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kellyjbaker.bsky.social
writer. mother. little gremlin. PhD. MFA student. author of Gospel According to the Klan, The Zombies Are Coming, Grace Period, Final Girl, etc. co-host of @podonlyknows.bsky.social newsletter: https://www.kellyjbaker.com/newsletter/
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Hey folks, check out this amazing project and support this Kickstarter if y'all can. I am.

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This week, @marika.bsky.social joins @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social to talk through the right-wing's obsession with Tolkien and what it says about "Lord of the Rings" Available here or wherever. Spotify: bit.ly/411XQEK Apple: bit.ly/4hGWmqy

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This is a good one. @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and I talk to Lerone Martin about his timely and prescient book The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism Here or wherever you listen: Spotify: bit.ly/3CLaqjl Apple: bit.ly/4aNqxJK

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Finished homework for a class before 8:30 and am now writing a short paper. Why did I decide to go back to school in my 40s?

submitted 28 days ago • 5 comments

If you are wondering how many snow days are too many, may I offer four?

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Well, friends, it will be four snow days...

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Impatiently waiting for the school district to decide whether the kids are out of school tomorrow because of the snow (after three consecutive snow days...in Florida).

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I need to bump my income between now and April 5 to ensure I qualify for funded childcare so if you need a guest speaker on social epistemology, social and political philosophy, disability, or the work of Charles Mills, hmu #PhilSky

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

Well, it snowed in Florida.

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

I got up at 5:30 am on a Saturday morning. I am not pleased by this turn of events.

submitted 39 days ago • 3 comments

Regardless of your view on the political role of the AHA, it takes a wilful misreading of the org's commitment to "the promotion of historical studies" to see a condemnation of scholasticide - the destruction of universities, archives, scholars - as falling outside of that mission.

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Well, I had a crying meltdown about a class I am taking this morning and still managed to write a little on an essay, so I am taking the small win.

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

If I put the book next to me that I am supposed to read, I will eventually read it, right?

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

Writing an essay on how I feel like I am floundering right now, which led to me watching videos of actual flounders swimming. My essay writing practice keeps staying weird, it seems.

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

There's not enough coffee in the world today to get me to focus.

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

Some folks talk online as if the Left(s) haven't made tons of social gains in the past 200 years and it's always strange to me. Power is contested. There are no permanent wins or permanent losses.

submitted 41 days ago • 10 comments

Some friends and comrades I trust in So Cal have jumped into action to support renters affected by the Eaton fire. Please learn more about their efforts here: tinyurl.com/firepoppypro... #MutualAid

submitted 41 days ago • 4 comments

This reporting is so utterly damning. www.propublica.org/article/bide...

submitted 41 days ago • 99 comments

This is a story I've been waiting to read. It's incredibly satisfying — to the point of tears — to finally read something that reflects the reality that I personally know to be true. www.latimes.com/california/s...

submitted 41 days ago • 18 comments

I am gonna try this whole drinking water thing in an effort to control what I can control.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Woke up this morning and realized that I was supposed to send out something for school on Monday. Guess what I am doing this morning?

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

I don't know if my epic bad mood is from being sick or just *gestures to everything* but it is really, really bad, y'all.

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

Nobody can prepare you for the moment you go from mom to bro to broski.

submitted 43 days ago • 6 comments

This is an excellent list of resources for those affected by the wildfires in LA County, including housing resources, documentation replacement, and workshops on how to apply for FEMA assistance being held at public libraries. laist.com/news/climate...

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Lots of smart things have been said about this horrific policy, but as a historian of medicine, I'm flummoxed by Meta's exemption of hate speech on religious grounds based off of outdated & inaccurate medical diagnoses. The Bible does not say anything about "homosexuality" being a mental disorder

submitted 49 days ago • 6 comments