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Tami Peterson
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Music. Art. Cats. Books. History. PhD & academic stuff: Holocaust Research & Antisemitism Studies. ✡︎
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I ❤️ this “This is a song I wrote when I was thinking about my little boyfriend in sixth grade, Danny. He was so cute, and I went to Woolworths and I bought him a ring… as soon as I gave it to him I knew it wasn’t the cool thing to do. And that was just the beginning - for the rest of my life!” #VDay
Least Complicated (Live at the Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA -April 1995)
YouTube video by Indigo Girls - Topic
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February 14, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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Peter Birkhäuser (1911–1976) - The Cat, c. 1949-55
January 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Man Drinking Champagne (1992)
by Bruno Vekemans
February 13, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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'Night (no. 2)', Chelsea (1907) by William Orpen

(National Gallery of Victoria)
February 12, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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"My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night?"

#musicsky #leadbelly #nirvana
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Live On MTV Unplugged, 1993 / Unedited)
YouTube video by NirvanaVEVO
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February 12, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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'The London Underground' by Fermin Rocker (1907-2004)

(Private collection)
February 11, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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'Encounter No. 1', Docklands (1947) by Michael Ayrton

(Jerwood Collection)
February 11, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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Interior with Young Woman from Behind (1904) - Vilhelm Hammershøi
#art #painting #illustration
February 9, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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'Eastbound, Piccadilly' by Michael Alford
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February 10, 2026 at 7:37 AM
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As a white girl from Utah who learned, understands and speaks Spanish I find all these white people moaning that they “can’t understand” the language as some kind of grievance so bizarre. So learn it. No one’s stopping you.
Bad Bunny - Tití Me Preguntó (Video Oficial) | Un Verano Sin Ti
YouTube video by Bad Bunny
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February 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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Fuck ICE
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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reminder that green day some real ones
February 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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#musicsky #rem @remhq.bsky.social
R.E.M. - Fall On Me
YouTube video by REMVEVO
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February 8, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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The battle
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19185
"The Battle" by Remedios Varo depicts an imaginative scene where otherworldly creatures climb towards a towering, fortress-like structure amidst a tumultuous landscape. Varo's surrealistic style infuses the artwork with a sense of mystical conflict, blending fantastical elements with detailed, dream-like architecture.
February 8, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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Portrait of Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein
https://botfrens.com/collections/109/contents/28517
The "Portrait of Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein" by Gustav Klimt combines elegant figuration with the artist's distinctive style, blending intricate patterns with subtle textures. The portrayal of Margaret in a luminous white gown emphasizes both her grace and the innovative blending of realism and decorative elements typical of Klimt’s golden period.
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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Self Portrait with Hand to Cheek, 1910
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/24995
Egon Schiele's "Self Portrait with Hand to Cheek" vividly captures the artist's introspective and intense expression through sharp contours and vibrant hues characteristic of his style. Painted in 1910, the work exemplifies Schiele's exploration of human emotions and physical form, utilizing bold, exaggerated figures and gestural brushwork that convey a sense of psychological depth.
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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“You tried to make me doubt, to make me guess, tried to make me feel like a little less,
Oh, I liked you when your soul was bared, I thought you knew how to be scared,
And now its amazing what you did to make me stay,
But truth is just like time, it catches up and it just keeps going”

#musicsky
Dar Williams - "As Cool As I Am" (official video)
YouTube video by darwilliamsmusic
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February 7, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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February by Gil Elvgren (1950)

#artsky #pinup #gilelvgren
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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Day 25 #nycnursestrike #NYSNA #thebronx
February 6, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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Catching some rays on the picket line today. Day 25! Hold the line! #nycnursestrike #NYSNA #unionpower
February 6, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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“But it's better than some factory
Now that's no place to waste your youth
I worked there for a week once
And I luckily got the boot”

#musicsky #theclash #punk
The Clash - All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts) ( Tribute MV )
YouTube video by Stauffen
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February 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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Submitted!!! My defense is two weeks from today! #phdlife #dissertation #doingthework
MOBILIZATION FOR MURDER: DEADLY ANTISEMITIC MYTHS FROM THE HOLOCAUST TO THE PRESENT TAMI PETERSON A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies for the Doctor of Philosophy in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Gratz College 2026 DEDICATION To the children Rhys Montalvo Traquino, Wren Montalvo Traquino, Pearl Rauchwerk, Ian Maxwell Fret, Mira Belani Barker and Samara Eichler, this work is for you May you build a better future together and never give up hope ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thanks the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, Professor David Hirsh at Goldsmiths, University of London for constant discussion, encouragement and support. I am grateful to the NYU Center for the Study of Antisemitism and Professor Avinoam Patt for his insight into this project, and especially his recommendation to use the Yizkor books as an additional source of archival material. My thanks also go to my fellow NYU CSA inaugural fellow cohort members Irit Bloch, Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias, Marcia Kupfer, and Chrisopher Probst as well as Liora Sabra and William Pimlott, for hours of discussion and collegial input. I am grateful to Dr. Linda Maizels at the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism for valuable discussion, insight and for leading the way. I would like to thank the educators at Gratz College who are leaders in Holocaust Studies, including Dr. Mehnaz Afridi, Dr. Carson Phillips and Dr. Ruth Sandberg, for providing education and vital perspectives. I owe particular gratitude to my advisor and Director of the Gratz Center for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights, Dr. Ayal Feinberg, for his unwavering belief in my work, constant support and encouragement and his empirical insight. I am grateful to my fellow students, especially Liz Berger, the original Cohort V of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies program, and the original Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism editorial crew: Ella Nayor, Jennifer Wilson, Bobbi Bittker and Bob Verissimo. I thank Jeffrey Kopstein (UC Irvine) and Jason Wittenberg (UC Berkeley) for their kind use of the original datasets published in Intimate Violence. I am also grateful to Dr. Joanna Michlic, Anna Zawadka, Helena Datner, Gunther Jikeli, Philip Spencer and David Seymour for feedback along the journey from this project's earliest conception to its present form. I acknowledge Emmanuel Ringelblum and his team at the Oneg Shabbat Archives for recording and preserving vital information in the most horrific circumstances - material that continues, decades later, to help us understand the Holocaust. I am deeply grateful to the dedicated volunteers who recorded and translated survivor testimony in the Yizkor books over many years, and to Father Desbois and his team at Yahad-In Unum, whose interviews with child witnesses to atrocities provided valuable insight for this work. The six million - but especially those hundreds of nameless individuals whose violent deaths I encountered through testimony and archival records - deserve special acknowledgement. You deserved to live and be remembered for everything you could have been, not for how you suffered and died. History can never return what should have been, but in your name we continue to try and create a better world from the ashes. Given the weight of the material I was studying, many counter weights were needed. These were provided first and foremost by my loving and devoted wife, Shira Eichler, RN, without whose support this work would not have been possible. I thank my in-laws, the Eichlers, for many years of discussion, Shabbat dinners, family warmth and reminders of Jewish joy - Yaffa, Meir, Eli, Shay, Ari and my new baby niece Samara. My beloved cats, Kitty, Stachie and Dory (RIP), were constant companions during the hours of solitary work, providing humor and important reality checks. I am deeply grateful to my friends who have been there for me for decades, including Lorna Montalvo, Dan Rauchwerk, Nicole Dennet and Gina Fret whose love and devotion to their own children and our shared future, reminded me that this work was important and worth doing. I also thank the old Salt Lake City YS crew Jason Weaver, Joellyn Manville and Samantha. I am grateful to my friend Jeremy Barker for being a political sounding board and art museum companion, reminding me to always look for …
February 4, 2026 at 1:31 AM