Kelly Therese

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Univ. Admin by day. Knitter & Podcaster by night. Feminist Mom always. Host, Unsung History. Co-host, What Can I Do.

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I called my friend in a panic saying "what can I do?" and then remembered that she and I co-host a podcast called What Can I Do and should probably put out a new episode for everyone feeling the same way.

I think for a while my kids thought their names were Ted-Arthur and Ar-Teddy.

Would love to see an honest guess from young parents on how many times they’ve called their kids by the wrong name in the last 5 years. I’d be shocked if it’s less than 10.

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So voting is better than *not* voting when it comes to getting what you want? Huh.

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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A few brief thoughts after walking in two parades yesterday, speaking at one Independence Day kickoff, seeing some fireworks and chatting with a whole lot of patriotic friends and neighbors:

From the Unsung History archives: Learn how the the enslaved population of the United States, and the abolitionists who supported them, like Frederick Douglass and John Brown, adopted the American symbols of revolution and freedom in their own fight for liberty.

"What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?"www.unsunghistorypodcast.com When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that all men were endowed with the rights of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” he did not…

I wish sabbaticals were a thing for academic staff.

If you were a guest on a podcast, what kind of swag would you want the podcast to send you?

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Some reduce the 2024 campaign to a contest between two old men, but it's a choice of two slates of federal appointees who'll impact your life in a million ways. Biden has staffed executive agencies with excellent choices who are doing good work. Trump will empower an army of Stephen Millers.

Under current law, you really couldn’t do much better than Biden’s FTC and NRLB. New Deal shit.

New Episode! As part of the WPA, so-called “unskilled” women were put to work in over 10,000 sewing rooms across the country, producing both garments and home goods for people in need, including quilts, both utilitarian and artistic. With Janneken Smucker.

Quilting & the New Dealwww.unsunghistorypodcast.com As part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), so-called “unskilled” women were put to work in over 10,000 sewing rooms across the country, producing both garm…

What do Orson Welles, Harlem, Macbeth, Haiti, and the New Deal have to do with each other? Find out tomorrow on Unsung HIstory!

Did you know that as part of the New Deal the federal funded both theater and quilting? 👀 Learn more on the next two episodes of the Unsung History podcast!

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This cannot be emphasized enough: in healthy democracies, this is absolutely normal. It is in “banana republics” that criminals go into politics to stay out of jail.

From one of my colleagues two weeks ago: “Legal cases against former heads of state are commonplace in healthy democracies.” freedomhouse.org/article/us-i...

US: International Context for Prosecuting Former Presidentsfreedomhouse.org Legal cases against former heads of state are commonplace in healthy democracies. The United States, with its strong rule-of-law tradition and independent judicial institutions, is entirely capable of...

If you are waking up to the news that MLB official stats now include stats from the Negro Leagues, I have a podcast episode for you! Prof. Leslie Heaphy joined me to discuss the history of the Negro Leagues, their level of play & her work with the Baseball HOF to include their stories.

Negro League Baseballwww.unsunghistorypodcast.com In its earliest years, the National League was not segregated, and a few teams included Black ballplayers, but in 1887 major and minor league owners adopted a so-ca…

Me on next Monday's Unsung History with @profmsinha.bsky.social : "Andrew Johnson is the worst!"

Just spending my Saturday being pissed off at Jefferson Davis.

Apropos of nothing, here's a podcast episode I did on the Southern Strategy, with a person who actually did the research, @kevinmkruse.bsky.social.

The Southern Strategywww.unsunghistorypodcast.com In the decades following the Civil War, African Americans reliably voted for the Republican Party, which had led the efforts to outlaw slavery and enfranchise Black…

#OnThisDay 85 years ago, chef Lena Richard self-published a collection of over 300 recipes, endorsed by food critic James Beard. Houghton Mifflin later released it as New Orleans Cook Book, the 1st Creole cookbook written by an African American. Listen: www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/lena-richard/

Great job, past me, setting me up to spend Mother's Day writing about slavery and incarceration.

I've been vegetarian for 22 years, and I can't remember being asked why a single time in the last decade.

New Episode! "American Anxiety over Poor Posture" For several decades in the 20th Century, American universities, including elite institutions, took nude photos of their students, sometimes as often… With @bethlinker.bsky.social Player links & show notes:

American Anxiety over Poor Posturewww.unsunghistorypodcast.com For several decades in the 20th Century, American universities, including elite institutions, took nude photos of their students, sometimes as often as twice a year…

"How Voters Describe the 2024 Election in One Word" I knew before clicking that the number one answer would be anxious. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/u...

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New Episode! "The History of DARE" In the fall of 1983, the LAPD, in collaboration with the LA Unified School District, launched Project DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), sending 10 police officers into 50 elementary schools to teach kids how to say no to drugs. with @mfkantor.bsky.social

The History of DAREwww.unsunghistorypodcast.com In the fall of 1983, the LAPD, under Chief of Police Darryl Gates and in collaboration with the LA Unified School District, launched Project DARE (Drug Abuse Resist…

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This is heartbreaking. Sending thoughts and prayers (and not a damn thing more) to those affected by this tragedy.

Downside of prepping an episode on DARE is that this song is going through my head non-stop. Thanks, @mfkantor.bsky.social.

D.A.R.E. Songvimeo.com Lyrics: THE WORLD’S A DIFFERENT PLACE WHERE LIFE’S BECOME A RACE AND UNLIKE THE WORLD OF PAST OUR KIDS GROW UP TOO FAST ‘CAUSE WHAT THEY SEE IN…

When she was a teen, the public loved hearing about the exploits of the poker-playing, gum-chewing “Princess Alice” who kept a snake in her purse. By the time she died at age 96, Alice was such an institution in DC that she was known as The Other Washington Monument. With @mikecullinane.bsky.social

Alice Roosevelt Longworthwww.unsunghistorypodcast.com When Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901, his eldest child, 17-year-old Alice, rose quickly to celebrity status. The public loved hearing about the exploits…

Welp, this set off a looooong unresolved debate in my house.

i have now emailed 20 professors of ontology, semantics, semiotics, linguistics etc about whether a hot dog is a sandwich or not. let the lincoln doglas debate commence

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I also recommend giving a listen to @feministkelly.bsky.social's interview of @wolraich.bsky.social on the Unsung History podcast about the 1931 murder of Vivian Gordon and the end of Tammany Hall's dominance of New York City politics (3/6)

My husband is designing a bespoke font that I'll get to use, and if you want to know what women want - *this* is what women want.

This Harriet Tubman Day, listen to the story of Tubman's daring raid with Colonel Montgomery & 150 Black soldiers along the Combahee RIver, when they destroyed 7 rice plantations in the Confederate breadbasket, liberating 756 people from enslavement. www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/combahee-riv...