Ellen Muehlberger
@emuehlbe.bsky.social
Michigander with ideas about ancient history, writing, cats, bikes
I'm probably gonna ask you what you're writing
New book! Things Unseen, available open access from University of California Press: https://luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1525/luminos.253
I'm probably gonna ask you what you're writing
New book! Things Unseen, available open access from University of California Press: https://luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1525/luminos.253
Pinned
I say this enough that I should just make a permanent pinned post, but people: if you're feeling down, just go get yourself a hit of other people's good news---it's the richest espresso, the driest prosecco, the warmest sunshine, the gooey-ist brownie
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Once you notice society's base reluctance to refer to women as "geniuses" with the same frequency they do as men, no matter how talented or influential she may be, it's a thing you never really stop noticing.
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Once you notice society's base reluctance to refer to women as "geniuses" with the same frequency they do as men, no matter how talented or influential she may be, it's a thing you never really stop noticing.
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Another great piece in @liberalcurrents.com
Trump’s aggression toward Canada is both morally wrong and deeply harmful to the interests of both the US people and the Canadian people.
www.liberalcurrents.com/with-friends...
Trump’s aggression toward Canada is both morally wrong and deeply harmful to the interests of both the US people and the Canadian people.
www.liberalcurrents.com/with-friends...
With Friends Like These
To defend itself from Trump's thuggery, Canada must seek new friends.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Another great piece in @liberalcurrents.com
Trump’s aggression toward Canada is both morally wrong and deeply harmful to the interests of both the US people and the Canadian people.
www.liberalcurrents.com/with-friends...
Trump’s aggression toward Canada is both morally wrong and deeply harmful to the interests of both the US people and the Canadian people.
www.liberalcurrents.com/with-friends...
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Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943-) is a Northern Irish physicist who, while conducting research for her doctorate, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974, but not to her - the prize was awarded to her (male) supervisor. #CelebratingWomen
February 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943-) is a Northern Irish physicist who, while conducting research for her doctorate, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974, but not to her - the prize was awarded to her (male) supervisor. #CelebratingWomen
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Canada paid for this bridge cuz the US was already broken. Tedious country! Good leave it shut as long as we can walk to the middle and jeer.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Ontario and Michigan | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, poised to become the newest border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Canada paid for this bridge cuz the US was already broken. Tedious country! Good leave it shut as long as we can walk to the middle and jeer.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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February 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
not a good day when the first three things on your timeline make you say ugh, this motherless bastard
February 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
not a good day when the first three things on your timeline make you say ugh, this motherless bastard
I got described as "formidable" twice today, in writing---can I put that on my faculty annual report?
February 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I got described as "formidable" twice today, in writing---can I put that on my faculty annual report?
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AHA Council member Pragya Kaul Guido has been selected as a speaker for the Leo Baeck Institute’s 2026 Lecture Series. The series brings together leading historians and researchers to explore how Germany’s turbulent past continues to influence its identity, politics, and collective memory today.
AHA Member Selected for Leo Baeck Institute 2026 Lecture Series
AHA Council member Pragya Kaul Guido (Univ. of Michigan) has been selected as a speaker for the Leo Baeck Institute’s 2026 Lecture Series.
www.historians.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
AHA Council member Pragya Kaul Guido has been selected as a speaker for the Leo Baeck Institute’s 2026 Lecture Series. The series brings together leading historians and researchers to explore how Germany’s turbulent past continues to influence its identity, politics, and collective memory today.
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Sign me up for that america
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Sign me up for that america
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A reminder that Kate Manne and I have a lecture coming up at Princeton…
More needs to be written on the connections between this, fascism, and gen ai.
'Mar-a-Lago Face' Is Everywhere — And The Reason It's So Popular Is Kind Of Sinister
It's a caricature of femininity, and a must for any woman who wants to climb the ranks in MAGA world. But there are deeper reasons the look is so in demand, experts say.
www.huffpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:03 PM
A reminder that Kate Manne and I have a lecture coming up at Princeton…
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Just a highlight for today: @drewjakeprof.bsky.social 's work is always so rich. I was going over some of his material from Christ Circumcised (2012) for my current book project and *chef's kiss* It is just so good each time I read it! www.pennpress.org/978081224397...
Christ Circumcised – Penn Press
In the first full-length study of the circumcision of Jesus, Andrew S. Jacobs turns to an unexpected symbol—the stereotypical mark of the Jewish covenant o...
www.pennpress.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Just a highlight for today: @drewjakeprof.bsky.social 's work is always so rich. I was going over some of his material from Christ Circumcised (2012) for my current book project and *chef's kiss* It is just so good each time I read it! www.pennpress.org/978081224397...
SE Michigan friends, check this out: next week Weds night, a cool film premier at UM Dearborn---documentary about Chancellor Wilson and painter and Professor Jon Onye Lockard
inclusivehistory.umich.edu/event/premie...
inclusivehistory.umich.edu/event/premie...
Film Premiere and Panel Discussion for Best in Class - U-M Inclusive History Project
Join us for the premiere of Best in Class: Blenda J. Wilson, Jon Onye Lockard, and the Portrait that Connected Them, a short documentary exploring the story of UM-Dearborn Chancellor Blenda J. Wilson—...
inclusivehistory.umich.edu
February 6, 2026 at 2:13 PM
SE Michigan friends, check this out: next week Weds night, a cool film premier at UM Dearborn---documentary about Chancellor Wilson and painter and Professor Jon Onye Lockard
inclusivehistory.umich.edu/event/premie...
inclusivehistory.umich.edu/event/premie...
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How interesting that only racism has no explanatory power.
February 6, 2026 at 12:34 PM
How interesting that only racism has no explanatory power.
That video is what it always was, and if you pretended otherwise, I don't trust you
February 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
That video is what it always was, and if you pretended otherwise, I don't trust you
Reviewing is a professional development opportunity for the reviewer---journals are a collection of field-curation tasks, from first-time reviewer to long-time reviewer to advisory board member to editor, and you can't get started without that first ask
As a former editor: PLEASE do this!
A quick e-mail saying: "I don't have time, but try [A] or [B]" can speed up the review process by *weeks*. And it also helps the many junior scientists who need reviewing experience on their CVs, but struggle to get invited.
A quick e-mail saying: "I don't have time, but try [A] or [B]" can speed up the review process by *weeks*. And it also helps the many junior scientists who need reviewing experience on their CVs, but struggle to get invited.
3) When you decline, suggest at least one other reviewer, preferably a junior scientist who tends to do a great job and is likely not on the radar of the editor.
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Reviewing is a professional development opportunity for the reviewer---journals are a collection of field-curation tasks, from first-time reviewer to long-time reviewer to advisory board member to editor, and you can't get started without that first ask
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As a former editor: PLEASE do this!
A quick e-mail saying: "I don't have time, but try [A] or [B]" can speed up the review process by *weeks*. And it also helps the many junior scientists who need reviewing experience on their CVs, but struggle to get invited.
A quick e-mail saying: "I don't have time, but try [A] or [B]" can speed up the review process by *weeks*. And it also helps the many junior scientists who need reviewing experience on their CVs, but struggle to get invited.
3) When you decline, suggest at least one other reviewer, preferably a junior scientist who tends to do a great job and is likely not on the radar of the editor.
February 6, 2026 at 11:45 AM
As a former editor: PLEASE do this!
A quick e-mail saying: "I don't have time, but try [A] or [B]" can speed up the review process by *weeks*. And it also helps the many junior scientists who need reviewing experience on their CVs, but struggle to get invited.
A quick e-mail saying: "I don't have time, but try [A] or [B]" can speed up the review process by *weeks*. And it also helps the many junior scientists who need reviewing experience on their CVs, but struggle to get invited.
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It is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.
February 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
It is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.
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and you might say, ah, but Ellen, they all do it and you just don't know
okay, sure, maybe, but let me let you in on a secret objectified people know: when someone is evaluating you as an object, it is SO OBVIOUS. Like, you do not have to be some kind of super-reader of microexpressions to see it
okay, sure, maybe, but let me let you in on a secret objectified people know: when someone is evaluating you as an object, it is SO OBVIOUS. Like, you do not have to be some kind of super-reader of microexpressions to see it
the people who should be right at the front yelling their heads off about this are the men who are being disparaged when these losers name "men" this way! Like, I know many, many men who do not do this shit, let alone in a professional setting
February 5, 2026 at 5:48 PM
and you might say, ah, but Ellen, they all do it and you just don't know
okay, sure, maybe, but let me let you in on a secret objectified people know: when someone is evaluating you as an object, it is SO OBVIOUS. Like, you do not have to be some kind of super-reader of microexpressions to see it
okay, sure, maybe, but let me let you in on a secret objectified people know: when someone is evaluating you as an object, it is SO OBVIOUS. Like, you do not have to be some kind of super-reader of microexpressions to see it
Imagine---imagine!---getting through an education or a career without anyone, ever, describing your fuckability
February 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Imagine---imagine!---getting through an education or a career without anyone, ever, describing your fuckability
I'm at that point of the work on an essay when the connections all feel random, but I know that in two months they will all be clear and evidenced within an inch of their lives
me with my pencil:
me with my pencil:
a cartoon of a man standing in front of a monster
Alt: He-Man raises the Sword of Power, electricity gathers in the sword
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I'm at that point of the work on an essay when the connections all feel random, but I know that in two months they will all be clear and evidenced within an inch of their lives
me with my pencil:
me with my pencil:
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This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
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New pod! Mike talks with Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga about The Chronicle of John of Nikiu.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
open.spotify.com/show/6uGXkAl...
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open.spotify.com/show/6uGXkAl...
February 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
New pod! Mike talks with Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga about The Chronicle of John of Nikiu.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
open.spotify.com/show/6uGXkAl...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
open.spotify.com/show/6uGXkAl...
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I wrote about how we're dealing with a war of attrition at the hands of a callous and cruel administration, and how we cannot let them whittle us down to their level. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
Opinion | One Thing Trump Can’t Do to Us
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I wrote about how we're dealing with a war of attrition at the hands of a callous and cruel administration, and how we cannot let them whittle us down to their level. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
"When you're a star they let you do it"
Of course they do, buddy, because they are CHILDREN trapped on an ISLAND
Of course they do, buddy, because they are CHILDREN trapped on an ISLAND
February 3, 2026 at 1:02 PM
"When you're a star they let you do it"
Of course they do, buddy, because they are CHILDREN trapped on an ISLAND
Of course they do, buddy, because they are CHILDREN trapped on an ISLAND