Kelly S. O'Donnell
@kellyodonn.bsky.social
History person. Clover’s dog mom. ☘️ Definitely not that journalist of the same name, so I am begging you please don't @ me.
Yessss. It is so good! But also somehow so bad!
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Yessss. It is so good! But also somehow so bad!
exploreless, no thank you
January 20, 2026 at 6:08 PM
exploreless, no thank you
Jenna Healey wrote this one when we were in grad school, and I had the pleasure of helping with edits muse.jhu.edu/article/6130...
Project MUSE - Rejecting Reproduction: The National Organization for Non-Parents and Childfree Activism in 1970s America
muse.jhu.edu
January 2, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Jenna Healey wrote this one when we were in grad school, and I had the pleasure of helping with edits muse.jhu.edu/article/6130...
This is always the archive / stacks I visualize when I am thinking about (lack of) digitization. It's so much! Everywhere!
December 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This is always the archive / stacks I visualize when I am thinking about (lack of) digitization. It's so much! Everywhere!
just move to Philly and there will be things named after you
December 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
just move to Philly and there will be things named after you
Look I don't know why Canva doesn't think it can't be both fun and educational and squished those two words together when the image saved, but dammit it WILL be both fun and educational
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Look I don't know why Canva doesn't think it can't be both fun and educational and squished those two words together when the image saved, but dammit it WILL be both fun and educational
In break mode yet? Looking for something trashy and mindless to binge now that classes are done? Read with me over break!
Grab a copy of Valley of the Dolls & put my #pharmhist book club discussion on Jan 21st in your calendar.
Info and Zoom link here: www.chstm.org/group/pharma...
#histmed
Grab a copy of Valley of the Dolls & put my #pharmhist book club discussion on Jan 21st in your calendar.
Info and Zoom link here: www.chstm.org/group/pharma...
#histmed
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In break mode yet? Looking for something trashy and mindless to binge now that classes are done? Read with me over break!
Grab a copy of Valley of the Dolls & put my #pharmhist book club discussion on Jan 21st in your calendar.
Info and Zoom link here: www.chstm.org/group/pharma...
#histmed
Grab a copy of Valley of the Dolls & put my #pharmhist book club discussion on Jan 21st in your calendar.
Info and Zoom link here: www.chstm.org/group/pharma...
#histmed
not to be too much of a downer, but I have always been skeptical of the "unessay = fun!" slant that folks on social media have taken for years. Integrative higher-order creative thinking is actually far more difficult for students to pull off well. I am really not surprised by this turn of events.
December 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
not to be too much of a downer, but I have always been skeptical of the "unessay = fun!" slant that folks on social media have taken for years. Integrative higher-order creative thinking is actually far more difficult for students to pull off well. I am really not surprised by this turn of events.
Why can't I find a diaphragm gif??? This is a tragedy. Here's the best I could do.
a cartoon drawing of a pink box with a heart in the center
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a pink box with a heart in the center
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Why can't I find a diaphragm gif??? This is a tragedy. Here's the best I could do.
Excited for @lmacthompson1.bsky.social 's epic new history of birth control? She has shared her latest chapter, "Prescribers," with the CHSTM Pharmacy History working group.
We're meeting TODAY at 12. Please join us!
www.chstm.org/group/pharma...
We're meeting TODAY at 12. Please join us!
www.chstm.org/group/pharma...
Pharmacy History | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Excited for @lmacthompson1.bsky.social 's epic new history of birth control? She has shared her latest chapter, "Prescribers," with the CHSTM Pharmacy History working group.
We're meeting TODAY at 12. Please join us!
www.chstm.org/group/pharma...
We're meeting TODAY at 12. Please join us!
www.chstm.org/group/pharma...
Reposted by Kelly S. O'Donnell
CAMPUS VISIT WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
CAMPUS VISIT WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
No idea, I have yet to leave campus because I immediately drive back to the superior metro area
October 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
No idea, I have yet to leave campus because I immediately drive back to the superior metro area
It took until week 7, but it finally happened: I said “water” in front of my non-Philadelphian students
October 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It took until week 7, but it finally happened: I said “water” in front of my non-Philadelphian students
Reposted by Kelly S. O'Donnell
New Short Takes! @rhartholder.bsky.social, Katrina Kimport, and @kellyodonn.bsky.social discuss @rebeccaggrant.bsky.social's Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the 60-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom!
Rebecca Grant’s Access
signsjournal.org
September 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
New Short Takes! @rhartholder.bsky.social, Katrina Kimport, and @kellyodonn.bsky.social discuss @rebeccaggrant.bsky.social's Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the 60-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom!
I'm currently working on a spring semester event, which MAAAAY just be reading the iconic 1960s novel Valley of the Dolls together over winter break and then discussing it book club style (with some history of pharmacy context) in January. Stay tuned! And join the working group to get updated.
September 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I'm currently working on a spring semester event, which MAAAAY just be reading the iconic 1960s novel Valley of the Dolls together over winter break and then discussing it book club style (with some history of pharmacy context) in January. Stay tuned! And join the working group to get updated.
In November we'll host @lmacthompson1.bsky.social, newly announced OAH Lecturer, who will present even newer and more exciting stuff than is listed on her already very impressive OAH bio: www.oah.org/lectures/lec...
OAH | Lauren MacIvor ThompsonOAH | Lauren MacIvor Thompson
www.oah.org
September 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In November we'll host @lmacthompson1.bsky.social, newly announced OAH Lecturer, who will present even newer and more exciting stuff than is listed on her already very impressive OAH bio: www.oah.org/lectures/lec...
Interested in the history of pharmacy? Or just hanging out with me and some cool scholars periodically on Zoom? You are cordially invited to join the Pharmacy History working group that I am co-convening at the Consortium for History of Sci/Med/Tech: www.chstm.org/group/pharma...
Pharmacy History | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
September 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Interested in the history of pharmacy? Or just hanging out with me and some cool scholars periodically on Zoom? You are cordially invited to join the Pharmacy History working group that I am co-convening at the Consortium for History of Sci/Med/Tech: www.chstm.org/group/pharma...
I need to submit something this year, but no idea what. If anyone has panel or roundtable ideas, please DM me :)
The call for papers for the 2026 annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine is live now! We hope you will join us in Buffalo!
histmed.org/buffalo-2026/
histmed.org/buffalo-2026/
Buffalo 2026
Join us in Buffalo! Call for Papers 2026 The American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) (https://histmed.org) invites abstracts for papers in any area of the history of health, healing,...
histmed.org
September 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I need to submit something this year, but no idea what. If anyone has panel or roundtable ideas, please DM me :)
I am driving two hours each way to/from work on my teaching days, and it is very apparent a few weeks in that I need to up my audiobook listening game. So, what are your favorites? I especially enjoy multiple narrators / full casts.
September 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I am driving two hours each way to/from work on my teaching days, and it is very apparent a few weeks in that I need to up my audiobook listening game. So, what are your favorites? I especially enjoy multiple narrators / full casts.
🎶 Pink Peter Coat 🎵🎶
August 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
🎶 Pink Peter Coat 🎵🎶
"It took her nearly two decades to find a permanent academic position. She found occasional work as a visiting professor, filling in for someone on leave for a year or two. She earned grants to fund her research... but she was often living on unemployment benefits"
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
Margaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"It took her nearly two decades to find a permanent academic position. She found occasional work as a visiting professor, filling in for someone on leave for a year or two. She earned grants to fund her research... but she was often living on unemployment benefits"
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
damn I was hoping for some dirt
August 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
damn I was hoping for some dirt