Kristen W.
@tree25.bsky.social
Lesbian wife and homesteader in rural central Wisconsin. LGBTQ historian and local history archivist.
always a Wisconsin connection!
June 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
always a Wisconsin connection!
With pitchers of beer, as it should be. Who got Babcock Hall ice cream after?
May 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
With pitchers of beer, as it should be. Who got Babcock Hall ice cream after?
This order is good news but it doesn’t return any funding that has already been cut or lost - and many people have already lost grants and jobs.
May 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This order is good news but it doesn’t return any funding that has already been cut or lost - and many people have already lost grants and jobs.
100% ! The first election I could vote in was 2000, age 18. Watching the election get stolen, then 9/11, then everything that followed - I’ve been steeped in the failures of 🇺🇸a leaders my entire adult life. This elder millennial is both cynical and hopeful for what can be better in the future.
April 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
100% ! The first election I could vote in was 2000, age 18. Watching the election get stolen, then 9/11, then everything that followed - I’ve been steeped in the failures of 🇺🇸a leaders my entire adult life. This elder millennial is both cynical and hopeful for what can be better in the future.
There was just a gathering of over 300 archivists in Minneapolis, also discussing the fate of democracy (and how we’re documenting it and saving the records). No CNN in sight!
April 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There was just a gathering of over 300 archivists in Minneapolis, also discussing the fate of democracy (and how we’re documenting it and saving the records). No CNN in sight!
Your advice to "try shit" and "just do something" has led to 1) an activist support group that helps each other through the efforts we're each doing in our communities, and 2) I'm teaching groups how to grow/produce/preserve their own food. These efforts make a huge impact on my own state of mind.
April 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your advice to "try shit" and "just do something" has led to 1) an activist support group that helps each other through the efforts we're each doing in our communities, and 2) I'm teaching groups how to grow/produce/preserve their own food. These efforts make a huge impact on my own state of mind.
Honestly today I didn’t. Usually I can get through it by knowing how important it is to working with libraries and history, but today I gave up and slept most of the day. My body and brain shut down.
April 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Honestly today I didn’t. Usually I can get through it by knowing how important it is to working with libraries and history, but today I gave up and slept most of the day. My body and brain shut down.
I’m so sorry. Sending rage in solidarity with you. 😡
April 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I’m so sorry. Sending rage in solidarity with you. 😡
Thank you so much for continuing to cover this little agency that does so much with so little. The librarians and archivists appreciate your work!
April 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Thank you so much for continuing to cover this little agency that does so much with so little. The librarians and archivists appreciate your work!
The NEH grant termination letters went out today too; we received one.
April 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The NEH grant termination letters went out today too; we received one.
Like a classic narcissistic abuser.
April 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Like a classic narcissistic abuser.
@mskellymhayes.bsky.social and @prisonculture.bsky.social have been saying this and you’re all correct
April 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
@mskellymhayes.bsky.social and @prisonculture.bsky.social have been saying this and you’re all correct
I called @baldwin.senate.gov 's office and basically just sobbed through leaving a message.
March 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I called @baldwin.senate.gov 's office and basically just sobbed through leaving a message.
I hear you. I agree. But the LIBRARIES. 😢
March 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I hear you. I agree. But the LIBRARIES. 😢
Thanks for calling attention to this. The librarians and archivists across the country are gutted.
March 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thanks for calling attention to this. The librarians and archivists across the country are gutted.
Courage is contagious, and we can take turns being brave for each other
March 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Courage is contagious, and we can take turns being brave for each other
This is NOT any kind of justification for her behavior that day, don't get me wrong. The hate is so evident on her face. But her subsequent work in learning, changing her mind, and speaking for social justice in the years following is the kind of guilt-motivated change that she SHOULD feel.
March 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is NOT any kind of justification for her behavior that day, don't get me wrong. The hate is so evident on her face. But her subsequent work in learning, changing her mind, and speaking for social justice in the years following is the kind of guilt-motivated change that she SHOULD feel.
She is alive. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_M...
March 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
She is alive. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_M...
and called her to apologize for her behavior six years earlier." They ended up becoming friends, and although the friendship didn't last, Hazel is far from a white supremacist hero. allthatsinteresting.com/elizabeth-ec...
The True Story Behind The Most Iconic Image Of The Civil Rights Movement
Hazel Bryan had no idea she would make history when she screamed at Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, as she attempted to enter the Little Rock Central High School.
allthatsinteresting.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
and called her to apologize for her behavior six years earlier." They ended up becoming friends, and although the friendship didn't last, Hazel is far from a white supremacist hero. allthatsinteresting.com/elizabeth-ec...