Katherine Turk @katherineturk.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Congratulations! What a smart and timely book. 011
Reposted by Katherine TurkKatherine Turk @katherineturk.bsky.social · 30/12/2024jacobin.com/2024/12/whis... @allofmilov.bsky.social and I wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on labor activist and feminist icon Karen Silkwood and how her story can prepare us for what's likely to come. Our book on Silkwood is forthcoming from @simonandschuster.bsky.social (One Signal).jacobin.comWhistleblower Karen Silkwood’s Urgent Message for UsKaren Silkwood died in 1974 while trying to expose dangerous conditions in her workplace. Her death — and the smear campaign that followed — highlights how retaliation against whistleblowers deflects ... 092
Reposted by Katherine TurkSarah Milov @allofmilov.bsky.social · 30/12/2024“Do you think that Karen may have been what medical science classifies as a nymphomaniac?” What the misogynistic smear of a dead whistleblower can teach us today. My latest with @katherineturk.bsky.social 092
Katherine Turk @katherineturk.bsky.social · 30/12/2024jacobin.com/2024/12/whis... @allofmilov.bsky.social and I wrote for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on labor activist and feminist icon Karen Silkwood and how her story can prepare us for what's likely to come. Our book on Silkwood is forthcoming from @simonandschuster.bsky.social (One Signal).jacobin.comWhistleblower Karen Silkwood’s Urgent Message for UsKaren Silkwood died in 1974 while trying to expose dangerous conditions in her workplace. Her death — and the smear campaign that followed — highlights how retaliation against whistleblowers deflects ... 092
Reposted by Katherine TurkSarah Milov @allofmilov.bsky.social · 28/12/2024jacobin.com/2024/12/whis... My latest with @katherineturk.bsky.social on what the debate over Karen Silkwood’s legacy can offer in our own era of misogyny, retaliation and whistleblowing.jacobin.comWhistleblower Karen Silkwood’s Urgent Message for UsKaren Silkwood died in 1974 while trying to expose dangerous conditions in her workplace. Her death — and the smear campaign that followed — highlights how retaliation against whistleblowers deflects ... 22410
Reposted by Katherine TurkKatherine Turk @katherineturk.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I'd only add that those 1970s-era feminist gains now revoked or under threat were won through hard-fought organizing from the premise that women could and had to try to organize together, across their differences, as vast as those differences were and are. 241
Reposted by Katherine TurkKatherine Turk @katherineturk.bsky.social · 12/11/2024www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/u... I was glad to be interviewed for this story about what the election results reveal about women's history and politics.nytimes.comWas the Trump Election a Setback for Women? Even Women Do Not Agree.Kamala Harris would have been the first female president in the nation’s nearly 250-year history. But many women chose Donald Trump, despite his history of sexism and his support for the end of Roe v.... 271
Katherine Turk @katherineturk.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I'd only add that those 1970s-era feminist gains now revoked or under threat were won through hard-fought organizing from the premise that women could and had to try to organize together, across their differences, as vast as those differences were and are. 241
Katherine Turk @katherineturk.bsky.social · 12/11/2024www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/u... I was glad to be interviewed for this story about what the election results reveal about women's history and politics.nytimes.comWas the Trump Election a Setback for Women? Even Women Do Not Agree.Kamala Harris would have been the first female president in the nation’s nearly 250-year history. But many women chose Donald Trump, despite his history of sexism and his support for the end of Roe v.... 271
Katherine Turk @katherineturk.bsky.social · 18/10/2024Looking forward to this conversation with my dear friend and esteemed colleague about his terrific book! 020
Katherine Turk @katherineturk.bsky.social · 30/09/2024I would recommend the developer who made mine! Christine Darby. Her company is called Collaborada. She was easy to work with, charged what I thought was a reasonable rate, and I really like the site she built me. Let me know if you’d like me to connect you! 110
Reposted by Katherine TurkWayne E. Lee @milhistlee.bsky.social · 26/09/2024🚨JOB! Well look at that, the link is available earlier than I had thought! UNC Chapel Hill History Dept is now officially advertising a position for Assistant Professor of U.S. Military History, with a preference for specialization in the 20th century. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288586unc.peopleadmin.comAssistant ProfessorResponsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Modern US Military history. Faculty member will be responsible for teaching a 2:2 load while continuing their own research, part... 02522
Katherine Turk @katherineturk.bsky.social · 09/01/2024I'm thrilled to announce this collaboration with @allofmilov.bsky.social : we are writing SILKWOOD, a new history of Karen Silkwood's life and afterlives, for One Signal/Simon and Schuster. 4152
Reposted by Katherine TurkJournal of Women's History @jwomenshistory.bsky.social · 01/11/2023🗃️The JWH has been migrating from that other site to this one. Could you please give us a boost here (and there) to move our followers to this more pleasant place? Thank you! 6545497
Katherine Turk @katherineturk.bsky.social · 02/10/2023My first piece for The Atlantic, on the perils of donation-based activism:theatlantic.comHow Big Money Hurt American FeminismThe history of NOW reveals the costs of donation-driven activism. 030