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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thank goodness for good phone cameras! The last time I was in the Smith archives, I had to copy everything by hand and would never have gotten all this done in 2 weeks. And my new camera phone is amazing and no blurry pictures! #PhDSky #AcademicSky #Skystorians

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dear Delta (and all other) Airlines, if you want faster and smoother boarding, start from the back.

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ending my research trip on a high note on research and found my fascinating & useful thing. But I'm sick. So won't be finishing that fellowship application tho the onfi I just found wf be perfect. I'm too burned out. #AcademicSky #PhDLife

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Found some delightfully unexpected things in the archives today for my research! Best find: There's a family with the surname Sprinkle! And I might have found a distant ancestor. Or two. #PhDSky #Skystorians

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Met Jina Kim today! It's so nice to connect with other disabled Asian Americans. #AcademicSky #DisabilitySky #PhDLife

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not being able to Ctrl F while searching in the archives means I waste a lot of time looking through things. #HistorianProblems #AcademicSky #PhDSky

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I sat in on Loretta Riss's class on Reproductive Justice and we discussed disability and sterilization. And she and I discussed the lack of research on Asian Americans. Great connection for my archives research on Asian Americans and RJ! #PhDSky #AcademicSky

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wow, anazing! "Using chemical clues in Tyrannosaurus rex teeth, scientists have shown that this massive predator was warm-blooded — with a body temperature close to that of a person..." japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-service...

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ran into a Smith classmate at the archives!

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Mountain Day Smithies! Haven't been on campus for it in almost 20 years. Wish I had time to enjoy it but need to head to the archives. #SmithCollege

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Great to be back at #SmithCollege! Lots of changes but a productive day at the archives researching Asuan Americans and Reproductive Justice. Made new friends and I'll attend Loretta Ross's class tomorrow. #PhDSky

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@ncph.bsky.social folks, what are 2-3 not negotiable "what is public history" texts to add to my prelims reading list? Hopefully everyone can agree.... #PhDSky #AcademicSky Also it was great to see that An Accessible Past which I have a chapter in, sold out!

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What a whirlwind and as always a wonderful time! Hoping to find someone to eat dinner with tonight. Millennial #NCPH and #AASLH folks y'all missed some Britney Spears during lunch at Track 15! #WorkOfRevolution

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'll never get used to hearing "I follow your work!" Made some amazing connections today. #WorkOfRevolution #PhDSky

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It was wonderful to see UMass folks and friends (and meet more Smithies!) yesterday. Unfortunately after having to shout over the music (can we stop playing music in restaurants?) I'm hoarse for my session this morning. #WorkOfRevolution

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Nice to see everyone at #NCPH/AASLH26. Have 3 simultaneous sessions so hopping around. For #accessibility please use a mic, large text, among many other measures. #WorkOfRevolution

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@ncph.bsky.social if we don't already have them can we have #NCPH tshirts to find others during travel?

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Off to NCPH! Bit of a rocky start to my trip. Can't wait to see everyone! #WorkOfRevolution

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Adding this to my "things to do starting next semester" list.

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy Labor Day! Think I finally convinced the right people to make cards for our union so we can be card-carrying members.

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

1/2: Preparing for prelims. Can I get recs on Asian American Studies readings re: origins, primary debates, and state of the field? I've got a list but wanted to see if I'm missing anything. Thanks! #PhDSky #AcademicSky #AsianAmerican #BookSky

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

On top of everything else going on Gloria Steinem died. Rd several of her books and heard her disembodied voice speak while working Smith reunion in '07. Wish I could have met her.

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Now that my prelims are in the spring, panicking a little less now. #AcademicSky #PhDLife

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Maybe someone could nominate me for something...?

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Jonathan Hsy 許維成 @jonathanhsy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The semester is approaching! If you’re teaching race & premodern contexts, check out throughlines.org - premodernist scholars across fields (including literature & other disciplines) with informational videos, reading lists, classroom activities, and much more! @acmrs.bsky.social

throughlines.org

Throughlines — Race in the premodern classroom

Created by field-leading scholars, Throughlines’ pedagogical approaches offer accessible and critical ways to incorporate discussions of race in the premodern studies classroom.

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Adding some stuff to my prelim syllabus on Asian American disability lit. Is there a good article that explains "bury/kill your disabled" and why it's bad? #AcademicSky #DisabilitySky #PhDLife

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Just re-read Sahaj Kaur Kohli's But What Will People Say? Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family between Cultures on (South) Asian American/immigrant family mental health for prelims. I need a minute, this hits a nerve in ways it didn't the first time. #AcademicSky #PhDLife #BookSky

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Never realized how depressing and lonely doing a PhD is. I miss undergrad dorms and meals and activities and hanging out (basically living in) our department during my MA. #AcademicSky #PhDLife

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Just finished a Lisa Lowe's Immigrant Acts for prelims. There were several multi-paragraph footnotes, the longest was five. Never seen that. #AcademicSky #PhDLife #BookSky

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Learned a new word today: Bildungsroman, a "novel dealing with person's formative years or spiritual education." #PhDLife #AcademicSky

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

One of these days I'll get through Moby Dick. I'm distantly related to Owen Chase who survived the Essex and wrote about it which inspired Melville.

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If the "Surname, initials, uncapitalized title" citation style wasn't bad enough, now there's "Surname, initials, uncapitalized book/article title, and abbreviated journal titles" separated by semicolons and includes the ISBN. Seriously? #AcademicSky #PhDLife #Skystorians

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Glad to hear all of our friends and relatives in and around Kumamoto are safe. Apparently this is going to be repeated every decade. At least it wasn't as bad as 2016.

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Dr. Nicole Lee Schroeder @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Got an email today for an academic org bemoaning how much conference hotels charge for a mic, speakers, and projector. You have got to be kidding me. Just cut the hotel conference contract. Host your JULY conference at a uni thats fully prepped. Go virtual. Buy $20 mics 1/6

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Organizing and OCRing my Dole archive pictures. I found a very moving letter but now can't find it. I've gone through all my picture several times and keyword searched. Ugh. Thankfully I don't need it for research exactly but would be nice to have. #HistorianProblems #PhDLife #AcademicSky

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is great to see but for God's sake can people put alt text in their posts with images and can museums use larger font sizes?! #Accessibility #MuseumSky

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National Council on Public History @ncph.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The NCPH Asian American Pacific Islander Working Group maintains two directories to foster community and collaboration in the #AAPI public #history community. Promote yourself or your org and join the 70+ connections listed! Individuals: bit.ly/AAPI-PH-Form. Orgs: bit.ly/AAPI-PHOrgForm.

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Speaking of the #WorldCup I'm apparently misremembering that the Netherlands won in 2010. They were celebrating really hard for coming in second which was great.

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Rebecca @softgothkitten.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I am once again begging able-bodied people to start caring about disability rights, disability justice, and disability history. You should care because ableism is bad whether you're a target of it or not, but under a fascist government, all leftists are disabled.

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm not really a sports person so can someone please explain why half the fouls are fouls when people are running into each other and not being tripped? #WorldCup

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

What rubbish. Between women not being able to keep maiden names, opposing dual citizenship after foreign naturalization, and now this, Japan is really backwards. The first female PM is a misogynist. Lovely. www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/n...

tokyoweekender.com

How Japan's First Female PM Became the Face of Male-Only Succession

Japan's parliament just passed the first major revision to the Imperial House Law in nearly 80 years — and it keeps the throne male-only. We look at the paradox of the country's first female prime min...

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

What abominable citation style is this that doesn't give a full name, properly capitalize titles, or use quotations for article titles and why do we use it?!!!! #AcademicSky #PhDLife

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Rebecca @softgothkitten.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Before the election, when listing the marginalized people who would be targeted by a Trump administration, people frequently left out disabled people. And now every week there's another attack on disability rights. Yet unsurprisingly, it's mostly just disabled people talking about it.

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Reading "East to the Dawn" by Susan Butler, an Amelia Earhart bio. Her sister attended #SmithCollege and she almost did too but went to Cornell to study nursing instead. So close! #BookSky

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I read Foucault's Discipline and Punish during my MA. Understood and liked that. Just started Birth of Biopolitics. WTF am I reading?! #BookSky #PhDLife #AcademicSky

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

One day, I'll never have to read (about) Foucault again. #PhDLife #AcademicSky

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Reading nonstop for prelims so I can finish my papers over the summer. Then I can focus on my prospectus this fall since I'll be busy with conferences and archive trips. #AcademicSky #PhDLife

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

1/2 Dear publishers and writers (esp disability related) Publishers, please stop 1. Having abstracts in italics 2. Using columns 3. Putting partial citations in the notes and full citations in the bib 4. Using small font 5. Making it hard to get digital copies #AcademicSky #DisabilitySky #BookSky

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Had a great time at the Asian American Unity Coalition (AAUC) Summit at the U this weekend! Visited Hmong, Somali & Latine community locations and heard about Metro Surge impact and building coalition. Met many local & nationwide advocates and it was great to be with so many other Asian Americans!

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