Giuliana Perrone
@gperrone.bsky.social
Professor of U.S. History. Slavery & Abolition. Legal History. Civil War & Reconstruction. Author. Teacher. Sharing personal views only.
Going back to my grad school roots and hosting an everyone welcome Thanksgiving where we just get to be grateful for a caring community and eat stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Going back to my grad school roots and hosting an everyone welcome Thanksgiving where we just get to be grateful for a caring community and eat stuff.
We all knew the institution was never going to love us back, but a little more fight would have been nice. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Commentary: The UC faculty just won a big court victory over Trump. But why didn't UC join their lawsuit?
The UC faculty went to court to fight Trump's funding cutoffs and won. Why has the university system tried to negotiate instead?
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We all knew the institution was never going to love us back, but a little more fight would have been nice. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Very good.
I've had an uptick in orders for this print recently, for reasons which are not particularly mysterious to me
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Very good.
Gus Johnson might not survive this.
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Gus Johnson might not survive this.
As a college professor who teaches US political and legal history, I'm not surprised by this. Y'all these kids are tough as nails and mad as hell. #lovethem
After years of decline, 18–29-year-olds delivered a 35-point margin for @SpanbergerForVA — the biggest for Dems since 2017.
Older voters barely moved, but young voters anchored the Democratic turnaround.
Older voters barely moved, but young voters anchored the Democratic turnaround.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
As a college professor who teaches US political and legal history, I'm not surprised by this. Y'all these kids are tough as nails and mad as hell. #lovethem
I had a similar experience with students. They thought gerrymandering was unconstitutional. To their credit, they came to ask because they were confused by the public discourse. What happens when there's no one to ask or no curiosity to learn? THIS. This <waves hands> is what happens.
Recently my brother in law explained what gerrymandering was to a coworker and they didn’t believe him because if that were really happening there would be riots in the street
This week I had someone tell me they're not worried about SNAP being cut off because "that's illegal, so it's impossible Trump could do that, so obviously it's just media sensationalism." Another person told me they weren't worried about ICE because "they can't detain you if you're legally here."
November 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I had a similar experience with students. They thought gerrymandering was unconstitutional. To their credit, they came to ask because they were confused by the public discourse. What happens when there's no one to ask or no curiosity to learn? THIS. This <waves hands> is what happens.
...except for the ones with allergies. We keep halloween pencils and other toys for them. 😀 Treats for all!
Totally. Also, don't gatekeep who gets candy or not. Everybody who asks for candy gets candy!
genuinely: it is fine and good for teenagers to go out trick-or-treating
let them enjoy their youth!
let them enjoy their youth!
November 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
...except for the ones with allergies. We keep halloween pencils and other toys for them. 😀 Treats for all!
"Caught between the government and faculty are campus administrators, some who have expressed distrust of Trump’s civil rights investigations. But they fear that resisting would not only be illegal but could result in devastating funding cuts."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
UC, CSU released troves of personal employee information to the feds. Now the backlash
Cal State and UC have face campus protest and intense rebuke by faculty, students and staff for sharing employee personal information with the Trump administration as part of investigations into alle...
www.latimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"Caught between the government and faculty are campus administrators, some who have expressed distrust of Trump’s civil rights investigations. But they fear that resisting would not only be illegal but could result in devastating funding cuts."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans
October 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans
that's why they want to censor history class!
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
that's why they want to censor history class!
Today's announcement about using the military to fight the "internal enemy" means we've left the Bleeding Kansas portion of the story and gotten to Harper's Ferry.
September 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Today's announcement about using the military to fight the "internal enemy" means we've left the Bleeding Kansas portion of the story and gotten to Harper's Ferry.
What are your favorite scholarly pieces on birthright citizenship?
I'm doing the Oxford bibliography on "Law and Society in Reconstruction America (basically everything), and I know there's a ton of new stuff on this out there that I'm afraid I'm missing.
I'm doing the Oxford bibliography on "Law and Society in Reconstruction America (basically everything), and I know there's a ton of new stuff on this out there that I'm afraid I'm missing.
September 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
What are your favorite scholarly pieces on birthright citizenship?
I'm doing the Oxford bibliography on "Law and Society in Reconstruction America (basically everything), and I know there's a ton of new stuff on this out there that I'm afraid I'm missing.
I'm doing the Oxford bibliography on "Law and Society in Reconstruction America (basically everything), and I know there's a ton of new stuff on this out there that I'm afraid I'm missing.
Our modern brain drain.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Fear and hopelessness’: study finds one in four professors leaving US south
Survey by American Association of Professors shows nearly quarter of respondents are switching due to states’s politics
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Our modern brain drain.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This was a literal plot line in Parks and Rec a decade ago. We laughed at fictional people thinking fluoride was bad but "TDazzle" was amazing.
Colgate to change toothpaste packaging to address Texas AG fluoride concerns reut.rs/4nDE2Bj
Colgate to change toothpaste packaging to address Texas AG fluoride concerns
Colgate-Palmolive will introduce new packaging and marketing for its toothpaste products, after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton expressed concern that its marketing of fluoride could harm parents and children.
reut.rs
September 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This was a literal plot line in Parks and Rec a decade ago. We laughed at fictional people thinking fluoride was bad but "TDazzle" was amazing.
As a legal historian of the Civil War Era, I've been thinking a lot about the rapidly shifting nature of American federalism. Really wish I weren't living through it, though.
As the White House redirects counterterrorism personnel and funds toward mass deportations, a state-level scramble is on to preserve efforts once supported by Washington.
The result is a patchwork approach that leaves many areas uncovered.
(Published May)
The result is a patchwork approach that leaves many areas uncovered.
(Published May)
“The Federal Government Is Gone”: Under Trump, the Fight Against Extremist Violence Is Left Up to the States
As the White House redirects counterterrorism personnel and funds toward mass deportations, a state-level scramble is on to preserve efforts once supported by Washington. The result is a patchwork app...
www.propublica.org
September 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
As a legal historian of the Civil War Era, I've been thinking a lot about the rapidly shifting nature of American federalism. Really wish I weren't living through it, though.
Shocking and indefensible. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Shocking and indefensible. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’ve been thinking the same thing all day.
condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
September 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I’ve been thinking the same thing all day.
An invocation of Nostradamus?? Yes please.
Jared Moskowitz calls on Chairman Jim Jordan to appoint House Republicans’ top investigator James Comer to retain a handwriting expert to find out who forged Trump’s signature on the Epstein birthday card 22 years ago.
September 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
An invocation of Nostradamus?? Yes please.
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Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
September 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
I remember having conversations back in November about how the administration and its allies could mess with accreditation. Evidently, now it's happening. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
How UNC Led a First-of-Its-Kind Plan to Shake Up College Accreditation
Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, publicly announced the new six-state oversight body. Behind the scenes, the University of North Carolina system shaped the vision.
www.chronicle.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I remember having conversations back in November about how the administration and its allies could mess with accreditation. Evidently, now it's happening. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
As a historian of slavery, (leaving aside the public health idiocy of this), this is exceptionally offensive.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Florida to end vaccine mandates for children as state’s surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’
Joseph Ladapo, a long-time vaccine skeptic, says that every state vaccine requirement would be repealed
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
As a historian of slavery, (leaving aside the public health idiocy of this), this is exceptionally offensive.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Giving me some real committees of correspondence vibes.
DC's night patrols watch over the city to ensure that people are protected from state violence, false arrest, abduction, and harassment. Failing that, they document the occupation forces' constitutional violations, write Dave Zirin and Chuck Modiano.
The DC Night Patrols Are Showing How To Fight Trump's Occupation
With only their cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their rights, volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital.
www.thenation.com
August 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Giving me some real committees of correspondence vibes.
Frankly, if you have the extra cash, invest your money in Blue Books, because demand is about to surge. I'll be responsible for 700 or so just this coming year alone.
So far, the main businesses that have been financially benefited from AI have been the producers of blue books
www.wsj.com/business/cha...
www.wsj.com/business/cha...
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
www.wsj.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Frankly, if you have the extra cash, invest your money in Blue Books, because demand is about to surge. I'll be responsible for 700 or so just this coming year alone.
Wait. There's still time to get a job with the American Girl company????
SAY THIS FUCKING LOUDER
August 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Wait. There's still time to get a job with the American Girl company????