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Helen Epstein @epstanzer.bsky.social · 1h

#womenwriters #booksky:A Mighty Girl
In 1931, American journalist Dorothy Thompson secured a rare audience with Adolf Hitle in Berlin. Thompson asked Hitler: "Will you abolish the constitution of the German Republic?"
Hitler's response: I will abolish this parliament and constitution.

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A Mighty Girl @amightygirl.com · May 11

Rümeysa Öztürk -- the Tufts University doctoral student who was arrested by a mob of masked plainclothes federal agents six weeks ago -- was freed from immigration detention on Friday after a federal judge ordered her immediate release.

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benjbrantley.bsky.social @benjbrantley.bsky.social · 1d

Farewell to Diane Keaton, who brought a new. awakening rhythm to every performance she gave, with cadences, inflections and reactions that hadn't been seen in American film. Her charm and her style were original; her emotions ran deep. This will feel personal to many people.

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 1d

For too long, Black women have been the last hired & the first fired.

The systemic pushout of Black women from the paid workforce is a red flag for our economy and devastating for Black women, Black families, and Black futures.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Black women’s unemployment ‘dire warning’ for the economy

www.politico.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Helen Epstein @epstanzer.bsky.social · 7h

In the Czech Republic it still is!

Helen Epstein @epstanzer.bsky.social · 7h

#BOOKSKY great ebook for the dancers in your life:new e-book edition with more text and photos than in the original by the always sharp and witty author Peter Kurth

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Helen Epstein @epstanzer.bsky.social · 1d

#WomenWriters if you've been diagnosed with cancer or know someone who has you might find Getting Through It, my memoir of a successful uterine cancer treatment in Boston helpful. Getting Through It from Plunkett Lake Books

Helen Epstein @epstanzer.bsky.social · 1d

#booksky check out my review of Arundhati roy's new memoir at www.artsfuse.org and my own non-fiction books on inter-generational trauma at www.helenepstein.com

www.helenepstein.com

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Helen Epstein @epstanzer.bsky.social · 2d

A new artist friend summarizes my thinking about Israel/Palestine here:
www.independent.com/2023/10/25/t...

There Was Room for Both

It was a Palestinian-American lawyer who asked, “Why are some people allowed to remember, but others are asked to forget?”

www.independent.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

{ gift article } www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 2d

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT."

-Faith Ringgold (1930-2024)

#WomensArt #FridayFeeling

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Liz Cheney @lizcheney.bsky.social · May 9

In an era that looked as if it might be defined by an American man of depraved cruelty, corruption & shame, what a magnificent thing the Catholic Church has done. The elevation of an American man of goodness, grace, humility, mercy & faith to the Throne of St. Peter is moving & momentous for us all.

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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 2d

Donald Trump poursuit sa vendetta contre ses ennemis politiques et obtient des poursuites judiciaires contre Letitia James, la procureure générale de New York

Le président américain avait assumé vouloir se venger de la démocrate, qui avait obtenu, en février 2024, sa condamnation civile à payer notamment la somme record de 450 millions de dollars dans une affaire de fraude financière.

www.lemonde.fr

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Helen Epstein @epstanzer.bsky.social · 2d

overheard: what doesn't kill you still requires a co-pay.

Helen Epstein @epstanzer.bsky.social · 2d

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Helen Epstein @epstanzer.bsky.social · 2d

Book Review: India Through a Daughter’s Eyes: The Turbulent Journey of “Mother Mary Comes to Me” artsfuse.org/317909/book-...

Book Review: India Through a Daughter’s Eyes: The Turbulent Journey of “Mother Mary Comes to Me” - The Arts Fuse

This account of a formidable mother and equally formidable daughter is an absorbing read that packed the memoir form to the gills and demanded my attention.

artsfuse.org

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Helen Epstein @epstanzer.bsky.social · 2d

celebrating my fifth anniversary of end of cancer treatment at MGH --aka Man's Greatest Hospital: read the beginning of the story here: artsfuse.org/256343/book-...

Book Excerpt: Helen Epstein's "Getting Through It: My Year of Cancer During Covid" - The Arts Fuse

Just after Covid arrived in North America, journalist Helen Epstein was diagnosed with endometrial cancer — one of a predicted 66,570 new cases of cancer of the uterine body in the United States in 20...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

From this we can conclude two things: (1) RFKJr skipped out of high school biology and never learned the basics of human reproduction; and (2) his brain worm has again commandeered control of his mouth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS9D...

SHOCK CLAIM: RFK Jr. Says Children Circumcised Early Have Twice The Autism Rate Due To Tylenol Use

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

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Linda Ronstadt @lindaronstadtmusic.bsky.social · Feb 12

"I Can't Help It" if you can't stop watching this performance 🤩 #LindaRonstadt

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3d

This can't be real, right? Must've been created by A.I.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Helen Epstein @epstanzer.bsky.social · 2d

My husband was retiring so I thought up an epublishing idea that would keep him busy and give him the American humanities education he never had. At Plunkett Lake Press, he digitizes classics of non-fiction like this one: Peter Kurth's Isadora (with tons of material omitted from the printed book).