Gale Kenny
@galekenny.bsky.social
Historian of US religion // knitter // author of Christian Imperial Feminism: White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire (NYU Press)
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I am here to reveal the truth about pumpkin spice lattes, by way of *deep* archival research (and 3,600 words)
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The curious, contentious history of pumpkin spice lattes
Starbucks didn’t invent them. But it’s possible that Tori Amos or a Midwest grandma did.
snackstack.net
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am here to reveal the truth about pumpkin spice lattes, by way of *deep* archival research (and 3,600 words)
snackstack.net/2025/10/21/t...
snackstack.net/2025/10/21/t...
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Joan Scott reflects on academic inquiry, "viewpoint diversity" and its weaponization: academeblog.org/2025/10/15/o...
On Viewpoint Diversity
BY JOAN W. SCOTT This essay is adapted from the author’s contribution to a forum the Johns Hopkins University AAUP chapter organized to discuss Lisa Siraganian’s Academe article “Seven Theses Again…
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October 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Joan Scott reflects on academic inquiry, "viewpoint diversity" and its weaponization: academeblog.org/2025/10/15/o...
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Do the three housing ballot proposals represent YIMBY "Abundance" magic or an anti-democratic "power grab"?
Here's our crash course on the back of your ballot:
Here's our crash course on the back of your ballot:
A Crash Course in the 3 Controversial Housing Ballot Proposals
Do they represent YIMBY 'Abundance' magic or an anti-democratic 'power grab'?
hellgatenyc.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Do the three housing ballot proposals represent YIMBY "Abundance" magic or an anti-democratic "power grab"?
Here's our crash course on the back of your ballot:
Here's our crash course on the back of your ballot:
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Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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The daughter of an Episcopal priest -- the first female Anglican priest in Seoul -- was arrested at immigration court in New York by ICE. Family says she has a visa - www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...
US immigration authorities detain daughter of Korean Episcopal priest - The Korea Times
The daughter of a Korean Episcopal priest has been detained by U.S. immigration authorities in New York, despite holding what legal advocates say is valid immigration status — drawing strong condemnat...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
August 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The daughter of an Episcopal priest -- the first female Anglican priest in Seoul -- was arrested at immigration court in New York by ICE. Family says she has a visa - www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...
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"At the end of the day, I don't think my education is as important as the lives of people in Gaza who are being murdered and intentionally starved right now."
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July 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"At the end of the day, I don't think my education is as important as the lives of people in Gaza who are being murdered and intentionally starved right now."
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hellgatenyc.com/columbia-sus...
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NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
By Anas Baba
By Anas Baba
Knives, bullets and thieves: the quest for food in Gaza
NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
n.pr
July 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
By Anas Baba
By Anas Baba
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Short profile of mom on PBS: “A brief, but spectacular take on piecing the past to the future” #quilts #quilting #art #Juneteenth
youtu.be/jFr8lkfSMks?...
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June 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Short profile of mom on PBS: “A brief, but spectacular take on piecing the past to the future” #quilts #quilting #art #Juneteenth
youtu.be/jFr8lkfSMks?...
youtu.be/jFr8lkfSMks?...
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BREAKING: The Episcopal Church has announced it will end its decades-old partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by the Trump admin. religionnews.com/2025/05/12/e...
Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government
(RNS) — In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step,' the pr...
religionnews.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
BREAKING: The Episcopal Church has announced it will end its decades-old partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by the Trump admin. religionnews.com/2025/05/12/e...
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Saw us on TV yesterday? Let us introduce ourselves, and how you can help.
DREAM–Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor–is a campaign to stop the two men who have done the most to hurt New Yorkers from running the greatest city on earth.
DREAM–Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor–is a campaign to stop the two men who have done the most to hurt New Yorkers from running the greatest city on earth.
March 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Saw us on TV yesterday? Let us introduce ourselves, and how you can help.
DREAM–Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor–is a campaign to stop the two men who have done the most to hurt New Yorkers from running the greatest city on earth.
DREAM–Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor–is a campaign to stop the two men who have done the most to hurt New Yorkers from running the greatest city on earth.
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I’m the Director of the Center for Historical Studies at Northwestern and also a gender historian. If I thought for a minute that our administration had cancelled this conference for political reasons I would be complaining, loudly. But this is not an accurate representation of what happened.
March 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I’m the Director of the Center for Historical Studies at Northwestern and also a gender historian. If I thought for a minute that our administration had cancelled this conference for political reasons I would be complaining, loudly. But this is not an accurate representation of what happened.
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NEW: There's been a 51-percent drop in injuries an a 55-percent drop in crashes year-over-year within the congestion relief zone in just the first 12 days of the program. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/c...
Congestion Relief Zone is Also a CRASH Relief Zone: Data - Streetsblog New York City
Congestion pricing critics will have one less reason to say the toll isn't working
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
NEW: There's been a 51-percent drop in injuries an a 55-percent drop in crashes year-over-year within the congestion relief zone in just the first 12 days of the program. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/c...
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A graduate student at @rrchnm.bsky.social, Rachel Whyte, put together an introductory video about the Religious Bodies censuses conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and the work that we are doing to turn them into a dataset for scholarly and public use. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNgJ...
A Brief History of the Religious Bodies Census
YouTube video by Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM)
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December 2, 2024 at 5:42 PM
A graduate student at @rrchnm.bsky.social, Rachel Whyte, put together an introductory video about the Religious Bodies censuses conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and the work that we are doing to turn them into a dataset for scholarly and public use. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNgJ...
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Apply now for Virginia Ramey Mollenkott award for best academic paper in LGBTQ religious history lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/vrm-award
Virginia Ramey Mollenkott Award • LGBTQ Religious Archives Network
Preserving personal papers and organizational records from LGBTQ religious movements.
lgbtqreligiousarchives.org
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Apply now for Virginia Ramey Mollenkott award for best academic paper in LGBTQ religious history lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/vrm-award
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I send the original to @mjcrockett.bsky.social yesterday saying we should write a rebuttal though neither of us have time, and then VOILÀ!! We need MORE of this! MORE responses from academics, more shaming, more fighting against the broligarchy's shameless grift on universities!
In response to OpenAI’s recent ‘A Student’s Guide to Writing with ChatGPT’, Arthur Perret (maître de conferénces, Jean Moulin Lyon 3) writes a line-by-line rebuttal — A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT www.arthurperret.fr/blog/2024-11...
A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT
Site web d’Arthur Perret, enseignant-chercheur en SIC.
www.arthurperret.fr
November 15, 2024 at 1:13 PM
I send the original to @mjcrockett.bsky.social yesterday saying we should write a rebuttal though neither of us have time, and then VOILÀ!! We need MORE of this! MORE responses from academics, more shaming, more fighting against the broligarchy's shameless grift on universities!
2-year postdoc: www.ircpl.columbia.edu/postdoctoral...
Postdoctoral Research Scholar — Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life
www.ircpl.columbia.edu
November 12, 2024 at 6:21 PM
2-year postdoc: www.ircpl.columbia.edu/postdoctoral...
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Here's a link to our fantastic program for #USIH2024 in Boston, Massachusetts: s-usih.org/wp-content/u...
@sarageorgini.bsky.social @benjaminepark.bsky.social @econroykrutz.bsky.social
@sarageorgini.bsky.social @benjaminepark.bsky.social @econroykrutz.bsky.social
s-usih.org
November 8, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Here's a link to our fantastic program for #USIH2024 in Boston, Massachusetts: s-usih.org/wp-content/u...
@sarageorgini.bsky.social @benjaminepark.bsky.social @econroykrutz.bsky.social
@sarageorgini.bsky.social @benjaminepark.bsky.social @econroykrutz.bsky.social
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OK, I guess someone had to do it and I guess today that someone is me. Academic Study of Religion starter pack! I am sure I have left people out, so please let me know if I need to add you!
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November 8, 2024 at 2:33 PM
OK, I guess someone had to do it and I guess today that someone is me. Academic Study of Religion starter pack! I am sure I have left people out, so please let me know if I need to add you!
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