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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for those puzzling out why an administration hostile to HRT for transition is super pro HRT for menopause, their claims that menopause ruins women and marriages seems pretty key
No, menopause does not kill women or cause divorce.
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 12:24 PM
for those puzzling out why an administration hostile to HRT for transition is super pro HRT for menopause, their claims that menopause ruins women and marriages seems pretty key
I have been waiting to listen to the Frankenstein score since I saw it in the theater and perhaps the anticipation has made it sweeter, because this thing is even better than I remember.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I have been waiting to listen to the Frankenstein score since I saw it in the theater and perhaps the anticipation has made it sweeter, because this thing is even better than I remember.
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If he knew this was coming by the end of last week, it's hard to see how it wasn't coming before election day anyway.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
If he knew this was coming by the end of last week, it's hard to see how it wasn't coming before election day anyway.
They shouldn't have bothered to go to the podium to justify it. They don't even have a good enough comms strategy to get a good message out there when they have one, let alone spin this thing.
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
They shouldn't have bothered to go to the podium to justify it. They don't even have a good enough comms strategy to get a good message out there when they have one, let alone spin this thing.
At first I thought it was a joke but now I really wonder.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
At first I thought it was a joke but now I really wonder.
why would he even want to be minority leader at this point?
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
why would he even want to be minority leader at this point?
read this as "enraged citizen" and it didn't even give me pause
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
read this as "enraged citizen" and it didn't even give me pause
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If the senators who cave are the ones we suspect, we should get to kick New Hampshire out of New England. Enough is enough.
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If the senators who cave are the ones we suspect, we should get to kick New Hampshire out of New England. Enough is enough.
At this point I'm just sitting here waiting to see how apoplectic my junior senator is.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
At this point I'm just sitting here waiting to see how apoplectic my junior senator is.
I get that there's language in the bill making things he's doing and wants to do illegal but the stuff he was doing was already illegal.
I suspect Russ Vought isn't very worried about this.
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I get that there's language in the bill making things he's doing and wants to do illegal but the stuff he was doing was already illegal.
I suspect Russ Vought isn't very worried about this.
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I suspect Russ Vought isn't very worried about this.
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If a budget deal goes through without restoring Medicaid & ACA subsidies, they will never be restored.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If a budget deal goes through without restoring Medicaid & ACA subsidies, they will never be restored.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
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there is no enforcement mechanism other than the courts, so there is no enforcement mechanism for any deal, which is the problem
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
there is no enforcement mechanism other than the courts, so there is no enforcement mechanism for any deal, which is the problem
frankly I think even Manchin would be embarrassed by this
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
frankly I think even Manchin would be embarrassed by this
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
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At some point we have to let pain hurt Trump instead of helping him. Every time we let pain help him, he’ll do more and bigger next time.
Each acquiescence means the next one will be *more* painful.
Each acquiescence means the next one will be *more* painful.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
At some point we have to let pain hurt Trump instead of helping him. Every time we let pain help him, he’ll do more and bigger next time.
Each acquiescence means the next one will be *more* painful.
Each acquiescence means the next one will be *more* painful.
I think that any D who votes for this deal will not like what's waiting for them when they fly home.
not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I think that any D who votes for this deal will not like what's waiting for them when they fly home.
If the senators who cave are the ones we suspect, we should get to kick New Hampshire out of New England. Enough is enough.
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If the senators who cave are the ones we suspect, we should get to kick New Hampshire out of New England. Enough is enough.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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It’s that time of year friends! Thanks to @erinbartram.bsky.social and our friends at @contingent-mag.bsky.social, Laura and I are putting together a list of 2025 articles & books by contingent & indie lit critters. DM, reply, email me @ suny press. And spread the word!!
We are at it again! Myself & the wonderful @rcolesworthy.bsky.social😍
Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!
contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!
contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
2024 Literary Studies Book and Journal Article List
A companion list for lit studies scholars.
contingentmagazine.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It’s that time of year friends! Thanks to @erinbartram.bsky.social and our friends at @contingent-mag.bsky.social, Laura and I are putting together a list of 2025 articles & books by contingent & indie lit critters. DM, reply, email me @ suny press. And spread the word!!
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“gambling is the worst, most game integrity destroying crime you can commit against the game of baseball
now please read this sports betting advertisement, they’re our biggest sponsor”
truly one of the most predictable disasters of all time
now please read this sports betting advertisement, they’re our biggest sponsor”
truly one of the most predictable disasters of all time
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“gambling is the worst, most game integrity destroying crime you can commit against the game of baseball
now please read this sports betting advertisement, they’re our biggest sponsor”
truly one of the most predictable disasters of all time
now please read this sports betting advertisement, they’re our biggest sponsor”
truly one of the most predictable disasters of all time
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A Reagan-appointed judge has quit the bench so he can speak out against assaults on the rule of law (he is a senior judge so it doesn’t create a vacancy):
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A Reagan-appointed judge has quit the bench so he can speak out against assaults on the rule of law (he is a senior judge so it doesn’t create a vacancy):
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️