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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Vaneesa Cook tells 3 different stories interwoven in EMPIRE AND LIBERTY: one about the conception, conception, and reception of the Empire State Building. The same with the Statue of Liberty.” @feministkelly.bsky.social www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/Liberty-Empi...

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The Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building

The Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building loom large in the American imagination, symbolizing the conflicting ideas of liberty and empire; their meanings …

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm dealing with everything in the world by dreaming up a condo remodel that involves a hidden bookcase door.

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The whole time I was doing today's NYT crossword I thought it was Friday. The puzzle made so much more sense for Thursday.

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I grew up in a pretty sheltered Midwest suburb, and watching Rocky Horror Picture Show as a high schooler made me feel things I didn't have the language to explain. RIP, Tim Curry & thank you for helping teenage me realize that there was much more to gender & sexuality than I'd known to that point.

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The number of hideously ugly AI-generated flyers I've seen posted on social media by politicians this morning alone has me about ready to throw my phone into the lake and go live off the land in a cabin in the woods.

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Being a woman in the United States is just endlessly demoralizing. And yet we keep going because what goddamn choice to we have.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Traveling back to Massachusetts tomorrow, so once again y’all get #ScholarSunday on a Saturday! Here’s my 289th thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +

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#ScholarSunday Thread 289 (once more on a Saturday, 8/15/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 12/08/2026

Jane Addams, Hull House, and the complicated reality of Progressive-era reform in Chicago. New #UnsungHistory podcast 🤓 with @feministkelly.bsky.social #MSWMedia Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Thanks for making me feel absolutely ancient.

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

While you get ready for the launch of the Women's Pro Baseball League this evening(!), learn about the first time there was a professional baseball league for women in the US. www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/AllAmericanL...

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The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

During World War II, afraid that major league baseball would need to pause while men were overseas fighting, Philip K. Wrigley, chewing gum mogul and owner of the C…

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 27/07/2026

The remarkable story of pioneering jazz choreographer Buddy Bradley, whose groundbreaking influence on dance far outlived the recognition he received. New #UnsungHistory podcast 🤓 with @feministkelly.bsky.social #MSWMedia Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Do you all know that the Women's Baseball World Cup is on RIGHT NOW through Sunday?!? All of the games are broadcast; in the US you can watch on ballysports.com. We're headed to the US-Australia game on Friday!

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World Baseball Softball Confederation - WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Group Rockford 2026 presented by RAXUS

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Doom is a disservice to the struggle and it dishonors the dead like Renee Good and Alex Pretti who gave their lives to protest this Administration and its act.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I can't breathe the air, I can't eat lettuce, I can't afford gas, and my kids have measles. But at least now our soldiers will have enough testosterone.

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Oh yay, great time to be leaving on a family vacation to Toronto. At least the baseball stadium roof can be closed for the White Sox-Blue Jays game.

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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Scholarly folks who have ever received federal funding: today is the deadline for public comment on proposed revisions that will decimate our national research capacity and replace expertise with political whim. Please consider throwing in your 2¢. See below for some useful links and encouragement.

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Has anyone said they've seen McConnell or just spoken in with him? Maybe there's an AI McConnell bot.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

What is your favorite scholarly podcast!!! Comment here ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Does everyone know that there's a professional women's baseball league starting next month?!? I feel like not enough people are talking about this.

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Graham Platner shouldn't be a United States Senator -- and neither should Susan Collins -- and I really really hope there's a way for both of those things to be true.

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

If you want to give me a birthday gift today, please donate to this Ohio trans-affirming organization that needs our support to keep its doors open.

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alphacharliebravo @alphacharliebravo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Speaking of whom, you should listen to her podcast.

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This weekend, instead of following whatever is happening on the Mall, learn the history of the Declaration of Independence & how people learned that they were now in a new country, long before the internet or even the telegraph could spread the news, in my conversation with @emilysneff.bsky.social!

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The Declaration of Independence

The Continental Congress voted to break from Great Britain on July 2, 1776, and approved the text of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, but it took weeks fo…

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

PS. For a lot more context on the Declaration, check out @emilysneff.bsky.social's new book, featuring on the latest Unsung History episode from @feministkelly.bsky.social! www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/Declaration/

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The Declaration of Independence

The Continental Congress voted to break from Great Britain on July 2, 1776, and approved the text of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, but it took weeks fo…

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

You wouldn't know it from the handful of sad sacks attending the fascist rodeo clownshow on the National Mall, but this week the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary. Despite that & every other damn thing, or maybe because of them, it's important for us to commemorate the occasion. +

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 30/06/2026

How Americans actually learned about independence in 1776 — and how long it took. New #UnsungHistory podcast 🤓 with @feministkelly.bsky.social #MSWMedia Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Find That Pod @findthatpod.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Watch the entire conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=GDr-... ... or listen in wherever you get your podcasts.

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013 - Kelly Pollock - Unsung History

YouTube video by Talk That Pod

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Find That Pod @findthatpod.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Kelly Pollock @feministkelly.bsky.social of the Unsung History podcast, brought up a good point about picking a podcast production schedule that works for her busy life. A consistent podcast is better, even if it comes out just once a month, than facing burnout and succumbing to #podfade.

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Mary Katharine Goddard shows up in next Monday's episode of Unsung History!

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

+ So here it is, my 281st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

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#ScholarSunday Thread 281 (6/21/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

Father’s Day is my most important holiday of the year, for a pair of interconnected reasons that I’ll get into at the end of this thread. So I’m really excited to share my latest #ScholarSunday thread...

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Find That Pod @findthatpod.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Kelly Pollock @feministkelly.bsky.social of the Unsung History podcast tells me about how the Kent State shootings indirectly inspired her to start the podcast. 👇

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It was such a pleasure to be on Talk That Pod! I always love talking about podcasting, and it's fun to be on the other side of the mic occasionally. 🙂 Many thanks to Sebastian for inviting me to be part of his exciting new podcast. Check it out! talkthatpod.net/013-kelly-po...

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I've done 2 baseball episodes of Unsung History (with @americanstudier.bsky.social on a semi-pro baseball team of students from the Chinese Educational Mission & with @dockent.bsky.social on the Negro Leagues), but I'd love to do more this summer. Any new baseball histories I should check out? ⚾

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Sports history Episodes | UNSUNG HISTORY

Podcast episodes on the topic of Sports History from UNSUNG HISTORY.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

It’s June, & with it comes my 279th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

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#ScholarSunday Thread 279 (6/7/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

My advice to you: don't get the stomach bug that's going around.

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 01/06/2026

Lady Bird's 1,682-mile fight for the South after the Civil Rights Act. New #UnsungHistory podcast 🤓 with @feministkelly.bsky.social #MSWMedia Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Do you think maybe Trump saw Idiocracy and found President Camacho to be an aspirational figure?

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

On this fraught, frustrating, profoundly American holiday weekend, here’s my 277th #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely please, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

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#ScholarSunday Thread 277 (5/24/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

For very unfortunate reasons, the Unsung History episode with @kevinmkruse.bsky.social on the Southern Strategy is once again highly relevant. Learn all about how the Republican Party first started tapping into racism to win white voters in the South.

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The Southern Strategy

In the decades following the Civil War, African Americans reliably voted for the Republican Party, which had led the efforts to outlaw slavery and enfranchise Black…

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

They call them hot flashes, but it feels like hot eons. 🥵

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Me to my husband as Quero walks up to the plate: "Why wouldn't you pinch hit Romo here?!?" Quero: [blasts a walk-off homerun] Me: (while jumping up and down) "I stand corrected!"

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

AI DOESN'T BRAINSTORM! IT JUST GIVES YOU OUTPUT BASED ON PROBABILITY. Every time people say they're "bouncing ideas" off of ChatGPT, I see us sinking deeper into the Wall-E future.

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Today I saw a a man wearing a red shirt with a script W on the back. In my line of sight was also Walgreens. I swear to you, in that moment, seeing both Ws at the same time I could not decide whether his shirt was a Nationals shirt or if he worked at Walgreens. (It was a Nationals shirt; I checked.)

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

My husband asked me to move the car across the street after street cleaning, and good news - I remembered how to drive!

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Jeb Bush's Iconic 'Please Clap' Moment

ALT: Jeb Bush's Iconic 'Please Clap' Moment

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

For this holiday weekend, here’s the mother of all #ScholarSunday threads, my epic 275th of public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

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#ScholarSunday Thread 275 (5/10/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

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