Kim E Nielsen

Kim E Nielsen

@kenielsen.bsky.social

Historian of disability, gender, and law. Major fan of knitting, murder mysteries, my peeps, and chocolate.

1,185 Followers 121 Following 10 Posts Joined Nov 2024
8 months ago
July's Free E-Book!
MONEY, MARRIAGE, AND MADNESS: The Life of Anna Ott
By Kim E. Nielsen
University of Illinois Press

Get your *free* e-book of MONEY, MARRIAGE, AND MADNESS: The Life of Anna Ott by ‪@kenielsen.bsky.social‬!
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Transgender and non-binary folk matter. They are us, they are family, they are neighbors, and they need/deserve rights. Don’t be mean. (For the duration: this will be a daily posting.)

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If each Treasury payee is a separate record, and there are, say, 68,000,000 social security payees (as is estimated), then at $5000 per violation, it seems like Elon could be penalized $340 billion if he unlawfully accessed their Treasury records...

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Kinda feels like a whole lotta people found out for the first time today that there's a very large, very vibrant progressive wing of Christianity (and religion in general).

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Too late!

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This is my favorite bird ever!!

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Gofundme should not be our national safety net

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The University of Oklahoma Press Since 1928 the University of Oklahoma Press has gained international recognition as an outstanding publisher of the history and cultures of the American West, Indigenous Studies, Chicana/Chicano Studi...

Been thinking about buying Pedagogy of Kindness, or any of the other books in the series? 40% off in the U of OK holiday sale! Use code 18HLDY24 at checkout! www.oupress.com

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My contribution to happiness today? Listen to Jon Batiste’s new “Beethoven Blues” album. Beyond fantastic.

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I love “Quiet Hands.”

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"The Potential That Was in All of Us": Carceral Disability
and the Japanese American Redress Movement
Adria L. Imada
WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly, Volume 51, Numbers 1 & 2,
Spring/Summer 2023, pp. 21-47 (Article)

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Sandy Sufian’s work on adoption! I also love Nina Mackert’s essay on the history of the calorie. It’s brilliant— Work, burn, eat: abilities of calorimetric bodies in the USA, 1890–1930 Rethinking History, 23:2, 189-209

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A Pedagogy of Kindness - University of Oklahoma Press Academia is not, by and large, a kind place. Individualism and competition are what count. But without kindness at its core, Catherine Denial suggests, highe...

If you're new here, you might not know that I published -A Pedagogy of Kindness- this summer, available from the University of Oklahoma Press. And as of Tuesday, an audiobook is available too! www.oupress.com/978080619385...

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Since Google’s AI overview is really annoying me, advice on your favorite search engine?

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I’d love to be added!

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Dorothy Sayers taught me the word “defenestration.”

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Disability Historians starter pack. The more the merrier: go.bsky.app/4MB7iob

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