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katherineturk.bsky.social
Writer (Equality on Trial, The Women of NOW), Historian, Professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. Words in The Atlantic, Washington Post, Slate, LARB, Jacobin, etc. Carrboro NC
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jacobin.com/2024/12/whis... @allofmilov.bsky.social and I wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on labor activist and feminist icon Karen Silkwood and how her story can prepare us for what's likely to come. Our book on Silkwood is forthcoming from @simonandschuster.bsky.social (One Signal).

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“Do you think that Karen may have been what medical science classifies as a nymphomaniac?” What the misogynistic smear of a dead whistleblower can teach us today. My latest with @katherineturk.bsky.social

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jacobin.com/2024/12/whis... @allofmilov.bsky.social and I wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on labor activist and feminist icon Karen Silkwood and how her story can prepare us for what's likely to come. Our book on Silkwood is forthcoming from @simonandschuster.bsky.social (One Signal).

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jacobin.com/2024/12/whis... My latest with @katherineturk.bsky.social on what the debate over Karen Silkwood’s legacy can offer in our own era of misogyny, retaliation and whistleblowing.

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www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/u... I was glad to be interviewed for this story about what the election results reveal about women's history and politics.

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www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/u... I was glad to be interviewed for this story about what the election results reveal about women's history and politics.

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Looking forward to this conversation with my dear friend and esteemed colleague about his terrific book!

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🚨JOB! Well look at that, the link is available earlier than I had thought! UNC Chapel Hill History Dept is now officially advertising a position for Assistant Professor of U.S. Military History, with a preference for specialization in the 20th century. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288586

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I'm thrilled to announce this collaboration with @allofmilov.bsky.social : we are writing SILKWOOD, a new history of Karen Silkwood's life and afterlives, for One Signal/Simon and Schuster.

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🗃️The JWH has been migrating from that other site to this one. Could you please give us a boost here (and there) to move our followers to this more pleasant place? Thank you!

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My first piece for The Atlantic, on the perils of donation-based activism:

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