Leah LaGrone
@leahlao.bsky.social
Public historian. Assistant professor/ public history director - PhD -history of sex work, women,labor, 20th century
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Refusing to Forget@refusing2forget.bsky.social · 7mo agoNew Blog Post ➡️ refusingtoforget.org/terror-is-th... Refusing to Forget member @leahlao.bsky.social demonstrates how the violence that the world is witnessing in Minneapolis and the murders that have occured in other cities since Trump resumed office, is horrific....but it is not new.
But if you can’t wait for this weekend, listen to @leahlao.bsky.social @lmacthompson1.bsky.social @llassabe.bsky.social and me talk about the movie over much wine. Make sure to subscribe- new episodes coming October 9th! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Episode 47: Dirty Dancing with Leah Lagrone, Lauren Lassabe Shepherd, and Lauren MacIvor Thompson
Podcast Episode · Reckoning with Jason Herbert · 10/18/2023 · 1h 19m
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Video of clash over gender-identity content in Texas A&M children’s lit class leads to firings
Video of clash over gender-identity content in Texas A&M children’s lit class leads to firings
After the video fueled outrage, two college leaders were removed from their administrative roles for approving plans to teach content inconsistent with the course’s published description.
texastribune.org
I need to do more on here. Trying to get it all together- book, classes, housework, oh my!
a girl in a blue dress says " oh my "
ALT: a girl in a blue dress says " oh my "
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In the summer of 1888, Texas Rangers Ira Aten and Jim King went undercover to try to identify and arrest so-called “fence cutters.” They were unsuccessful. In frustration, Aten developed a plan to hide mines in the fences, blowing them up when cutters approach. /1
Refusing to Forget members are @ccarmona.bsky.social, Juan Carmona, John Morán González, Sonia Hernández, @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social @leahlao.bsky.social, Monica Muñoz Martínez and @alacranita.bsky.social, another co-founder is @gonzalest956.bsky.social. /10
The executive targets his opponents w/bogus investigations. His government disappears people w/out due process and vanishes them beyond reach. He usurps legislative power, controls public funds at will, & consolidates power. Loyalty is expected — or else. Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s here.
H. M. Talburt on the GOP's ill-fated 1930 tariff and "public confidence," Cincinnati Post, 6/19/1930.
Join us on March 24th for a virtual book talk with Refusing to Forget co-founder @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social. Johnson's will discuss his latest book, Texas: An American History. This event is exclusive for our Patreon subscribers! Join us on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/RefusingtoFo...
#OTD on March 19, 1840, Texas Rangers and militiamen killed thirty-five and imprisoned thirty Penateka Comanche people during a Council House meeting in San Antonio, TX while negotiating captives with commissioners of the Texas government. /1
Remember folks- it’s about being able to shoot what you don’t like
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y agoHegseth at NATO summit: "We can talk all we want about values. Values are important. But you can't shoot values."
Hegseth at NATO summit: "We can talk all we want about values. Values are important. But you can't shoot values."
Just dropping this here- Netflix has a pretty interesting series on Hitler and the unqualified sycophants he surrounded himself with to create his 1000 year “reich” www.netflix.com/title/80138915
Watch Hitler's Circle of Evil | Netflix
Surviving power struggles, betrayals and plots, Hitler's inner circle of Nazi leaders seizes control of Germany and designs its disastrous future.
netflix.com
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Refusing to Forget@refusing2forget.bsky.social · 2y ago📣TONIGHT! Join us for a virtual book talk with @ccarmona.bsky.social, in a discussion facilitated by RTF member @leahlao.bsky.social. This event is exclusive for Patreon subscribers! Please consider subscribing, your support helps us to continue this work! www.patreon.com/c/Refusingto...
At the same time Utah legislature is “protecting” women with anti trans dorm and bathroom bills, they are also supporting measures to protect predators. Cruelty is the point. www.ksl.com/article/5125...
House approves bill allowing parents to limit conversation topics for kids, school therapists
The majority of Utah representatives voted to pass a bill Tuesday that allows parents to make certain subjects off-limits in meetings between their children and school therapists.
ksl.com
📣Upcoming Event! Join us for a virtual book talk with @ccarmona.bsky.social, in a discussion facilitated by RTF member @leahlao.bsky.social. This event is exclusive for Patreon subscribers! Please consider subscribing, your support helps us to continue this work! www.patreon.com/c/Refusingto...
Refusing to Forget members are @ccarmona.bsky.social, Juan Carmona, John Morán González, Sonia Hernández, @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social, @leahlao.bsky.social, Monica Muñoz Martínez and @alacranita.bsky.social, another co-founder is @gonzalest956.bsky.social. /23
With so much changing so rapidly, one thing that hasn’t changed is how much we need public scholarship. So here’s my 209th #ScholarSunday thread of great writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Share widely & enjoy all! 🗃️ americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...
#ScholarSunday Thread 209
Published on January 26, 2025
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Refusing to Forget members are @ccarmona.bsky.social, Juan Carmona, John Morán González, Sonia Hernández, @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social, @leahlao.bsky.social, Monica Muñoz Martínez and @alacranita.bsky.social, another co-founder is @gonzalest956.bsky.social. /18
We need a fight plan! An organized, think tank style, information pushing fight plan against this.
🗃️As promised, here is my talk with @leahlao.bsky.social on the Refusing to Forget Project and their role in attempting to reshape the historical narrative of US-Mexican racial violence on the Border between 1910-20. You can also find The Primary Source on Spotify! open.substack.com/pub/history4...
My interview with @leahlao.bsky.social for The Primary Source Podcast will be up later today. We talk about the work of the Refusing to Forget Project, which aims to highlight the stories of Mexican Americans victimized by government-sponsored violence in the borderlands of the U.S., 1910-20🗃️
Was I put on a starter pack list? My followers exploded! Welcome 🤗 I’ll try to post more. Lol
At @insidehighered.com I wrote about my concerns about this kind of technology as a threat to human instructional labor, but there's also potential pedagogical issues with introducing a 24/7 assistant that may actually hamper student learning and development.🧵 www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
Great ready for faculty bot-ification
If we want there to be such a thing as college faculty, that is.
insidehighered.com
Kevin A. Bryan@afinetheorem.bsky.social · 2y agoSuper excited to publicly launch "All Day TA" (http://www.alldayta.com), a product @joshgans.bsky.social and I have been working on with our team over the last year. Short version: if you teach in spring, you will want to use this! It's the future of higher education. A short thread: 1/x
