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Molly Farrell (she/her)

@mollyfarrell.bsky.social

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Early American lit, feminism, science studies. NEW WORLD CALCULATION: THE MAKING OF NUMBERS IN COLONIAL AMERICA out 8/25/26. Order here: tinyurl.com/newworldcalculation mollyfarrell.org Views are mine, not my employer’s.

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Molly Farrell (she/her) @mollyfarrell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My new book is officially out today! I'm posting just as we all learned that Dolly Parton has died. As part of writing this I deepened my respect for those who, like she did with the Imagination Library, take the genius and potential of all children seriously--no matter how much money they have.

Book dedication open on top of another book with the cover NEW WORLD CALCULATION that reads For all the children of Columbus City Schools, past, present, and future, including my own. Every single one of you is a genius.

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Molly Farrell (she/her) @mollyfarrell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Two gifts for you to start the week: a photo of my new puppy checking out my author copies hot off the press; and a coupon to pre-order my new book for 20% off. Please share! (The puppy hasn't chewed my books yet even though he has destroyed two library books so far. His taste skews historical YA)

Small brown and white dog with open mouth places two white paws on a table next to four copies of the same yellow and blue book

Flyer from Stanford University press with book cover and text and coupon to receive 20% off at ww.sup.org with code FARRELL20

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Molly Farrell (she/her) @mollyfarrell.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

On this holiday, remember that 250 years ago in 1776 women in America “enjoyed a substantially broader right to terminate a pregnancy than in most States today.” That was what Justice Blackmun wrote in Roe v Wade in 1973, and for the past four years it has become true once again.

Screenshot of text from Roe v Wade decision

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Molly Farrell (she/her) @mollyfarrell.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Although th section toward the end is my favorite. A reaffirmation of the need for trained historians in a democracy and the assertion essentially that Black Americans have insisted since before the Second Founding that no one is free until we’re all free.

A screenshot of the penultimate page of a court concurring opinion describing historians as answering the “call to remember” and how freed Blacks fought for the shared humanity of all people

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Molly Farrell (she/her) @mollyfarrell.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I will remember and probably use this analogy from Justice Jackson’s concurring opinion on birthright citizenship for a long time

Screenshot of text from a court document describing a metaphor of a teacher correcting a bully so that they learn to be kind to all kids, not just that one kid

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Molly Farrell (she/her) @mollyfarrell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This x1000. Why are Black Americans like Benjamin Banneker never considered to be “men of their time”? @jamellebouie.net today

Text quote from Jamelle Bouie latest column about being “men of their time” at the signing of the Declaration of Independence

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Molly Farrell (she/her) @mollyfarrell.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Having these three luminaries blurb my book is an honor beyond words. New World Calculation would not exist if not for their fascinating scholarship.

Back of a cover with three sections of black text followed by a name and university affiliation in red

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Molly Farrell (she/her) @mollyfarrell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

One of my hopes for this new book is to empower the movement for all those working to teach math in a way that matters to the most pressing issues in students' lives, because it has never been and will never be neutral.

Book cover image with title NEW WORLD CALCULATION and a picture of an elegantly handwritten "Numeration Table" with columns of numbers below

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Molly Farrell (she/her) @mollyfarrell.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

@usafacts.org Ohio has the highest rate of library circulation per person. Our libraries are the best part about living here. We have traditionally led the nation in state funding, and it shows: we love them, support them, & use them. Cbus metro library never lost a levy. But DeWine cut the budget.

Map of the U.S.A. showing states with library circulation per person, and Ohio has the highest.

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Molly Farrell (she/her) @mollyfarrell.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

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Molly Farrell (she/her) @mollyfarrell.bsky.social · 02/09/2023

Everyone should get all the help in whatever form they need, whether neurotypical or neurodivergent. But maybe along the way the medical community could stop recycling the misogyny /end

Vintage ad with an image of a woman cooking that says, “she can make breakfast again when you prescribe new mornidine”

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Molly Farrell (she/her) @mollyfarrell.bsky.social · 02/09/2023

“If you feel like flying into a murderous rage at the impossible demands of caregiving under capitalism, try parent training”

Screenshot of text about how “if you’re a mother with ADHD, you may benefit from therapies like parent training. This can help you better manage your responsibilities to your children” or impulses to suddenly fly into a murderous rage

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Molly Farrell (she/her) @mollyfarrell.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

Hello gorgeous 😍

Ceiling of large room painted with clouds and with hanging lights

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