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Megan Spainhour

@megstheanthro.bsky.social

Anthropologist. Historian. Nature-admirer. Explorer. Egalitarian. Quiet observer. Reader of all things. Pacifist in an upset world.

59 Followers  |  43 Following  |  28 Posts  |  Joined: 16.01.2025  |  1.7746

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In no particular order

1. RHCP
2. Chris Stapleton
3. Annie Lenox
4. Tide Lines
5. Earth Wind and Fire
6. Led Zeppelin

I call my music taste eclectic to say the least

05.05.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Define your music tastes in 6 artists

1.) Kem
2.) Whitney Houston
3.) Anthony Hamilton
4.) Teena Marie
5.) Bone thugs
6.) Rhianna

It’s definitely not enough slots.

Honorable Mentions: Gary Clark Jr.

31.03.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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"Sometimes in life you run across a love unknown, without a reason it seems like you belong...I became somebody through loving you" -Dear Life, Anthony Hamilton (our wedding song)

Happy 12 years. Best decision ever. Spent the afternoon grilling steaks at the park before the chill got to us.

05.05.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you given yourself a break this week? You can't fight if you're exhausted and/or burnt out. Put your feet up with a nice beverage and a good book for bit this weekend. Come back energized & focused. Thank you!!!

12.04.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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I am training for a cycling event at the end of this year. Todays 5.68 miles was hard- I haven't biked, or really done any exercise- since August 2024. My legs felt like trudging through mud. But you've gotta start somewhere and today was day 1 out of 236. Excited to see my progress.

12.04.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My sincere hope is that the American 250 celebrations this year remind people that they once chose to radically change their society.

The Constitution did not come about because they meekly accepted rulers who abused and exploited them.

11.04.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I have a confession: I very much, most certainly, do judge a book by its cover.

09.04.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I grew up in the library, almost quite literally. I learned at an early age the importance and resources a library provides. Museums provide the same resource...knowledge, power, a way to connect to our past, our present and our future. #Istandwithlibraries #istandwithmuseums #imls

07.04.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi.

Books are incredibly important.

Please let them be.

06.04.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 20236    πŸ” 2975    πŸ’¬ 223    πŸ“Œ 75

Y’all gotta go read books. There’s no way around it.

Read books.
Form your own opinions.
LEARN THINGS.

READ BOOKS WHILE LIBRARIES ARE STILL AROUND

05.04.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 14373    πŸ” 2921    πŸ’¬ 266    πŸ“Œ 129
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I heard someone say a while back that while winter looks like it's dead and hopeless, the trees and flowers are still working underneath the surface, preparing for spring. That's stuck with me. Despite what it seems, nature is constantly in progress. Never stop progressing. Spring has sprung.

30.03.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, in case you haven't noticed...More than 60 years of history, growth, culture and equality is currently and quite literally being erased. 25 steps forward, 500 steps back. Not cool.

30.03.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | What a Small Island Off the Coast of Scotland Could Teach America In 2025, the idea of settling anyplace other than Mars might seem anachronistic, but the people on Ulva are pioneers.

This is a great read. When I traveled to Scotland last year, I felt an opening of my mind as I saw new ways to live and new ideas. #belikethescots #leftmyheartinscotland

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...

17.03.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Show rec: The Patient on Hulu and FX. Created by same writers who made The Americans. Carrell is great, Gleason is great. It gets dark but I've almost binged the whole season in 2 days.

28.02.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As an American, I agree. It's a sad state of affairs here and not all of us support anything our country is doing. It's embarrassing.

26.02.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Last week, following President Trump's executive orders on gender ideology, references to transgender and queer people were removed from the websites of the National Park Service's (NPS) Stonewall National Monument and other historic sites. Read AASLH's statement on this at tinyurl.com/4n7rawu2.

20.02.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

When they ban a book, find it and read it.

16.02.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 766    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 3

I think it says a lot about Nashville that the top story on our local news stations is that Purity Dairy is no longer making ice cream. Wow. Norhing bigger going on? #priorities 🍦 πŸ™„

13.02.2025 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Driving home, Muse just hits different. Madness, Uprising...way underrated.
If I ever have the guts to do karaoke, Madness would be a top contender. πŸŽ€πŸŽ™

13.02.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two books knocked off my "want to find and read" list to "found and to be read soon" list. A good book find can always boost my mood. Can't wait to read @theladygreer.bsky.social!

10.02.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is really beautiful writing...suggested read.

08.02.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Army Women’s Museum website. We are being erased.

04.02.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 11

This is a good read:

"Not everything happens for a reason. Things are not good. Admitting that things are not good is a form of self-care."

04.02.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welp, looks like I'll be scaling back my business at Target, Walmart, McDonalds, Amazon, and Lowes and going hardcore at Costco. #DEI

01.02.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a poster that says black history matters in purple ALT: a poster that says black history matters in purple

Happy Black History Month. Also Happy Women's History Month, Happy MLK day, Happy Pride Month, Happy Juneteenth, Happy Holocaust Rememberance Day, Happy International Women's Day, Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, Happy Indigenous People's Day. Screw Presidents Day.

01.02.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Because if I don't, I'll go crazy and just be angry every single day. Yeah I can protest, voice my opinion, but will that change anything? Not really.

31.01.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a therapist once teach me that to calm my anxiety and "what ifs" I have to ask myself if the outcome is something I can control. If there is nothing I can do as a single person to change or control the situation, then I have to let it go. I'm using that mindset with the current administration

31.01.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No but if you figure it out, let me know.

30.01.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Told ya...

29.01.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is why I can't deal with this administration. This is what's important???? Not gun reform, not climate change, not funding schools, but we better make sure we change the name to what doofus prefers. Ya'll who voted for him...this is what you voted for.

28.01.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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