AmandaHK
@hendrixkomoto.bsky.social
Historian, Mother, Redhead.
Author Imperial Zions: Race, Religion, and Family in the American West and the Pacific
Author Imperial Zions: Race, Religion, and Family in the American West and the Pacific
This is terrifying. In the past, Montana's Supreme Court has given some protections to women's reproductive rights. Not entirely clear that will continue. jessica.substack.com/p/montana-bi...
Montana Bill Would Charge Women for 'Trafficking' Their Own Fetus
The legislation, House Bill 609, is the first of its kind in the country
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February 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is terrifying. In the past, Montana's Supreme Court has given some protections to women's reproductive rights. Not entirely clear that will continue. jessica.substack.com/p/montana-bi...
I'm having a "men explain things to me" day. Sigh.
February 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I'm having a "men explain things to me" day. Sigh.
Good day at the Bozeman Public Library’s book sale.
February 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Good day at the Bozeman Public Library’s book sale.
Perhaps this is why my dog is so interested in rabbits. They have something in common.
February 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Perhaps this is why my dog is so interested in rabbits. They have something in common.
One things that has surprised me this semester is how many of my students never learned about the abolitionists or the people who opposed the annexation of Hawai'i and Texas. I need to do a better job of highlighting resistance in American history.
February 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One things that has surprised me this semester is how many of my students never learned about the abolitionists or the people who opposed the annexation of Hawai'i and Texas. I need to do a better job of highlighting resistance in American history.
Bio DeCasseres was the daughter of Stephen Mack, Jr., Joseph Smith's 1st cousin. Born on a Ho-Chunk reservation, she was an early Indigenous poet and author. Wish the search for the origins of Joseph Smith's interest in Native Americans included her family.
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February 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Bio DeCasseres was the daughter of Stephen Mack, Jr., Joseph Smith's 1st cousin. Born on a Ho-Chunk reservation, she was an early Indigenous poet and author. Wish the search for the origins of Joseph Smith's interest in Native Americans included her family.
amandahk.substack.com/p/bio-decass...
amandahk.substack.com/p/bio-decass...
Decided to start a Substack in hopes that writing really does beget more writing. I don't have paid subscriptions turned on yet, but it'll be a combo of Mormon history, environmental history, gender history, and literary history.
Check it out!
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Check it out!
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Ina Coolbrith, Amelia Truesdell, and the 1906 San Francisco Fire
A few weeks ago, I received a message from The Huntington Library saying that they would be closing its special collections early due to a wind storm expected that afternoon.
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February 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Decided to start a Substack in hopes that writing really does beget more writing. I don't have paid subscriptions turned on yet, but it'll be a combo of Mormon history, environmental history, gender history, and literary history.
Check it out!
open.substack.com/pub/amandahk...
Check it out!
open.substack.com/pub/amandahk...
My Slavery and Civil War class is giving me hope right now. Taught Ira Berlin (history of slavery), David Waldstreicher (slavery and the U.S. Constitution), and now turning to Manisha Sinha (abolition). Class is going better than it ever has.
February 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My Slavery and Civil War class is giving me hope right now. Taught Ira Berlin (history of slavery), David Waldstreicher (slavery and the U.S. Constitution), and now turning to Manisha Sinha (abolition). Class is going better than it ever has.
Teaching Roots tomorrow in my Family History course. My 8 yo was interested, so I let her watch Episode 3. She did fine. It made me think about how being forced to watch whatever your parents watched introduced kids to difficult topics. So much better than YouTube. www.imdb.com/title/tt0075...
Roots (TV Mini Series 1977) ⭐ 8.4 | Biography, Drama, History
1h 14m | TV-14
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February 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Teaching Roots tomorrow in my Family History course. My 8 yo was interested, so I let her watch Episode 3. She did fine. It made me think about how being forced to watch whatever your parents watched introduced kids to difficult topics. So much better than YouTube. www.imdb.com/title/tt0075...
I just got back from judging HS debate. The kids were wonderful but I felt uneasy after. There aren't always 2 sides. In HS, I was asked to argue against overturning Korematsu. Today, some kids were asked to argue against Indigenous bio-sovereignty. What are the kids supposed to get out of that?
February 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I just got back from judging HS debate. The kids were wonderful but I felt uneasy after. There aren't always 2 sides. In HS, I was asked to argue against overturning Korematsu. Today, some kids were asked to argue against Indigenous bio-sovereignty. What are the kids supposed to get out of that?
Beginning to wonder if I should have paid more attention to those daytime TV ads about training for a career as a medical transcriptionist or paralegal.
January 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Beginning to wonder if I should have paid more attention to those daytime TV ads about training for a career as a medical transcriptionist or paralegal.
I am teaching the Civil War and added a section on the history of slavery from the 15th century onward, since we don't have a course on slavery at my university. It's been eye opening. Most of the students received the same history education that I did, where slavery just pops into existence... 1/
January 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I am teaching the Civil War and added a section on the history of slavery from the 15th century onward, since we don't have a course on slavery at my university. It's been eye opening. Most of the students received the same history education that I did, where slavery just pops into existence... 1/
If Trump had trouble sitting through a modern Episcopal sermon, he would have died in the middle of a Puritan sermon. Quote from a Puritan sermon that I read today: "The best of our works are ‘as menstruous cloths’."
January 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If Trump had trouble sitting through a modern Episcopal sermon, he would have died in the middle of a Puritan sermon. Quote from a Puritan sermon that I read today: "The best of our works are ‘as menstruous cloths’."
Jack London is more interesting than I ever knew. His mother was a spiritualist who had a breakdown when her husband, a leading astrologist, denied being the father of her unborn child. His reasoning was that he was impotent.
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Article clipped from San Francisco Chronicle
Clipping found in San Francisco Chronicle published in San Francisco, California on 6/4/1875.
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December 31, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Jack London is more interesting than I ever knew. His mother was a spiritualist who had a breakdown when her husband, a leading astrologist, denied being the father of her unborn child. His reasoning was that he was impotent.
www.newspapers.com/article/san-...
www.newspapers.com/article/san-...
Am I the only who gets embarrassed when you see your book in a bookstore? I had talk myself into going to a used bookstore today, because I knew they had a copy of my book in stock.
Here’s a link to my book, I guess: www.amazon.com/Imperial-Zio...
Here’s a link to my book, I guess: www.amazon.com/Imperial-Zio...
December 30, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Am I the only who gets embarrassed when you see your book in a bookstore? I had talk myself into going to a used bookstore today, because I knew they had a copy of my book in stock.
Here’s a link to my book, I guess: www.amazon.com/Imperial-Zio...
Here’s a link to my book, I guess: www.amazon.com/Imperial-Zio...
My youngest has fallen in love with the musical Six and has a favorite wife of Henry VIII. It's Catherine Parr.
Someone needs to tell her that Anne Boleyn is obviously the best wife.
Someone needs to tell her that Anne Boleyn is obviously the best wife.
December 28, 2024 at 3:25 AM
My youngest has fallen in love with the musical Six and has a favorite wife of Henry VIII. It's Catherine Parr.
Someone needs to tell her that Anne Boleyn is obviously the best wife.
Someone needs to tell her that Anne Boleyn is obviously the best wife.
Beautiful poem in the archives from Joseph Smith's niece Ina Coolbrith today.
"Where is the peace that should with thee abide
O Earth? Art still beneath the primal ban,
Availing naught the Holy Crucified?
No faith in God because no faith in man?"
"Where is the peace that should with thee abide
O Earth? Art still beneath the primal ban,
Availing naught the Holy Crucified?
No faith in God because no faith in man?"
December 20, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Beautiful poem in the archives from Joseph Smith's niece Ina Coolbrith today.
"Where is the peace that should with thee abide
O Earth? Art still beneath the primal ban,
Availing naught the Holy Crucified?
No faith in God because no faith in man?"
"Where is the peace that should with thee abide
O Earth? Art still beneath the primal ban,
Availing naught the Holy Crucified?
No faith in God because no faith in man?"
This early twentieth century drawing I found in the archives at The Huntington Library is perhaps too accurate a depiction of motherhood.
December 14, 2024 at 3:34 PM
This early twentieth century drawing I found in the archives at The Huntington Library is perhaps too accurate a depiction of motherhood.
I'm always shocked about how well flowers and leaves survive in the archives. 110 year old oak leaf from the Ina Coolbrith Collection.
December 14, 2024 at 4:30 AM
I'm always shocked about how well flowers and leaves survive in the archives. 110 year old oak leaf from the Ina Coolbrith Collection.
Came across a fun satire today in which Ina Coolbrith describes her fellow poets as rare birds.
I wonder what @benjaminepark.bsky.social, @jstuart.bsky.social, and my other #MormonStudies would be like as birds?
Please imagine for me.
I wonder what @benjaminepark.bsky.social, @jstuart.bsky.social, and my other #MormonStudies would be like as birds?
Please imagine for me.
December 13, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Came across a fun satire today in which Ina Coolbrith describes her fellow poets as rare birds.
I wonder what @benjaminepark.bsky.social, @jstuart.bsky.social, and my other #MormonStudies would be like as birds?
Please imagine for me.
I wonder what @benjaminepark.bsky.social, @jstuart.bsky.social, and my other #MormonStudies would be like as birds?
Please imagine for me.
#MormonStudies folks! This is always a fun time.
Reminder: The Third Annual Juanita Brooks Conference will take place at Utah State University in April 2025! Be sure to send in your paper to @hendrixkomoto.bsky.social and me by December 15!
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» CFP: Third Annual Juanita Brooks Utah History Conference
A Mormon history blog
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December 13, 2024 at 7:54 PM
#MormonStudies folks! This is always a fun time.
My pastor just posted this image of Bozeman, MT, with a note telling the congregation that we have done a spectacular job and to keep it up. Never so glad to be in California.
December 9, 2024 at 9:44 PM
My pastor just posted this image of Bozeman, MT, with a note telling the congregation that we have done a spectacular job and to keep it up. Never so glad to be in California.
As a Mormon historian, I usually work with digitized documents. I get excited and nervous whenever I see the actual documents.
These are LA court records from the 1860s.
#Mormonstudies
These are LA court records from the 1860s.
#Mormonstudies
December 9, 2024 at 7:36 PM
As a Mormon historian, I usually work with digitized documents. I get excited and nervous whenever I see the actual documents.
These are LA court records from the 1860s.
#Mormonstudies
These are LA court records from the 1860s.
#Mormonstudies
Started Kathryn Hughes' Catland after reading letter after letter from nineteenth century women about cats. www.amazon.com/Catland-Loui...
It's so much fun. Who knew that cat breeds were developed less than 200 years ago?!
It's so much fun. Who knew that cat breeds were developed less than 200 years ago?!
Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania
Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania
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December 9, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Started Kathryn Hughes' Catland after reading letter after letter from nineteenth century women about cats. www.amazon.com/Catland-Loui...
It's so much fun. Who knew that cat breeds were developed less than 200 years ago?!
It's so much fun. Who knew that cat breeds were developed less than 200 years ago?!
I tend to decorate my bedroom with things related to what I study. Mary Hallock Foote just joined Emma and Mattie Hughes Cannon. Now I just need an image from Annie Pike Greenwood and Minerva Teichert. What items from your research are in your house?
#mormonstudies #academicmom
#mormonstudies #academicmom
December 7, 2024 at 5:41 PM
I tend to decorate my bedroom with things related to what I study. Mary Hallock Foote just joined Emma and Mattie Hughes Cannon. Now I just need an image from Annie Pike Greenwood and Minerva Teichert. What items from your research are in your house?
#mormonstudies #academicmom
#mormonstudies #academicmom