This is what almost 57 years old and 48 pounds lighter look like. I have been prioritizing my health more hence my long absences from lots of social media platforms. Enjoy the summer everyone!
Dr. Michelle M. Martin
@drmartin1854.bsky.social
Human, historian, hiker, photographer and proud cat momma
@cwwh-west.bsky.social The 2026 CWWH-WHA Graduate Student Conference Grant applications are due August 15th! See the attached images for more details! If you are a grad student and will be attending the WHA please consider applying! @whagsc.bsky.social
The Confederacy Lost the War. South Carolina Republicans Want You to Forget Why. #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
The Confederacy Lost the War. South Carolina Republicans Want You to Forget Why.
South Carolina Republicans' Monument Bill Isn't About Preservation — It's About Control
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This semester I am teaching adjunct but have been giving many public lectures. Women's History Month was especially busy. Between Zoom and in person lectures life was hectic. OH, I am also down 33 pounds since December, been working hard.
I have been away from most socials. In March my spouse was inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame at the Oklahoma Historical Society. Pretty darn proud!
I can't wait to reconnect with my @cwwh-west.bsky.social colleagues at the annual WHA conference! @kmassotphd.bsky.social @cathleendcahill.bsky.social
CWWH - The Coalition for Western Women's History@cwwh-west.bsky.social · 11mo agoHello Historians - the CWWH is looking forward to seeing everyone in ABQ for the WHA Conference.
Today Josie got out of the house while workers were here and left the front door open. She explored almost the road when I snatched her up and brought her inside. Shortly after she napped. Enjoy a moment of cat zen.
Want to hear re: a president who wanted his opponents physically beaten & was accused of wanting to be king? My lecture on Andrew Jackson In this cartoon from his presidency, he’s standing on a shredded Constitution w/a book titled “Judiciary of the US” at his feet www.youtube.com/watch?v=vri7...
The attack on Mark is another stunt by right-wing grifters to victimize a random person in an effort to use MAGA fear mongering to justify their existence. It should go without saying we should do anything possible to support his family.
Mark Bray@mark-bray.bsky.social · 11mo agoI’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’ I have been forced to move my classes online. If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.
The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously. newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
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Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square. Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files. Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.
BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.
Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened. This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
Mark Bray@mark-bray.bsky.social · 11mo ago“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second. We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
They're about to shut down the government to protect the Epstein Files from disclosure. Whatever is in the files must be so unhinged as to be beyond imagination.
First of all, Fuck You, Hegseth. It’s literally the CONGRESSIONAL Medal of Honor. Congress can enact the “Remove the Stain” Act anytime it wants. Not your call Rumbo. 2nd, their place in history is indeed settled, with the Paxton Boys, the Gnadenhutten child killers, and the Sand Creek mutilators.
got some bad news for anyone who voted for Trump because he promised to bring down prices www.ft.com/content/dd6d...
Donald Trump announces 100% tariff on branded pharmaceutical products
The US president also unveiled levies on heavy trucks, kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities
ft.com
Trump gets humiliated at the UN, Kimmel returns, he drops further in the polls and just goes fucking crazy at the White House today. Insane new tariffs, Comey, war against his domestic opponents, shutting down the government. He is losing it, and it’s getting dangerous out there.
If you want to understand how truly despicable Hegseth’s Wounded Knee statement is, read Heather Richardson’s book. The tensions & military build-up were driven by federal patronage, corruption, factional politics, & the GOP’s desire to control the Western states. The GOP is worse now.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12mo ago"A brutal massacre followed, in which it’s estimated almost 150 Native Americans were killed (some historians put this number at twice as high), nearly half of them women and children." www.history.com/this-day-in-...
This man is ignorant. Wounded Knee was a massacre, not a battle.
This is not OK under any administration. Under any circumstances. None of this is OK.
🫶🏻Layla🫶🏻@laylabelle3.bsky.social · 12mo ago
Odd, how we can’t afford to give Americans healthcare, but we can afford to drop $200,000,000,000 on Argentina with a moment’s notice.
He’s definitely making it harder. But he wants to make it impossible.
public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · last yr.My mom — who is in her 70s and immunocompromised — could not get her vaccines today. RFK Jr. is lying when he says he's not making harder to get vaccines.
Four years ago, I tested for COVID. I'd had dinner with someone with cancer the night before. Thanks to the vaccine, I did not give that dinner companion COVID. And I only ran a low-grade fever for a few days. Fuck that idiot RFK Jr. and the equally stupid buffoon who hired him.
it shouldn't be easier to get a gun in America than the covid vaccine
I have been away from this platform for some time and have limited lots of social media interaction. So, for your enjoyment the red rocks of Sedona. I know the nation is in the grips of authoritarianism but we need to find beauty to keep grounded and sane.
For those asking, my American Revolution lecture course is free online here: oyc.yale.edu/history/hist...
The American Revolution | Open Yale Courses
oyc.yale.edu