Nancy Bernhard, Author
@nancybernhard.bsky.social
Author, journalism historian, yoga teacher.
📖 THE DOUBLE STANDARD SPORTING HOUSE, out January 20, 2026.
📖 THE DOUBLE STANDARD SPORTING HOUSE, out January 20, 2026.
In my research for The Double Standard Sporting House, I came across art and illustrations that give contemporary viewers a window into 19th century culture.
The Christmas Tree by James Stephanoff, 1850s, shows a sweet holiday celebration.
Wishing good holiday cheer to all!
The Christmas Tree by James Stephanoff, 1850s, shows a sweet holiday celebration.
Wishing good holiday cheer to all!
December 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
In my research for The Double Standard Sporting House, I came across art and illustrations that give contemporary viewers a window into 19th century culture.
The Christmas Tree by James Stephanoff, 1850s, shows a sweet holiday celebration.
Wishing good holiday cheer to all!
The Christmas Tree by James Stephanoff, 1850s, shows a sweet holiday celebration.
Wishing good holiday cheer to all!
Story and characters often resonate because they’re rooted in good history.
I wrote about some of the books that informed The Double Standard Sporting House for WOW Women on Writing: muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2025/12/frid...
I wrote about some of the books that informed The Double Standard Sporting House for WOW Women on Writing: muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2025/12/frid...
December 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Story and characters often resonate because they’re rooted in good history.
I wrote about some of the books that informed The Double Standard Sporting House for WOW Women on Writing: muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2025/12/frid...
I wrote about some of the books that informed The Double Standard Sporting House for WOW Women on Writing: muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2025/12/frid...
How does society today resemble the time period and events in The Double Standard Sporting House?
Read more at Lit World Interviews: litworldinterviews.com/2025/12/08/a...
Read more at Lit World Interviews: litworldinterviews.com/2025/12/08/a...
December 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How does society today resemble the time period and events in The Double Standard Sporting House?
Read more at Lit World Interviews: litworldinterviews.com/2025/12/08/a...
Read more at Lit World Interviews: litworldinterviews.com/2025/12/08/a...
Need a gift for a reader?
Pre-order The Double Standard Sporting house and, for the holidays, you can give them a free bookmark and signed bookplate, plus the promise of a juicy read in the depths of January. Pre-order from your local bookstore, and request here:
www.nancybernhard.com/preorder-gift
Pre-order The Double Standard Sporting house and, for the holidays, you can give them a free bookmark and signed bookplate, plus the promise of a juicy read in the depths of January. Pre-order from your local bookstore, and request here:
www.nancybernhard.com/preorder-gift
December 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Need a gift for a reader?
Pre-order The Double Standard Sporting house and, for the holidays, you can give them a free bookmark and signed bookplate, plus the promise of a juicy read in the depths of January. Pre-order from your local bookstore, and request here:
www.nancybernhard.com/preorder-gift
Pre-order The Double Standard Sporting house and, for the holidays, you can give them a free bookmark and signed bookplate, plus the promise of a juicy read in the depths of January. Pre-order from your local bookstore, and request here:
www.nancybernhard.com/preorder-gift
Even in 2025, women are at a financial disadvantage. I wrote about the costs of being a woman over at GirlTalkHQ, from lost earnings and unpaid labor to additional expenses and even the time and energy spent avoiding violence.
www.girltalkhq.com/the-cost-of-...
www.girltalkhq.com/the-cost-of-...
December 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Even in 2025, women are at a financial disadvantage. I wrote about the costs of being a woman over at GirlTalkHQ, from lost earnings and unpaid labor to additional expenses and even the time and energy spent avoiding violence.
www.girltalkhq.com/the-cost-of-...
www.girltalkhq.com/the-cost-of-...
Had a great conversation with Madigan on Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist about the double standards facing women throughout history, and still today. Listen now on Apple, Spotify, or your other favorite podcast platform.
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Interview with Author Nancy Bernhard
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December 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Had a great conversation with Madigan on Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist about the double standards facing women throughout history, and still today. Listen now on Apple, Spotify, or your other favorite podcast platform.
podcasts.apple.com/.../intervie....
open.spotify.com/episode/3AAC...
podcasts.apple.com/.../intervie....
open.spotify.com/episode/3AAC...
Thank you to Kirkus Reviews for the kind words about The Double Standard Sporting House. Read the full review on their website, and preorder now to read the book when it comes out in six weeks!
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Do...
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Do...
December 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Thank you to Kirkus Reviews for the kind words about The Double Standard Sporting House. Read the full review on their website, and preorder now to read the book when it comes out in six weeks!
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Do...
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Do...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Excited to announce my first novel is launching in three months! The women of an elite 1868 New York brothel fight a corrupt political syndicate victimizing girls. Sound familiar? #historicalfiction #bookstagram #books #historicalfictionbookstagram #feminist #feminism
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Excited to announce my first novel is launching in three months! The women of an elite 1868 New York brothel fight a corrupt political syndicate victimizing girls. Sound familiar? #historicalfiction #bookstagram #books #historicalfictionbookstagram #feminist #feminism
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"Academic freedom policies came from faculties, not the government. Governments are the enemies of academic freedom, not their protectors." Brilliant piece by @sivav.bsky.social about the Trump administrations' latest effort to censor universities newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Academic freedom policies came from faculties, not the government. Governments are the enemies of academic freedom, not their protectors." Brilliant piece by @sivav.bsky.social about the Trump administrations' latest effort to censor universities newrepublic.com/article/2013...
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The only thing conservatives protect harder than freedom napkins are lifelong pedophiles.
August 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The only thing conservatives protect harder than freedom napkins are lifelong pedophiles.
So Trump wants a grand jury to convene on Obama’s 2016 Russia investigation, but wouldn’t that be covered by the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity doctrine? 🧐
August 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
So Trump wants a grand jury to convene on Obama’s 2016 Russia investigation, but wouldn’t that be covered by the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity doctrine? 🧐
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This is a better shot of the size of the crowd at Powder House Square for Rumeysa Ozturk. Less than 24 hours notice.
March 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is a better shot of the size of the crowd at Powder House Square for Rumeysa Ozturk. Less than 24 hours notice.
Who trusts these bozos with lunch, let alone national security?
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Who trusts these bozos with lunch, let alone national security?
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What a loving piece
"It’s easy to miss the human side of policy, legal compliance, the nitty gritty of efficient government. To get caught up in slogans about fraud or waste. That’s what Musk and Trump are counting on. And yet I see and hear the human side every time my son says “My dad’s name is David.” On @msnbc.com
Opinion | The Trump administration is ready to abandon kids like my son
Attacks on disabled Americans and the policies we rely on lie at the core of so much of MAGA culture.
www.msnbc.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
What a loving piece
In 50 years, the section of high school history textbooks about this administration (if there are high schools or textbooks) will be called THE GREAT GRIFT
February 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In 50 years, the section of high school history textbooks about this administration (if there are high schools or textbooks) will be called THE GREAT GRIFT
RFK Jr vaccinated his own kids while claiming they were unsafe. Thank you Caroline Kennedy
A non-twitter link to Carline Kennedy's truly arresting video about her cousin RFK's lack of fitness.
January 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
RFK Jr vaccinated his own kids while claiming they were unsafe. Thank you Caroline Kennedy
So where are the Avengers when you need them? I’d like to see the Hulk have a go at Hegseth
January 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
So where are the Avengers when you need them? I’d like to see the Hulk have a go at Hegseth
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Trump returns — and so does his astounding ignorance. Trump's first week has been a classic case of garbage in, garbage out. My latest @postopinions.bsky.social column. wapo.st/3WzJb2a
Opinion | Trump returns — and so does his astounding ignorance
If you feel off-kilter, you’re in good company. The president seems downright bewildered.
wapo.st
January 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Trump returns — and so does his astounding ignorance. Trump's first week has been a classic case of garbage in, garbage out. My latest @postopinions.bsky.social column. wapo.st/3WzJb2a
Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
open.substack.com/pub/celestem...
open.substack.com/pub/celestem...
Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
We would rather talk about literally everything else.
open.substack.com
January 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
open.substack.com/pub/celestem...
open.substack.com/pub/celestem...