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@greatlakesqueer.bsky.social
I’m just the kind of fourth gender savage the Jesuits warned you about || he/they/wiin/wiya
I’m not joking when I say—as someone who had no prior interest in the European Renaissance—this book was my favorite thing I read last year.
So lemme tell you about @adapalmer.bsky.social's Inventing the Renaissance, which came out last year and absolutely blew me away.
I'd replace half the 1st-year curriculum with this book.
Reading it made me a better historian, and also the kind of person who underlines books.
Plus, it's hilarious.
I'd replace half the 1st-year curriculum with this book.
Reading it made me a better historian, and also the kind of person who underlines books.
Plus, it's hilarious.
February 17, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I’m not joking when I say—as someone who had no prior interest in the European Renaissance—this book was my favorite thing I read last year.
the fact that Samson Occom corresponded with and/or met both Phillis Wheatley and the Public Universal Friend......so there were approximately 12 people total living in the British colonies, right
February 16, 2026 at 1:15 AM
the fact that Samson Occom corresponded with and/or met both Phillis Wheatley and the Public Universal Friend......so there were approximately 12 people total living in the British colonies, right
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oh this is really interesting....Missouri (ambiguously positioned in the south AND midwest) as a kind of conservative hinge for exporting new rightwing policies into the (somewhat) more liberal parts of the midwest. makes me think of @camelliagrass.bsky.social 's book Hall of Waters!
February 14, 2026 at 8:25 PM
oh this is really interesting....Missouri (ambiguously positioned in the south AND midwest) as a kind of conservative hinge for exporting new rightwing policies into the (somewhat) more liberal parts of the midwest. makes me think of @camelliagrass.bsky.social 's book Hall of Waters!
I REALLY need to finally read Samantha Seeley's book Race, Removal, and the Right to Remain...I've had it since 2023 and I suspect it has some very interesting things to offer relating to my occasional discomfort around "right to migration" discourse w/o exploring WHY ppl migrate or if they WANT to
February 14, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I REALLY need to finally read Samantha Seeley's book Race, Removal, and the Right to Remain...I've had it since 2023 and I suspect it has some very interesting things to offer relating to my occasional discomfort around "right to migration" discourse w/o exploring WHY ppl migrate or if they WANT to
even though we only have parts 1 to 4 of 11 planned chapters and it seems to be on hold (temporarily or permanently), I still sometimes go and reread @thetransfemininereview.com's "A Brief History of Transfeminine Literature" series to feel a breath of fresh air of what trans history could look like
The Moral Origins of Obscenity: A Brief History of Transfeminine Literature, Pt. 1
Where did anti-trans discrimination in publishing begin? Our unlikely search takes us back to William Wilberforce, the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and the American Revolution.
thetransfemininereview.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
even though we only have parts 1 to 4 of 11 planned chapters and it seems to be on hold (temporarily or permanently), I still sometimes go and reread @thetransfemininereview.com's "A Brief History of Transfeminine Literature" series to feel a breath of fresh air of what trans history could look like
"One of the uniting factors that binds together the six states in our immediate inquiry is that none of them have Native American reservations. That big blob of states in the middle of the country with zero Native reservations? That’s where the American cross-dressing ban was born." -Bethany Karsten
The Birth of American Anti-Trans Law – A Brief History of Transfeminine Literature, Pt. 4
A hyperbolic descent into the Antebellum period in search of the origins of American anti-trans law.
thetransfemininereview.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"One of the uniting factors that binds together the six states in our immediate inquiry is that none of them have Native American reservations. That big blob of states in the middle of the country with zero Native reservations? That’s where the American cross-dressing ban was born." -Bethany Karsten
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Basically it's come down to this:
Republicans think I shouldn't teach the history of Reconstruction or the CIO because to them it's dangerous.
Democrats think I shouldn't teach the history of Reconstruction or the CIO because to them it's irrelevant ("LeArN t0 CoDe!!" "Job skillz!")
Republicans think I shouldn't teach the history of Reconstruction or the CIO because to them it's dangerous.
Democrats think I shouldn't teach the history of Reconstruction or the CIO because to them it's irrelevant ("LeArN t0 CoDe!!" "Job skillz!")
February 13, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Basically it's come down to this:
Republicans think I shouldn't teach the history of Reconstruction or the CIO because to them it's dangerous.
Democrats think I shouldn't teach the history of Reconstruction or the CIO because to them it's irrelevant ("LeArN t0 CoDe!!" "Job skillz!")
Republicans think I shouldn't teach the history of Reconstruction or the CIO because to them it's dangerous.
Democrats think I shouldn't teach the history of Reconstruction or the CIO because to them it's irrelevant ("LeArN t0 CoDe!!" "Job skillz!")
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An historic day as the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, or ITK announced that the main campus of the first Inuit led university, Inuit Nunangat University will be located in Arviat, Nunavut.
Main campus of Inuit Nunangat University to be locate in Arviat
The head of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami announced Wednesday that the main campus of the Inuit Nunangat University will be located in Arviat.
www.aptnnews.ca
February 12, 2026 at 12:44 AM
An historic day as the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, or ITK announced that the main campus of the first Inuit led university, Inuit Nunangat University will be located in Arviat, Nunavut.
Received the news out of BC immediately followed by news that my state senate voted for 5 anti-trans laws like a punch to the gut
February 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Received the news out of BC immediately followed by news that my state senate voted for 5 anti-trans laws like a punch to the gut
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Do me a favor. Rad this article. Then, call your congressional representative and encourage them to get behind this bill.
cole.house.gov/media/press-...
cole.house.gov/media/press-...
Cole, Davids Introduce Legislation to Investigate History of Indian Boarding Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | CONTACT: Olivia Porcaro
cole.house.gov
February 10, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Do me a favor. Rad this article. Then, call your congressional representative and encourage them to get behind this bill.
cole.house.gov/media/press-...
cole.house.gov/media/press-...
I am very happy for the sports people and the Bad Bunny fans but I spent most of this afternoon and evening reading The Female Review (highly fictionalized 1797 biography of Deborah Sampson/Robert Shurtliff) and I had a really good time tbh
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I am very happy for the sports people and the Bad Bunny fans but I spent most of this afternoon and evening reading The Female Review (highly fictionalized 1797 biography of Deborah Sampson/Robert Shurtliff) and I had a really good time tbh
my students are turning in their first assignment today (reflection on what they already know and what they do not know but want to learn about queer Indigenous studies) and I am having such a good time reading them, this group is so wonderful already!!!!
February 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
my students are turning in their first assignment today (reflection on what they already know and what they do not know but want to learn about queer Indigenous studies) and I am having such a good time reading them, this group is so wonderful already!!!!
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Here's an object not unlike a super bowl: I present this 6th-century pyxis with scenes from the infancy of Christ, derived from biblical #apocrypha.
More info at www.nasscal.com/materiae-apo...
More info at www.nasscal.com/materiae-apo...
February 8, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Here's an object not unlike a super bowl: I present this 6th-century pyxis with scenes from the infancy of Christ, derived from biblical #apocrypha.
More info at www.nasscal.com/materiae-apo...
More info at www.nasscal.com/materiae-apo...
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you: I think about rome all the time
me, an intellectual: I’m never not thinking about Sanxingdui
me, an intellectual: I’m never not thinking about Sanxingdui
January 16, 2024 at 5:53 AM
you: I think about rome all the time
me, an intellectual: I’m never not thinking about Sanxingdui
me, an intellectual: I’m never not thinking about Sanxingdui
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my contribution to Super Bowls discourse: a Shang period ding vessel
February 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
my contribution to Super Bowls discourse: a Shang period ding vessel
Anyone have a good recs for a non-exceptionalist intellectual history of the American Revolution? I’m actually interested in the French Rev and how Europeans “got there” ideologically-speaking, but it seems the AmRev is an important part. But so much about the “Enlightenment” is hagiographic
February 8, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Anyone have a good recs for a non-exceptionalist intellectual history of the American Revolution? I’m actually interested in the French Rev and how Europeans “got there” ideologically-speaking, but it seems the AmRev is an important part. But so much about the “Enlightenment” is hagiographic
what would you say is the biggest most mainstream-est film about the events at Standing Rock in 2016-2017?
(does not have to be "good" or "ethical" and in fact may be better if it's not, lol)
(does not have to be "good" or "ethical" and in fact may be better if it's not, lol)
February 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM
what would you say is the biggest most mainstream-est film about the events at Standing Rock in 2016-2017?
(does not have to be "good" or "ethical" and in fact may be better if it's not, lol)
(does not have to be "good" or "ethical" and in fact may be better if it's not, lol)
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Coming soon from me is a zine about the significance of David Walker's Appeal published in 1829. Hard to overstate how incendiary it was. It engendered a censorship frenzy in Southern states. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ap...
Sept. 28, 1829: An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
David Walker published An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, one of the most important documents of the 19th century.
www.zinnedproject.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Coming soon from me is a zine about the significance of David Walker's Appeal published in 1829. Hard to overstate how incendiary it was. It engendered a censorship frenzy in Southern states. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ap...
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The Weekly Read is "Indigenous Archives" by Floridalma Boj Lopez, which analyzes the modes through which young Mayas in Los Angeles and Guatemala make sense of and respond to transnational structures of settler colonialism. Read the entire book for free now thanks to TOME!
buff.ly/BTvGoKo
buff.ly/BTvGoKo
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The Weekly Read is "Indigenous Archives" by Floridalma Boj Lopez, which analyzes the modes through which young Mayas in Los Angeles and Guatemala make sense of and respond to transnational structures of settler colonialism. Read the entire book for free now thanks to TOME!
buff.ly/BTvGoKo
buff.ly/BTvGoKo
Mamdani is funny but you have to know he’s going to break your heart (if he hasn’t already…)
February 6, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Mamdani is funny but you have to know he’s going to break your heart (if he hasn’t already…)
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Working link: www.typotheque.com/blog/cheroke...
February 5, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Working link: www.typotheque.com/blog/cheroke...
It’s always a good sign when you’re reading a history book and you get the vibe that the author is only naming individual Europeans when they absolutely can’t get away with leaving them nameless, while simultaneously making as many Indigenous people (or Black or Asian people etc) as possible
February 6, 2026 at 2:15 AM
It’s always a good sign when you’re reading a history book and you get the vibe that the author is only naming individual Europeans when they absolutely can’t get away with leaving them nameless, while simultaneously making as many Indigenous people (or Black or Asian people etc) as possible
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not gonna get into it, but I'm just throwing this out here in case anybody wants to help me pay my medical bills and/or possum's vet bills (it's a lot)
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February 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
not gonna get into it, but I'm just throwing this out here in case anybody wants to help me pay my medical bills and/or possum's vet bills (it's a lot)
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