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Betsy Friauf

@betsyfriauf.bsky.social

Co-author of the forthcoming book, “The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas.”

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What's the Matter With Fort Worth? Part II A Western City and Its Violent Southern Past

It's not what it looks like

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Book cover has a doctor in a white lab coat and a small child as a patient.

Book cover has a doctor in a white lab coat and a small child as a patient.

Happy publication day to @drmphillipsut.bsky.social and @betsyfriauf.bsky.social!

I am proud of the extraordinary archival research that went into the new @oupress.bsky.social book "The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas."

Book preview here: substack.com/home/post/p-...

03.06.2025 18:21 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Steeped in a Culture of Violence The Texas shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18, 2018, which killed ten and injured thirteen, prompted public debate over the causes and potential solut...

@betsyfriauf.bsky.social and I are proud to have contributed a chapter to this book which just won the Texas State Historical Association’s Gail and Chuck Swanlund Award for Best Texas History Anthology.

www.tamupress.com/book/9781648...

05.02.2025 17:44 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
Book cover: a doctor in a white lab coat holds a stethoscope to a small child.

Book cover: a doctor in a white lab coat holds a stethoscope to a small child.

One reason I am excited to be at the Alliance for Texas History conference is to offer a sneak preview of "The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas" by @drmphillipsut.bsky.social & @betsyfriauf.bsky.social

The pub date is in June—get a preorder at 30% off!

#ATxH2025

15.05.2025 21:04 — 👍 39    🔁 13    💬 3    📌 1
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In June, we will publish “The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas” by @drmphillipsut.bsky.social and @betsyfriauf.bsky.social, a book that shines a powerful light on the state’s past as well as its future.

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Non-profit creates opt out forms against State Superintendent Ryan Walters A non-profit called Defense of Democracy has created opt-out forms for parents who want their child to have no interaction with Ryan Walters in any capacity, which includes the recent prayer video.

If you are in Oklahoma or know others that are with school age children, please pass this along to them. Defense of Democracy created opt-out forms for Ryan Walter’s forced bible instruction. Let’s keep getting in good trouble!
#EduSky #Resist
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Anatomy of the Great Replacement Panic feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips It Could Happen Here · Episode

The investigative reporter @stevanzetti.bsky.social and I recorded a podcast episode on the history of the racist Great Replacement Theory and its bloody legacy:

open.spotify.com/episode/0tbW...

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