Abbey Shimer

Since many of you seem not to understand what eugenicist rhetoric/ideas look like, I thought it might be useful to present some examples of what it looks like.

Here is an LA Times article, 1 Jan, 1914, celebrating the "eugenic wedding" of two "perfect blondes...practically perfect physically"

This is SO TRUE!!!! #AcademicChatter #academiclife

Black dog in a field with trees in the distant background and blue skies with scattered small clouds.

Lou Lou is happy to be a Great Plains dog

On Juneteenth, a reminder that Commonplace has 25 years of free, open access articles on slavery and abolition up through this week's piece by Jayne Ptolemy about documents related to William Ansah Sessarakoo. Browse the Slavery and Abolition subject page here: commonplace.online/topic/slaver... 🗃️

How Much Money Do Historians Make From Their Writing? In general, academic writing doesn’t earn you anything, and most of the time, it costs you.

"If you’ve ever wanted to read an academic journal article, though, you may have noticed that it costs money to download it—anywhere between $5 and $90. The article’s author isn’t getting that money."

Bunch of empty cardboard boxes haphazardly stacked in front of a fire place

Packing is no fun (unless it’s with housemates and pizza. That was fun 😆). #summerplans

The photo pf the huge container ship run aground in the garden of a small coastal house. I've photoshopped an arrow to the house with 'House to Live in', and another arrow to the ship that says 'a room to keep books in'. of course writing the alt text has warned me this may be a joke that only I find funny.

Exciting and practical house designs coming out of Scandinavia

Baby and adult geese walk in a grassy field with threes in the background and branches in the foreground

Light blue and white hydrangea with a road in the background

Officially done with grading so Lou Lou and I went on a celebratory walk 😊

Woman sitting on a brown sofa with a little black scruffy dog laying on top of the sofa giving the woman side eye.

Lou Lou keeping me company as I submit seniors’ final grades #amgrading

Stay tuned for the next chapter of teaching US history and civics in South Dakota (and if what this southerner was told about the cold “not being that bad” is true) 😆

Brick campus sidewalk with Elon University’s banner flying on poles

Today I gave my last exam at Elon University. I’ve been blessed to get to know some wonderful students and faculty over the three years. (Also incredibly grateful for the extra income that adjunct and LT work brings a broke grad student) Bittersweet to leave, but I’m excited for the next chapter. 🙂

an elderly woman is sitting in a chair holding a cup and saucer Alt: An elderly woman (Sophia from Golden Girls) is sitting and shrugging in a chair, holding a cup and saucer.

The number of students this semester writing the "late 1990s" has me feeling like I need to look for retirement homes. #amgrading

The Library of Congress Has Always Been a Battleground for American Culture Wars Thomas Jefferson wanted to donate his personal collection of books to the Library of Congress. But critics thought those books were un-American.

I wrote about the first time that the @librarycongress.bsky.social became a battleground in an American culture war. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Flyer with beach scene of sunset under a palm tree to advertise registration for the SAWH 2025 Triennial Conference at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, from June 19 to 22, 2025. The registration link is provided at sawh2025.org.

The SAWH Triennial Conference is just over a month away, and we want you in Daytona Beach with us!
Register now at sawh2025.org
#sawh2025

Fulbright-Hays Grants Canceled for the Year The grant programs have supported the international research of students and scholars for more than 60 years.

So many groundbreaking scholars are only in the field because of these grants. We are going to lose a generation's worth of knowledge that we will never get back: www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

A man and three woman stand in front of a life-size museum display of an early airplane

Wright Brothers Monument with the fam

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

A broadside, probably printed in Venice, shows plans for getting food & drink to cardinals in a Papal in 1605.

A broadside, probably printed in Venice, shows plans for getting food & drink to cardinals in a Papal in 1605.

The Conclave to elect the 267th Pope begins today.

This broadside, probably printed in Venice, shows plans for getting food and drink to cardinals in a Papal #Conclave in 1605. The food was checked for hidden messages and the door was guarded.

@theulspeccoll.bsky.social
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I always enjoy listening to my students podcasts — especially in an online course where I don’t get to see these students. It’s so much fun to hear their voices and thoughts on the readings we’ve been working through. 😊

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper by Joseph Fasano Now I let it fall back in the grasses. I hear you. I know this life is hard now. I know your days are precious on this earth. But what are you trying to be free of? The living? The miraculous task of it? Love is for the ones who love the work.

It's final paper season.

Presenting the Past. 1865 - 1920s. Welcome to SHGAPE. The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is an organization of historians who study and promote knowledge of American history from the Reconstruction era through the aftermath of World War I. The society brings together academic, public, and independent historians, as well as scholars in other humanities and social-science disciplines interested in these decades and their issues.

The Society for #Historians of the #GildedAge & #ProgressiveEra is on Bluesky! We'll share Society news, opportunities, & blog posts from the SHGAPE Blog (blog.shgape.org). Check out our recently refreshed website (www.shgape.org) & give us a follow! #history #skystorians #historysky #historiansky

Ordered my ticket for #sawh2025 !! Getting excited 😊

This gender split is troubling but not surprising. As girls have started out-achieving boys academically, school and related things like reading have come to be seen as "feminine." Which becomes a self-perpetuating cycle, leading some people to view school--and thus reading--as too "girly" for boys.

Woman in black jacket and glasses and man in gray tee shirt and glasses standing in front of a waterfall with a cityscape in the background.

Rocky waterfall with a cityscape in the background.

A bit from recent travels to Sioux Falls 😊

In honor of May Day 🚩, we've scoured our archives to bring to you some of the best pieces that explore the history of labor struggles in the US. We've also linked to timeless advice pieces about how to find balance and joy in our work as academics.

Give us a follow if you like what you see. 🗃️

Supreme Court appears open to religious charter schools The case is from Oklahoma, which like 45 other states, has laws that say charter schools must be public schools funded by the state, closely supervised by the state, and be non-sectarian.

#SCOTUS's conservative majority seemed on Wednesday to be on the verge of taking a transformative step—a step that would for the first time allow overtly religious schools to be fully funded by the taxpayers.
www.npr.org/2025/04/30/n...

didn't have "The NY Times discovers there are Christians" on my bingo card for this year

I love all of these 😂😂

Love detailing the ends and outs of historical figure’s inability to hold down a job because he was an OG Theo-bro…

My two research assistants are sleeping on the job 🙄