epstein and the Myth of the Culture Wars - Christianity Today
Some leaders of different political stripes teach us to hate each other, but they’re playing for the same team.
www.christianitytoday.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM
"They are teaching us to evaluate which children’s screams are worth hearing on the basis of whose side it would help or hurt."
They sow chaos so they can hold onto power
#Culture #CultureWars #Fascism
www.christianitytoday.com/2026/02/jeff...
They sow chaos so they can hold onto power
#Culture #CultureWars #Fascism
www.christianitytoday.com/2026/02/jeff...
Zady, being the goodest girl
February 15, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Zady, being the goodest girl
sometimes, pettiness is resistance
Small act of resistance: I always take the treadmills in front of the fox news tvs at the gym so the people who actually want to watch them can't see them as easily.
February 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
sometimes, pettiness is resistance
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And it's properly up on YT now tadaaaa youtu.be/n2n4oxr3a0k
What Happens To Farmers Who Get "Too Political"? We're Fine, Thanks!
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
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February 15, 2026 at 3:42 PM
And it's properly up on YT now tadaaaa youtu.be/n2n4oxr3a0k
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“Young people are quickly becoming so dependent on A.I. that they are losing the ability to think for themselves. And rather than rallying resistance, academic administrators are aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of higher education.”
Opinion | How A.I. Companies Are Preying on College Students
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:24 PM
“Young people are quickly becoming so dependent on A.I. that they are losing the ability to think for themselves. And rather than rallying resistance, academic administrators are aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of higher education.”
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Guys, I'm beginning to think there's a problem with evil. I'm tentatively calling it "the problem of evil."
Has anyone thought about this??
Has anyone thought about this??
February 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Guys, I'm beginning to think there's a problem with evil. I'm tentatively calling it "the problem of evil."
Has anyone thought about this??
Has anyone thought about this??
She would win in a landslide
anybody currently raging about Newsom needs to be stopped better get on board or I might think your outrage is a tad performative
February 12, 2026 at 11:43 PM
She would win in a landslide
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We, Minnesota, woke up and woke others up to exactly what Trump's DHS is and who is responsible for it. The war won't end today, but we have to celebrate this. We will not let them turn the US into the Fourth Reich and now they, and we, know it.
February 12, 2026 at 6:53 PM
We, Minnesota, woke up and woke others up to exactly what Trump's DHS is and who is responsible for it. The war won't end today, but we have to celebrate this. We will not let them turn the US into the Fourth Reich and now they, and we, know it.
My colleagues are such nerds and I love them
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
My colleagues are such nerds and I love them
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"He's doing it again, isn't he?"
February 12, 2026 at 2:56 AM
"He's doing it again, isn't he?"
I have officially signed a contract for my second book with Baylor University Press! The Rhetorical Grace of Rachel Held Evans, coming in fall 2027 🤞
February 11, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I have officially signed a contract for my second book with Baylor University Press! The Rhetorical Grace of Rachel Held Evans, coming in fall 2027 🤞
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To have one ICE employee arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness.
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
To have one ICE employee arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness.
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I think the through-line with almost every single senior member of this administration is seething resentment of people who have credentials, real experience, and legitimate success.
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM
I think the through-line with almost every single senior member of this administration is seething resentment of people who have credentials, real experience, and legitimate success.
This entire thread is amazing!
Hahaha this is amazing
He goes over to wake up a kid sleeping on some chairs
There's always a kid sleeping in the corner at a real wedding
The details!!!!
He goes over to wake up a kid sleeping on some chairs
There's always a kid sleeping in the corner at a real wedding
The details!!!!
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 AM
This entire thread is amazing!
lfg
Barber’s challenge came after Johnson was asked during a press scrum on Wednesday to respond to criticism of Trump’s immigration policies levied by Pope Leo.
religionnews.com/2026/02/06/r...
religionnews.com/2026/02/06/r...
Rev. William Barber takes up Mike Johnson's challenge to debate immigration theology
(RNS) — Barber made the challenge during a Thursday (Feb. 5) interview for 'Complexified,' a Religion News Service podcast created in partnership with Iliff Institute for Religion, Politics &…
religionnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:09 PM
lfg
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Trump's currently polling at like 40% approval, which is a huge drop from early 2025.
But to put it in perspective, W went from 90% right after 9/11 to 19% in 2008. In light of that, 40% is amateur numbers.
I believe in us America, we may take our time but we have it in us to go the distance 🫡
But to put it in perspective, W went from 90% right after 9/11 to 19% in 2008. In light of that, 40% is amateur numbers.
I believe in us America, we may take our time but we have it in us to go the distance 🫡
February 8, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Trump's currently polling at like 40% approval, which is a huge drop from early 2025.
But to put it in perspective, W went from 90% right after 9/11 to 19% in 2008. In light of that, 40% is amateur numbers.
I believe in us America, we may take our time but we have it in us to go the distance 🫡
But to put it in perspective, W went from 90% right after 9/11 to 19% in 2008. In light of that, 40% is amateur numbers.
I believe in us America, we may take our time but we have it in us to go the distance 🫡
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work
"This paragraph needs a topic sentence."
"This paragraph needs a topic sentence."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Where are your citations?"
"Where are your citations?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"No, you can't leave that here."
"No, you can't leave that here."
February 7, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work
"This paragraph needs a topic sentence."
"This paragraph needs a topic sentence."
This week my students read some of the autobiography of Mother Jones, maybe the og of nice ladies
Actually a whole lot of stuff going back to the environmental justice movements and back further to the abolitionists is nice ladies. It's kind of nice ladies all the way down. (Not all ladies are nice, not all nice people are ladies; insert 4000-word qualifier here.)
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 PM
This week my students read some of the autobiography of Mother Jones, maybe the og of nice ladies
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And here's a secret of the past decade: a lot of the crucial organizing/resistance work is done by women who look like nice mom-type ladies, often suburban variety, sometimes through nice organizations like churches. Sorry if anyone needs it to look like Che Guevara.
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
And here's a secret of the past decade: a lot of the crucial organizing/resistance work is done by women who look like nice mom-type ladies, often suburban variety, sometimes through nice organizations like churches. Sorry if anyone needs it to look like Che Guevara.
This is a new one (to me): are students using AI to forge doctors notes?
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
February 6, 2026 at 9:27 PM
This is a new one (to me): are students using AI to forge doctors notes?
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky