Lydia Reeder
@lydiareeder.bsky.social
Author. Stargazer. Denver, CO Cat lady. Messy but organized. “Living should be perpetual and universal benediction.” ― Wei Wu Wei
New book: The Cure for Women (St. Martin's Press). December 2024.
www.lydiareeder.com
New book: The Cure for Women (St. Martin's Press). December 2024.
www.lydiareeder.com
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Lydia Reeder
@lydiareeder.bsky.social
· Nov 13
The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women’s Lives Forever by Lydia Reeder
Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906), the second woman to graduate from the Sorbonne medical school, played a forgotten but critical r...
www.publishersweekly.com
❤️❤️❤️❤️ I'm so excited!
Congrats to @lydiareeder.bsky.social - her book The Cure for Women is up for a Goodreads Choice Award! www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
Lydia joined me earlier this year for a podcast chat about Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi & the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women's Lives Forever (1/2)
Lydia joined me earlier this year for a podcast chat about Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi & the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women's Lives Forever (1/2)
Opening Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite History & Biography of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite History & Biography in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
www.goodreads.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
❤️❤️❤️❤️ I'm so excited!
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The stadium for the Kansas City Current -- whose construction 40 banks refused to finance because there had never been a professional stadium built for a women's team -- just finished its second consecutive season of sold-out games.
www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
No One Wanted to Finance Their Stadium. Now Every Game Is a Sellout.
Building a professional women’s soccer venue was seen as brash. Now the Kansas City Current’s is a blueprint for others.
www.wsj.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The stadium for the Kansas City Current -- whose construction 40 banks refused to finance because there had never been a professional stadium built for a women's team -- just finished its second consecutive season of sold-out games.
www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Can a mountain really be cursed? @amayor.bsky.social explores the folklore behind natural history.
Cursed Mountains and Deathly Lakes: When Nature Is Explained By Myth
The drive to explain perplexing things in nature, and the desire to understand earthshaking events of unfathomable scale are timeless human impulses. Found in cultures around the world, geomyths at…
buff.ly
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Can a mountain really be cursed? @amayor.bsky.social explores the folklore behind natural history.
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Incredible. What a true patriot sounds like.
Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
October 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Incredible. What a true patriot sounds like.
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💯💥👏🏼💙🇺🇸💪🏼✊🏼⚖️👇🏼
October 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
💯💥👏🏼💙🇺🇸💪🏼✊🏼⚖️👇🏼
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This October marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of Octavia Butler’s final book.
We spoke with a librarian at @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social's Octavia Lab about the prophetic nature of Butler’s work.
🎥: @marinamasako.bsky.social
We spoke with a librarian at @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social's Octavia Lab about the prophetic nature of Butler’s work.
🎥: @marinamasako.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This October marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of Octavia Butler’s final book.
We spoke with a librarian at @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social's Octavia Lab about the prophetic nature of Butler’s work.
🎥: @marinamasako.bsky.social
We spoke with a librarian at @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social's Octavia Lab about the prophetic nature of Butler’s work.
🎥: @marinamasako.bsky.social
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@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.
Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr
Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.
Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr
Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Absolutely bonkers that trying to stop white supremacists from doing mass shootings is now a delicate subject!
Yesterday, Apple made the decision to pull The Savant from its release schedule due to politically sensitive topics. Now the show’s star Jessica Chastain speaks out: ‘We’re not aligned on the decision to pause the release.’
Jessica Chastain Disagrees With Apple Pulling The Savant
Yesterday, Apple made the decision to pull The Savant from its release schedule due to politically sensitive topics. Now the show’s star Jessica Chastain speaks out: ‘We’re not aligned on the decision to pause the release.’
www.vulture.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Absolutely bonkers that trying to stop white supremacists from doing mass shootings is now a delicate subject!
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FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ‼️🧬💪
⏰WHEN: Weds, Sept. 17th at 8am ET
📍WHERE: 1200 New York Ave NW, Washington DC
🔗📲JOIN US at the LINK in BIO, or in the REPLIES BELOW ⬇️
⏰WHEN: Weds, Sept. 17th at 8am ET
📍WHERE: 1200 New York Ave NW, Washington DC
🔗📲JOIN US at the LINK in BIO, or in the REPLIES BELOW ⬇️
September 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ‼️🧬💪
⏰WHEN: Weds, Sept. 17th at 8am ET
📍WHERE: 1200 New York Ave NW, Washington DC
🔗📲JOIN US at the LINK in BIO, or in the REPLIES BELOW ⬇️
⏰WHEN: Weds, Sept. 17th at 8am ET
📍WHERE: 1200 New York Ave NW, Washington DC
🔗📲JOIN US at the LINK in BIO, or in the REPLIES BELOW ⬇️
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I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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This video was taken at approximately 12:55 PM and these church bells are not ringing the hour. They are ringing, and ringing, and ringing as the protest passes by
September 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This video was taken at approximately 12:55 PM and these church bells are not ringing the hour. They are ringing, and ringing, and ringing as the protest passes by
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The CDC doesn't understand disease control.
The EPA doesn't understand environmental protection.
Now it's clear the Dept of Energy doesn't understand energy.
This administration is populated by imbeciles.
The EPA doesn't understand environmental protection.
Now it's clear the Dept of Energy doesn't understand energy.
This administration is populated by imbeciles.
September 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The CDC doesn't understand disease control.
The EPA doesn't understand environmental protection.
Now it's clear the Dept of Energy doesn't understand energy.
This administration is populated by imbeciles.
The EPA doesn't understand environmental protection.
Now it's clear the Dept of Energy doesn't understand energy.
This administration is populated by imbeciles.
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Nine former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are speaking out, saying Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is endangering the health of Americans.
abcnews.go.com/Health/forme...
abcnews.go.com/Health/forme...
Former CDC directors say RFK Jr. is endangering Americans' health
Nine former directors of the CDC are speaking out, saying Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is endangering the health of Americans.
abcnews.go.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Nine former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are speaking out, saying Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is endangering the health of Americans.
abcnews.go.com/Health/forme...
abcnews.go.com/Health/forme...
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This is literally the largest act of union busting in American history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is literally the largest act of union busting in American history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
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These are my patients. Kids dying of brain cancer. Kids and families desperate for treatment and hoping to find a cure through experimental therapies. Trump is dismantling science and children with brain tumor are the victims. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
These are my patients. Kids dying of brain cancer. Kids and families desperate for treatment and hoping to find a cure through experimental therapies. Trump is dismantling science and children with brain tumor are the victims. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
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2/ The state of the world feels unrecognizable. We’re so numb to violence that hundreds of bullets hitting a federal building barely made headlines. This isn’t normal. We’re living in constant cognitive dissonance—powerless, grieving, and forced to carry on as if the world hasn’t changed.
August 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
2/ The state of the world feels unrecognizable. We’re so numb to violence that hundreds of bullets hitting a federal building barely made headlines. This isn’t normal. We’re living in constant cognitive dissonance—powerless, grieving, and forced to carry on as if the world hasn’t changed.
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This week on the podcast, @lydiareeder.bsky.social is the author of The Cure for Women: Dr Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women’s Lives Forever.
Listen now: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... (1/2)
Listen now: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... (1/2)
Lydia Reeder on Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi by Infinite Women
Lydia Reeder is the author of The Cure for Women: Dr Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women’s Lives Forever. Read the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/...
creators.spotify.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
This week on the podcast, @lydiareeder.bsky.social is the author of The Cure for Women: Dr Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women’s Lives Forever.
Listen now: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... (1/2)
Listen now: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... (1/2)
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Trump admin has already cut billions of dollars in funding for R&D - which funds your mom's cancer treatment; innovations; even our space program. Now the admin wants to cut +$30B - huge cuts to science. Go to ProtectScienceAndInnovation.org to say no.
Protect Science and Innovation
ProtectScienceAndInnovation.org
July 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trump admin has already cut billions of dollars in funding for R&D - which funds your mom's cancer treatment; innovations; even our space program. Now the admin wants to cut +$30B - huge cuts to science. Go to ProtectScienceAndInnovation.org to say no.
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✊ Sign your support for all three here⬇️
NASA: actionnetwork.org/forms/suppor...
EPA: act.standupforscience.net/forms/epa-ad...
NIH: act.standupforscience.net/forms/add-na...
NASA: actionnetwork.org/forms/suppor...
EPA: act.standupforscience.net/forms/epa-ad...
NIH: act.standupforscience.net/forms/add-na...
Workers at 3 of the most important US science agencies — NIH, EPA, and NASA — have now filed letters of dissent against their leadership.
July 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
✊ Sign your support for all three here⬇️
NASA: actionnetwork.org/forms/suppor...
EPA: act.standupforscience.net/forms/epa-ad...
NIH: act.standupforscience.net/forms/add-na...
NASA: actionnetwork.org/forms/suppor...
EPA: act.standupforscience.net/forms/epa-ad...
NIH: act.standupforscience.net/forms/add-na...
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'look at walls splashed with a number of stains, or stones of various mixed colours .. you can see their resemblances to landscapes, mountains, rivers .. varicoloured stones, like the sound of bells, in whose peelings you can find every name and word you can imagine'
[leonardo da vinci]
[leonardo da vinci]
July 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
'look at walls splashed with a number of stains, or stones of various mixed colours .. you can see their resemblances to landscapes, mountains, rivers .. varicoloured stones, like the sound of bells, in whose peelings you can find every name and word you can imagine'
[leonardo da vinci]
[leonardo da vinci]
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“My 2020 article on the NPS website was edited to remove the words transgender, nonbinary, genderfluid, and butch,” writes @wendylrouse.bsky.social in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️
Confronting the Rainbow Panic
The erasure of LGBTQ+ stories from the National Park Service and other government websites has a long history.
www.historians.org
July 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“My 2020 article on the NPS website was edited to remove the words transgender, nonbinary, genderfluid, and butch,” writes @wendylrouse.bsky.social in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️