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Sarah Smarsh

@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social
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Journalist, Heartland author, prairie defender, fifth-generation Kansas farm girl.

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Sarah Smarsh @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
A thing about class: In solidarity it holds promise for the vast 99% across identities to see through selective use of "terrorist." I think we'll find the label don't stick this time. Oligarchy may be clever, but it don't have many tricks, and they're all very old. This one has run out of tricks.
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Sarah Smarsh @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Selective application of the term "terrorist" has long been leveraged by the American empire to manipulate human impulses such as patriotism & fear. That manipulation has often been racist & colonialist at its core, enabling genocides & land theft to this day. 1/2
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Sarah Smarsh @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Sounds like you have the most educated perspective of all (LIFE) -- thanks much!
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Sarah Smarsh @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Appreciate you & so many similar responses to my recent appearance on @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social. Bravo to bestie Jon Stewart for making space for nuanced conversation in a hot-take world!
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Hailey Branson-Potts @haileybranson.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
On the native prairies of North America, green is the problem, with trees like the eastern red cedar choking out grasslands. orionmagazine.org/article/prai... by @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social
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Protecting the Prairie - Orion Magazine
On the native prairies of North America, green is the problem
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 08/12/2024
“Real love requires true attention—seeing another being for what they are, rather than casting upon them projections of our own pain.” I am estranged from my mother & this sentence from @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social just perfectly articulated why all my interactions with my mom feel quietly devastating.
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I Wanted a Mother. I Got Dolls Instead.
In her new book Bone of the Bone, Sarah Smarsh opens up on growing up with an unavailable mother—and growing into someone different,
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🌱𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞🌿 @ecree.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social This piece is included in her book "Bone of the Bone". 2/2
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Opinion | Liberal Blind Spots Are Hiding the Truth About ‘Trump Country’ (Published 2018)
For one thing, it’s not Trump country. Most struggling whites I know here live a life of quiet desperation, mad at their white bosses, not resentful toward their co-workers or neighbors of color.
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hiebzky @hiebzky.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Great take from @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social #luigimangione
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✨Zarathustra✨ @zarathenurse.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The best response I’ve seen @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social
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Danny Caine @dannycaine.com · 02/12/2024
Throwing a reading party at 8th Street Taproom on December 22 to say "so long for now" to Lawrence, Kansas. I'll read some stuff, and so will folks like @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social, @danhoyt.bsky.social, @rmccarthyjames.bsky.social, @chancedibben.bsky.social and more. I'd love to see you there.
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🌱𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞🌿 @ecree.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Let's consider "...the many groups rendered invisible by political stereotypes —liberal working-class men, conservative people of color, progressive Christians, and just about any instance of complexity within demographics viewed as monoliths..." Read "Bone of the Bone" by @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social
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The Uprising of Women in Red States Is Just Beginning
From the teachers’ strikes in West Virginia to Oklahoma and beyond, working-class women have always known what it takes to fight back.
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ProfBarbaraKerr @barbarakerr.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I realized that without the life works of @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @jeffsharlet.bsky.social @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social @sarahkendzior.bsky.social and @rickperlstein.bsky.social my book on psychology of freedom wouldn't have been possible. I'm grateful they opened my eyes.
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The Common @commonmag.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Reminder that bidding is on the way to recieve a handwritten postcard from @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social, award-winning journalist and author of HEARTLAND and BONE OF THE BONE. Don't miss out! buff.ly/4g0xqJq
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Jason Kerr @jakerr35.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I always appreciate what @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social brings to the table—especially as I’ve gotten clearer about my own class identity in recent years. youtu.be/UC-VkbEpac4?...
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Jon Stewart on the Divide Between Dems and the Working Class with Sarah Smarsh | The Weekly Show
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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Matt Topic @mvtopic.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Great coverage by @niemanlab.org and @andrewdeck.bsky.social of our Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims against OpenAI. For digital publishers unhappy with the use of their content to create AI bots that compete with news business, this is the path forward. www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/copy...
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Core copyright violation claim moves ahead in The Intercept’s lawsuit against OpenAI
The ruling comes after a judge dismissed similar claims filed by Raw Story and AlterNet earlier this month.
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Save Democracy. Save America. @rayonoda.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Sarah Smarsh's new book is a must-read for our times. bookshop.org/p/books/bone...
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Bone of the Bone: Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class a book by Sarah Smarsh
Now collected for the first time in one volume, the brilliant and provocative essays that established National Book Award finalist Sarah Smarsh as one of the most important commentators on socioeconom...
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Heather @hmsbluebird.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social explains that is how you help poor people—give them money.
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Sarah Smarsh @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Appreciate you Kim!
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
just got home and picked up this week’s library haul (digging into the latest from @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social tonight, as a treat!)
Four books - swimming pretty by Vicky valosik, wildcat by John boessenecker, cunning folk by Tabitha stanmore, and bone of the bone by Sarah smarsh
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Sarah Smarsh @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I've long written about intersections of the political & the intimate. Those of you who already survived what might've killed you--abuse or chronic pain or or or--by finding your unshakeable core: You're stronger than this burgeoning regime, as weak as its egos are large. It's your time to lead.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
"Journalists need to understand how distributing true and useful information out into the world can be its own rewarding service — no matter what happens next." www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/what...
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What should journalists do when the facts don’t matter?
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink...Journalists need to understand how distributing true and useful information out into the world can be its own rewarding service — no matte...
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Trump and the FBI are not enemies. They are longtime collaborators. Two former heads of the FBI went on to work for the Russian mafia. Another, James Comey, removed the head of the Russian mafia from the ten most wanted list for no good reason in December 2015. From HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT:
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Ann Sloan @annsloan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The most illuminating post-mortem conversation on why the Democrats lost was @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social on The Weekly show with Jon Stewart. youtu.be/UC-VkbEpac4
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Jon Stewart on the Divide Between Dems and the Working Class with Sarah Smarsh | The Weekly Show
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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🌱𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞🌿 @ecree.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
As a product of white working class people in a "red" state, her work resonates with me. Unsurprisingly, most news media seem to misunderstand the nuanced complexity of people considered the working poor, often implying that we would all feel comfortable at a Trump rally. 2/
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🌱𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞🌿 @ecree.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I recommend reading the entire Guardian article posted below. It is included in a new book by @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social, "Bone of the Bone". Published in October 2016, just before 45 was elected the first time, the insights hold true for November 2024. 1/
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Amy Cooter, Ph.D. @amycooter.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Just saw a rather anachronistic meme sarcastically saying fauci spent his whole career studying vaccines just to trick "rednecks," and I cannot emphasize enough how the classism and anti-ruralism of that kind of statement are a big factor in how we got here.
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Maud Newton @maudnewton.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The opposite of the "nothing" Europeans thought they saw, the prairie is one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. Restoring it requires eradicating the "green glacier" that's displaced it: cedar trees. @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social in @orionmagazine.bsky.social:
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Protecting the Prairie - Orion Magazine
On the native prairies of North America, green is the problem
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A2 Farmer @dja2.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Just listened to @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social and @thedailyshow.com #JonStewart. They discussed how #MiddleClass doesn't necessarily resonate with #WorkingClass. I think that the use of #UneducatedVoter terminology by media & campaigns was enormously alienating & damaging for the Dem cause.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Let us never forget how repulsive the email fundraising companies are as they steal peoples hard earned money in concert with both parties to enrich themselves and the parasitic strategist class.
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Sarah Smarsh @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
"We became too woke, let's get back to center" is a disturbing pathology at this point. Symptoms include inability to hold socioeconomic class + social justice in the same thought and apparent denial that Bernie almost got the nomination twice. Breathtaking to watch & we all suffer for the delu$ion
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Sarah Smarsh @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Didn't even make it that far & I was hammering together the gallows
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
just want everyone to see the exact moment I became pro-death penalty
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21/11/2024
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting. Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
What will a second Trump term mean for the Freedom of Information Act? Me: “It’s gonna be a battle, it is already a battle to get records, but it’s gonna be a battle. And to be quite honest, I kind of enjoy the battle.” @niemanlab.org www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/what...
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What will a second Trump term mean for the Freedom of Information Act?
The law itself is likely to stand, but experts expect a surge in requests, longer delays, and more court dates.
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Dear Editors — If you’re considering publishing an article about issues related to transgender people, then perhaps you should consider assigning that article to a transgender journalist. Don’t have any transgender journalists in your newsroom? @transjournalists.org has several valuable resources:
transjournalists.org
Trans Journalists Association
Promoting more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media. Supporting gender-expansive journalists in their careers.
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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
To say I’m over the moon is an understatement. What a phenomenal magazine, and to share pages with Sarah Smarsh @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social, Ross Gay, Leslie Jamison, and Margaret Atwood, just to name a few, is incredible to me. I’m excited for this to hit mailboxes/shelves/screens with my poem in it.
Michael’s hand holding up a copy of the Fall 2024 issue of Orion Magazine, with the theme “Seeing Green: Immersion in an Endangered Color” The cover image is a hanging portrait of someone, the bottom half of which has been painted over with fresh green paint. Michael is holding the magazine up against a backdrop of woods.
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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
This essay by @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social in the new Orion should not be missed!
Photo of one page of an essay by Sarah Smarsh called “Protecting the Prairie,” featuring a photo of prairie hills with some fencing in the foreground
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dumb genius/smart idiot @andrew.mcguiregis.com · 06/10/2024
Absolutely fantastic by @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social I'll mail it to the first Commentariat member to call dibs
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Elizabeth Nee @enee.bsky.social · 02/11/2024
We recently visited a few MN state parks on the prairie. 1 had first-hand accounts of what the endless prairie was like, but but I couldn’t picture it when looking at farms & trees. @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social ‘s article explains the hard work needed to restore them. orionmagazine.org/article/prai...
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Protecting the Prairie - Orion Magazine
On the native prairies of North America, green is the problem
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icecreamdeli.bsky.social @icecreamdeli.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Just listened to @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social on The Weekly Show. As someone who grew up on a dairy farm in rural WI and had to move to NJ/NY area for a career, what she had to say really resonated with me. The Dems would be very smart to tap into her knowledge and experience.
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Taliesan @taliesan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
What @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social said. All of it. youtu.be/UC-VkbEpac4?...
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Jon Stewart on the Divide Between Dems and the Working Class with Sarah Smarsh | The Weekly Show
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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Ellen @glitchplease.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Still trying to sort out what happened? Check out @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social on the November 14th installment of @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social Wowza.
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Ken Napzok @kennapzok.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
When you lose, you figure out why. Lot of that going on. All valuable. But great points get lost in the noise This @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social chat on The Weekly Show is one of the best post-election talks on The Big Why. I found it insightful. Perhaps you will as well. youtu.be/UC-VkbEpac4?...
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Jon Stewart on the Divide Between Dems and the Working Class with Sarah Smarsh | The Weekly Show
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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Colleen @colleen3rdspace.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Just watched @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social on Jon Stewart. It was amazing. The discussion of place and identity really was an important topic that really hasn't been addressed. As a geographer, I was impressed with the clarity you brought place into identity politics. Not everyone is looking to leave
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distractedbyplants.bsky.social @distractedbyplants.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
For anyone interested in the elction and how Dems move forward, @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social has a great discussion with @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social regarding working class identity. This threads into Bernie Sanders' critique of decades of Dem drift. m.youtube.com/watch?v=UC-V...
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Jon Stewart on the Divide Between Dems and the Working Class with Sarah Smarsh | The Weekly Show
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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Guillaume Hachez @guillaume.hachez.pro · 16/11/2024
Le podcast @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social de Jon Stewart représente le niveau de production que j'aimerais atteindre. Dans le dernier ép, il reçoit @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social pour expliquer pourquoi les démocrates ont perdu l'électorat des travailleurs. Tout simplement excellent youtu.be/UC-VkbEpac4
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Jon Stewart on the Divide Between Dems and the Working Class with Sarah Smarsh | The Weekly Show
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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ATom @atom-nyc.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
This old post by @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social becomes current since Maloney's daughter filed to run for a NYC city council seat thereby nurturing dynastic politics. (H/t to @saraklind.bsky.social for Maloney news). Separately, watch Smarsh on the latest "The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart"
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Dave @merri.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
youtube.com/watch?v=UC-V.... @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social delivers, what I think, is by far the most insightful analysis on why the 'left' continue to be so bad at politics.
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