Connor Kenaston
@cskenaston.bsky.social
Historian of US religion, culture, and capitalism | Writing a book about religion and radio in the American century | Assistant History Prof at Randolph College | PhD @UVA | BA @Yale | WV roots | he/him/his
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Earlier this year, @wendylrouse.bsky.social was one of the first to sound the alarm about federal censorship of historical work. Today at #AHAPerspectives, she writes about what happened with her own article on the NPS website and the longer history of LGBTQ+ erasure. 🗃️
Confronting the Rainbow Panic
The erasure of LGBTQ+ stories from the National Park Service and other government websites has a long history.
www.historians.org
July 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Earlier this year, @wendylrouse.bsky.social was one of the first to sound the alarm about federal censorship of historical work. Today at #AHAPerspectives, she writes about what happened with her own article on the NPS website and the longer history of LGBTQ+ erasure. 🗃️
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
#Facebook appears to have kicked this education professor off its platforms bc she quoted Harvey Milk. #meta apparently considers calling for “a safe and supportive environment” for all young people a form of child exploitation.
Happy Pride Month from our corporate overlords! 🌈 #pride #pride2025
Happy Pride Month from our corporate overlords! 🌈 #pride #pride2025
Hi, Bluesky! I’m a brand-new user after being summarily kicked off Facebook and the other Meta platforms this morning. Why, you ask?
June 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#Facebook appears to have kicked this education professor off its platforms bc she quoted Harvey Milk. #meta apparently considers calling for “a safe and supportive environment” for all young people a form of child exploitation.
Happy Pride Month from our corporate overlords! 🌈 #pride #pride2025
Happy Pride Month from our corporate overlords! 🌈 #pride #pride2025
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“We are in danger of not being able to help this next generation of American citizens understand the nation’s past,” said Cathy Gorn, the exec. dir. of National History Day. “There’s a lot to lose here.”
Canceled remaining National History Day funding: $825,000 🗃️
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/a...
Canceled remaining National History Day funding: $825,000 🗃️
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/a...
Groups Are Told That Federal Humanities Grants Are Canceled (Gift Article)
Letters informed grant recipients that funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities would be redirected to furthering “the president’s agenda.”
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
“We are in danger of not being able to help this next generation of American citizens understand the nation’s past,” said Cathy Gorn, the exec. dir. of National History Day. “There’s a lot to lose here.”
Canceled remaining National History Day funding: $825,000 🗃️
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/a...
Canceled remaining National History Day funding: $825,000 🗃️
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/a...
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"[For the Right], D.E.I...is the mere presence of a woman or nonwhite person or disabled or transgender person in any high-skilled, high-status position. And their alternative isn’t some heretofore unknown standard of merit; it is the reintroduction of something like segregation."
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Opinion | Trump’s War on D.E.I. Is Really a War on Civil Rights
The genius of the right-wing crusade against D.E.I. is that the term is amorphous enough that it can mean many different things to many different people.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"[For the Right], D.E.I...is the mere presence of a woman or nonwhite person or disabled or transgender person in any high-skilled, high-status position. And their alternative isn’t some heretofore unknown standard of merit; it is the reintroduction of something like segregation."
(gift link)
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UPDATE: The National Park Service have now removed “queer” and the “Q+” from the web page for stonewall, along with any mentions of transgender people.
February 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
UPDATE: The National Park Service have now removed “queer” and the “Q+” from the web page for stonewall, along with any mentions of transgender people.
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‼️ The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did the remove the world "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+".
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
February 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
‼️ The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did the remove the world "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+".
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
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A public State Department procurement document for fiscal year 2025 listed the purchase for $400 million. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is a top White House official.
Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas
That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White Ho...
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February 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A public State Department procurement document for fiscal year 2025 listed the purchase for $400 million. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is a top White House official.
Checks and balances are apparently as outdated as balancing a checkbook #civics #ConstitutionalCrisis
February 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Checks and balances are apparently as outdated as balancing a checkbook #civics #ConstitutionalCrisis
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Every professor should join the AAUP right now if you haven't. www.aaup.org
Also join your local campus workers union, or any other union relevant to your work (they do different things!).
If the government won't protect us, and our administrations won't protect us, we need to protect each other.
Also join your local campus workers union, or any other union relevant to your work (they do different things!).
If the government won't protect us, and our administrations won't protect us, we need to protect each other.
AAUP
www.aaup.org
February 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Every professor should join the AAUP right now if you haven't. www.aaup.org
Also join your local campus workers union, or any other union relevant to your work (they do different things!).
If the government won't protect us, and our administrations won't protect us, we need to protect each other.
Also join your local campus workers union, or any other union relevant to your work (they do different things!).
If the government won't protect us, and our administrations won't protect us, we need to protect each other.
Each executive order is terrible on its own, but the cumulative effect is the impression that POTUS is the government and everything else—Congress, courts, local gov, etc — doesn’t matter.
January 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Each executive order is terrible on its own, but the cumulative effect is the impression that POTUS is the government and everything else—Congress, courts, local gov, etc — doesn’t matter.
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Terribly weak and embarrassing move. He should be a man, like William Henry Harrison.
January 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Terribly weak and embarrassing move. He should be a man, like William Henry Harrison.
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Hi friends! At the end of this semester, I'm going up for tenure 😬😅Could you please🙏let me know if you have assigned my work in your classes?✨Please share so I can find any/all folks and I'll love you forever.
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January 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Hi friends! At the end of this semester, I'm going up for tenure 😬😅Could you please🙏let me know if you have assigned my work in your classes?✨Please share so I can find any/all folks and I'll love you forever.
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The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication @annenbergcargc.bsky.social at @asc.upenn.edu invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship. We are esp. interested in candidates whose work connects media industries, popular culture, and citizenship. www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
January 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication @annenbergcargc.bsky.social at @asc.upenn.edu invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship. We are esp. interested in candidates whose work connects media industries, popular culture, and citizenship. www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
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For crying out loud
Not only is this a fake Jefferson quote, but it's out of character.
Over 20,000 Jefferson documents are online.
He wrote "Jesus Christ" in only 13.
One is a list of books
He created his OWN version of the Bible.
He also supported the separation of church & state.
So...stop.
Not only is this a fake Jefferson quote, but it's out of character.
Over 20,000 Jefferson documents are online.
He wrote "Jesus Christ" in only 13.
One is a list of books
He created his OWN version of the Bible.
He also supported the separation of church & state.
So...stop.
In his opening speech, Speaker Mike Johnson just recited a long prayer attributed to Thomas Jefferson.
As @jackjenkins.me and others have pointed out, Jefferson never said any of this: www.monticello.org/research-edu...
As @jackjenkins.me and others have pointed out, Jefferson never said any of this: www.monticello.org/research-edu...
January 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
For crying out loud
Not only is this a fake Jefferson quote, but it's out of character.
Over 20,000 Jefferson documents are online.
He wrote "Jesus Christ" in only 13.
One is a list of books
He created his OWN version of the Bible.
He also supported the separation of church & state.
So...stop.
Not only is this a fake Jefferson quote, but it's out of character.
Over 20,000 Jefferson documents are online.
He wrote "Jesus Christ" in only 13.
One is a list of books
He created his OWN version of the Bible.
He also supported the separation of church & state.
So...stop.
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Since I couldn't get to #ASCH because of pneumonia, I'll still revel in the joy that @rns.org gave me today in their archival photo section of the newsletter.
This photo shows Rev. Elizabeth J. Canham as she celebrated her ordination on December 5, 1981, in the Episcopal Church.
This photo shows Rev. Elizabeth J. Canham as she celebrated her ordination on December 5, 1981, in the Episcopal Church.
January 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Fellow #academicsky profs working on syllabi & looking for assignments that AI can't complete--check out my book hunt assignment. Students have to search for & check out a book from the library. It was a hit with my survey course this fall! /1
cassandragoodhistorian.com/2024/11/12/t...
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cassandragoodhistorian.com/2024/11/12/t...
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The Book Hunt Assignment
This semester, I knew I wanted to swap out the short primary source analysis papers I’d been using in my US History to 1877 survey class. First, it was challenging to prevent AI cheating (whi…
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January 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Fellow #academicsky profs working on syllabi & looking for assignments that AI can't complete--check out my book hunt assignment. Students have to search for & check out a book from the library. It was a hit with my survey course this fall! /1
cassandragoodhistorian.com/2024/11/12/t...
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cassandragoodhistorian.com/2024/11/12/t...
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AHA members: The AHA is accepting applications for the 2025-26 research grants until February 15, 2025. Preference will be given to advanced doctoral students, nontenured faculty, and unaffiliated scholars and to those with specific research needs. 🗃️
Grants & Fellowships - AHA
AHA Research Grants Grants may be used for travel to a library or archive; microfilming, photography, or photocopying; borrowing or access fees; and similar research expenses-a list of purposes that i...
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December 27, 2024 at 6:18 PM
AHA members: The AHA is accepting applications for the 2025-26 research grants until February 15, 2025. Preference will be given to advanced doctoral students, nontenured faculty, and unaffiliated scholars and to those with specific research needs. 🗃️
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On Christmas Eve 1855 enslaved teenagers from Loudon County, Virginia fended off slave patrollers as they made their escape to freedom in Philadelphia. This image, “A Bold Stroke for Freedom,” is housed in the Library of Congress.
December 24, 2024 at 3:06 PM
On Christmas Eve 1855 enslaved teenagers from Loudon County, Virginia fended off slave patrollers as they made their escape to freedom in Philadelphia. This image, “A Bold Stroke for Freedom,” is housed in the Library of Congress.
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A right wing car maker who bought a media outlet in order to amplify antisemitic conspiracy theories is advocating for a far right German party that promises to expel a disfavored minority? You don’t say.
December 20, 2024 at 2:42 PM
A right wing car maker who bought a media outlet in order to amplify antisemitic conspiracy theories is advocating for a far right German party that promises to expel a disfavored minority? You don’t say.
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Just in case any of you don’t know about the amazing resources PH have been putting out, including how to implement your own handwriting transcription program (for free for <5000 images/month) programminghistorian.org/en/lessons/t... 🗃️
December 18, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Just in case any of you don’t know about the amazing resources PH have been putting out, including how to implement your own handwriting transcription program (for free for <5000 images/month) programminghistorian.org/en/lessons/t... 🗃️
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Jeffries: In our nation's history, 25% of our nation's debt was accumulated during the four years of the former president, 25%. How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility ever.
December 19, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Jeffries: In our nation's history, 25% of our nation's debt was accumulated during the four years of the former president, 25%. How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility ever.
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And if you see anyone using student evals negatively in a tenure process … stop them.
December 19, 2024 at 11:44 PM
And if you see anyone using student evals negatively in a tenure process … stop them.