Andrea Mansker

Haiti's Hand-Painted Winter Olympics Uniforms Are a 'Story of Resistance' | Artnet News Haiti’s hand-painted Winter Olympics uniforms turn censorship into an act of creative defiance and national pride.

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Jimmy Kimmel accuses Trump of trying to get him fired and tells him: ‘Quiet, piggy’ ‘You’ve done this before,’ comedian told president, who ranted about Kimmel online and demanded his firing

😍

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#NoKings
Chattanooga, TN

YouTube video by MSNBC 'DONALD IS FINISHED': Newsom goes on OFFENSE with Trump mockery campaign

Love the satire, especially the JD "Just Dance" Vance line!

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Merchants of Love with Dr. Andrea Mansker Con artists or merchants of love? Dr. Andrea Mansker talks about professional matchmakers in 19th century Paris.

New interview on my matchmaking book available now on THE FRENCH HISTORY PODCAST with Gary Girod:

Merchants of Love with Dr. Andrea Mansker
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Great...Malthusianism AND a theocracy!

You know who loved military parades...

Censorship & the suppression of free speech, freedom of inquiry

In Nashville, Volunteers Are Figuring Out How to Counter ICE OEPARTMENT

Nashville residents and immigrant advocates countered ICE by setting up hotlines, documenting activity, and sharing real-time alerts on social media. Groups like The ReMIX Tennessee tracked ICE and highway patrol sightings, warning communities and reducing surprise arrests. #3E

‘The Soldier’s Reward’ and ‘Matchmaking and the Marriage Market...’ review

Christine Adams reviews my MATCHMAKING book & that of Jennifer Heuer, THE SOLDIER'S REWARD in HISTORY TODAY:

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Infamous Pronatalist Proposes Nazi-Like Medals for Moms Who Have 6 Kids Right-wingers obsessed with declining birth rates, including Simone Collins—who wants a future of “genetically selected humans"—are reportedly offering creepy ideas to the Trump administration.

The Nazis also offered motherhood classes to Aryan women under the Reich Mother's Service and bonuses to large Aryan families, all the while legalizing sterilization and abortion for non-Aryan women.

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Considering that no one wants to have sex w/ incels, this is going to be an uphill battle.

Not only "went along" but actively collaborated

Matchmaking in Volatile Times with Andrea Mansker In the age of dating apps, is matchmaking is a “retro” solution to a contemporary problem? Andrea Mansker, author of Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France, discusses the hist...

Take a break from doom-scrolling and read my new blog post, "Matchmaking in Volatile Times:"
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Trump’s Demands of Harvard Escalate His War on Higher Ed Higher ed leaders and experts say the Trump administration’s harsh list of demands of Harvard gave it no choice but to fight back. Will other institutions do the same?

"The task force demanded Harvard commission an external party to audit the university’s student body, faculty, staff, and leaders 'for viewpoint diversity, such that each department, field, or teaching unit must be individually viewpoint diverse.'”

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At Least 10 Florida Universities Have Signed ICE Agreements Amid a state crackdown on undocumented migrants, at least 10 public universities are giving campus police immigration enforcement powers. More are considering doing so.

Un-f*ing believable!

www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their independence until they were instruments of the state.

The problem with remaining silent or compliance...

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WTF???

Trump Administration’s Withholding of Funds Could Impact 30% of Title X Patients

"Guttmacher estimates show that this withholding of federal funds, if it becomes permanent, would result in at least 834,000 people losing access to Title X-funded care over the course of a year."
www.guttmacher.org/2025/04/trum...

She’s not wrong. (Spoiler: they won’t)

@MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty @RepTimBurchett @RepMarkGreen @AndyOgles @RepHarshbarger this is your crash too. #Trumpcession #TrumpCrash #OrangeMonday

College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle ITHACA, NY—As nearly a dozen prospective students were forced into the back of a car with tinted windows, a Cornell University campus tour reportedly ended Tuesday inside an unmarked Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle. “Over there you can see our student center, which boasts its own bowling alley, and then, if you all will follow […]

College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle
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Chattanooga

"Perhaps most importantly, these actions will diminish the very disciplines that drive the development of critical thinking, the understanding of value, and the pursuit of justice and democracy among the next generation of scholars and citizens."

Here's where we're headed...hope we can make some fun outfits w/ our dollars!

What Sen. Booker’s Speech Teaches Us About Effective Resistance Strategy Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers!

“Authoritarians want us to feel hopeless and helpless. It’s up to us to show them that we will not submit quietly and that we believe in struggle and collective action.” Thank you Cory Booker Thank you Ruth Ben-Ghiat for the powerful reminder open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country WASHINGTON—According to a new report published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, you live in a deeply embarrassing and barely functional country. “Our latest research and statistical analysis show...

Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country

Denmark says it didn't like Vance's 'tone' in Greenland Leaders in Denmark hit back at US Vice-President JD Vance after his trip to the Pituffik Space Base in north-western Greenland.

"We don't like your tone"

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

Neon green background, pink hand print, with lettering in pink, black, and white; Text from top to bottom: ‘Tell Trump And Musk /Pink overlaying white/HANDS OFF /black lettering/ Our Democracy! Hands off Tennessee, Hands off America, April 5th 2025, 12 noon, Nashville-Knoxville-Memphis-Chattanooga-/ Organized by UVOTN, Indivisible, 50501 National/ visit organizers at fifityfifty.one| uvotn.org | indivisible.org |

See you at your capitals on April 5th!! Let’s remind the government to keep their hands off Tennessee, as always peaceful and non-violent.

For those who have been looking for a Saturday protest, now is your chance! Spread the word and stay safe.