Molly Farrell (she/her)
@mollyfarrell.bsky.social
Early American literatures, feminism, history of science. Author, NEW WORLD CALCULATION, out in 2026. Views expressed thru this account represent my own opinions, not my employer.
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Every year I wake up one morning and this tree has gone from brown to fire engine red in a matter of hours and every year it blows my mind.
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Every year I wake up one morning and this tree has gone from brown to fire engine red in a matter of hours and every year it blows my mind.
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I've been thinking about the incredible work that @siembranc.bsky.social has been doing over the past few years ago and how so much of that work helped lay the groundwork for the community resistance that's taken place over the past few days across NC. I made a donation: www.siembranc.org
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Join Siembra in the fight against ICE, abusive employers and landlords, discrimination and criminalization of the Latinx community in North Carolina.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I've been thinking about the incredible work that @siembranc.bsky.social has been doing over the past few years ago and how so much of that work helped lay the groundwork for the community resistance that's taken place over the past few days across NC. I made a donation: www.siembranc.org
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PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
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Graham Hodges who also wrote the Ruggles biography. And I also liked Duane's book but it was just focused on his childhood and young adulthood.
October 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Graham Hodges who also wrote the Ruggles biography. And I also liked Duane's book but it was just focused on his childhood and young adulthood.
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I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.
October 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.
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I am happy to have learned that one of my faves Henry Highland Garnet is getting a scholarly biography FINALLY!!!!
October 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I am happy to have learned that one of my faves Henry Highland Garnet is getting a scholarly biography FINALLY!!!!
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Molly O'Toole:
"On way 1st day teaching journalism course on covering immigration, met by ICE in Mt.Pleasant at Lamont - agents appear to take father driving young daughter, likely to school. Agents shoving bystanders, daughter sobs it’s her fault-she’d seen car parked for 2hrs. Trump’s America"
"On way 1st day teaching journalism course on covering immigration, met by ICE in Mt.Pleasant at Lamont - agents appear to take father driving young daughter, likely to school. Agents shoving bystanders, daughter sobs it’s her fault-she’d seen car parked for 2hrs. Trump’s America"
August 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Molly O'Toole:
"On way 1st day teaching journalism course on covering immigration, met by ICE in Mt.Pleasant at Lamont - agents appear to take father driving young daughter, likely to school. Agents shoving bystanders, daughter sobs it’s her fault-she’d seen car parked for 2hrs. Trump’s America"
"On way 1st day teaching journalism course on covering immigration, met by ICE in Mt.Pleasant at Lamont - agents appear to take father driving young daughter, likely to school. Agents shoving bystanders, daughter sobs it’s her fault-she’d seen car parked for 2hrs. Trump’s America"
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"WGBH, the bellwether public TV station in Boston, has laid off the 13 people who worked on the history series “American Experience” and announced that no new documentaries will be produced for the show until further notice." 🗃️
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
As PBS Stations Confront Cuts, American History Takes a Hit
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August 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"WGBH, the bellwether public TV station in Boston, has laid off the 13 people who worked on the history series “American Experience” and announced that no new documentaries will be produced for the show until further notice." 🗃️
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
Do you teach Cline Cohen's A Calculating People or know of courses that regularly include it? Let me know!
August 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Do you teach Cline Cohen's A Calculating People or know of courses that regularly include it? Let me know!
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Trapped by Mark Maguire & Setha Low explores the pernicious influence of security capitalism on neighborhoods, airports, cities, and states.
#ReadUP #ReadSUP
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#ReadUP #ReadSUP
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March 19, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Trapped by Mark Maguire & Setha Low explores the pernicious influence of security capitalism on neighborhoods, airports, cities, and states.
#ReadUP #ReadSUP
sup.org/books/title/...
#ReadUP #ReadSUP
sup.org/books/title/...
Do yourself a favor and read this stunningly beautiful essay (and peek into his book out next month) by Hanif Abdurraqib. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Hair Does the Talking
In my youth, when I wore a kufi, what my hair looked like became a source of wonder for the people around me. I took a foolish pleasure in holding on to that kind of power.
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February 26, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Do yourself a favor and read this stunningly beautiful essay (and peek into his book out next month) by Hanif Abdurraqib. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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As A Kid, I Thought The New York Times Wasn't Bullshit. I No Longer Do.
February 2, 2024 at 4:42 PM
As A Kid, I Thought The New York Times Wasn't Bullshit. I No Longer Do.
Rowling, Pullman, Lewis: all undergirded by a Christian theology of sacrifice.
Lloyd Alexander—existentialist philosophy! Free will and real hard choices!
Lloyd Alexander—existentialist philosophy! Free will and real hard choices!
On Lloyd Alexander’s 100th birthday, it’s a good time to read about the Prydain Chronicles and Sartre!
The Children’s Classic That Secretly Brought Existentialist Philosophy Into American Homes
Maybe there is another model for fantasy, one that does not simply eschew the Christian framework established by Tolkien and Lewis that so defines the genre, but complicates it, turning the focus away...
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January 31, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Rowling, Pullman, Lewis: all undergirded by a Christian theology of sacrifice.
Lloyd Alexander—existentialist philosophy! Free will and real hard choices!
Lloyd Alexander—existentialist philosophy! Free will and real hard choices!
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This is the photo I always lead with when I teach about her
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January 15, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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I'm honored to be sharing my work with the English Department at the University of Siegen in Germany today! www.uni-siegen.de/phil/anglist...
Invitation to Guest Lecture of Molly J. Farrell (Ohio State University)
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January 15, 2024 at 4:43 PM
I'm honored to be sharing my work with the English Department at the University of Siegen in Germany today! www.uni-siegen.de/phil/anglist...
An early Christmas/late Hanukkah gift to share: My book on colonial numeracy, or what we learn when we learn arithmetic, _New World Calculation: The Making of Numbers in Colonial America_ is under contract with @stanfordpress.bsky.social! I'm counting on (get it?! 😆 ) a happy and productive 2024 😀🧮📖
December 23, 2023 at 6:48 PM
An early Christmas/late Hanukkah gift to share: My book on colonial numeracy, or what we learn when we learn arithmetic, _New World Calculation: The Making of Numbers in Colonial America_ is under contract with @stanfordpress.bsky.social! I'm counting on (get it?! 😆 ) a happy and productive 2024 😀🧮📖
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Humbled to see that my piece, “The Institutionalization of Anti-Haitianism” was named one of NACLA’s Editors’ Picks for 2023. There’s still so much work that needs to be done.🇩🇴🇭🇹 nacla.org/editors-pick...
Editors’ Picks 2023: The Best of NACLA's Online Coverage
Join us in taking a look back at our most memorable web stories of 2023.
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December 16, 2023 at 10:22 PM
Humbled to see that my piece, “The Institutionalization of Anti-Haitianism” was named one of NACLA’s Editors’ Picks for 2023. There’s still so much work that needs to be done.🇩🇴🇭🇹 nacla.org/editors-pick...
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Check out @ayendy.bsky.social’s essay, “The Institutionalization of Anti-Haitianism,” named one of North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) Editors’ Picks for 2023. nacla.org/editors-pick...
Editors’ Picks 2023: The Best of NACLA's Online Coverage
Join us in taking a look back at our most memorable web stories of 2023.
nacla.org
December 16, 2023 at 4:41 PM
Check out @ayendy.bsky.social’s essay, “The Institutionalization of Anti-Haitianism,” named one of North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) Editors’ Picks for 2023. nacla.org/editors-pick...
Once again @jbouie.bsky.social 's newsletter points me to the best weekend reading. This article by Christopher L. Brown on Eric Williams' Capitalism and Slavery is great. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Christopher L. Brown · Funhouse Mirror: ‘Capitalism and Slavery’
Perhaps the greatest shame of the Atlantic slave trade was that it inspired no shame at all. In their own time, Britain...
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December 16, 2023 at 5:52 PM
Once again @jbouie.bsky.social 's newsletter points me to the best weekend reading. This article by Christopher L. Brown on Eric Williams' Capitalism and Slavery is great. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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One of the most frustrating narratives links humanities majors w poor employment prospects and outcomes. “The data really does say otherwise.” I wrote abt the new & important Humanities Indicators state level report for @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social 🗃️ scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/12/14/h...
Humanities and Jobs Data: What's the Real Story? - The Scholarly Kitchen
Escalating attacks on the humanities often cite the problem of employment for humanities majors; a new report shows otherwise.
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December 14, 2023 at 12:19 PM
One of the most frustrating narratives links humanities majors w poor employment prospects and outcomes. “The data really does say otherwise.” I wrote abt the new & important Humanities Indicators state level report for @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social 🗃️ scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/12/14/h...
Ohioans, call DeWine to tell him to veto this state-sponsored bullying of trans kids: www.instagram.com/p/C0z2MxCr-yt/
Honesty for Ohio Education on Instagram
73 likes, 5 comments - honesty4ohioed on December 13, 2023
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December 14, 2023 at 3:02 AM
Ohioans, call DeWine to tell him to veto this state-sponsored bullying of trans kids: www.instagram.com/p/C0z2MxCr-yt/
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“An open letter from the Bremen DIG stated that honoring Gessen (a Jewish writer whose grandfather was murdered by the Nazis) “would contradict the necessary decisive action against the growing anti-Semitism.””
Masha Gessen’s Hannah Arendt Prize has been canceled because of their essay on Gaza.
The German Green Party-affiliated Heinrich Böll Foundation, “in agreement with the Bremen Senate,” is withdrawing from awarding the Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought to the Russ…
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December 13, 2023 at 11:48 PM
“An open letter from the Bremen DIG stated that honoring Gessen (a Jewish writer whose grandfather was murdered by the Nazis) “would contradict the necessary decisive action against the growing anti-Semitism.””