Michelle Ronholm
@michelleronholm.bsky.social
18th c. women’s history | Certified Personal Trainer | PN Level 1 Certified Nutrition Coach | Athlete | Flute student | Hockey fan
I love this observation. There's so much accessibility to knowledge if only we have the courage to go after it.
Yes! The thing abt public libraries that is so beautiful & crucial is the idea that *anybody* could do this — you need no credential, there’s no gatekeeping, literally any person can be an intellectual. You can come from absolutely nothing & yet, by means of curiosity + work, create real knowledge
I wrote a significant chunk of my first book at a Chicago Public Library, an amazing public space where people could read books and newspapers, access the internet, or just keep warm for a while on a cold day. This is appalling.
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I love this observation. There's so much accessibility to knowledge if only we have the courage to go after it.
Whole lot more we can ruin, Ross.
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Whole lot more we can ruin, Ross.
I wrote a novel. Which feels crazy because I'm not the most creative person ever. On my desk now is a print out of the 1st half (15 chapters, 51k words, 200 pages), ready for line edits. Then I'll clean up the 2nd half. Then it's off to my editor to start turning this thing into something good.
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I wrote a novel. Which feels crazy because I'm not the most creative person ever. On my desk now is a print out of the 1st half (15 chapters, 51k words, 200 pages), ready for line edits. Then I'll clean up the 2nd half. Then it's off to my editor to start turning this thing into something good.
Good morning! (For every particular reason.)
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Good morning! (For every particular reason.)
I’ve been reading about witchcraft in colonial New England of late and these woodcuts offer some great visuals.
publicdomainreview.org/essay/woodcu...
publicdomainreview.org/essay/woodcu...
Woodcuts and Witches
Jon Crabb on the witch craze of early modern Europe, and how the concurrent rise of the mass-produced woodcut helped forge the archetype of the broom-riding crone — complete with cauldron and cats — s...
publicdomainreview.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I’ve been reading about witchcraft in colonial New England of late and these woodcuts offer some great visuals.
publicdomainreview.org/essay/woodcu...
publicdomainreview.org/essay/woodcu...
Not my thesis, but would be on-brand.
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Not my thesis, but would be on-brand.
If you're looking for #historicalfiction titles to add to your reading list...
Congratulations to our members on their new historical releases! Escape to 14th century London, Victorian India, Pompey's Rome, mid-century America and more: historicalnovelsociety.org/new-books-by... #HistoricalFiction
New books by Historical Novel Society members, August 2025 - Historical Novel Society
Congrats to everyone who sent in details on their new books! If you’ve written a historical novel or nonfiction work published (or to be published) in April 2025 or after, send in the following…
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October 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
If you're looking for #historicalfiction titles to add to your reading list...
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Free #BannedBooksWeek webinar.
Join experts on Mon, Oct 6 at 3 p.m. CT to explore how policies can be a powerful tool for fighting censorship in libraries, bookstores, and communities and how advocates can use policies in their work.
See details + more free events: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events
Join experts on Mon, Oct 6 at 3 p.m. CT to explore how policies can be a powerful tool for fighting censorship in libraries, bookstores, and communities and how advocates can use policies in their work.
See details + more free events: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events
October 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Free #BannedBooksWeek webinar.
Join experts on Mon, Oct 6 at 3 p.m. CT to explore how policies can be a powerful tool for fighting censorship in libraries, bookstores, and communities and how advocates can use policies in their work.
See details + more free events: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events
Join experts on Mon, Oct 6 at 3 p.m. CT to explore how policies can be a powerful tool for fighting censorship in libraries, bookstores, and communities and how advocates can use policies in their work.
See details + more free events: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events
Taking a break from the current horrors. publicdomainreview.org/essay/mary-c...
“You Think Me a Bold Cheat”: Mary Carleton, Counterfeit Princess
Accused of posing as foreign royalty to lure her young suitor into a bigamous marriage, Mary Carleton was the subject of dozens of pamphlets and broadsides published in the mid-17th century, including...
publicdomainreview.org
September 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Taking a break from the current horrors. publicdomainreview.org/essay/mary-c...
With a staggering number of ways to define "this."
This is just astonishingly bad.
September 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
With a staggering number of ways to define "this."
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All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes
September 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes
Got Covid vaxxed today. Lots of others joining me at CVS in Maryland. With all the healthcare nonsense being spread by the regime, it was reassuring to be around people doing the smart thing.
September 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Got Covid vaxxed today. Lots of others joining me at CVS in Maryland. With all the healthcare nonsense being spread by the regime, it was reassuring to be around people doing the smart thing.
My afternoon coffee is not properly coffee-ing.
September 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My afternoon coffee is not properly coffee-ing.
Really appreciate that this showed up in my feed. Wanted to pass it along to yours.
FIVE YEARS of #Slaveryarchive Book Club! More than ever, it's time to read, assign, discuss, share, buy, and gift books that tell the history of slavery in the Americas (and elsewhere) The book club has been doing this for full five years. Join us www.slaveryarchive.com/book-club/20...
September 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Really appreciate that this showed up in my feed. Wanted to pass it along to yours.
Utterly charmed by Paws on Parchment at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. A delightful exhibit and wonderful museum. Such a gem! #history #medievalhistory #cats #baltimore #maryland
September 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Utterly charmed by Paws on Parchment at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. A delightful exhibit and wonderful museum. Such a gem! #history #medievalhistory #cats #baltimore #maryland
I’ve lived in Washington, DC proper / close-in suburbs for approximately 30 years now. I love the nerd vibe and I still find this city breathtakingly beautiful.
I love this idea.
Let’s offer some words of love to cities that we love.
Poetry.
Prose.
A sentence of praise.
Go!
Let’s offer some words of love to cities that we love.
Poetry.
Prose.
A sentence of praise.
Go!
With the Trump Administration about to roll its ugly occupation into Chicago, I wanted to write a little lyrical love letter to the city. dansinker.com/posts/202…
September 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I’ve lived in Washington, DC proper / close-in suburbs for approximately 30 years now. I love the nerd vibe and I still find this city breathtakingly beautiful.
Thinking and praying this early in the school year. Absolutely gutted.
August 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Thinking and praying this early in the school year. Absolutely gutted.
A combination I never would have expected.
August 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A combination I never would have expected.
Reposted by Michelle Ronholm
[writing the constitution]
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
August 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
[writing the constitution]
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
Oh my goodness I love this.
August 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Oh my goodness I love this.
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