I’ve gone to making them turn in notes from the lectures and readings for a grade, otherwise they don’t watch them and then get cranky in evals that they didn’t learn…as if they can learn somehow without ever doing any work.
"The movement was always bigger than one man. And it is certainly stronger than his moral failure."
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Writing tip #14: Go on reading your sources until you hear voices, then write a deeply human story about your historical subjects. Readers want to learn about real people, making real choices, in real circumstances. Make your actors complex and multi-dimensional.
Disgusting display by the US men's hockey team as they laugh along with a violent misogynist as he mocks the women's team. No solidarity among Olympians with these guys.
Ugh, who wants to have to write about coverture bc relevant to current events? Super short post bc apparently needs circulating. karinwulf.com/tidbits/cove...
Even older than the Republic…
Still image from the Super Bowl halftime show of Bad Bunny looking serious, talking directly to the camera, pointing at us.
“If I’m here at Super Bowl LX, it’s because I never stopped believing in myself. You should never stop believing in yourself either. It’s worth more than you think.” —Bad Bunny
halftime show
what a shot
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
Five historians pose in front of a set of white doors.
#aha2026 was a success! @annickell.bsky.social and I presented this morning on a #DH panel and then promptly loaded up on books.
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the rootin, tootin terrific @holliem.bsky.social about her research into sex work on the American frontier.
Listen whenever you get your podcasts.
Newton has some characters for sure, like Rowdy Joe Lowe!
He also said he didn’t read so that was strike one.
I haven’t seen it, unfortunately, but I will have to track it down and add it to my list!
Recently, I was a guest on Betwixt the Sheets to discuss 19th c Kansas sex work. Have a listen!
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A student told me today that his favorite historical time period to study is the 1990s -2000s. I have never felt so old.
@middlewestreview.bsky.social
Historian Hollie Marquess holds the spring 2025 Middle West Review in front of a bookshelf.
My newest article is out now- “The Foundation of a Movement: Kansas City's Role in Homophile Activism, 1966–1971" is in the Middle West Review’s special edition on the Midwest since 1965. muse.jhu.edu/issue/54929 @univnebpress.bsky.social
A large calico cat gazes near a window
Happy #caturday from Sophie, Queen of our house, long may she reign. #catsofbluesky
Infuriating. @wendylrouse.bsky.social is spot on- this is abhorrent and utterly unacceptable indeed.
Last weekend, we honored anti-gay preacher Anita Bryant on National Pie Day by canonizing Tom Higgins, the gay activist who pied her face in 77. We made it official, and now Tom shall forever be known as Saint Banana Cream Comeuppance, Patron Saint of Slapstick Justice. Then, we ate pie.
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I’d like to share @annickell.bsky.social ‘s and my #DH project that mapped Holocaust survivors who settled in the Kansas City area using oral histories from Fortunoff.
www.mwholocaustmap.com
Photo of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
To all trans people: Your lives matter. Every step you take toward living as your true self is a testament to the strength & resilience within you. You are deserving of love, respect, & kindness. Never forget that you are valid, worthy, & more than enough, just as you are. Keep shining! ♥️🙏🏻♥️
Worse: it is only Tuesday.
four grainy, desaturated old video stills, first a conservatively styled woman with red hair smiling at the camera, second a hand reaching into the frame to slam a pie in her face, third a man holding his hands up looking grim, fourth the woman again with her head in her hands, full of pie
we must remember anita bryant as she lived
May she bathe for eternity in the gayest hot tub in Hell.
I’m taking students (UG and G) to AHA- it will be the first time for all of them. What advice do you have for them?
