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USA Today bestselling historical author. Upcoming --> The Gilded Heiress, August 26, 2025 www.joannashupe.com
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17.10.2025 22:34 — 👍 109 🔁 60 💬 4 📌 1One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
03.10.2025 21:44 — 👍 25871 🔁 6284 💬 117 📌 554The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
A reminder that the event I'm doing with Diana Quincy and Charis Michaels at the East City Bookshop in Washington, D.C. on 10/7 is both a) FREE and b) ABLE TO BE STREAMED VIRTUALLY.
Why not join us?
Here’s last night’s story about Jimmy Kimmel, the FCC, freedom of speech in the U.S., and why certain broadcast groups could learn a thing or two from Love Island. youtu.be/ohPToBog_-g
22.09.2025 15:30 — 👍 914 🔁 280 💬 26 📌 30Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today.
Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.
Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.
Kirkus liked The Scot's Seduction, out 9/30:
"a signature strong-minded Frampton heroine, packed with charming banter and steamy scenes...[t]he strongest element of the book is the depth of emotional connection that develops between the leads, leading to a satisfying ending in more ways than one."
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
19.09.2025 13:54 — 👍 27317 🔁 12591 💬 1680 📌 812
Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
A post on the importance of sending letters
A post with Disney's address
Do this to voice your outrage at Disney's unjust cancellation of Kimmel and other people's shows for simply practicing their free speech, ASAP.
18.09.2025 13:36 — 👍 5776 🔁 3654 💬 52 📌 77
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Larry Ellison, a major stakeholder in CBS and Paramount, now has CNN, HBO and a major share of TikTok in his sights, William Cohan writes. If all goes as expected, Ellison is poised “to become one of the most powerful media and entertainment moguls America has ever seen.”
Exactly this
18.09.2025 04:15 — 👍 36803 🔁 10642 💬 733 📌 328
The cover for A Lady For All Seasons. A photograph of a redheaded woman in a blue dress is facing away from the viewer. The title and author name are illustrated as if on the front of a poetry chapbook.
🌈COVER REVEAL🌈
From the acclaimed author of Chef's Kiss and A Gentleman's Gentleman comes a riotous Regency romp, featuring a charming and unforgettable genderfluid lead.
A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS is out March 10.
Preorder & full synopsis: tjalexander.com#books6
An image with text Divorced in the 19th Century, Fault-based Divorce
My historical newsletter this week is about no-fault divorce, which is under attack in 2025, and what that meant in the 19th century.
Joannashupe.com/newsletter
It was more for social status, not tax benefits. There was no federal income tax. It was en vogue for ladies to have charity causes. Carnegie donated because libraries were his pet cause, and he had more money than he ever intended on keeping.
12.09.2025 02:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I'm reupping this because I want to make sure all relevant NYC-area friends see it.
Me, Diana Quincy, and @joannashupe.bsky.social, led by the awesome @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social!
Your ticket gets you $$$ off a drink at the bar (I'm cheap, so I use my $8 credit for an $8 beer, tip included).
Thank you! I hope you enjoy the books!!
12.09.2025 02:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I'll be moderating a panel on Unusual Historicals at NYC's Book Club Bar on Sept. 30 with @meganf.bsky.social @joannashupe.bsky.social & Diana Quincy
Tix: www.eventbrite.com/e/author-pan...
Omg! I would die of happiness!
29.08.2025 15:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An iPad, an iPhone, and a paperback image of The Gilded Heiress
Do you like the move Anastasia? (Dimitri. Enough said!)
What about a road trip romance?
What about a “kiss me so I’ll calm down” moment?
Only one sleigh?
THE GILDED HEIRESS is out now!
joannashupe.com/the-gilded-h...
#booksky #gildedage #newrelease
A stolen baby. A con man with a grudge. A love neither of them saw coming.
In Ep 50 of Undercurrents of Romance, I chat with @joannashupe.bsky.social about THE GILDED HEIRESS—her twisty Gilded Age romance set in the underworld of Knickerbocker high society.
Watch: youtu.be/B_ryetLqYAU
Thank you!! 🫶
28.08.2025 18:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Paperback of the gilded heiress by Joanna Shupe. On sale 08.26.25
Dimitri from Anastasia on a yellow background with the word “vibes”
An image of the gilded heiress by Joanna Shupe with the tropes: he falls first, non-billionaires, opens with a bang, only one sled
TOMORROW. joannashupe.com/the-gilded-h... #booksky #historicalromance #gildedage
25.08.2025 14:52 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
If you are missing HBO’s The Gilded Age, check out some of these fantastic reads. Thank you to @peoplemag.bsky.social for letting me blab about some of my faves! people.com/the-gilded-a...
17.08.2025 01:43 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0BOOK TOUR ALERT 🚨 I’m so excited to see histrom lovers in the wild! #booksky
02.08.2025 18:43 — 👍 22 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Trump’s tax bill, which robs from the poor to boost the rich, steers hundreds of billions of dollars into wasteful pet projects.
Here we survey the biggest boondoggles of the Big Beautiful Bill ⤵️
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
09.06.2025 01:39 — 👍 34686 🔁 16592 💬 2449 📌 3415This stuff doesn’t look very protect-and-serve-y
09.06.2025 15:05 — 👍 19716 🔁 7169 💬 1428 📌 759
