Marian Wilson Kimber
@mwilsonkimber.bsky.social
Musicologist, writer, half of Red Vespa, author of The Elocutionists: Women, Music, and the Spoken Word and the forthcoming Clubwomen Activists and the Making of American Music. Posts in no way associated with my employer.
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Today's historic find: 1923, Mrs. Frank Hoffman, music chair for the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, complains that the average woman "doesn't know a trombone from a steamboat."
I’m imagining the muppets lined up at the mic for the Q&A.
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I’m imagining the muppets lined up at the mic for the Q&A.
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Read the entire thread. ⬇️
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Read the entire thread. ⬇️
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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A very, very good piece, written by one of the best
The Washington Post has only a single arts critic left - everyone else got fired today, along with all three arts editors. (There are still a couple of excellent arts reporters.) I was so upset I dusted off my blog to have my say: annemidgette.com/blog/f/a-req...
A requiem for arts coverage
I used to say I wished that newspapers would treat their arts sections the way they treated their sports sections. What I meant was that sports sections offered a balanced mix of news stories, feature...
annemidgette.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
A very, very good piece, written by one of the best
Really glad I already canceled my Washington Post subscription before I had to cancel my Washington Post subscription.
February 4, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Really glad I already canceled my Washington Post subscription before I had to cancel my Washington Post subscription.
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In this week's edition of: "I didn't know one could protest in so many ways:"
More than 60 Drummers 🥁 coordinated throughout downtown Minneapolis to play on different street corners and share a unified message that they want ICE out of their city. 🪘🙌🏻
I love their laugh at the end. 😍
More than 60 Drummers 🥁 coordinated throughout downtown Minneapolis to play on different street corners and share a unified message that they want ICE out of their city. 🪘🙌🏻
I love their laugh at the end. 😍
February 4, 2026 at 1:48 AM
In this week's edition of: "I didn't know one could protest in so many ways:"
More than 60 Drummers 🥁 coordinated throughout downtown Minneapolis to play on different street corners and share a unified message that they want ICE out of their city. 🪘🙌🏻
I love their laugh at the end. 😍
More than 60 Drummers 🥁 coordinated throughout downtown Minneapolis to play on different street corners and share a unified message that they want ICE out of their city. 🪘🙌🏻
I love their laugh at the end. 😍
How many more times can I screw up today? The Marian Wilson Kimber story.
February 3, 2026 at 8:55 PM
How many more times can I screw up today? The Marian Wilson Kimber story.
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I was interviewed by Axios on recent protest music about ICE. www.axios.com/2026/02/02/p...
The playlist of the resistance
Dissenters are harnessing music as a tool of resistance.
www.axios.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I was interviewed by Axios on recent protest music about ICE. www.axios.com/2026/02/02/p...
Happy Birthday Felix Mendelssohn! Here's the underplayed Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHAP...
Stage@Seven: Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage – Andrés Orozco-Estrada
YouTube video by hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Happy Birthday Felix Mendelssohn! Here's the underplayed Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHAP...
Several of my students have been referring to the "Groove Dictionary," and I like it so much I don't have the heart to correct them.
February 2, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Several of my students have been referring to the "Groove Dictionary," and I like it so much I don't have the heart to correct them.
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Okay, now how about the rest of the kids in captivity?
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Okay, now how about the rest of the kids in captivity?
Today's historic find. Girl trombonist in "Boy's Loyalty Parade," Wichita, Kansas, May 1, 1924. (From a film in the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum.)
January 31, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Today's historic find. Girl trombonist in "Boy's Loyalty Parade," Wichita, Kansas, May 1, 1924. (From a film in the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum.)
What do you if you get pepper sprayed from my favorite ophthalmologist, Dr. Glaucomflecken: youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...
What To Do If You Get Pepper Sprayed
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:24 PM
What do you if you get pepper sprayed from my favorite ophthalmologist, Dr. Glaucomflecken: youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...
"Just minutes into Trump’s speech, the man next to me, Ed Fallon, takes off his coat and reveals a shirt with the word LIAR scrawled in red Sharpie. He’s immediately escorted out by security."
I went to the Trump rally in Iowa where there were more people outside protesting than inside cheering for Trump. And I watch Trump, try to regain control of the narrative www.patreon.com/posts/realit...
The reality TV president is losing his grip over reality | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
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January 28, 2026 at 6:40 PM
"Just minutes into Trump’s speech, the man next to me, Ed Fallon, takes off his coat and reveals a shirt with the word LIAR scrawled in red Sharpie. He’s immediately escorted out by security."
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As it is both #InternationalLEGODay AND the publication anniversary of Pride & Prejudice, I give you:
LEGO Pemberley
(Currently under review with the LEGO people)
LEGO Pemberley
(Currently under review with the LEGO people)
Pemberley - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen | LEGO® Ideas
Presenting Pemberley—the stately home of Mr. Darcy, brought to life in LEGO as described in Pride and Prejudice, one of the most enduring novels of English lite…
beta.ideas.lego.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 PM
As it is both #InternationalLEGODay AND the publication anniversary of Pride & Prejudice, I give you:
LEGO Pemberley
(Currently under review with the LEGO people)
LEGO Pemberley
(Currently under review with the LEGO people)
I'm not distracted by the state of the world, no, I'm getting work done, I can concentrate, everything's fine, yes, just fine. Today I tried to check out a library book with my driver's license.
January 27, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I'm not distracted by the state of the world, no, I'm getting work done, I can concentrate, everything's fine, yes, just fine. Today I tried to check out a library book with my driver's license.
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ICE funding has passed the house, but it still has to go through the senate, now is your chance to call!
5calls.org makes it very easy to find the contact info for your reps, and provides scripts.
#abolishice #callyourreps #usapolitics #iceout #politicalart
5calls.org makes it very easy to find the contact info for your reps, and provides scripts.
#abolishice #callyourreps #usapolitics #iceout #politicalart
January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
ICE funding has passed the house, but it still has to go through the senate, now is your chance to call!
5calls.org makes it very easy to find the contact info for your reps, and provides scripts.
#abolishice #callyourreps #usapolitics #iceout #politicalart
5calls.org makes it very easy to find the contact info for your reps, and provides scripts.
#abolishice #callyourreps #usapolitics #iceout #politicalart
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Ormeau Community Choir singing Heidi Wilson's "Hold On" under the direction of Una McCann, The Commons, #Belfast
Solidarity with and love to #Minneapolis
#Bluesky
#SpéirGhorm
Solidarity with and love to #Minneapolis
#Bluesky
#SpéirGhorm
January 26, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Ormeau Community Choir singing Heidi Wilson's "Hold On" under the direction of Una McCann, The Commons, #Belfast
Solidarity with and love to #Minneapolis
#Bluesky
#SpéirGhorm
Solidarity with and love to #Minneapolis
#Bluesky
#SpéirGhorm
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As of a few hours ago, terrified people are still being abducted near my home. Celebrate today's tentative victories, but I also want out-of-towners to know that the crisis remains ongoing. We'll see what the coming days bring
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 AM
As of a few hours ago, terrified people are still being abducted near my home. Celebrate today's tentative victories, but I also want out-of-towners to know that the crisis remains ongoing. We'll see what the coming days bring
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Monday. Negative 4 degrees. Fascism.
January 26, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Monday. Negative 4 degrees. Fascism.
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If anyone has access to this article I would like to read it. 📚
madison.com/news/local/e...
madison.com/news/local/e...
UW-Madison Libraries, longtime Friends group cut ties
University officials gave the Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries 60 days to clear out its space in the Memorial Library.
madison.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:03 PM
If anyone has access to this article I would like to read it. 📚
madison.com/news/local/e...
madison.com/news/local/e...