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Book & Media History - Early American Literature - Native American and Indigenous Studies - Manuscript Studies Hot Brown Press - hotbrownpress.com & hotbrownpress.etsy.com Editor of Handwriting in Early America: A Media History (UMass 2023)

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the beginnings of the 21st-century "it-narrative" right here folks!

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a post of pure beatitude

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*this* is the future of handwriting

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A Great Reputation Among Men: Race and Contested Masculinities in the Early American Republic By Kathleen Telling In 1785, Robert Pleasants, a wealthy tobacco planter, abolitionist, and prominent member of Henrico County’s Quaker community, penned a letter to Virginia’s most famous son, Geo…

When people tell you that founders as enslavers was something we should see "in the context of their time." Great piece fr @katytelling.bsky.social abt a wealthy 18hc Virginian (and there were others) who thought Washington and co. risked their honor and more. ageofrevolutions.com/2025/10/13/a...

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Same for grad school and employee onboarding sessions! We all need to know!

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Freshman orientation should include a 5-minute bit about the sheer number of emails that staff and faculty receive every single day and the need for their grace

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Going forward, I'm in charge of plates with things. It's the rules!

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Food coma

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My press for an edit button!

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Thought I'd repost this piece on #IndigenousPeoplesDay

100 percent of proceeds got to the Land Back Campaign of the Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio!

hotbrownpress.etsy.com/listing/4335...

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Saved his life

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Surrounded by food and not a snack in sight

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Woof

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Cornboy says hi

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Matthew Shepard was murdered right when I was trying to come out of the closet. So like, this hit me pretty hard. Maybe that’s why I understand how important it is for trans kids to know they deserve to live.

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baby boom

baby boom

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Fuck

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Daddy-Daughter Meatballs!

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When you realize that somebody remains committed to a batshit crazy idea

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10/7/25
you always knew they'd make caring feel like weakness.
this chapter of brave new world proves you were right.
click to listen. no app needed.
👉 bannedcamppodcast.com/ashamed

if you still believe we can fight back, repost this.

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Paging @ashleymattes.bsky.social

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a group of children are standing next to each other with the words `` you 're doing it peter '' written on the bottom . ALT: a group of children are standing next to each other with the words `` you 're doing it peter '' written on the bottom .
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Cfp for special issue of J19, "Adaptations."

Cfp for special issue of J19, "Adaptations."

We've extended the deadline for submissions to our special issue, "Adaptations," to January 15th, 2026. Attaching the cfp here: please submit!

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Good morning friends!

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Baller

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Brutal ending. Just brutal.

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Yes

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Yeah I liked my own post

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