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Celeste Headlee

@celesteheadlee.bsky.social
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Writer, speaker, journalism prof Morgan State. She/her. Black, Jewish, Portuguese. Living on Piscataway land. Pre-order my book! tinyurl.com/bd96yt7z Press: ashley@triple7pr.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Between Natalie Harp and now Zacharia, Trump is surrounding himself with women who believe some very strange things. If a friend told you Democrats are a bunch of “sick pedo cannibals,” you’ve back away slowly and seek professional help for her
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 14h
And one of the last remaining groves of American chestnuts could soon be cut down in West Virginia to make room for a data center.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 14h
Gen X joins the battle.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 18h
Wow.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Marry us
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I mean.... attention is money in the modern economy. So, giving your attention to Twitter is giving your money to Elon Musk. I don't condemn someone who's still on Twitter, but I'm certainly not going to praise that decision.
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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Thank you!
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 10/10/2026
OPINION: Preparing for a Constitutional Crisis in Case the Trump Administration Attempts to Thwart the Midterm Election Results | To our fellow Americans: This is not the time to look away.
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OPINION: Preparing for a Constitutional Crisis in Case the Trump Administration Attempts to Thwart the Midterm Election Results - Bucks County Beacon
To our fellow Americans: This is not the time to look away.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today! (Saturday the 10th) at 10am! Join me for a live chat. I'll read a little from the book and answer questions, plus hear your thoughts.
FREEDOM'S DAUGHTERS  Join me to talk about my new book, Freedom's Daughters  CELESTE HEADLEE  BOOK CHAT OCT 10, 10AM INSTA OCT 13, 6PM YOUTUBE OCT 16, 7PM INSTA OCT 22, 6P YOUTUBE OCT 24, 10A INSTA  Let's chat about books, libraries, forgotten history, civil rights, and anything else related to the book.  Can't wait to hear what you thought and answer your questions!
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I'm going to CSU Bakersfield this month to talk about authentic connections, literacy, & embracing our own humanity in a dehumanizing world. And I'll lead a writing workshop at the university. Join me! 10/29, 7 p.m., CSUB Icardo Center www.bakersfield.com/entertainmen...
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Let's get talking about One Book
The need to communicate has become even more important amid technology and ideological differences. This year's One Book Project will focus on improving communication with Celeste Headlee's book "We N...
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Kimmer @kvonyborg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Man I love these two together! I cannot wait to read @celesteheadlee.bsky.social's new book #FreedomsDaughters - it's sitting on my kitchen table waiting for me! Thanks for the live @petedominick.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/jS05_Cr...
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Celeste Headlee Returns !
YouTube video by Stand Up! With Pete
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Can we please stop reporting on Trump's supposed "committee of inquiry" as if it's a real thing? He can't just order people to show up and defend themselves before some sort of MAGA Star Chamber.
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨 Writer / journalism folks, please share: Slate is hiring a staff writer jobs.lever.co/slate/61b849...
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Slate - Staff Writer
Slate is hiring a staff writer whose work will move across the magazine, with a home in the life section. We’re looking for a driven, creative reporter who finds unique ways to approach tricky questio...
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’m so excited that Apple Books chose FREEDOM'S DAUGHTERS as an October #MustListen! Check out the audiobook here: apple.co/mustlistens
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What -- and I ask this sincerely -- is the matter with you?
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
He doesn't sound like an abusive spouse at all...
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Zach Galifianakis: From The Heart (Middle Finger)
ALT: Zach Galifianakis: From The Heart (Middle Finger)
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
David Byrne's song for the Gibney doc uses only Elon Musk's own words for lyrics. Musk actually said: “I’m a chill normal dude / I just have to keep going/Let me sell you a dream / Do you think I’m insane? / I eat a glass sandwich / I eat them every day.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcFd...
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David Byrne - "Let Me Sell You A Dream" (Official Visualizer)
YouTube video by David Byrne
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.
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NPR @npr.org · 09/10/2026
A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide. n.pr/4rVkQ52
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ChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don't work
A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide.
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I genuinely don’t know how else to say this other than to repeat that Kennedy is a eugenicist who wants *certain* kids to die www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-tox...
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RFK Jr.’s Toxic World
The HHS secretary uses fear of contamination to denigrate modern medicine and advance a project rooted in vulgar eugenics.
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Randy Milholland @choochoobear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Adobe: "Artists are just going to have to accept AI as a part of our products." ArtCraft: "We used Claude to basically rebuild all Adobe products and we're just putting it online for you to download." Adobe: "No not like that." arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/s...
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“Software is over”: Bold AI developer takes aim at Adobe with open source clones
Opus-built Creative Cloud alternatives are ambitious, free, and nowhere near finished.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Knowing history -- the truth, not the myth we've been taught -- changes your understanding of this nation, its people, and how we got where we are.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I... I just... I mean... Did he suffer a TBI or is he incapable of telling the truth now?
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
You've heard about the Green Book, but do you know about the blue book? Read more about this story and lots more! in Freedom's Daughters: How a Generation of Black Women Resisted Oppression Through Literacy and Education.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Should parents be allowed to endanger their children's lives because they are deluded and misinformed? I mean, why bother with car seats or cabinet locks? Why worry about life jackets or bike helmets?
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 08/10/2026
There is no evidence that the Framers thought the president enjoyed any form of immunity for crimes committed while in office, let alone the sweeping immunity outlined by the Supreme Court two years ago. trib.al/z4e7MhT
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 22/09/2026
In primaries this year, Democratic turnout utterly dwarfed Republican turnout. But does it mean anything for November? It turns out the answer is very much yes. A new analysis from @donnermaps.bsky.social suggests that Dems are on track for a 13-point blowout in the House vote. Here's why.
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Massive primary turnout points to biggest year for Democrats since Watergate
There’s a remarkably close correlation between the primary vote and the House popular vote
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you!
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A gold-coated statue of a naked Trump on display at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. “The Orange Plague.” by Danish artist Jens Galschiø Inscription: "I am sitting on the back of a man. He is sinking under my burden. I will do anything to help him. Except step down from his back -Leo Tolstoy
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Didn’t realize we were translating these from German
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
As a person who is estranged from her mother for very good reason -- on the advice of a clinician who told me to run as far and fast as possible -- it's journalistic malpractice to only survey those accused of toxic and unsafe behavior.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Millennials and Gen Z outnumber Boomer voters, so younger people would win this argument if they voted like their elders do.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thank you! Tamzin Smith. She's fantastic.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Matt Walsh (essentially): I may have run over a woman with my car, but I was really into driving. I should sue HER for denting my car with her body. She should know that if she's walking, cars are going to hit her. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-illusion...
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The Illusion of Consent: A Rape at Cornell and the MAGA Right
For the new right, when a man is accused of rape, he is first and foremost a victim of feminism.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Five chances to join a cozy chat on Insta or Youtube. Oct 10, 13, 16, 22, or 24. Youtube channel - lnkd.in/eD2CQahv Insta - lnkd.in/ensefcF
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So, @propublica.org has been killing it figuratively. But ICE has been killing people literally. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Starred @ala-booklist.bsky.social review - an absolute rave for #FreedomsDaughters, out today! Pick up your copy now - I PROMISE you a great read.
How s Geheration of Black Women Resisted
Oppression Through Literaey and Education
FREEDOM'S
DAUGHTERS

Freedom's Daughters: How a Generation of Black Women Resisted Oppression Through
Literacy and Education.

By Celeste Headlee.

Oct. 2026. 320p. Flatiron, $30.99 (9781250340412); e-book (9781250340429)- 379.2.
REVIEW. First published September 1, 2026 (Booklist).

THE BLUE HACH SPELLER

CELESTE HEADLEE
Author of We Nead to Talk

Headlee, an award-winning radio journalist and author of Speaking of Race (2021), focuses on the women who
risked their safety to help Black Americans learn to read and write after the end of the Civil War. One of these
women, Carrie, was the author's own great-grandmother, and although once enslaved, she dismantled barriers
throughout her life. Enslavers in the antebellum era forbade anyone to teach enslaved people how to read and
write, and during and after slavery, many women risked their lives to teach these essential skills. These
daughters of freedom fought for Black people's equal access to education, voting rights, health care, home
ownership, and more, and also built schools, hospitals, and other needed institutions. They raised the literacy
rate among Black Americans from 5 percent in 1860 to 20 percent in 1870, up to 70 percent in 1910. Freedom's
Daughters shines a much-needed light on the women who put their lives on the line to help others.
Headlee's engaging writing style smoothly incorporates her extensive research, and she also makes
connections to today's political climate. It is a must-read for those looking for stories of Black women's
advocacy and triumph, and of fighting back when obstacles seem insurmountable. Essential for public and
academic libraries.

- A. E. Siraki
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TopCat @tiffinjames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This. It’s not so much the fact we elected this man in the first place. It’s that we elected him AGAIN and have refused to remove him EVEN AFTER WE FOUND OUT HE WAS TRYING TO BE A DICTATOR.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thank you!
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
His book is out today. So is mine. Can we sell more of my book about African American history, literacy, and resistance than Alito sells? That would be so awesome. #FreedomsDaughters
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And also #FreedomsDaughters -- out today! With a starred Kirkus review! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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FREEDOM'S DAUGHTERS | Kirkus Reviews
A great-granddaughter claims her legacy.
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Old Man J @oldmanj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Certainly far more deserving of your coin than Sam the Fascism Booster
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Screw Alito. His book comes out today, same day as mine, but my book is about the brilliance of Black women, power of community action, resistance to racism & oppression, & world-changing impact of books. Oh, and music. Which one do you think should be a bestseller? bookshop.org/p/books/free...
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Freedom's Daughters: How a Generation of Black Women Resisted Oppression Through Literacy and Education
A stirring contribution to America’s historical narrative.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)From bestselling author Celeste Headlee, an urgent and eye-opening story of the women who risked everything t...
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I know it won't happen, but imagine if a book about how phenomenally accomplished Black women are and how crucial they have been to the success of the nation outsold Alito's dumb defense of his court decisions. OMG it would be delicious.
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