Erin Grievances
@erinbartram.bsky.social
Historian of religion & gender in the 19th c US, drinker of tea in the 21st c US. Museum educator at MTH&M. Wrote some quit lit you may have read. Founder & editor at contingentmagazine.org. Former academic. Sings with Voices of Concinnity. She/her.
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Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
It seems like even if you don't start there, you can pretty easily talk yourself/be talked into it.
February 14, 2026 at 3:48 AM
It seems like even if you don't start there, you can pretty easily talk yourself/be talked into it.
Oh man, that feeling when you see a thread too late to snag the piece for your magazine! I can't wait to read this.
February 13, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Oh man, that feeling when you see a thread too late to snag the piece for your magazine! I can't wait to read this.
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not exactly playing, but am going to point out once more that the most horrific mass murderer of my lifetime is very likely elon musk (with trump's help); shuttering us aid has killed 700k ppl and is likely to reach 14 million.
You have a Time Machine. Your mission is to save America. You can only do this once, and it has to be done after the date of your birth (to make sure you don’t get butterfly effect’d, etc). In this HYPOTHETICAL THOUGHT EXPERIMENT ABOUT SOMETHING INPOSSIBLE who do you kill, and when?
If I a Time Machine existed (which it doesn’t making this post unambiguously speculative and hypothetical) the highest profile individuals to knock off to preserve American democracy probably Murdoch, Gingrich, Koch’s, and Zuckerberg.
February 13, 2026 at 5:35 PM
not exactly playing, but am going to point out once more that the most horrific mass murderer of my lifetime is very likely elon musk (with trump's help); shuttering us aid has killed 700k ppl and is likely to reach 14 million.
Surprise Valentine’s pączki at work! What a day.
February 13, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Surprise Valentine’s pączki at work! What a day.
The vaccine stuff I'm thinking about most at the moment isn't childhood vaccine uptake per se, it's the mRNA vaccine research/trialing that's getting cut off.
February 13, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The vaccine stuff I'm thinking about most at the moment isn't childhood vaccine uptake per se, it's the mRNA vaccine research/trialing that's getting cut off.
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“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
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February 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
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@reuters.com
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Sad to hear recently of architect Desmond Williams's passing. Fond memories of exploring his dramatic 1960s churches. Now preparing some photos for the Manchester Modernist Society. Obituary by his son here: www.ribaj.com/intelligence...
February 13, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Sad to hear recently of architect Desmond Williams's passing. Fond memories of exploring his dramatic 1960s churches. Now preparing some photos for the Manchester Modernist Society. Obituary by his son here: www.ribaj.com/intelligence...
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If you're taking that Atlantic article about 'woke' scholarship being funded seriously please block me because I never want to know you exist, let alone to hear your stupid opinions, and/or walk into the sea because you're a waste of space. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
February 13, 2026 at 4:12 AM
If you're taking that Atlantic article about 'woke' scholarship being funded seriously please block me because I never want to know you exist, let alone to hear your stupid opinions, and/or walk into the sea because you're a waste of space. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
It's like if a whole magazine was careful now/down with this sort of thing.
February 13, 2026 at 4:19 AM
It's like if a whole magazine was careful now/down with this sort of thing.
The idea that facts have been checked or that arguments are grounded in reality as long as those facts and arguments have ended up in The Atlantic is a real problem for a certain set of incurious normies.
February 13, 2026 at 4:16 AM
The idea that facts have been checked or that arguments are grounded in reality as long as those facts and arguments have ended up in The Atlantic is a real problem for a certain set of incurious normies.
I remember years ago on Twitter, lots of print journalists/pundits told historians that they simply couldn't footnote their pieces because that's just not how things are done.
Reading a particular mag's output, one starts to think they can't footnote because very little of what they write is real.
Reading a particular mag's output, one starts to think they can't footnote because very little of what they write is real.
February 13, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I remember years ago on Twitter, lots of print journalists/pundits told historians that they simply couldn't footnote their pieces because that's just not how things are done.
Reading a particular mag's output, one starts to think they can't footnote because very little of what they write is real.
Reading a particular mag's output, one starts to think they can't footnote because very little of what they write is real.
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It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 AM
It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond
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First housing bill to post in CT this session, relegalizing starter homes, with teeth!!! 8002 wasn't the end... there is more to come and more to do
Public Hearing on Tuesday, could you spare 15 minutes this weekend to drop in some supportive written testimony?
Public Hearing on Tuesday, could you spare 15 minutes this weekend to drop in some supportive written testimony?
February 13, 2026 at 2:16 AM
First housing bill to post in CT this session, relegalizing starter homes, with teeth!!! 8002 wasn't the end... there is more to come and more to do
Public Hearing on Tuesday, could you spare 15 minutes this weekend to drop in some supportive written testimony?
Public Hearing on Tuesday, could you spare 15 minutes this weekend to drop in some supportive written testimony?
I mean, can't some reporters at least ask the president on camera why he canceled vaccines that prevent cancer? (I know that's simplified but that's the point)
February 13, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I mean, can't some reporters at least ask the president on camera why he canceled vaccines that prevent cancer? (I know that's simplified but that's the point)
It feels weird that there's all of this vigor about calling reps and protesting about ICE and Epstein but the vaccine stuff is just hopeless.
February 13, 2026 at 1:26 AM
It feels weird that there's all of this vigor about calling reps and protesting about ICE and Epstein but the vaccine stuff is just hopeless.
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I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis
Against the gamblification of the world.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
As someone who helped organize one of those 9A grad unions, this is truly excellent to hear!
February 12, 2026 at 11:43 PM
As someone who helped organize one of those 9A grad unions, this is truly excellent to hear!
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Can any labor historians out there give me an example of a union that dramatically expanded its platform because of a shift in demographics of its constituents? E.g., newly taking a stand on racial injustice or civil rights because those issues became key to its new membership 🙏
February 12, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Can any labor historians out there give me an example of a union that dramatically expanded its platform because of a shift in demographics of its constituents? E.g., newly taking a stand on racial injustice or civil rights because those issues became key to its new membership 🙏
"AI generated armpit harness" is a phrase I just heard from the office next door. Museums are weird places.
February 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
"AI generated armpit harness" is a phrase I just heard from the office next door. Museums are weird places.
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Can someone recommend an independent researcher that can visit an archive in New Haven, CT? I really need someone ASAP. I would prefer someone experienced, but in theory anyone that can read these city names and dates in cursive could be fine. It should take 4-6 hours. 🗃️
February 12, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Can someone recommend an independent researcher that can visit an archive in New Haven, CT? I really need someone ASAP. I would prefer someone experienced, but in theory anyone that can read these city names and dates in cursive could be fine. It should take 4-6 hours. 🗃️
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Hi #skystorians! A freshman in my History of Animals course wants to do research on the history of service animals. I would love some recommendations for secondary sources to get her started. Anybody working at the intersection of disability history and animal history?
🗃️#animalhistory
🗃️#animalhistory
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Hi #skystorians! A freshman in my History of Animals course wants to do research on the history of service animals. I would love some recommendations for secondary sources to get her started. Anybody working at the intersection of disability history and animal history?
🗃️#animalhistory
🗃️#animalhistory
I had so many male students lose their minds with me when I had them read the redstockings manifesto. I wonder where some of them are now.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I had so many male students lose their minds with me when I had them read the redstockings manifesto. I wonder where some of them are now.
I feel like we should be more worried about the fact that lots of big business owners really don’t seem to understand that there’s a difference between doing a job and doing it correctly.
February 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I feel like we should be more worried about the fact that lots of big business owners really don’t seem to understand that there’s a difference between doing a job and doing it correctly.