Olivia Meikle
@restingniceface.bsky.social
Professor, Author, Podcaster @whatshernamepod.bsky.social A History of the World in 80 Lost Women shorturl.at/0mqJt Book Of Sisters shorturl.at/Acre8 A Stinky History of Toilets shorturl.at/z6aM4. Women's History, Women's & Gender Studies, English. she/her
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Reading What's Her Name - A History of the World in 80 Lost Women from @whatshernamepod.bsky.social and wondering how I've never heard of Fu Hao, Shang general and general badass.
Side note, women leading the way into battle is not a new thing.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Hao
Side note, women leading the way into battle is not a new thing.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Hao
Fu Hao - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Reading What's Her Name - A History of the World in 80 Lost Women from @whatshernamepod.bsky.social and wondering how I've never heard of Fu Hao, Shang general and general badass.
Side note, women leading the way into battle is not a new thing.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Hao
Side note, women leading the way into battle is not a new thing.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Hao
100% can confirm.
This is actually, for the most part, the only way I ever get ANYTHING done.
This is actually, for the most part, the only way I ever get ANYTHING done.
if you avoid writing your book for long enough and start another book to procrastinate, then eventually you start procrastinating on the new book, which leads you to finishing the first book
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December 17, 2024 at 10:54 PM
100% can confirm.
This is actually, for the most part, the only way I ever get ANYTHING done.
This is actually, for the most part, the only way I ever get ANYTHING done.
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True story. My husband is on a trip to India and just surprised me with these photos. He accidentally came across our book in India and we didn’t even know it had been licensed there! 🤯 How is this real life!?!
December 5, 2024 at 10:18 PM
True story. My husband is on a trip to India and just surprised me with these photos. He accidentally came across our book in India and we didn’t even know it had been licensed there! 🤯 How is this real life!?!
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It is now time for my annual listening of the Ursula Bloom Christmas Special from the What’s Her Name podcast. It has ghosts, food, toys, and an elephant.
December 14, 2024 at 3:48 PM
It is now time for my annual listening of the Ursula Bloom Christmas Special from the What’s Her Name podcast. It has ghosts, food, toys, and an elephant.
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What a wonderful review of our new book! ❤️❤️
"The story told within those chapters takes that structure, spins it around, holds it upside down and shakes it until things fall out of its pockets. The result is dizzying, and enlightening." - Pamela Toler 😍
"The story told within those chapters takes that structure, spins it around, holds it upside down and shakes it until things fall out of its pockets. The result is dizzying, and enlightening." - Pamela Toler 😍
Happy book birthday to the creators of @whatshernamepod.bsky.social . It may come as no surprise that my review is positive - www.historyinthemargins.com/2024/12/17/w...
December 17, 2024 at 5:48 PM
What a wonderful review of our new book! ❤️❤️
"The story told within those chapters takes that structure, spins it around, holds it upside down and shakes it until things fall out of its pockets. The result is dizzying, and enlightening." - Pamela Toler 😍
"The story told within those chapters takes that structure, spins it around, holds it upside down and shakes it until things fall out of its pockets. The result is dizzying, and enlightening." - Pamela Toler 😍
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TODAY is our US/CA book birthday!! Zoom out and witness a new take on the whole incredible human saga in WHAT'S HER NAME, A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 80 LOST WOMEN! We won't be doing a media blitz until after the holidays so please help us share and get the word out! ❤️📘🎂 #BookBirthday
December 17, 2024 at 3:28 PM
TODAY is our US/CA book birthday!! Zoom out and witness a new take on the whole incredible human saga in WHAT'S HER NAME, A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 80 LOST WOMEN! We won't be doing a media blitz until after the holidays so please help us share and get the word out! ❤️📘🎂 #BookBirthday
BIG NEWS! At long (long long) last, my big book is now available in my own country! USians rejoice, A History of the World in 80 Lost Women is FINALLY here - just in time for the holidays! Order in our bookshop shorturl.at/vMLhT, at @barnesandnoble.com, on Amazon, or from your local indie bookstore!
December 17, 2024 at 9:47 PM
BIG NEWS! At long (long long) last, my big book is now available in my own country! USians rejoice, A History of the World in 80 Lost Women is FINALLY here - just in time for the holidays! Order in our bookshop shorturl.at/vMLhT, at @barnesandnoble.com, on Amazon, or from your local indie bookstore!
BIG NEWS for US & Canadian fans: after so many months of (im)patiently waiting, our newest book is FINALLY (almost) HERE! Preorder your copy now @ bookshop.org/a/18346/9780486853468 (& ofc y'all UK/NZ/AUS-ers can still get it anytime you want, anywhere you want, like the total showoffs you are.)
November 18, 2024 at 5:10 PM
BIG NEWS for US & Canadian fans: after so many months of (im)patiently waiting, our newest book is FINALLY (almost) HERE! Preorder your copy now @ bookshop.org/a/18346/9780486853468 (& ofc y'all UK/NZ/AUS-ers can still get it anytime you want, anywhere you want, like the total showoffs you are.)
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One month away! 🥰
When the world is chaos, we find that the big picture of world history sheds a bright and beautiful light on everything. That's what we wanted to share with you - a spark for your curious mind, and a balm for your weary soul. Out now in UK/AU, coming to the US/CA on DEC 17!
When the world is chaos, we find that the big picture of world history sheds a bright and beautiful light on everything. That's what we wanted to share with you - a spark for your curious mind, and a balm for your weary soul. Out now in UK/AU, coming to the US/CA on DEC 17!
November 17, 2024 at 5:33 PM
One month away! 🥰
When the world is chaos, we find that the big picture of world history sheds a bright and beautiful light on everything. That's what we wanted to share with you - a spark for your curious mind, and a balm for your weary soul. Out now in UK/AU, coming to the US/CA on DEC 17!
When the world is chaos, we find that the big picture of world history sheds a bright and beautiful light on everything. That's what we wanted to share with you - a spark for your curious mind, and a balm for your weary soul. Out now in UK/AU, coming to the US/CA on DEC 17!
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Happy London book birthday to @restingniceface.bsky.social and Katie Nelson of the @whatshernamepod.bsky.social podcast. (Those of us in the US will have to wait until December.)
June 7, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Happy London book birthday to @restingniceface.bsky.social and Katie Nelson of the @whatshernamepod.bsky.social podcast. (Those of us in the US will have to wait until December.)
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So many people here and so many of you are historians (or fans of history)! Our passion is bringing back the stories of amazing women in history. If you have come across any historical women that should have their story better known. Tell us ⬇️! We'd love to know who you have found! #WomensHistory
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ALT: willy wonka is wearing a purple suit and top hat and talking to a boy .
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November 15, 2024 at 9:02 PM
So many people here and so many of you are historians (or fans of history)! Our passion is bringing back the stories of amazing women in history. If you have come across any historical women that should have their story better known. Tell us ⬇️! We'd love to know who you have found! #WomensHistory
One of the best parts of this mass emigration to The Good Place so far has been watching, in gleeful by-proxy anticipation, as so many of y'all get to experience Dr. Frizzle's Greatest Hits for the very first time.
Feels like a good morning to tell Bluesky the story about when I overdosed on my underwear, so let’s do this! 🧵
November 18, 2024 at 3:53 PM
One of the best parts of this mass emigration to The Good Place so far has been watching, in gleeful by-proxy anticipation, as so many of y'all get to experience Dr. Frizzle's Greatest Hits for the very first time.
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It’s here! New #Halloween special! Countess Elizabeth Báthory was a monster – a sadistic vampire witch who tortured and murdered over 600 girls, then bathed in their blood. Or did she? Was she truly the supreme supernatural evil of 500 years of legend? Find out! 👇 t.co/CCW0AyhVWR
THE BLOOD COUNTESS Elizabeth Báthory — What'shername
Countess Elizabeth Báthory was a monster – a sadistic, murderous vampire witch who, in her castle in Hungary in the early 1600s, tortured and murdered over 600 young girls, then bathed in the blood...
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October 11, 2023 at 11:24 PM
It’s here! New #Halloween special! Countess Elizabeth Báthory was a monster – a sadistic vampire witch who tortured and murdered over 600 girls, then bathed in their blood. Or did she? Was she truly the supreme supernatural evil of 500 years of legend? Find out! 👇 t.co/CCW0AyhVWR