Rachel Pitkin
@raepitkin.bsky.social
History PhDing @ CUNY GC • Mellon Predoctoral Fellow in Women’s & Public History: New York Historical • Programs: Humanities NY (State Council, NEH) • Brooklyn ↔️ Buffalo 💨
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slightly demoralizing as a writer to see people reacting to the headline of this piece questioning the premises of the "masculinity crisis" because they think only read the headline and so think it is affirming them
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
slightly demoralizing as a writer to see people reacting to the headline of this piece questioning the premises of the "masculinity crisis" because they think only read the headline and so think it is affirming them
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This is really well done. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is really well done. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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The whole piece is excellent but these paragraphs here are absolute bangers. And boy but it’s refreshing to see the New Yorker critique centrist views (here’s the archived version if you haven’t got a subscription: archive.ph/UNdFj).
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The whole piece is excellent but these paragraphs here are absolute bangers. And boy but it’s refreshing to see the New Yorker critique centrist views (here’s the archived version if you haven’t got a subscription: archive.ph/UNdFj).
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
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Trump want to make a one time payment of 400 bucks, then cancel your insurance. You can use that money to make a downpayment on your coffin.
Trump: "I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE."
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trump want to make a one time payment of 400 bucks, then cancel your insurance. You can use that money to make a downpayment on your coffin.
A research evening, but with John Brown’s side eye.
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A research evening, but with John Brown’s side eye.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
Chief among the many reasons this is offensive is because it eclipses the Grade A gossiping skills of many male colleagues who work hard at their craft each and every day, even when it means distracting me from my VERY SERIOUS work.
I'm not linking to that NYT piece today, but of all the horrible parts of it, this was the worst. This was an explanation of "female vices" in the workplace and LET ME JUST TELL YOU...
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Chief among the many reasons this is offensive is because it eclipses the Grade A gossiping skills of many male colleagues who work hard at their craft each and every day, even when it means distracting me from my VERY SERIOUS work.
Crowdsourcing: would you visit an exhibit on the long history of women ruining things in American society? Put on by a certain center that has the name women’s history in its title?
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Crowdsourcing: would you visit an exhibit on the long history of women ruining things in American society? Put on by a certain center that has the name women’s history in its title?
Hi #skystorians — I’m looking for access to Leslie Harris’ latest article in the Boston Globe, “For Black People, the Revolution was Full of Paradoxes.” Can anyone help with access?
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Hi #skystorians — I’m looking for access to Leslie Harris’ latest article in the Boston Globe, “For Black People, the Revolution was Full of Paradoxes.” Can anyone help with access?
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i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”
I am taking particular pleasure in the complete collapse of trans-as-unbeatable-wedge-issue narrative this morning. It might be an 80-20 issue in voters minds, but it has to be on voters minds to matter. The results in VA demonstrate that it is very much not on voters minds.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”
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this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam
if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam
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The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
The humanities are not dead (views probably representative of my employer).
You African Studies majors out there: you too can become mayor of New York City!!!
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The humanities are not dead (views probably representative of my employer).
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BREAKING: NY Board of Elections says more than 2 MILLION votes have been cast in the NYC election - the highest number since 1969.
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
BREAKING: NY Board of Elections says more than 2 MILLION votes have been cast in the NYC election - the highest number since 1969.
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Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
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Another warning.
Reverend Black: "We are not breaking any law."
Reverend Black: "We are not breaking any law."
November 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Another warning.
Reverend Black: "We are not breaking any law."
Reverend Black: "We are not breaking any law."
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The deeply unprofessional masked goons are now going to subcontract their bounties to completely unprofessional armed goons. Awesome.
“Under the plan, bounty hunters may receive “monetary bonuses” depending on how successfully they track down their targets — and how many immigrants they then report to ICE.”
Or ICE could just fund the Klan directly.
Or ICE could just fund the Klan directly.
ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants
Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate — and paid cash bonuses for performance.
theintercept.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The deeply unprofessional masked goons are now going to subcontract their bounties to completely unprofessional armed goons. Awesome.
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Reverend David Black has a Bible open and is preaching to the police now, inviting them to join him in standing with the persecuted inside the detention center.
"Which side do you think Jesus wanted his followers to be on?"
"Which side do you think Jesus wanted his followers to be on?"
November 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Reverend David Black has a Bible open and is preaching to the police now, inviting them to join him in standing with the persecuted inside the detention center.
"Which side do you think Jesus wanted his followers to be on?"
"Which side do you think Jesus wanted his followers to be on?"
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History/Humanities crowdsourcing time: I’m looking for organizations / scholars / students who have done interesting work on interpreting hauntings (loosely) in the Humanities. I am eager to gather work from any discipline. This could be books, events, initiatives. Can you share & help? 🔮
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
History/Humanities crowdsourcing time: I’m looking for organizations / scholars / students who have done interesting work on interpreting hauntings (loosely) in the Humanities. I am eager to gather work from any discipline. This could be books, events, initiatives. Can you share & help? 🔮