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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD

@ykristyn.bsky.social
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PhD in American Studies @rutgers_newark. LGBTQ+, African American, urban, & public history; @QueerNewark, they/them🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This is a really clear yet meaty interview with @mark-bray.bsky.social about the actual tactics and history of antifa movements. Will be sharing with students! www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...
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What exactly is Antifa? | CBC Radio
In late September, Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization. Today, we’re tracking the meaning and history of antifascist protest — from 1930’s Europe, to today — and asking: how ...
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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: loom.ly/BDXasRY
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Per multiple reports, as of June, 70% of the people ICE has arrested have no criminal history. What ICE is doing is meeting their DAILY QUOTA of arresting 3,000 people, which is a disgusting quota set by the White House. This has included US citizens, green card holders, & those protected by DACA.
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I’m so honored to receive the 2025 Rutgers-Newark SASN Dean’s Undergraduate Teaching Award! This is def one of the best awards I’ve ever been given tied with awards I got from Newark’s LGBTQ+ community. 💜 I’m truly honored that my RUNB & RUN students wrote such kind letters in support of me 🥹
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Watching Mamdani’s speech now and it’s so powerful and uplifting. So happy he won!! 🥹🥳
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
“There are thirty million acres of cornfield in the U.S. that are used for growing ethanol, and in the process providing about one percent of our energy needs. Scientists estimate those thirty million acres, covered in solar panels, would provide all the power the country requires…
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I’m so honored & excited to be accepted as a post-doctoral fellow for the 2025-2026 Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis (RCHA) seminar on “Black Power and White Supremacy: The Cyclical Dialectics of Power!” Led by the amazing Dr Kimberly Butler & Dr Leslie Alexander! 💜 @ruhistorydept.bsky.social
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Yesterday was my hooding ceremony at @rutgersgsn.bsky.social! I will always look back at grad school as one of best times of my life. I got to work on Queer Newark, HAL, and most importantly meet some of the most brilliant, warm, funny, and supportive people in the world!! Love my RUN fam!! 💜🥳🥂
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Free Mayor Ras Baraka!! He wasn’t even trespassing. This is cruel theater.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I’m watching additional video and the woman in the red jacket at the ICE facility in Newark who tried to stop ICE from arresting Ras Baraka and was shoved and pushed and assaulted is my rep, LaMonica McIver. Abominable.
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Robert Menendez Jr: They feel no weight of the law … And that was shown in broad daylight today when they not just arrested the Mayor of Newark but when they put their hands on two members of congress standing behind me. How is this acceptable? To anyone in this country? How is this acceptable?
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
This after ICE physically ripped a mother and her baby apart in Massachusetts while she screamed in terror.
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
These are gifts I just got from one of my #publichistory students! One is an album from my favorite band (Sleater-Kinney) AND, most importantly, he gave me a USB drive that contains an archived version of the Queer Newark Oral History Project’s website so the government can’t ever erase it!! 🥹💜
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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Deborah Sampson was born in Plympton, Massachusetts, on December 17, 1760. In 1782, Sampson dressed as a man, adopted the name Robert Shirtliff, enlisted in the Continental Army, and fought against the British in the American Revolutionary War. To read more, head to the link in our bio.
Gender Benders 1782-1920 by Jonathan Ned Katz 
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Drawing of Sampson labeled "Deborah Sampson"
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altpbs.altgov.info @altpbs.altgov.info · 05/04/2025
Good morning all! Rise and Resist! If you can protest safely today, do so. We are working to save our democracy and to save what we hold dear. PBS needs us and so does the rest of our country. Together, we can do it!
Green PBS Kids character points at screen, urging the viewer to get active while sitting in front of a computer screen with the green pbs kids logo as a screensaver.
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Senator Andrew Zwicker @andrewzwicker.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
While Trump is gutting the office that helps Americans afford their heating and electric bills, New Jersey is answering with reliable utility relief for our taxpayers. The BPU's Universal Service Fund is filling the gap and helping families across our state pay their bills. Sign up now!
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Power to the Jewish students at Columbia University who have chained themselves to the gates of the university! 💜
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I’m honored to be one of the recipients of the 2025 LGBTQIA+ History Association’s Research Support Grants! I am so grateful b/c this grant will enable me to conduct new & important oral histories of LGBTQIA+ Newarkers as I shape my dissertation into a book. 🏳️‍⚧️💜🏳️‍🌈 Thank you @lgbtqhistorya!
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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
Excerpt from Rutgers University Senate resolution calling for a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. The excerpt reads:

"BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement;"
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Tea kettles are so dramatic
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I'm convinced that at least some of the cultural resentment at academia is rooted on the completely mistaken belief that we all are have permanent job security, make six figure salaries to teach 4 hours a week with summers off, and get to spend all our time Thinking, capital-t.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.
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Alt National Archives @altnatarchives.altgov.info · 22/03/2025
www.npr.org/2025/03/19/n...
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Here are all the ways people are disappearing from government websites
Executive orders from President Trump have agencies across the government scrubbing websites of photos and references to transgender people, women and people of color.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The White House quietly released a Friday night EO that would eradicate privacy protections, make enemies lists a lot easier to assemble, and basically set the stage for a police state.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I’ll be on @ayman.msnbc.com tonight at 8 pm. See you there!!
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Library Futures @libraryfutures.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
As we write, DOGE is reportedly inside the gates of the IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services), where Keith Sonderling, Deputy Secretary of Labor and “somehow now Acting Director” of IMLS is dismantling the agency that helps libraries be libraries. /1 www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Solidarity with all the IMLS staff today.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
NEW: The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods is (or was) an advisory committee housed within the USDA which provides outside expert advice to advance food safety across the US and across different levels of govt. It was ordered disbanded this afternoon.
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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 19/03/2025
Reminder. The profiles with the #altgov label are independent. We represent different agencies and parts of government. We range in age, grade, and represent diverse groups of employees, contractors and retirees. We do NOT ask for $$ or sell anything. We are vetted.
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Happy Lithuania “Day of Knygnešys” AKA the Day of the Book Smuggler! 📚 giveabook.org.uk/2022/03/16/b...
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Lithuanian Day of the Book Smugglers
Each year March 16th marks Lithuania's Day of the Book Smugglers to commemorate those involved in smuggling banned Lithuanian books into the country to preserve the Lithuanian language.
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I hope you will tune in THIS SUNDAY to @wdqsblazeradio for my interview with the incredible Dr. April Robinson AKA “April Dawn!” We talked about my work with Queer Newark and the Humanities Action Lab, LGBTQ+ rights, and Newark’s LGBTQ+ history. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sasn.rutgers.edu @ruhistorydept.bsky.social
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Iowa governor signs bill removing gender identity from state civil rights protections This is the first time a state has removed a protected class from a state law prohibiting discrimination.
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
My dad asked me what a gyatt is today.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
It's time to stop pretending DOGE is about efficiency and trimming expenses. The difference between a haircut and a visit to the guillotine matters, and this is all going to be very expensive for all of us (if not for them). Notably gutting CFPB. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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DOGE-Backed Halt at CFPB Comes Amid Musk’s Plans for ‘X’ Digital Wallet
Government-efficiency team’s initial ‘read-only’ access expanded quickly to encompass closely guarded data, internal emails say.
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This is tough. Gotta go with Sleater-Kinney, Team Dresch, and Bikini Kill. But I also love that All Over Me soundtrack, Lush, Babes, Belly, Sonic Youth, L7 💜
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Jealous Butcher Records @jealousbutcher.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
✊ @teamdresch.bsky.social's "I'm Illegal" named one of the 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time by @rollingstone.com. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... #teamdresch #rollingstone #protest #protestmusic
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Kill Rock Stars @krsofficial.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
If you’re looking for a way to show up for artists affected by the Southern California wildfires and support independent music, consider participating in @bandcamp.com's revenue share this Friday, February 7th. On this day, 100% of purchases will be directly donated to @musicares.bsky.social.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
the fascists are looking to rigidly define gender not just to punish trans people like they claim but to lay the groundwork for the oppression of all women. when gender is legally mutable, it is harder to use it to restrict people’s rights. they want to build a cage around you, made from our bones
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Shirley says, take a look at indivisible.org if you want to take some form of action but don’t know where to start. @indivisible.org
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
seeing takes about the aid institutions and their role in imperialism. correct. If someone said "investor-owned hospitals exploit the vulnerable to benefit shareholders" I'd nod. If their followup was "and that's why I'm turning off your mom's dialysis machine" I'd...have some followup questions
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so informed @soinformed.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Protesters shut down the 101 in downtown Los Angeles resisting Trump’s mass deportation plans + ICE arrests.
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I just found my dad passed out in front of the computer. I asked, "Are you sleeping?" And he woke up with a start and said, "The computer wanted to know if I was in sleep mode." Gurl. He fell asleep trying to decide how to answer. 😆
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Kristyn Scorsone, PhD @ykristyn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
It may come as no surprise that FAA traffic controllers are overworked, overwhelmed, and understaffed. 10+ hours with little to no help or breaks. They have been calling for a change since Reagan was President.
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Jessica Marie Johnson @jessicamariejohnson.com · 31/01/2025
Resegregation orders. Not anti-DEIA orders. Not a "rollback" of DEIA. A rollback of DEIA is a return to segregation. You don't break even on a desegregation order issued in 1965 or after. Resegregation. Segregation. Segregationist. Resegregation. Segregationist.
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Brittney Cooper @profcrunk.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Re-segregation is the word. Thanks to @jmjafrx.bsky.social for this helpful language.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Very happy with the way @rollingstone.com and my boy @milesklee.bsky.social played this headline! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump and Allies Default to Racist Explanation of Deadly Air Collision
President Trump blamed diverse hiring policies for a deadly mid-air collision between a commercial jet and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people
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Shalesha @shalesha.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
A Black professor accidentally started an HBCU on TikTok called HillmanTok. Now other professors have joined in and are teaching actual courses with some offering certs that can be added to your resume Some courses being offered ⬇️
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