Lydia Moland
@lydiamoland.bsky.social
Biographer & philosopher, not necessarily in that order. ✍️ LYDIA MARIA CHILD: A RADICAL AMERICAN LIFE. Bylines in WaPo, WSJ, BoGlobe. OUP Handbook of 19C women philosophers is out! Current project: women pacifists philosophizing in the early 20th century.
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Lydia Moland
@lydiamoland.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Reintroducing myself to 🦋 via my 2022 bio of American abolitionist Lydia Maria Child. I wrote this book in response to the 2016 election. Her example of resilience and dedication is more relevant than ever. If you are looking for inspiration in this moment, I humbly recommend you give LMC a try!
A little philosophical trash-talking at the #Berlin #Mauerpark #Flohmarkt used book stall yesterday. . . #Wittgenstein confesses that crime novels distract him from philosophy; #Sartre confesses to preferring crime novels to Wittgenstein.
Somewhere, #DanBrown is smiling.
#philsky
Somewhere, #DanBrown is smiling.
#philsky
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A little philosophical trash-talking at the #Berlin #Mauerpark #Flohmarkt used book stall yesterday. . . #Wittgenstein confesses that crime novels distract him from philosophy; #Sartre confesses to preferring crime novels to Wittgenstein.
Somewhere, #DanBrown is smiling.
#philsky
Somewhere, #DanBrown is smiling.
#philsky
If you are in #Boston, highly recommend this new play by @patrickgabridge.bsky.social. I got to consult some on his powerful evocation of the vexed friendship bn #abolitionists Lydia Maria Child & Maria Weston Chapman--so timely for imagining political reform!
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A Revelation of Character - New play about Boston's female abolitionists
A Revelation of Character honors female abolitionists, presented by the Associates of the BPL in collaboration with Plays in Place.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
If you are in #Boston, highly recommend this new play by @patrickgabridge.bsky.social. I got to consult some on his powerful evocation of the vexed friendship bn #abolitionists Lydia Maria Child & Maria Weston Chapman--so timely for imagining political reform!
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-revelati...
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-revelati...
Also loved visiting the House of #Rousseau and Literature in #Geneva, found in the building where he was born. The installation is historically informative but lively and thought-provoking, highlighting how Rousseau helps interrogate modern life. I think he would approve.
#philsky
#philsky
October 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
George Eliot's #Geneva window. She translated #Spinoza here! I don't know if the apartment included a room of her own, but she does now have a street of her own.
#GeorgeEliot #womenshistory #womenslit #womeninphilosophy #philsky
#GeorgeEliot #womenshistory #womenslit #womeninphilosophy #philsky
October 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
George Eliot's #Geneva window. She translated #Spinoza here! I don't know if the apartment included a room of her own, but she does now have a street of her own.
#GeorgeEliot #womenshistory #womenslit #womeninphilosophy #philsky
#GeorgeEliot #womenshistory #womenslit #womeninphilosophy #philsky
For your Monday morning: an image from a weekend hike through October snow in the Swiss #Alps. Sublime in all the right ways.
#philsky #kant #schiller #aesthetics
#philsky #kant #schiller #aesthetics
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
For your Monday morning: an image from a weekend hike through October snow in the Swiss #Alps. Sublime in all the right ways.
#philsky #kant #schiller #aesthetics
#philsky #kant #schiller #aesthetics
True story: when I published my first book on #Hegel, my contract stipulated that I would get 0% royalties unless my book was made into a film. That was 14 years ago … will Werner never answer my emails??
#philsky #herzog
#philsky #herzog
#philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #hegel #herzog #film
October 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Had the privilege of researching some women #pacifists in the United Nations archive in #Geneva last week. Wonderfully inspiring…plus the #UN has its own resident peacock!
#philsky #womenshistory #womeninphilosophy
#philsky #womenshistory #womeninphilosophy
October 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Had the privilege of researching some women #pacifists in the United Nations archive in #Geneva last week. Wonderfully inspiring…plus the #UN has its own resident peacock!
#philsky #womenshistory #womeninphilosophy
#philsky #womenshistory #womeninphilosophy
Stop 3 on my Peace Tour—#Geneva, where women like #Nobel Peace Prize winners Jane #Addams and Emily #Balch helped establish the Women’s International League for #Peace and Freedom, which still thrives today. Thanks to @wilpf.bsky.social for welcoming me and answering my questions on the 4th floor!
October 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Stop 3 on my Peace Tour—#Geneva, where women like #Nobel Peace Prize winners Jane #Addams and Emily #Balch helped establish the Women’s International League for #Peace and Freedom, which still thrives today. Thanks to @wilpf.bsky.social for welcoming me and answering my questions on the 4th floor!
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Coming up: The life & thought of "England's first feminist" with @allauren.bsky.social from McMaster University, author of "Mary Astell on Bad Custom and Epistemic Injustice" – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
#PhilSky #WiseWomen #philosophy
#PhilSky #WiseWomen #philosophy
October 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Coming up: The life & thought of "England's first feminist" with @allauren.bsky.social from McMaster University, author of "Mary Astell on Bad Custom and Epistemic Injustice" – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
#PhilSky #WiseWomen #philosophy
#PhilSky #WiseWomen #philosophy
I found this exhibit on Thomas #Mann’s study in #Zurich really moving—full of items he brought with him into exile to keep the continuity that would allow him to write. Including his ink supply! #thomasmann #germanlit
October 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I found this exhibit on Thomas #Mann’s study in #Zurich really moving—full of items he brought with him into exile to keep the continuity that would allow him to write. Including his ink supply! #thomasmann #germanlit
St Peter’s Church in #Zurich where Mary Church #Terrell, the only Black delegate to the 1919 Women’s #Peace Congress, gave a key address urging delegates to include the end of lynching in the US as part of their vision of peace. Also: more mountains!
#womenshistory #blackhistory #pacifism #philsky
#womenshistory #blackhistory #pacifism #philsky
October 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
St Peter’s Church in #Zurich where Mary Church #Terrell, the only Black delegate to the 1919 Women’s #Peace Congress, gave a key address urging delegates to include the end of lynching in the US as part of their vision of peace. Also: more mountains!
#womenshistory #blackhistory #pacifism #philsky
#womenshistory #blackhistory #pacifism #philsky
Good morning #Zurich! And here is the hotel where Jane #Addams, Helene #Stöcker, Mary Church #Terrell & others gathered in 1919 to fight for women to be allowed to contribute to post #WWI #peace negotiations. The hotel serves aa mean Apfelstrudel!
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
October 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Good morning #Zurich! And here is the hotel where Jane #Addams, Helene #Stöcker, Mary Church #Terrell & others gathered in 1919 to fight for women to be allowed to contribute to post #WWI #peace negotiations. The hotel serves aa mean Apfelstrudel!
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
Good morning #Zurich! And here is the hotel where Jane #Addams, Helene #Stöcker, Mary Church #Terrell & others gathered in 1919 to fight for women to be allowed to contribute to post #WWI #peace negotiations. The hotel serves a mean Apfelstrudel!
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
October 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Good morning #Zurich! And here is the hotel where Jane #Addams, Helene #Stöcker, Mary Church #Terrell & others gathered in 1919 to fight for women to be allowed to contribute to post #WWI #peace negotiations. The hotel serves a mean Apfelstrudel!
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
Andrew #Carnegie’s Peace Palace in the #Hague—a stop on my trip researching The Women’s Peace Congress of 1915. That congress did not take place in the Palace—it was too small for the 1000+ women who came—but its complex history plays a role in their story too.
#pacifism #womenshistory #philssky
#pacifism #womenshistory #philssky
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Andrew #Carnegie’s Peace Palace in the #Hague—a stop on my trip researching The Women’s Peace Congress of 1915. That congress did not take place in the Palace—it was too small for the 1000+ women who came—but its complex history plays a role in their story too.
#pacifism #womenshistory #philssky
#pacifism #womenshistory #philssky
I am on what I am calling my #Peace Tour 2025–following in the footsteps of early 20C women #pacifists. First stop: The #Hague, where 1000+ women gathered in 1915 to use #philosophy and international law to envision the end of #WWI.
@philsky #womeninphilosophy
@philsky #womeninphilosophy
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I am on what I am calling my #Peace Tour 2025–following in the footsteps of early 20C women #pacifists. First stop: The #Hague, where 1000+ women gathered in 1915 to use #philosophy and international law to envision the end of #WWI.
@philsky #womeninphilosophy
@philsky #womeninphilosophy
This is fantastic--congratulations! Can't wait for the English translation soon. The more Unruly Women, in all languages, the better. #womeninphilosophy
Finally! Rebellinnen der Philosophie is here in a gorgeous translation by Sarah Schmitt. Thanks to the editors at @eichbornverlag.bsky.social for the work they put into this. Next up: the English transl., Unruly Women, @uchicagopress.bsky.social.
#philsky #booksky #education #womenshistory
#philsky #booksky #education #womenshistory
October 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is fantastic--congratulations! Can't wait for the English translation soon. The more Unruly Women, in all languages, the better. #womeninphilosophy
Arrived in #Berlin so lucky to have a #Fulbright to research Helene Stöcker, a #19C #philosopher who used her passion for #Nietzsche to become an internationally famous #feminist and #pacifist. Look who I encountered at my first flea market. I call this photo "Nietzsche in China." @philsky
October 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Arrived in #Berlin so lucky to have a #Fulbright to research Helene Stöcker, a #19C #philosopher who used her passion for #Nietzsche to become an internationally famous #feminist and #pacifist. Look who I encountered at my first flea market. I call this photo "Nietzsche in China." @philsky
Thank you, Sandrine, for your powerful chapter on Germaine de Staël, Anna Julia Cooper, and Louisa May Alcott! So glad to include that here.
July 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Thank you, Sandrine, for your powerful chapter on Germaine de Staël, Anna Julia Cooper, and Louisa May Alcott! So glad to include that here.
Thanks to @drleonj.bsky.social for the request to post the TOC of our new Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the #19C: here it is! In these pages, women philosophize about #epistemology, #metaphysics, #politicalphilosophy, #ethics, #logic, philosophy of religion... 1/3
July 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Thanks to @drleonj.bsky.social for the request to post the TOC of our new Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the #19C: here it is! In these pages, women philosophize about #epistemology, #metaphysics, #politicalphilosophy, #ethics, #logic, philosophy of religion... 1/3
Weighing in at 827 pages and 2 1/4 inches, our Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the 19th Century is HERE! Huge thanks to @oupphilosophy.bsky.social and our 50+ authors. Restoring women to the philosophical canon is a matter of justice, but it is also better scholarship!
July 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Weighing in at 827 pages and 2 1/4 inches, our Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the 19th Century is HERE! Huge thanks to @oupphilosophy.bsky.social and our 50+ authors. Restoring women to the philosophical canon is a matter of justice, but it is also better scholarship!
Reposted by Lydia Moland
Melissa Hortman had received a degree in #philosophy from BU. My heart goes out especially to her children
"The entire BU community grieves the loss of one of our cherished alumnae, Melissa Hortman, who was a beloved and respected public servant. We send deep condolences to her family, her friends, and to the people of Minnesota on this tragic and saddest of days." - President Melissa Gilliam
Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman, a Boston University Alum, Shot and Killed Along with Her Husband
She is remembered for her “grace and compassion.” BU president says the University community grieves the loss of a "beloved and respected public servant."
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June 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Melissa Hortman had received a degree in #philosophy from BU. My heart goes out especially to her children
Melissa Hortman's #philosophy degree was from #BostonUniversity, which is also my alma mater. An exemplary life of applied philosophical principles cut short.
#philsky #womeninphilosophy
#philsky #womeninphilosophy
June 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Melissa Hortman's #philosophy degree was from #BostonUniversity, which is also my alma mater. An exemplary life of applied philosophical principles cut short.
#philsky #womeninphilosophy
#philsky #womeninphilosophy
Happy Birthday, Margaret #Fuller! A good year for her--wonderful treatment of her importance in both these new publications. More this year in our OUP volume on American women #philosophers. #philsky #womeninphilosophy #americanphilosophy #transcendentalism
May 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy Birthday, Margaret #Fuller! A good year for her--wonderful treatment of her importance in both these new publications. More this year in our OUP volume on American women #philosophers. #philsky #womeninphilosophy #americanphilosophy #transcendentalism