I wonder if someone will write a piece about men's behavior toward women at academic conferences. There are stories upon stories going back decades, and yet still happening.
Karen L. Cox 📚🏳️🌈
@drkarenlcox.bsky.social
Award-winning historian. New book: Confederate Nation, St. Martin’s Press, 2028. Op-eds in NYT, WaPo, CNN, Time, & Smithsonian Magazine. Warren Center Fellow, Harvard University, 2026-27. Repped by Writer’s House.
What happened at Cornell made me think about all the ish I’ve seen. My department had its own scandal a few years back and I’m still mad about it. Don’t even get me started about conference behavior.
Universities protect themselves (and men) above all else
The Cornell case is not isolated.
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Did y’all see that @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social’s new book on Lillian Smith dropped today? It’s such a great read. Order one for you & your friends. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
An Inconvenient Woman
A revelatory and immersive biography of a white Southern woman who was a key figure in the early civil rights movement, devoting her life to ending segregati...
us.macmillan.com
Did y’all see that @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social’s new book on Lillian Smith dropped today? It’s such a great read. Order one for you & your friends. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
An Inconvenient Woman
A revelatory and immersive biography of a white Southern woman who was a key figure in the early civil rights movement, devoting her life to ending segregati...
us.macmillan.com
I love that people saw this and took after these racist goons in Greensboro, NC.
Video: White supremacist demonstration in downtown Greensboro draws counterprotesters; ‘Racists, go home’
Tensions flared in Greensboro as a group of white supremacist demonstrators marched in downtown.
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Most of the majors in these degree programs are women.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 5d agoTrump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1
FINALLY. There's a longer story behind this announcement, because I was working on a different book before I went down this rabbit hole a year and a half ago. Now I've got to write as though my hair is on fire. Coming to bookstores in 2028.
FINALLY. There's a longer story behind this announcement, because I was working on a different book before I went down this rabbit hole a year and a half ago. Now I've got to write as though my hair is on fire. Coming to bookstores in 2028.
In what world is it the purview of the President/Executive branch “to force conservative cultural changes on academia‘? And why end the paragraph without noting that there is no legal justification whatsoever for Trump and his minions to “force cultural change” on institutions of higher education.
Sometimes writing about the Lost Cause is like going to crazy town. In this case, the crazy town is Myrtle Beach. IYKYK karencoxhistorian.substack.com/p/made-in-di...
Made in Dixie? Not so fast.
There’s a store in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, because of course there is, that sells just about any item you can imagine emblazoned with the Confederate flag.
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"We're uprooting fraud by getting rid of these freeloaders who keep paying into the system without taking anything back out" Genius.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"
Finally ginned something up for the 'stack. 🗃️ karencoxhistorian.substack.com/p/home-made-...
“Home-made Yankees”
The South’s scalawags
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With the midterm elections shaping up to be a massive reckoning for the Republican Party, it's worth remembering that they had a fairly easy offramp from Trumpism in the immediate aftermath of the January 6th riot but they completely chickened out.
Mark today as the first time Trump's approval rating dropped into the 20s.
Now start doing a better job of exposing his crimes.
Scott Nover@scottnover.bsky.social · 2w agoBREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
I'm happy to say that I finally broke free from my recent bout with writing anxiety. 🗃️
American journalists are doing a piss poor job of explaining how Trump's decisions on any number of economic fronts affect everyday Americans.
PenelopeK@pevek.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat a belligerent child. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Who's surprised?
Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2w agoBari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity. —"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
As we look toward the future, here’s an essay I wrote 14 years ago that I still believe is worth reading www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/o...
Opinion | A New Southern Strategy (Gift Article)
Enough with the condescension. Take our liberalism seriously.
nytimes.com
As we look toward the future, here’s an essay I wrote 14 years ago that I still believe is worth reading www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/o...
Opinion | A New Southern Strategy (Gift Article)
Enough with the condescension. Take our liberalism seriously.
nytimes.com
I woke up to 50 degrees in Cambridge and I’m not mad about it.
The sirens. The people leaping from the towers. The Pentagon in smoke. The silence that followed in elevators and on the Metro. My 9/11 newsletter. 🗃️ karencoxhistorian.substack.com/p/my-memorie...
My memories of 9/11
I was living in Arlington, Virginia, in the area known as Crystal City, on 9/11, working for a heritage marketing company located in Chantilly.
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From an interview I gave at noon (!) today. Shout out to @notus.com www.notus.org/metro/confed...
Trump Administration Removes Criticism of Confederate Memorial From Arlington Cemetery
A marker at the memorial’s former site no longer says it provided a “mythologized” vision of the Confederacy.
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