Wendy Rouse
@wendylrouse.bsky.social
Professor, Historian, Author of Queer History of the Suffrage Movement & Her Own Hero: Origins of Women's Self-Defense, History Teacher Prep, #LGBTQHistory 🏳️🌈🗃️
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Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Let me fix that for you:
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
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I got a bit personal in #AHAPerspectives this month. On quitting grad school, co-editing a book, and still being a historian without the PhD. 🗃️
A Dream Realized – AHA
Leaving academia doesn’t mean leaving behind disciplinary dreams.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I got a bit personal in #AHAPerspectives this month. On quitting grad school, co-editing a book, and still being a historian without the PhD. 🗃️
What? Women ruining things, yet again, with their insistence on equality?
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
What? Women ruining things, yet again, with their insistence on equality?
The suffragists who picketed the White House in 1917 demanding the passage of the 19th Amendment endured arrest & imprisonment for the cause. Many of them, estranged from their own families because of their commitment to the fight for democracy, relied on each other for support...
#GOTV #Vote
#GOTV #Vote
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Embroidery in suffrage colours of violet, white and green by UK Suffragette Janie Terrero, embroidered with the names of fellow hunger strikers imprisoned in Holloway Prison, 1912 #womensart
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
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OutHistory recently completed updates of two different timelines of transgender history. One, “Transgender History,” is an interactive timeline and “Transgender U.S. History, 1528-2020” is a chronological listing of source material.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more!
Head to the link in our bio to learn more!
October 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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In this week's Gilded Age & Progressive Era podcast Boyd and I talked about my recent book, _Recasting the Vote_, and what the history of suffrage looks like from different perspectives. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the conversation @shgape.bsky.social
shows.acast.com/gildedageand...
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106: Recasting the Vote | The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
with Cathleen D. Cahill
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October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In this week's Gilded Age & Progressive Era podcast Boyd and I talked about my recent book, _Recasting the Vote_, and what the history of suffrage looks like from different perspectives. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the conversation @shgape.bsky.social
shows.acast.com/gildedageand...
shows.acast.com/gildedageand...
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College faculty are under pressure to say and do the right thing – the stress also trickles down to students
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Lee Ann Rawlins Williams
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Lee Ann Rawlins Williams
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College faculty are under pressure to say and do the right thing – the stress also trickles down to students
Faculty members say they are worried about job security but also whether they should be introducing certain topics, like gender, in their class or with colleagues.
theconversation.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
College faculty are under pressure to say and do the right thing – the stress also trickles down to students
@us.theconversation.com
Lee Ann Rawlins Williams
theconversation.com/college-facu...
@us.theconversation.com
Lee Ann Rawlins Williams
theconversation.com/college-facu...
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When California required LGBTQ+ history in schools, UC Davis’s CHSSP helped build the curriculum from the ground up.
These lessons combine primary sources with guidance to teach identity, belonging, and social change.
@ucdavis.bsky.social
#LGBTQHistoryMonth
Read more:
These lessons combine primary sources with guidance to teach identity, belonging, and social change.
@ucdavis.bsky.social
#LGBTQHistoryMonth
Read more:
Teaching LGBTQ+ History from the Ground Up
In 2012, the California legislature mandated a more complete representation of everyone who contributed to the state’s and nation’s histories. The UC Davis California History-Social Science Project (C...
lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
When California required LGBTQ+ history in schools, UC Davis’s CHSSP helped build the curriculum from the ground up.
These lessons combine primary sources with guidance to teach identity, belonging, and social change.
@ucdavis.bsky.social
#LGBTQHistoryMonth
Read more:
These lessons combine primary sources with guidance to teach identity, belonging, and social change.
@ucdavis.bsky.social
#LGBTQHistoryMonth
Read more:
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Happy to share my piece for @theguardian.com on the mainstreaming of fascist fashion. If we want to fight this, we first need to learn to recognize (and name) its aesthetics, especially today. Check it out 🗃️https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/fascist-fashion-language
The not-so secret language of fascist fashion
Today’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Happy to share my piece for @theguardian.com on the mainstreaming of fascist fashion. If we want to fight this, we first need to learn to recognize (and name) its aesthetics, especially today. Check it out 🗃️https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/fascist-fashion-language
“Some people might say it's really important for LGBTQ+ kids to see themselves in the past,” said Rouse. “I think it's even more important for non-LGBTQ+ kids to see that LGBTQ+ people have always existed.”
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#sschat #EduSky #edchat 🗃️ 🏳️🌈
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#sschat #EduSky #edchat 🗃️ 🏳️🌈
Teaching LGBTQ+ History from the Ground Up
In 2012, the California legislature mandated a more complete representation of everyone who contributed to the state’s and nation’s histories. The UC Davis California History-Social Science Project (C...
lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu
October 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
“Some people might say it's really important for LGBTQ+ kids to see themselves in the past,” said Rouse. “I think it's even more important for non-LGBTQ+ kids to see that LGBTQ+ people have always existed.”
lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/lgbtq-histor...
#sschat #EduSky #edchat 🗃️ 🏳️🌈
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#sschat #EduSky #edchat 🗃️ 🏳️🌈
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
"While CA is leading the nation in our efforts to fight the targeting and harassment of educators, government employees, LGBTQ folks, immigrants, and Black and Brown communities, CSU capitulated without a fight to the Trump Administration’s witch hunt of faculty....
CFA Sues CSU Over Disclosure of Cal State LA Faculty Personal Information to Trump Administration - California Faculty Association
Today, Friday, October 10, the California Faculty Association (CFA) filed a Petition for Writ of Mandate and Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory
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October 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"While CA is leading the nation in our efforts to fight the targeting and harassment of educators, government employees, LGBTQ folks, immigrants, and Black and Brown communities, CSU capitulated without a fight to the Trump Administration’s witch hunt of faculty....
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Good on MIT. Courage is contagious.
MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling reut.rs/471tkNZ
MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling
Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she "cannot support" a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding.
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October 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Good on MIT. Courage is contagious.
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As for her call for non-academics to get involved: one thing you should do if you see attacks on academic freedom or administrators capitulating to Trump's extortion at your alma mater is to write the uni/college president & express your outrage. They need to hear from alumni ASAP. Template👇
As for her call for non-academics to get involved: one thing you should do if you see attacks on academic freedom or administrators capitulating to Trump's extortion at your alma mater is to write the uni/college president & express your outrage. They need to hear from alumni ASAP. Template👇
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 5:33 PM
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As for her call for non-academics to get involved: one thing you should do if you see attacks on academic freedom or administrators capitulating to Trump's extortion at your alma mater is to write the uni/college president & express your outrage. They need to hear from alumni ASAP. Template👇
As for her call for non-academics to get involved: one thing you should do if you see attacks on academic freedom or administrators capitulating to Trump's extortion at your alma mater is to write the uni/college president & express your outrage. They need to hear from alumni ASAP. Template👇
Excellent thread outlining the significance of recent attacks on professors and academic freedom. I would just add that this targeted harassment and doxing has been happening for quite some time to K-12 educators caught up in the "Rainbow Panic" over the discussion of LGBTQ+ topics in schools.
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 10:38 PM
Excellent thread outlining the significance of recent attacks on professors and academic freedom. I would just add that this targeted harassment and doxing has been happening for quite some time to K-12 educators caught up in the "Rainbow Panic" over the discussion of LGBTQ+ topics in schools.
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Please acknowledge what is happening to American professors right now.
We do not deserve this.
We do not deserve this.
October 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Please acknowledge what is happening to American professors right now.
We do not deserve this.
We do not deserve this.
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I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
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wowwww this is incredibly beautiful. tagging some friends who will love this: @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @marcusluther.bsky.social
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Human Error Is the Point: On Teaching College During the Rise of AI - The Rumpus
My syllabus is a mess of half-remembered intentions. I re-use icebreakers that I know don’t work. I forget to grade the first assignment until Week Four. I write emails that begin with “So sorry for t...
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October 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
wowwww this is incredibly beautiful. tagging some friends who will love this: @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @marcusluther.bsky.social
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Everything about this NYT cover kind of sums up where we are in this moment (most especially the apparently very important article on the Choco Taco).
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Everything about this NYT cover kind of sums up where we are in this moment (most especially the apparently very important article on the Choco Taco).
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We published 10 articles about historians' work for, with, and on the National Park Service in #AHAPerspectives this summer. You can find them all here: 🗃️
September 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We published 10 articles about historians' work for, with, and on the National Park Service in #AHAPerspectives this summer. You can find them all here: 🗃️