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public historian/history professor with adhd. into old buildings, Star Trek, and Zelda. horse girl and aspiring golden girl. she/her.
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Why do so many places that sell t-shirts choose violence when they make their size guides? “We could just tell customers the dimensions, but what if we show them every size on a random person instead?” “Ooh, and what if we give them a height/weight chart too?!”

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

As an ADHD person, there is truly no compliment that hits like being told I am “organized and timely.” Put that shit in an IV drip.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Can we ban the phrase “no one knows about X”? Bc it must means you didn’t know. If someone wrote a book about it, I promise plenty of people know. Just say you recently learned about it, and let’s be proud of our curiosity.

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I am too tired to be posting on here, but I really need political commentators to stop saying that it’s unprecedented for a president to refuse to follow a SCOTUS decision. Andrew Jackson quite famously ignored the decision in Worcester v Georgia to continue Indian Removal.

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

I just watched Gayle King and Katy Perry go to space for ten seconds, and it’s wild to hear these newscasters call them astronauts. I guess technically? Seems very rude to Mae Jemison, who they had doing commentary.

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

So it turns out I just missed being potentially exposed to measles on the Oregon Tr… wait, no, sorry it was the Grand Rapids Airport. It’s too bad there’s not some sort of preventative… wait, sorry, we’ve had a measles vaccine since 1971. WTF. www.cbsnews.com/amp/detroit/...

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Feeling very inspired post- #ncph2025. It’s been tough to find good projects for my undergrad public history class. I always want to work with community partners, but it’s tough w/uni policy on class size and my own limitations on time/energy.

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

“When has real progress come to those who are willing to wait?” -the exchange student playing Max Eastman in my 8:30am US history survey during our Greenwich Village,1913 Reacting to the Past game. Sometimes it feels like it would be easier not to play these games, but then these moments happen.

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Overworked Emotional Support Dog Now Requires Its Own Smaller Emotional Support Dog thehardtimes.net/culture/over...

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A November 1957 Better Homes and Gardens feature writer, advocating for parents to follow vaccination schedules carefully and avoid complacency about the disease, put it best: “Don’t take immunity for granted.” www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/good...

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Things are quite awful and my brain feels like a jello mold that got left in the car on a hot day, but a student messaged me while she was watching Iron-Jawed Angels for the midterm and gushed about how much she loves it, so there are some good things happening.

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Come be my #publichistory colleague! careers.umass.edu/en-us/job/52...

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

An excellent weekend so far. We experienced the convenience and joy of the South Shore Line for traveling to Chicago. We saw Taylor Tomlinson with friends. We wandered around the Art Institute of Chicago.

submitted 106 days ago • 2 comments

Eagles offensive coordinator

submitted 112 days ago • 20 comments

I have an alarm that reminds me to eat lunch on MWF at 12:15pm. My dept meetings are some Wednesdays at 12pm, so the alarm goes off during these meetings. This visibly annoys some of my colleagues, but like… bro if I can’t remember to eat lunch, do you think I’ll to remember to turn off that alarm?

submitted 116 days ago • 2 comments

Over here grading, and someone has got to tell the youths about the hottest thing in writing: paragraphs. With paragraphs, your work can not be a wall of text no one wants to read! Paragraphs let you separate your ideas to address all parts of the prompt clearly. Try paragraphs today for free!

submitted 118 days ago • 22 comments

Today in Historian’s Craft (née Research Methods in History), I did a brand new presentation on how file storage works and how to computer, and I really thought this would put students to sleep. Who wants to listen to their millennial professor talk about Windows 98? It turns out a lot of students!

submitted 122 days ago • 2 comments

Just in time to revamp my Research Methods syllabus!

submitted 160 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Friday, followers! We've got good news: we’re extending the nomination period for our #NCPH2025 Student Travel Award, Student Project Award, and Diversity Travel Award! The nomination process is not arduous, and self-nominations are welcome. Please submit by 12/10 at ncph.org/about/awards/.

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