Victoria W. Wolcott
@vwidgeon.bsky.social
Professor of History and Gender Institute Director at the University at Buffalo. Writes about race, gender, utopia, and urban life.
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Opinion | I Am a Drug Historian. Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way.
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November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Hey Buffalo, possible ICE activity at Hutch Tech & surrounding in the Chippewa/Elmwood area, multiple unmarked trucks/SUVs with non-uniformed but geared up (vests etc) people going in.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hey Buffalo, possible ICE activity at Hutch Tech & surrounding in the Chippewa/Elmwood area, multiple unmarked trucks/SUVs with non-uniformed but geared up (vests etc) people going in.
Good morning from Buffalo!
October 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Good morning from Buffalo!
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If you've done in-person research at any of the following presidential libraries in the last 8 months, can you please follow me/contact me—soon—for a story I'm working on (can be off the record)?
Hoover
FDR
Truman
Eisenhower
JFK
LBJ
Ford
Carter
And either way, can you please share this request? 🙏
Hoover
FDR
Truman
Eisenhower
JFK
LBJ
Ford
Carter
And either way, can you please share this request? 🙏
September 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
If you've done in-person research at any of the following presidential libraries in the last 8 months, can you please follow me/contact me—soon—for a story I'm working on (can be off the record)?
Hoover
FDR
Truman
Eisenhower
JFK
LBJ
Ford
Carter
And either way, can you please share this request? 🙏
Hoover
FDR
Truman
Eisenhower
JFK
LBJ
Ford
Carter
And either way, can you please share this request? 🙏
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🧵 I am proud to announce our Erie County Dept of Health will be offering 3 COVID-19 vaccine clinics in October, available for any resident age 6 months and older.
Erie County is following the COVID-19 vaccine recommendations put forth in September 2025 by the NE Public Health Collaborative... 1/4
Erie County is following the COVID-19 vaccine recommendations put forth in September 2025 by the NE Public Health Collaborative... 1/4
September 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🧵 I am proud to announce our Erie County Dept of Health will be offering 3 COVID-19 vaccine clinics in October, available for any resident age 6 months and older.
Erie County is following the COVID-19 vaccine recommendations put forth in September 2025 by the NE Public Health Collaborative... 1/4
Erie County is following the COVID-19 vaccine recommendations put forth in September 2025 by the NE Public Health Collaborative... 1/4
Are we calling this the third red scare, with all the caveats of how it differs from the first two?
September 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Are we calling this the third red scare, with all the caveats of how it differs from the first two?
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In celebration of radical, intersectional histories of struggles for Latinx Liberation, we're offering 40% off all the books on our Latinx Liberation Reading List.
Haymarket Books for Latinx Liberation
In celebration of radical, intersectional histories of struggles for Latinx Liberation, we're offering 40% off all the books on our Latinx Liberation Reading List. Get a free Ebook (whe...
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September 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In celebration of radical, intersectional histories of struggles for Latinx Liberation, we're offering 40% off all the books on our Latinx Liberation Reading List.
Looking forward to digging into this new book! If Korea is the forgotten war, then the protests against it are even more forgotten.
September 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Looking forward to digging into this new book! If Korea is the forgotten war, then the protests against it are even more forgotten.
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All of the lessons that The Biggest Loser taught—from disordered eating to ruthless self talk—all of that came because we culturally thought it was beneficial & entertaining to abuse fat people. Anti-fat bigotry was the spoonful of sugar that helped the medicine go down. It was a feature, not a bug.
August 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
All of the lessons that The Biggest Loser taught—from disordered eating to ruthless self talk—all of that came because we culturally thought it was beneficial & entertaining to abuse fat people. Anti-fat bigotry was the spoonful of sugar that helped the medicine go down. It was a feature, not a bug.
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this is the entire trajectory, as the history of ed-tech partnerships reveals.
grifter-welfare at mostly public expense is why faculty, staff, and students need to fight tooth and nail, through collective bargaining language and more, to make such deals subject to the community they must serve
grifter-welfare at mostly public expense is why faculty, staff, and students need to fight tooth and nail, through collective bargaining language and more, to make such deals subject to the community they must serve
August 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
this is the entire trajectory, as the history of ed-tech partnerships reveals.
grifter-welfare at mostly public expense is why faculty, staff, and students need to fight tooth and nail, through collective bargaining language and more, to make such deals subject to the community they must serve
grifter-welfare at mostly public expense is why faculty, staff, and students need to fight tooth and nail, through collective bargaining language and more, to make such deals subject to the community they must serve
Working on a short piece about civil defense protests in the 1950s. This Catholic Worker flyer (1955) spoke to me.
August 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Working on a short piece about civil defense protests in the 1950s. This Catholic Worker flyer (1955) spoke to me.
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Every cut that the government makes to social services is effectively a tax on women. Because they're the ones who will be expected to fill in the gaps.
BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.
No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.
June 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Every cut that the government makes to social services is effectively a tax on women. Because they're the ones who will be expected to fill in the gaps.
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"The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Budget proposes to terminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and provides $38 million to conduct an orderly shutdown of the Agency." bit.ly/4kEnEPo
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June 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Budget proposes to terminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and provides $38 million to conduct an orderly shutdown of the Agency." bit.ly/4kEnEPo
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Love and honor to Miss Geraldine.
“What happened to Geraldine Pointer and Martin Sostre reminds us never to underestimate the lengths to which the state will go to violently attack dreams of Black liberation and the power of everyday people.” hammerandhope.org/article/gera...
“What happened to Geraldine Pointer and Martin Sostre reminds us never to underestimate the lengths to which the state will go to violently attack dreams of Black liberation and the power of everyday people.” hammerandhope.org/article/gera...
Who Is Geraldine Pointer?
A former political prisoner in Buffalo seeks to clear her name so she can finally "feel free."
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April 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Love and honor to Miss Geraldine.
“What happened to Geraldine Pointer and Martin Sostre reminds us never to underestimate the lengths to which the state will go to violently attack dreams of Black liberation and the power of everyday people.” hammerandhope.org/article/gera...
“What happened to Geraldine Pointer and Martin Sostre reminds us never to underestimate the lengths to which the state will go to violently attack dreams of Black liberation and the power of everyday people.” hammerandhope.org/article/gera...
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The AHA seeks to collect information about the working conditions of historians employed as contingent faculty. We hope the survey results will empower faculty to engage in evidence-based negotiations about their working conditions. 🗃️
AHA Surveys: Historians Teaching Off the Tenure Track - AHA
Goals of the Surveys The Professional Division of the American Historical Association seeks to collect and collate information about the working conditions of historians employed as contingent faculty...
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April 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The AHA seeks to collect information about the working conditions of historians employed as contingent faculty. We hope the survey results will empower faculty to engage in evidence-based negotiations about their working conditions. 🗃️
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Sometimes, a single moment captures everything we stand for. Tonight, at Niagara Falls, we are shouting with lights: DON’T TRUMP CANADA!
Join the movement >> act.gp/42pGl3b
Join the movement >> act.gp/42pGl3b
April 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Sometimes, a single moment captures everything we stand for. Tonight, at Niagara Falls, we are shouting with lights: DON’T TRUMP CANADA!
Join the movement >> act.gp/42pGl3b
Join the movement >> act.gp/42pGl3b
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The History Books Purged From the Naval Academy's Library 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
The History Books Purged From the Naval Academy's Library
The Trump administration is engaged in something much worse than book burning. It is attempting to burn down the entire cultural infrastructure that supports the pursuit of history.
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April 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The History Books Purged From the Naval Academy's Library 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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Blueskis, I am hearing rumors that DOGE is at the NEH building.
- They will fire 50-70% of staff.
- Almost all open grants since 2021 will be closed.
- Almost all NEH Grant programs will be eliminated.
Note: this has not yet been confirmed.
What is confirmed: DOGE CAN GO FUCK THEMSELVES.
- They will fire 50-70% of staff.
- Almost all open grants since 2021 will be closed.
- Almost all NEH Grant programs will be eliminated.
Note: this has not yet been confirmed.
What is confirmed: DOGE CAN GO FUCK THEMSELVES.
March 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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I enjoyed posing as an intellectual historian to contribute to Michael Kramer's new project thecarryall.org/the-communal...
The Communal Counterpoint | Carryall
Victoria W. Wolcott responds to Chapter 6—Roots and Rootlessness (1920-45) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I enjoyed posing as an intellectual historian to contribute to Michael Kramer's new project thecarryall.org/the-communal...
Teaching Mario Savio and the free speech movement in my Post-45 class today. Sadly relevant.
March 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Teaching Mario Savio and the free speech movement in my Post-45 class today. Sadly relevant.
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SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
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March 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
Changes Our University Is Making to Pre-Comply with Possible Future Regulations www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cha...
Changes Our University Is Making to Pre-Comply with Possible Future Regulations
“[T]he University of North Texas administration recently censored the content of more than two hundred academic courses, including by mandating the...
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March 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Changes Our University Is Making to Pre-Comply with Possible Future Regulations www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cha...
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Its #AMA time for #Skystorians! We have the brilliant Dr. Jake Newsome on AskHistorians to discuss the Nazi Persecution of LGBTQ+ People, and answer all your questions on this important topic. Don’t miss out, come join in!
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March 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Its #AMA time for #Skystorians! We have the brilliant Dr. Jake Newsome on AskHistorians to discuss the Nazi Persecution of LGBTQ+ People, and answer all your questions on this important topic. Don’t miss out, come join in!