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Sarah Swedberg
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Former academic. Author of Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution. Happy to be back in a city.
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Historians AND experts??????

Sorry, friends, you are JUST historians AND NOT experts.
Screen shot reads: Trump's use of National Guard may have lasting impact on cities and troops. Historians and experts say the administration's efforts to deploy National Guard members across the country could affect troop readiness, training and morale.
October 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Timeline cleanse. Beauty berries, native to DC.
Clusters of small magenta berries nestle against green leaves with droplets of water.
September 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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I just checked out Damaris Phillips’s vegetarian cookbook from @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social. It looks great but I can also guarantee you she’s not making beet and feta burgers while wearing this white blouse!
A white woman with long blonde hair wears a white blouse with blue embroidery at the shoulders. She smiles down at a glass bowl while she pours something into the red ingredients at the bottom of the bowl.
September 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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I am back to walking Muffin before the sun comes up. I do love me a rosy-fingered dawn, though.
Clouds and trees overlay a lavender sky.
September 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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4 or 5 National Guardsman (they were all men) at the Navy Yard Metro at 6:00 pm as Washington Spirit fans headed home after the match. I asked why they carried weapons against a civilian population and they said it was to protect themselves.

#FreeDC
A National Guardsman in excessive military gear looks at the camera.
September 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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I have loved Nursing Clio from early on and was proud to be a regular writer for a few years. I am even prouder to appear in the published reader alongside amazing scholars. Order your copy today! www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-nursing-...
A grinning white woman with glasses holds up a big ok. Its cover reads: The Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and Justice.
September 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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I’ve seen 3 wheat pasted Sandwich Guy posters in my neighborhood without looking too hard. This one I can see out my work window.
In the foreground, a metal railing. In the background, a concrete walls dominated by a blue, brown, and cream mural featuring fantastical creatures. On the bottom right of the wall is a poster that shows three identical figures throwing a submarine sandwich.
August 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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It was an excellent mail day.
Book cover. Title reads Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and Justice. Edited by the Nursing Clio Editorial Collective Text reads Part VIII JUSTICE Introduction Susan M. Reverby Why We Need the Punk Triangle in the Era of “Don’t Say Gay” W. Jake Newsome Silence and Noise: What AIDS Activism and Social Memory Can or Can’t Teach Us Sarah Swedberg “The Sex Lady Talks”: Disability Rights and the Normalization of Sex in a 1980s Institution Elizabeth A. Nelson, Emily S. Beckmann, and Madupe Labode
August 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Two days ago in my neighborhood, ICE agents took a selfie in front of an anti-ICE banner before ripping it down and leaving a dildo. My neighbors responded by making more signs and chalking the plaza.

This is a beautiful place.
A brick plaza. Red umbrellas. Signs hanging from railings read: "They are fascists. We are Artists. We Melt Ice." and "No Deportations in Mt. Pleasant. No Ala Migra."
August 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Florida Ave NW and Chuck Brown Way NW.

Today, I got to witness DC joy: a Black man playing Go-Go music on a speaker and three people dancing along. I smiled so big as I passed by.

Returning home on the bus, I caught this mural from the bus window.

This is a beautiful city now under martial law.
A colorful mural celebrates Go-Go music.
August 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Ward 8. Anacostia neighborhood. Washington, DC. No troops needed.
A giant brown chair in the background. A 5’7” white woman in the foreground.
August 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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A brown dog on a black leash walks down a brick alley.
August 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Timeline cleanse. A mountain of broccoli at the Dupont Farmers market.
Two people wait in line. In the background is a gigantic pile of broccoli.
July 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Historical artifact.
Trees in front. The top of a red brick building with windows visible. On the roof is a beat up aerial antenna.
July 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Our safety nets are crashing to the ground. The world is terrible.

And I love this picture of myself at the City Teaching Alliance induction, embarking on my new adventure to be certified in elementary and special ed.
A white haired White woman with glasses wearing a flowered dress sits behind a table. Her elbows sit on the table and her hands are pressed together on the right side of her face.
June 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Taking notes for my first special education assignment with my Smash the Patriarchy pen.

Gerald Ford thought the Education for All Handicapped Students Act of 1975 was too expensive and too bureaucratic.

So smash that f’ing patriarchy.
A lined piece of paper with scribbled quotations forms the background. In the foreground is a black pen with the words “smash the patriarchy” imprinted on it.
June 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Lounging in the shade in the morning summer heat.
A brown dog with a black face, wearing an orange vest, lounges on a black park bench. Her paws hang off the front and her tongue is out.
June 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Muffin begging for eggs.
June 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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It feels like the end of the world and this gigantic magnolia in Malcolm X Park was blooming.
A close up of a large white magnolia blossom.
June 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Off to an intensive day of workshopping as part of City Teaching Alliance Cohort 2025 induction. I am so honored by this opportunity for growth.
A tired looking white woman with glasses and grey hair smiles at the camera. Behind her are empty blue vinyl DC Metro seats.
June 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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6:21. Cup
of coffee is now empty
time to walk Muffin
A lovely handmade green and purple-ish mug rests on brick-colored pant leg
April 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Smallish but mighty in DC. (It got bigger. This was right at the start.)
In the background, the White House, with a tall black fence blocking access. In the foreground, people holding a sign reading: Hands Off! Money for Jobs & Education not Genocide & Deportation.
April 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Keep breathing. Keep protesting.

The people > the dictator
Light blue poster with darker blue words that read Washington DC HANDS OFF! April 19, 10:30 a.m. Lafayette Square.
April 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Meow!

Walking in DC makes me happy.
A dark metallic statue of a lion giving side eye.
April 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Taking a long-planned and much needed break before becoming a fired non-federal worker. (Weird being laid of for more-normal budgetary reasons at this particular historic moment.)

Visiting Assateague Island in Virginia.
Three ponies graze on sea grass on a small area of land surrounded by blue-black water with small waves. The water is lighter blue, stiller, and reflective close to land.
April 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM