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Heather M. Haley

@heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social
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historian of Cold War social movements and the U.S. military | plant & cat mom | views expressed are mine alone

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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
⚓️It’s publication day!📕 Feeling deeply humbled that my research appears in Ed Marolda’s edited volume with John Hattendorf, Richard Mobley, and Norman Friedman—scholars whose work shaped my understanding of Navy history and strategy. Grateful for the chance to contribute to a field built by giants.
Book cover for COLD WAR STORM: the u.S. NAVY AT TGE FALL OF VIETNAM AND THE LOOMING SOVIET THREAT. The background features a dramatic, dark toned scene with USS Kirk (DE 1087) under heavy clouds. The overall design uses red tones to convey urgency and the geopolitical stakes.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Good morning. ☕️ 👻 🎧 🪴 🪏
Heather drinking coffee out of a Bernie Sanders 2016 mug, wearing a Buc-cee’s Halloween-themed shirt that doesn’t not glow in the dark, even though it was marketed as such.
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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 02/05/2026
Job hunting in a hostile environment. ✨
A three panel comic done in mostly a blue-purple ink. Frame 1: The artist, a tired person with their hair in a bun and a bag on their shoulder standing in the awning of a bus shelter. There's an ad on it that says "STOP HIRING HUMANS", above a woman whose face has been replace with the word "AI".
Frame 2: The bus comes, it's wrapped in an ad that also says "STOP HIRING HUMANS." The artist has a blank look. 
Frame 3: A plane has now arrived above the bus and the human. It's carrying an ad banner that also says "STOP HIRING HUMANS".
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Humbled to receive the Joint Civilian Service Achievement Medal, and grateful for the guidance, mentorship, and professional development that shaped my work with the Joint History and Research Office over the last year.
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Lady DEADtera, Wee Ghostie Edition 👻🍁😷 @ladylettera32.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
All Spirit Halloweens are haunted by the ghosts of the shops whose empty carcasses they now inhabit.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
NIH sets the science and DoD runs the contracting, blurring the line between public‑health research and military threat‑response by reshaping governance, transparency, procurement power, and the future of U.S. biodefense strategy.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I have not run in over two weeks because of a work project that kept me late everyday. But I did the Annapolis 10-Miler and *didnt die* despite event planners throwing in the Severn River bridge within the last two miles of the race. 😮‍💨 🏃🏻‍♀️💨🏅
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“No one has affirmed my gender identity quite like Mike Pence.”
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I may be a military historian of what a scholar of the ancient world and religion (like yourself) may consider current events (the Cold War U.S. military) 😆, but I am thoroughly enjoying reading and listening to your book. 🤓 📖 (3/3)
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Since this sentence is in the passive voice, would you clarify who regarded the Gospels and Paul’s letters as scriptures at this time? Which communities or authorities exercised that authoritative power in the early 2nd century CE? (2/3)
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Hi Dr. McClellan! 👋 *waves digitally from Northern Virginia* I have a clarification question. In THE BIBLE SAYS SO, you wrote, “…it was around this time that the Gospels and the writings of Paul began to be considered scripture” (p. 26). (1/3)
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
My non-supervisory colleagues at the Pentagon (literally) made me a Funko POP! My detail ends in fifteen business days, and having this on my desk will absolutely make my remaining time more joyous. 🧸💟🫂
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
My article on the use and disuse of early radar technology by U.S. surface forces at the Battle of Cape Esperance in October 1942 is live! 🗺️⚓ I extend my gratitude to Nate Patch at NARA, scholar Trent Hone, and CAPT Benjamin Armstrong for their expertise and review efforts. Many thanks my friends.
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Adaptation in Ambiguity: The Battle of Cape Esperance, 11-12 October 1942 - Military Strategy Magazine
This article argues that during the Battle of Cape Esperance, U.S. naval strategy was heavily influenced by unfounded concerns and ambiguity surrounding newly deployed, poorly understood radar technol...
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Digitize everything!" They say. A lot of England's political history literally looks like this:
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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Corporate power today is scary, but not new. In WHEN COMPANIES RULE, I recount its 400-year history from the East India Company to Amazon, what motivates the oligarchs who would be kings, and what we can do about them. Out in November, pre-order now: cup.columbia.edu/book/when-co...
Book cover: When Companies Rule
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Behold! My rubber plant. Her name is “Unruly.”
An over 6-foot-tall ficus plant with a small flag that reads, “You grow, girl!”
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Promise?
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I'm sharing @jfassler.bsky.social's excellent @nytimes.com obituary of our friend, @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social, so you can read it without a subscription.
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Denise Oliver-Velez, a Powerful Voice of the Left, Dies at 78 (Gift Article)
She became the highest-ranking female member of the Young Lords in New York, where she pressed for women’s rights, and later joined the Black Panthers.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Thank you for the clarification.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
👉🏼👈🏼 What is (the) Knesset?
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hope you’re doing okay. I miss you.
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Angela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
✨ Book Deal Announcement ✨ It's official! @learothawms.bsky.social and I have signed with Vanderbilt University Press to publish Fightin' to Get Free: Fort Negley and the Struggle to (re)Define a City!
Under Contract: Fightin' to Get Free: Fort Negley and the Struggle to (re)Define a City, edited by Angela Sutton and Learotha Williams, Jr. with support from the Friends of Fort Negley, Vanderbilt University Press
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I am absolutely adding this to my Saturday movie night list. Thanks Bluesky!
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
🥹🏳️‍⚧️🎉🏳️‍🌈
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Keanu Reeves Says Thank You
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Thank You Pusheen
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Welp. I did it. I wrote a book. Checkout review edits for QUEER IN THE COLD WAR: THE CIVIL-MILITARY BATTLE OVER THE LAVENDER SCARE are with @bethanywasik.bsky.social. I am amassing images and permissions, hoping this 📸 from the Henri Leleu Papers at the GLBT Historical Society will be the cover.
A man posing with a sign that reads "I served honorably” outside the federal building in San Francisco, ca. 1966.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/06/2026
Student borrowers, already grappling with steep college costs, are about to pay even more for any new loans. Here's why, and what to know. nyti.ms/4xDsYd7
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Rates on New Student Loans Will Rise on July 1
Higher interest rates take effect on July 1 for the next school year. Borrowers are already dealing with rising college costs and inflation elsewhere.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Are there any alternatives to Roku? I don’t want a Fox product in my house.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈 I am thrilled to have submitted it during Pride month. 🏳️‍⚧️ Image: Picketing Federal Building in San Francisco, Society for Individual Rights Armed Forces Day Protest, ca. 1966. Henri Leleu papers (1997-13), GLBT Historical Society
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The first full draft of QUEER IN THE COLD WAR: THE CIVIL-MILITARY BATTLE OVER THE LAVENDER SCARE is with @bethanywasik.bsky.social at @cornellupress.bsky.social. It covers not only the experiences of active duty personnel, but those of reservists, veterans, and retirees, too.
A group of picketers outside of the Federal Building in San Francisco. Signs read "Homosexuals were accepted in World War II, why not now?" and "Homosexuals serve honorably by perjuring themselves."
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It is with great relief (and exhaustion) to report my submission of the final chapter of QUEER IN THE COLD WAR: THE CIVIL-MILITARY BATTLE OVER THE LAVENDER SCARE to @bethanywasik.bsky.social at @cornellupress.bsky.social. Photo Credit: Joan E. Biren (June 1987)
In this black-and-white image, Leonard Matlovich, an American Vietnam War veteran, being arrested during a protest in front of the Reagan White House. He is wearing his Air Force uniform and has his hands crossed behind his back. Two police officers stand on either side of him wearing kitchen gloves. The officer on the left homds a small American flag.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I went to Yale and all I could afford was a sweatshirt. 👀💸
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Easing back into my natural brunette.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Very Red Scare
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
If I attended Texas Tech right now for my Ph.D., the university would bar me from writing my dissertation about sexuality in the Cold War U.S. Navy. If TTU receives federal dollars, is this not illegal under the First Amendment?
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
A bee.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Too late for SMH, but I finally splurged on business cards. ⚓️ I frickin’ love them. 😍
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I picked up a hitchhiker on my walk home. 🌬️🐝
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We’ve been rewatching Don Bluth films and they are a TIGHT 75 minutes. He knew he had to keep children’s attention, and dayum he did.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I tried using the coupon code for @ronajohnson.bsky.social and Nathan Finney’s books, but it shows $0.00 discount. 😔 Is it expired?
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I *updated my signed academic book collection to include several newly autographed books from #SMH2026. Thank you for your contributions! 🖊️ 📖 * Not pictured: signed books at the office, which include ~every~ book from BJ Armstrong and Trent Hone.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Quote with your Sunday plans. 🛌 💤
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a woman is sleeping in a bed with the words self care written above her
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Telephone Friend @ironyhat.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Best railcar graffiti I've ever seen
nine inch nails pretty freight machine
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I achieved BOTH of my goals today: (1) finish the marathon ✅ and (2) complete it in under 6 hours ✅. I’m going to go collapse in the shower now. #YuenglingMarathon
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Made it to Virginia Beach! 🏖️ After surviving tunnel traffic—IYKYK—stopped at the Convention Center to pick up my race packet. ☘️🏃‍♀️💨 I run my *first* marathon on Sunday. 👇🏼 This is what 40 looks like! 👌🏼
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The Majestic Griot✨️ @newagegriot26.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
🤎✨️🤎♀️🤎🇦🇴🤎🇬🇳🤎
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The Free Press is such a joke. (See John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight episode for a couple months back.)
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
How is that legal?
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📚 Seeking book recommendations that help the reader to map out their 5- and/or 10-year plan(s). 📖 It occurred to me, in conversations with my therapist, that I’m still thinking like a nomadic grad student. Can you blame me? It was 10+ years of my life. I think it’s time I shake that off.
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twilight sparkle from my little pony laying on a shelf looking at a book
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
By happenstance, or the universe, I was able to witness the Buddhist monks walk their final stretch down Crystal Drive in Arlington, VA toward their destination, Washington, D.C. They began in Fort Worth with “a simple message about blocking out the noise of a messy world and finding tranquility.”
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