Katherine Turk
@katherineturk.bsky.social
Writer (Equality on Trial, The Women of NOW), Historian, Professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. Words in The Atlantic, Washington Post, Slate, LARB, Jacobin, etc. Carrboro NC
Reposted by Katherine Turk
jacobin.com/2024/12/whis...
@allofmilov.bsky.social and I wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on labor activist and feminist icon Karen Silkwood and how her story can prepare us for what's likely to come. Our book on Silkwood is forthcoming from
@simonandschuster.bsky.social (One Signal).
@allofmilov.bsky.social and I wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on labor activist and feminist icon Karen Silkwood and how her story can prepare us for what's likely to come. Our book on Silkwood is forthcoming from
@simonandschuster.bsky.social (One Signal).
Whistleblower Karen Silkwood’s Urgent Message for Us
Karen Silkwood died in 1974 while trying to expose dangerous conditions in her workplace. Her death — and the smear campaign that followed — highlights how retaliation against whistleblowers deflects ...
jacobin.com
December 30, 2024 at 3:13 PM
jacobin.com/2024/12/whis...
@allofmilov.bsky.social and I wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on labor activist and feminist icon Karen Silkwood and how her story can prepare us for what's likely to come. Our book on Silkwood is forthcoming from
@simonandschuster.bsky.social (One Signal).
@allofmilov.bsky.social and I wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on labor activist and feminist icon Karen Silkwood and how her story can prepare us for what's likely to come. Our book on Silkwood is forthcoming from
@simonandschuster.bsky.social (One Signal).
Reposted by Katherine Turk
“Do you think that Karen may have been what medical science classifies as a nymphomaniac?” What the misogynistic smear of a dead whistleblower can teach us today. My latest with @katherineturk.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2024/12/whis...
@allofmilov.bsky.social and I wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on labor activist and feminist icon Karen Silkwood and how her story can prepare us for what's likely to come. Our book on Silkwood is forthcoming from
@simonandschuster.bsky.social (One Signal).
@allofmilov.bsky.social and I wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on labor activist and feminist icon Karen Silkwood and how her story can prepare us for what's likely to come. Our book on Silkwood is forthcoming from
@simonandschuster.bsky.social (One Signal).
Whistleblower Karen Silkwood’s Urgent Message for Us
Karen Silkwood died in 1974 while trying to expose dangerous conditions in her workplace. Her death — and the smear campaign that followed — highlights how retaliation against whistleblowers deflects ...
jacobin.com
December 30, 2024 at 8:20 PM
“Do you think that Karen may have been what medical science classifies as a nymphomaniac?” What the misogynistic smear of a dead whistleblower can teach us today. My latest with @katherineturk.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2024/12/whis...
@allofmilov.bsky.social and I wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on labor activist and feminist icon Karen Silkwood and how her story can prepare us for what's likely to come. Our book on Silkwood is forthcoming from
@simonandschuster.bsky.social (One Signal).
@allofmilov.bsky.social and I wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on labor activist and feminist icon Karen Silkwood and how her story can prepare us for what's likely to come. Our book on Silkwood is forthcoming from
@simonandschuster.bsky.social (One Signal).
Whistleblower Karen Silkwood’s Urgent Message for Us
Karen Silkwood died in 1974 while trying to expose dangerous conditions in her workplace. Her death — and the smear campaign that followed — highlights how retaliation against whistleblowers deflects ...
jacobin.com
December 30, 2024 at 3:13 PM
jacobin.com/2024/12/whis...
@allofmilov.bsky.social and I wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on labor activist and feminist icon Karen Silkwood and how her story can prepare us for what's likely to come. Our book on Silkwood is forthcoming from
@simonandschuster.bsky.social (One Signal).
@allofmilov.bsky.social and I wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on labor activist and feminist icon Karen Silkwood and how her story can prepare us for what's likely to come. Our book on Silkwood is forthcoming from
@simonandschuster.bsky.social (One Signal).
Reposted by Katherine Turk
jacobin.com/2024/12/whis...
My latest with
@katherineturk.bsky.social on what the debate over Karen Silkwood’s legacy can offer in our own era of misogyny, retaliation and whistleblowing.
My latest with
@katherineturk.bsky.social on what the debate over Karen Silkwood’s legacy can offer in our own era of misogyny, retaliation and whistleblowing.
Whistleblower Karen Silkwood’s Urgent Message for Us
Karen Silkwood died in 1974 while trying to expose dangerous conditions in her workplace. Her death — and the smear campaign that followed — highlights how retaliation against whistleblowers deflects ...
jacobin.com
December 28, 2024 at 10:55 PM
jacobin.com/2024/12/whis...
My latest with
@katherineturk.bsky.social on what the debate over Karen Silkwood’s legacy can offer in our own era of misogyny, retaliation and whistleblowing.
My latest with
@katherineturk.bsky.social on what the debate over Karen Silkwood’s legacy can offer in our own era of misogyny, retaliation and whistleblowing.
Reposted by Katherine Turk
I'd only add that those 1970s-era feminist gains now revoked or under threat were won through hard-fought organizing from the premise that women could and had to try to organize together, across their differences, as vast as those differences were and are.
November 12, 2024 at 3:06 PM
I'd only add that those 1970s-era feminist gains now revoked or under threat were won through hard-fought organizing from the premise that women could and had to try to organize together, across their differences, as vast as those differences were and are.
Reposted by Katherine Turk
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/u...
I was glad to be interviewed for this story about what the election results reveal about women's history and politics.
I was glad to be interviewed for this story about what the election results reveal about women's history and politics.
Was the Trump Election a Setback for Women? Even Women Do Not Agree.
Kamala Harris would have been the first female president in the nation’s nearly 250-year history. But many women chose Donald Trump, despite his history of sexism and his support for the end of Roe v....
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2024 at 3:06 PM
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/u...
I was glad to be interviewed for this story about what the election results reveal about women's history and politics.
I was glad to be interviewed for this story about what the election results reveal about women's history and politics.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/u...
I was glad to be interviewed for this story about what the election results reveal about women's history and politics.
I was glad to be interviewed for this story about what the election results reveal about women's history and politics.
Was the Trump Election a Setback for Women? Even Women Do Not Agree.
Kamala Harris would have been the first female president in the nation’s nearly 250-year history. But many women chose Donald Trump, despite his history of sexism and his support for the end of Roe v....
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2024 at 3:06 PM
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/u...
I was glad to be interviewed for this story about what the election results reveal about women's history and politics.
I was glad to be interviewed for this story about what the election results reveal about women's history and politics.
Looking forward to this conversation with my dear friend and esteemed colleague about his terrific book!
TODAY at 1 ET, I'll be LIVE on YouTube talking to esteemed historians @katherineturk.bsky.social, @rrjohnr.bsky.social, and Dan Wadwani. Hosted by @businesshistoryc.bsky.social
Topic is my book ONE DAY I'LL WORK FOR MYSELF
Spend your lunch hour with us if you can!
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Topic is my book ONE DAY I'LL WORK FOR MYSELF
Spend your lunch hour with us if you can!
www.youtube.com/@businesshis...
Business History Conference
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October 18, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Looking forward to this conversation with my dear friend and esteemed colleague about his terrific book!
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🚨JOB! Well look at that, the link is available earlier than I had thought! UNC Chapel Hill History Dept is now officially advertising a position for Assistant Professor of U.S. Military History, with a preference for specialization in the 20th century.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288586
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288586
Assistant Professor
Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Modern US Military history. Faculty member will be responsible for teaching a 2:2 load while continuing their own research, part...
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September 26, 2024 at 7:50 AM
🚨JOB! Well look at that, the link is available earlier than I had thought! UNC Chapel Hill History Dept is now officially advertising a position for Assistant Professor of U.S. Military History, with a preference for specialization in the 20th century.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288586
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288586
I'm thrilled to announce this collaboration with @allofmilov.bsky.social : we are writing SILKWOOD, a new history of Karen Silkwood's life and afterlives, for One Signal/Simon and Schuster.
January 9, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I'm thrilled to announce this collaboration with @allofmilov.bsky.social : we are writing SILKWOOD, a new history of Karen Silkwood's life and afterlives, for One Signal/Simon and Schuster.
Reposted by Katherine Turk
🗃️The JWH has been migrating from that other site to this one. Could you please give us a boost here (and there) to move our followers to this more pleasant place? Thank you!
November 1, 2023 at 12:44 PM
🗃️The JWH has been migrating from that other site to this one. Could you please give us a boost here (and there) to move our followers to this more pleasant place? Thank you!
My first piece for The Atlantic, on the perils of donation-based activism:
How Big Money Hurt American Feminism
The history of NOW reveals the costs of donation-driven activism.
www.theatlantic.com
October 2, 2023 at 12:14 PM
My first piece for The Atlantic, on the perils of donation-based activism: