Jessica (Ziparo) McHugh
@jessaz.bsky.social
Mom. Author. Civil War and Gender Historian. Retired attorney. Nerd. Long Islander in Seattle. She/her
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
March 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
Donald Trump is what weak men think that a strong man looks like.
This is a simple fact, not up for debate.
This is a simple fact, not up for debate.
March 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Donald Trump is what weak men think that a strong man looks like.
This is a simple fact, not up for debate.
This is a simple fact, not up for debate.
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This interview with Nikki Giovanni from earlier this year should be required reading. oxfordamerican.org/web-only/nik...
![I think the transgender kids are the bravest kids right now that we see; they're as brave as my generation was in breaking down segregation. They're breaking down-I don't have the word for it right now-but it's gender prejudice, and [the idea that] somebody has decided that they can tell you who you are, what your name should be, and how you should look.
And those youngsters are saying, "No, I can decide who I am, what my name should be." Everybody's mad at me like, You should be a girl because we've decided you're a girl. And they say, "Well, who the hell are you?" I can decide that I'm a boy. And if it makes me happy, what does it mean to you? And I can decide that my name is John. And if you don't like that my name is Geraldine, why can't you name yourself? And if the people who know you and love you-or have to talk to you, maybe they don't even love you but they have to talk to you -you can tell them, “This is my name, and I would like to be referred to in that way."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bb6m3nt3ohlter5c35zjlt6z/bafkreibs7rspksh3k7ekvnnmxzeenwwuvr4ab6fs4usuckmu2zpdzq3hcq@jpeg)
December 10, 2024 at 3:18 AM
This interview with Nikki Giovanni from earlier this year should be required reading. oxfordamerican.org/web-only/nik...
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social also if you ever want to use your skills to dig into the governance model SPS uses, we would love to have you. Here is one breakdown of why it’s a problem www.sfeducationalliance.com/blog/the-air...
December 10, 2024 at 1:20 AM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social also if you ever want to use your skills to dig into the governance model SPS uses, we would love to have you. Here is one breakdown of why it’s a problem www.sfeducationalliance.com/blog/the-air...
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social can you please share www.billiondollarbakesalewa.com/home with your Seattle networks? For context, WA is in top 10 states for GDP & second from bottom for % of GDP spent on edu. (Only Colorado spends a smaller % of GDP). We avoided closures this year but cuts are coming
December 10, 2024 at 1:19 AM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social can you please share www.billiondollarbakesalewa.com/home with your Seattle networks? For context, WA is in top 10 states for GDP & second from bottom for % of GDP spent on edu. (Only Colorado spends a smaller % of GDP). We avoided closures this year but cuts are coming
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just from a folklore point of view, "attractive hooded man kills billionaire head of hated business with bullets inscribed with political slogans and then vanishes" is narratively breathtaking
December 7, 2024 at 9:54 AM
just from a folklore point of view, "attractive hooded man kills billionaire head of hated business with bullets inscribed with political slogans and then vanishes" is narratively breathtaking
Come learn about the first women to work for the federal war and their fight for equal pay!
Did you know that in **1870** Congress nearly passed a resolution requiring that women employed by the federal government be paid the same as men doing the same job?? 🤯
Learn that story & more on this week's episode of Unsung History, with guest @jessaz.bsky.social, anywhere podcasts are found! 🎧
Learn that story & more on this week's episode of Unsung History, with guest @jessaz.bsky.social, anywhere podcasts are found! 🎧
The Women who Entered the Federal Workforce during the Civil War Era
As the federal workforce grew during the Civil War, department heads began employing women, without any explicit authorization from Congress that they could do so. …
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December 4, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Come learn about the first women to work for the federal war and their fight for equal pay!
You know how people say women forget how terrible pregnancy and childbirth are quickly, so that they will possibly want to do it again in the future? I think the same alchemy is at play in involving your kids in decorating for Christmas.
December 2, 2024 at 2:31 AM
You know how people say women forget how terrible pregnancy and childbirth are quickly, so that they will possibly want to do it again in the future? I think the same alchemy is at play in involving your kids in decorating for Christmas.