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lorissa.bsky.social
Women’s historian, Author of First to the Front & Winning the Earthquake.
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Holding Jill and Joe close to my heart today.

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I carry this quote around like a bluebird in my heart.

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James Baldwin famously said, “There may not as much humanity in this world as we would like to see. But there is some. There’s more than one would think.” Musk, Zuch, and Bezos are literally sucking what humanity is in the world into their electronic platforms for their profit. It’s that simple.

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Power stems from the continuation of history. Erase that history, and you erase the next generation’s ability to carry the work forward. That’s why the Trump administration worked so hard to disappear women’s history. Because when we don’t know our power, we can’t wield it.

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"Faith Ministers are BLOCKING the entrance to the ICE Detention Center, Delaney Hall in New Jersey where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested last week." Posted by @scootercaster.com on "X" at 1:19 pm EDT

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How many plastic bags do I have to wash out and reuse before being released from purgatory?

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What moms really want for Mother’s Day

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Da Pope

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You know. It’s not that important. Both gotta say some of my least favorite people are those who feel compelled to not only be right, but THE MOST RIGHT. Not a lot of room for conversation there.

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I am so exceedingly tired.

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It happened. It finally happened. What this means for what comes next I don’t know. But get ready. The prophecy that was foretold has come to pass. The world as we know it is about to change, forever.

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Anyone other women out there just totally done with self doubt? Cause if these guys are viewed as qualified to run the country by a plurality of voters, then I can definitely view myself as qualified to do whatever I set my mind to.

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Incorrect. The only appropriate reason to cancel a Ken Burns’ documentary is to protest the overuse of slow pan footage of archival photographs. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

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As the world marches toward war, here’s 5 women who stood up for peace no matter the personal cost.

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An online dating app for archivists and librarians called “metadate”

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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

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Spent 3 days writing 2500 words to get 200 good ones. Worth it.

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Anyone else feel like Katy Perry’s shtick was always feminism as viewed through the male gaze? Or is it just me?

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I always hated Harry Potter. Always.

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My 5yr old son just assumed Dr. Seuss was a woman. My work here is done.

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The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.

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Women who settle for proximity to power are forever left in the cold darkness. But those who create communities of allyship and solidarity form a network of power without a hierarchy but just a heart, the heart of the people, that will never stop beating.

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I just want insightful magazines delivered to my mailbox every month and a newspaper that doesn’t suck on my doorstep every morning. IT’S THAT REALLY SO MUCH TO ASK?

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I can’t believe Women’s Suffrage is being threatened in 2025. But Project 2025 has made this a reality. Congress just passed the SAVE Act that threatens to disenfranchise nearly 70 million Americans, most of the women who, like me, changed their name when they got married.  Call your Senators NOW.

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I'd bet most Americans don't realize the six Nazi extermination camps during World War II also involved rendition to a foreign country. Auschwitz, Treblinka, Belzec, Sobibor, Chełmno and Majdanek were all located in Poland. Not Germany. Important historical fact.

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They weren’t perfect, but we can learn a lot about protesting from the suffragists.

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In 2024 I pushed everything I had into a highly researched portfolio of tech stocks that outperformed the market every month - even now. But they also cratered to where I bought them. So I sold them all & plan on reinvesting heavily in my backyard farm, rainwater collection system, & chickens. 🐓

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Hot take: I didn’t watch White Lotus and I’m not going to.

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The Society for Military History is now archiving historical materials related to military history that are disappearing from federal or state websites. We are open to submissions, anonymously or otherwise. Please see www.smh-hq.org/archivedreso... and note there the submission links.

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I think a lot of women have had a “47” in their lives. I know I have. One of those people who made us feel alone, without value, and powerless. But here’s the truth:  You are an invaluable member of a powerful tradition of female change makers. And when we stand together we are unstoppable.

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I love how all the Wall Street bros are like, oh so he IS fucking crazy. Thanks a lot, assholes.

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I wouldn’t say that’s the ENTIRE problem. But yeah. It’s a significant portion.

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Why does Edward Norton care so much about board meetings!?!?

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The SAVE Act is already here, not as a Congressional bill but as executive fiat. This unconstitutional order will be overturned by the court. But it’s just the opening salvo in a sustained campaign to disenfranchise millions of women as cornerstone of Project 2025. #saveact #womensrights #handsoff

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