Betsy More
@betsymore.bsky.social
Feminist, historian, friendship yenta. Director of Programs at the Jewish Women's Archive. Pro-dogs and cats, anti-avocado. All bad takes my own.
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Hey, BlueSky, serious question: If I, a highly organized person, offered you a reasonable price to help you go through your papers (bills, receipts, etc.), books, and overflowing drawers, would you give it a try EVEN THOUGH I don't have an Instagram presence or a video about my successful methods?
September 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hey, BlueSky, serious question: If I, a highly organized person, offered you a reasonable price to help you go through your papers (bills, receipts, etc.), books, and overflowing drawers, would you give it a try EVEN THOUGH I don't have an Instagram presence or a video about my successful methods?
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The reality that masked men without proper identification are confronting and arresting and taking away people should be intolerable to anyone who calls themselves American.
May 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The reality that masked men without proper identification are confronting and arresting and taking away people should be intolerable to anyone who calls themselves American.
Yes, "imagine"!! Imagine every moment I’m trying to work filled with “look at me look at me!” Imagine trying to fill weekdays, as well as weekends, with playdates, bc we don’t live in an imagined suburbia where all kids are the same age and all home over the summer! Imagine never having time alone!
May 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Yes, "imagine"!! Imagine every moment I’m trying to work filled with “look at me look at me!” Imagine trying to fill weekdays, as well as weekends, with playdates, bc we don’t live in an imagined suburbia where all kids are the same age and all home over the summer! Imagine never having time alone!
I had a lot of fun working on this list, and I promise every one of them is an actual book that exists! (Or will by its summer pub date!)
JWA's Summer 2025 Book Picks are here! ✨ 📚
Whether you’re looking for sharp political thinking, family stories that span continents, or poetic reflections on exile and embodiment, this list has something for you.
Browse our bookshelf: buff.ly/GoieZj6
Whether you’re looking for sharp political thinking, family stories that span continents, or poetic reflections on exile and embodiment, this list has something for you.
Browse our bookshelf: buff.ly/GoieZj6
May 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I had a lot of fun working on this list, and I promise every one of them is an actual book that exists! (Or will by its summer pub date!)
The Mists of Avalon. Depictions of SA that 13yo me, who just wanted to read a fantasy about badass Celtic witches, was not remotely prepared for.
Screw your favorite book, which was the first that upset you?
A Wrinkle in Time was mine. The possessed baby scared the everloving shit out of me. My babysitter had to call my mom to come home early because I was hysterical.
A Wrinkle in Time was mine. The possessed baby scared the everloving shit out of me. My babysitter had to call my mom to come home early because I was hysterical.
May 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Mists of Avalon. Depictions of SA that 13yo me, who just wanted to read a fantasy about badass Celtic witches, was not remotely prepared for.
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you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
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Now that's bad
April 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Now that's bad
There is power in traditions of protest
April 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
There is power in traditions of protest
A shanda and a disgrace to every single one of his ancestors.
Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, has begun baselessly claiming that birthright citizenship is a massive welfare scam.
Miller has previously endorsed a theory called “remigration” that refers to the forcible removal of non–ethnically European immigrants.
Miller has previously endorsed a theory called “remigration” that refers to the forcible removal of non–ethnically European immigrants.
Stephen Miller Unveils Bizarre New Attack on Birthright Citizenship
Stephen Miller has found a new excuse to ignore the Constitution.
newrepublic.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A shanda and a disgrace to every single one of his ancestors.
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Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
April 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
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vegans begging God for inner strength to be cool about this and maybe gently draw a few new curious onlookers
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts reut.rs/4cHdnz3
April 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
vegans begging God for inner strength to be cool about this and maybe gently draw a few new curious onlookers
Tired: universal healthcare, affordable housing, parental leave, accessible childcare
Wired: Nazi birthing medals
Wired: Nazi birthing medals
Trump Aides Solicit Ideas to Raise Birthrate, From Baby Bonuses to Fertility Planning (Gift Article)
Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Tired: universal healthcare, affordable housing, parental leave, accessible childcare
Wired: Nazi birthing medals
Wired: Nazi birthing medals
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"they hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak"
our beef:
our beef:
April 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"they hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak"
our beef:
our beef:
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Paging @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Hoping you aren’t the end of the video just yet.
Hoping you aren’t the end of the video just yet.
March 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Paging @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Hoping you aren’t the end of the video just yet.
Hoping you aren’t the end of the video just yet.
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"Despair and believing that you are powerless is a form of 'obeying in advance.' People ARE doing things. You will meet those people when YOU start doing things." Concrete actions from @sifill.bsky.social, excellent as always.
Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
sherrilyn.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Despair and believing that you are powerless is a form of 'obeying in advance.' People ARE doing things. You will meet those people when YOU start doing things." Concrete actions from @sifill.bsky.social, excellent as always.
The fact that they're trying so hard to stop us from teaching/learning real history is a reminder that doing so ✨actually matters✨
Join @jwaonline.bsky.social starting this Thursday for our history series on Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Global Jewish Experience.
Join @jwaonline.bsky.social starting this Thursday for our history series on Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Global Jewish Experience.
Virtual Events | Jewish Women's Archive
From film screenings to author events to panel discussions, JWA sponsors a wide variety of events!
jwa.org
February 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The fact that they're trying so hard to stop us from teaching/learning real history is a reminder that doing so ✨actually matters✨
Join @jwaonline.bsky.social starting this Thursday for our history series on Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Global Jewish Experience.
Join @jwaonline.bsky.social starting this Thursday for our history series on Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Global Jewish Experience.
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for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care!
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care!
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
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"Marshmallows are for team players" is the new "coffee is for closers" #severance
February 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Marshmallows are for team players" is the new "coffee is for closers" #severance
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February 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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I’m #autistic & #Jewish. I know plenty of other autistic Jews online.
How do you think it feels for us to watch rich, powerful men use autism as an excuse to spread Nazism?
It’s such a thin, ridiculous excuse, it should be dismissed out of hand, but this is the Discourse now, every
day.
How do you think it feels for us to watch rich, powerful men use autism as an excuse to spread Nazism?
It’s such a thin, ridiculous excuse, it should be dismissed out of hand, but this is the Discourse now, every
day.
February 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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This is not legal, but/and I want to point out where it is going next.
Trump’s DOJ is going to claim his enemies committed crimes, and then dump them in El Salvador or Guantanamo.
They are preparing to deport US citizens along with anyone they deem undesirable.
Trump’s DOJ is going to claim his enemies committed crimes, and then dump them in El Salvador or Guantanamo.
They are preparing to deport US citizens along with anyone they deem undesirable.
Trump on people who commit crimes: "I'd love to get them out along with the illegal immigrants"
February 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is not legal, but/and I want to point out where it is going next.
Trump’s DOJ is going to claim his enemies committed crimes, and then dump them in El Salvador or Guantanamo.
They are preparing to deport US citizens along with anyone they deem undesirable.
Trump’s DOJ is going to claim his enemies committed crimes, and then dump them in El Salvador or Guantanamo.
They are preparing to deport US citizens along with anyone they deem undesirable.