Dr. Bridget María Chesterton

First snow of the season in Western New York!!!

Amazing!!!! What an opportunity.

I am lucky that I get to historical research and write for a living. It is a privilege and an honor to be able to do the work I do. I hope it is there for another generation, but I worry that university is going the way of the dinosaurs.

I am the heaviest user on my campus. A title I wear proudly.

Arrived in mailbox today!!! Congratulations to Mike Huner on his long awaited book.

No. That is bad advice and totally unrealistic. Do you have help?

OMG!

I had a bout of psychosis postpartum, possibly brought on by heavy steroid use to treat severe asthma during pregnancy. I still need prednisone to treat my asthma now and again even though there are now biologics that help. It’s always scary when a flare up needs steroids for me. Asthma sucks.

I had a real hard time postpartum too. I get it. Although we all experience it differently I think the week’s postpartum are often lonely and scary. It does get better, but slowly. Please get help if you need it. You are not as alone as you think.

I’m so sorry. It is so hard. Sending you lots of positive energy today.

I’m sorry

It’s a long story, but as a severe asthmatic (non-eosinophilic) I stand with the Paraguayan protesters against the regime.

I am white and doing exactly this.

I’m in Buffalo, and we produce a lot off our roof. Mind you we have 2 EVs and they use a lot of electricity, so we exceed our production, but we still have quite low electric bills and don’t have to buy gasoline !!!!!

Normalize Speaking Spanish in Public!

I will speak my Spanish so loud on WhatsApp that everyone around me will know who I am.

Solo voy a hablar Castellano en público. El nombre de mi hija lo voy a gritar con orgullo….. Esperanza. No me van a silenciar.

I can't wait to use this in my History of Argentina Class. It is going to be so much fun!

With the first week of class, I must have written 10,000 emails this AM, or so it feels like! Haha.

Estoy comenzando una investigación de historias orals sobre Fernet con Coca en Cordoba, Argentina. Súper divertido!

Ugh. Not sure I celebrate but I understand what you mean.

I am the Social Sciences editor at MARLAS (Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies). Please consider being a reviewer for our journal! Drop me a DM if you are interested. We are looking for people to review articles on chilean women's history and other topics. Please let me know!

As a historian I have collected recipes from Paraguay and published a lot on food and cooking there, but I had never done the same for my own family! I’m currently correcting that oversight. My mom making empanadas.

Thank you Karen. I am curious what others think thought. I wonder how to approach this press with this idea. It is a bit out there.

Is it weird that I want to paint my own book cover for an academic book? Thoughts? Is this not professional? I am curious for some feedback.

Instead of preparing for the academic year ahead, I have been painting. My sister is my supplier of paint: gapkapaints.com. They are iridescent in color so they don’t show well in the photo. But I think I might give up this academic thing for full time painting.

How did you know I still needed to finish that book review????

After a month of no writing today I wrote 500 words. It felt amazing. I love to write. :)

So true!

Sent my entire manuscript to the press today for a second round of reviews. It’s both exciting and nerve racking. @upittpress.bsky.social