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Beth Linker, Ph.D.

@bethlinker.bsky.social

Historian of Science + Medicine + Public Health + Disability @UPenn. New book re origins of posture health panic: SLOUCH https://tinyurl.com/46hfkpsn bethlinker.com Other books: WAR'S WASTE & CIVIL DISABILITIES

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@jay.bsky.team Penn's STSC Faculty have been following all of your successes! We are so very proud. You are a prime example of why we need more humanistic programs that focus on STEM!

19.05.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tammy Duckworth Is Done Playing by the Old Rules In an exclusive interview, the senator laments the lack of resistance to Trump and describes her rescue in Iraq as a β€œgift.”

I caught up with @chicagomag.com about my efforts to push back against Trump's disastrous policies, my time as a Blackhawk pilot, what I've learned throughout my life of service and more. Check it out here: www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...

15.04.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 423    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 12

Love the mass historical society --check out this upcoming event! @mhs1791.bsky.social

25.03.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a fun, eclectic audience! SHI @sciencehistory.org knows how to do great book talk events. πŸ“š @princetonupress.bsky.social

20.03.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Beth Linker

Beth Linker

Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America by Beth Linker

Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America by Beth Linker

Tomorrow (March 19) at 6 pm EDT: Please join @sciencehistory.org in welcoming @bethlinker.bsky.social for a discussion of her book, Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America. This is a hybrid event.

To register for this free event, visit: www.sciencehistory.org/visit/events...

18.03.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Hard to think about things like historical scholarship on human posture sciences when destructive politically posturing is happening rn in the states. But @infinite-women.com was a great interviewer and you should check out this site.

17.03.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations @evanpsullivan.bsky.social happy to be mentioned along with other amazing scholars.

31.01.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kudos!

31.01.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prizes 2024/5 ROY PORTER STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION 2024-roy-porter-prize-entry-formDownload Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2024/5 Roy …

☎️Calling #HistMed Students & New GraduatesπŸ“’

The Roy Porter Essay Prize deadline's tomorrow (1 Feb), 5pmGMT)! There's still time! Prizes include cash, conference plenary slot, mentoring, & places at our publication masterclass! Eligibility & entry form πŸ‘‡

#HistSTM #DisHist #HistPsych #HistNursing πŸ—ƒοΈ

31.01.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prizes 2024/5 ROY PORTER STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION 2024-roy-porter-prize-entry-formDownload Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2024/5 Roy …

☎️Calling #HistMed Students & New GraduatesπŸ“’
The Roy Porter Essay Prize deadline is 1 Feb! Submit for the chance to win cash, a conference plenary slot, mentoring, & places at our publication masterclass! Details, eligibility & entry form πŸ‘‡
#HistSTM
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27.01.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The US Department of Health and Human Services: Its Importance in the Past and Present We, as historians of medicine, express our support for the federal agencies and regulations that protect and promote human health. We know the long-term value of health-related federal agencies and…

I organized this statement on the historical importance of federal agencies that protect and forward human health. As Project 2025 is dismantling them as I write, it is important that these agencies employ thousands of people committed to scientific research. #histmed nursingclio.org/2025/01/27/t...

28.01.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America Professor and author Beth Linker reveals the surprising origins of our concerns over poor posture.

Interested in public health campaigns and back pain? Mark your calendars for my latest book talk on MARCH 19th at the fabulous Science History Institute, in person and online. @princetonupress.bsky.social #histmed #skystorians #histstm

08.01.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Which bus service do you use? Asking for a parent who has a "Mule". ;)

16.01.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Is Scholarship Today? – AHA Inspired by the AHA's Guidelines for Broadening the Definition of Historical Scholarship, a dozen historians share the diverse ways they do history today.

Two years ago, the AHA Council issued the Guidelines for Broadening the Definition of Historical Scholarship. Last May, we asked #AHAPerspectives readers to tell us: Why is what you do scholarship?

Today, we share essays by 12 historians in answer to that question. πŸ—ƒοΈ 🧡

16.01.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America Professor and author Beth Linker reveals the surprising origins of our concerns over poor posture.

Interested in public health campaigns and back pain? Mark your calendars for my latest book talk on MARCH 19th at the fabulous Science History Institute, in person and online. @princetonupress.bsky.social #histmed #skystorians #histstm

08.01.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Please spread the word #WW1 #milwelfhist
@bethbailey.bsky.social @bethlinker.bsky.social @joannabourke.bsky.social @drjeball.bsky.social @amyjay401.bsky.social @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social @cecilearchives.bsky.social @draefox.bsky.social @msp-archive.bsky.social @historynerdess.bsky.social

02.01.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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So happy to see my book in this round up press.princeton.edu/books/best-o... #skystorians #histstm #academicsky

20.12.2024 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes!

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Really happy with the outcome of this beauty. I like to write long and apparently knit long, too #knitting

12.12.2024 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Surprised and not surprised

09.12.2024 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah yes! Thank you @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social and looking forward to diving into this pack of body historians!

04.12.2024 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You're ahead of me!

28.11.2024 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, hey, hey, I love fan (bluesky) mail! Thank you @infinitewomen.bsky.social If folks are looking for an amuse bouche, may I suggest a recent essay I wrote: psyche.co/ideas/in-def...

27.11.2024 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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26.11.2024 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

God help us

26.11.2024 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"My old relationship was so toxic, and...oh no! My 'x' just walked into the bar"

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Cartoon depiction of Twitter x walking in the door. User and bluesky having a drink together.

Cartoon depiction of Twitter x walking in the door. User and bluesky having a drink together.

I think there may be some ppl on this platform who will enjoy this. Oh and I still love getting paper magazines and newspapers. #comics

24.11.2024 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I second this! @bschillace.brandyschillace.com

23.11.2024 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#academics #histstm : share this with your students!

22.11.2024 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#histstm #disability #publichealth #history

21.11.2024 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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