Kylie M. Smith
@drkyliesmith.bsky.social
Historian. Assoc Prof. Making jimcrowintheasylum.com with @UNCPress. Knitter, baker, dog lover. From Eora Country, living on Muskogee Creek land.
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Jim Crow in the Asylum | Emory Center for Digital Scholarship - Manifold Scholarship
<h3>Untangling the relationship between race and psychiatry in the American South</h3>
There is a complicated history of racism and psychiatric healthcare in the Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama...
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Today is publication day! The Open Access version is now online so you can read for free on @manifoldscholar.bsky.social With huge thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social @ecds-emory.bsky.social and @foxcenteremory.bsky.social Go to jimcrowintheasylum.com
Upstairs in the John Oxley Reading Room looking at Australian sources to add a comparison to my US material
January 27, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Upstairs in the John Oxley Reading Room looking at Australian sources to add a comparison to my US material
First day working in the State Library of Queensland. I already have stuff on hold in Special Collections upstairs
January 27, 2026 at 1:33 AM
First day working in the State Library of Queensland. I already have stuff on hold in Special Collections upstairs
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If folks really studied the history of the civil rights movement (not just the feel good parts), then one would learn how the lying about the violence coming from ICE, CPB, and this administration reflects this history. It is not an aberration. One would be naive to argue that "this isn't America."
January 25, 2026 at 3:35 PM
If folks really studied the history of the civil rights movement (not just the feel good parts), then one would learn how the lying about the violence coming from ICE, CPB, and this administration reflects this history. It is not an aberration. One would be naive to argue that "this isn't America."
I am very happy to be back in Australia but I did not come back here for the weather. I left the US because it was very unsafe and I remain very worried about my friends and colleagues. I can’t talk to people here about it yet, they have no idea what it was like or how bad it’s going to get.
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I am very happy to be back in Australia but I did not come back here for the weather. I left the US because it was very unsafe and I remain very worried about my friends and colleagues. I can’t talk to people here about it yet, they have no idea what it was like or how bad it’s going to get.
So happy to be back in the pool
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 AM
So happy to be back in the pool
Trip to Brisbane markets. Bread! Mangoes! Tomatoes!
January 24, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Trip to Brisbane markets. Bread! Mangoes! Tomatoes!
I’ve also been eating a lot of mangoes
January 22, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I’ve also been eating a lot of mangoes
Since I’ve left the US I’m having trouble even looking at the news, not a deliberate choice so much as a physical PTSD response. I just can’t.
January 22, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Since I’ve left the US I’m having trouble even looking at the news, not a deliberate choice so much as a physical PTSD response. I just can’t.
We came into Southbank today so I could join the State Library - they were so helpful and already identified some stuff relevant to my next project. My plan is to work from here two days a week on two fellowship and a new book proposal.
January 22, 2026 at 4:50 AM
We came into Southbank today so I could join the State Library - they were so helpful and already identified some stuff relevant to my next project. My plan is to work from here two days a week on two fellowship and a new book proposal.
Day three of being back in Australia, applied to put my name back on the electoral roll and it took about 5 minutes online. Can’t wait to vote in an actual democracy again.
January 21, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Day three of being back in Australia, applied to put my name back on the electoral roll and it took about 5 minutes online. Can’t wait to vote in an actual democracy again.
BTW America I just filled up my sisters little Mazda 323 with petrol for $1.86 a liter which is $6.85 AU per gallon which is $4.61USD please stfu about your cost of oil
January 21, 2026 at 12:30 AM
BTW America I just filled up my sisters little Mazda 323 with petrol for $1.86 a liter which is $6.85 AU per gallon which is $4.61USD please stfu about your cost of oil
Omg I just reactivated my Australian debit and credit cards and paid with my phone (no I couldn’t do that in America)
January 20, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Omg I just reactivated my Australian debit and credit cards and paid with my phone (no I couldn’t do that in America)
That’s not a mango. This is a mango
January 20, 2026 at 6:47 AM
That’s not a mango. This is a mango
Good morning from Australia
January 19, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Good morning from Australia
430am in Brisbane: kookaburras 😍
January 19, 2026 at 6:39 PM
430am in Brisbane: kookaburras 😍
The view from my Brissie bedroom
January 19, 2026 at 6:23 AM
The view from my Brissie bedroom
Signs you’re back in Australia: four excellent coffee shops in the airport, triple j playing Tame Impala on the radio, driving with the windows down, the smell of salt in the air.
January 19, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Signs you’re back in Australia: four excellent coffee shops in the airport, triple j playing Tame Impala on the radio, driving with the windows down, the smell of salt in the air.
30 hours after I left Atlanta, landed in my new home Brisbane. Can’t wait to see my sister.
January 19, 2026 at 12:48 AM
30 hours after I left Atlanta, landed in my new home Brisbane. Can’t wait to see my sister.
First step in Sydney: an actual decent coffee - now for the last elf to Brisbane
January 18, 2026 at 11:02 PM
First step in Sydney: an actual decent coffee - now for the last elf to Brisbane
Wheels down in Sydney my home town where it’s pouring rain, the degrees are in Celsius the distance in kilometres, the government in democracy and I am sad. My heart leapt with joy when we touched down.
January 18, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Wheels down in Sydney my home town where it’s pouring rain, the degrees are in Celsius the distance in kilometres, the government in democracy and I am sad. My heart leapt with joy when we touched down.
lol when your seat neighbours ask to borrow your pen to fill in the Australian customs card but it’s a fountain pen and they don’t know how to use it no I don’t have any others types long @profgoldberg.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 7:32 PM
lol when your seat neighbours ask to borrow your pen to fill in the Australian customs card but it’s a fountain pen and they don’t know how to use it no I don’t have any others types long @profgoldberg.bsky.social
See ya later Murica
January 18, 2026 at 3:41 AM
See ya later Murica
In the air. See ya, Atlanta
January 17, 2026 at 10:04 PM
In the air. See ya, Atlanta
There is something to be said for seeing your book on sale in a store and seeing it sell out all but one copy
January 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
There is something to be said for seeing your book on sale in a store and seeing it sell out all but one copy
Today is official book launch day at Charis Books in Decatur. If you’re in Atlanta come say hi!
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Today is official book launch day at Charis Books in Decatur. If you’re in Atlanta come say hi!