Hollie Marquess
@holliem.bsky.social
Historian of women, gender, sexuality, and queer history.
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the rootin, tootin terrific @holliem.bsky.social about her research into sex work on the American frontier.
Listen whenever you get your podcasts.
Listen whenever you get your podcasts.
October 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the rootin, tootin terrific @holliem.bsky.social about her research into sex work on the American frontier.
Listen whenever you get your podcasts.
Listen whenever you get your podcasts.
Newton has some characters for sure, like Rowdy Joe Lowe!
October 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Newton has some characters for sure, like Rowdy Joe Lowe!
He also said he didn’t read so that was strike one.
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
He also said he didn’t read so that was strike one.
I haven’t seen it, unfortunately, but I will have to track it down and add it to my list!
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I haven’t seen it, unfortunately, but I will have to track it down and add it to my list!
Recently, I was a guest on Betwixt the Sheets to discuss 19th c Kansas sex work. Have a listen!
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Inside a Wild West Brothel
Podcast Episode · Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · 10/14/2025 · 42m
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October 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Recently, I was a guest on Betwixt the Sheets to discuss 19th c Kansas sex work. Have a listen!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
A student told me today that his favorite historical time period to study is the 1990s -2000s. I have never felt so old.
August 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A student told me today that his favorite historical time period to study is the 1990s -2000s. I have never felt so old.
June 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
My newest article is out now- “The Foundation of a Movement: Kansas City's Role in Homophile Activism, 1966–1971" is in the Middle West Review’s special edition on the Midwest since 1965. muse.jhu.edu/issue/54929 @univnebpress.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
My newest article is out now- “The Foundation of a Movement: Kansas City's Role in Homophile Activism, 1966–1971" is in the Middle West Review’s special edition on the Midwest since 1965. muse.jhu.edu/issue/54929 @univnebpress.bsky.social
Happy #caturday from Sophie, Queen of our house, long may she reign. #catsofbluesky
February 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy #caturday from Sophie, Queen of our house, long may she reign. #catsofbluesky
Infuriating. @wendylrouse.bsky.social is spot on- this is abhorrent and utterly unacceptable indeed.
This is absolutely abhorrent and utterly unacceptable.
No LGB without the T!
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🗃️
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
No LGB without the T!
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🗃️
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website (Gift Article)
The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights.
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February 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Infuriating. @wendylrouse.bsky.social is spot on- this is abhorrent and utterly unacceptable indeed.
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Last weekend, we honored anti-gay preacher Anita Bryant on National Pie Day by canonizing Tom Higgins, the gay activist who pied her face in 77. We made it official, and now Tom shall forever be known as Saint Banana Cream Comeuppance, Patron Saint of Slapstick Justice. Then, we ate pie.
January 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Last weekend, we honored anti-gay preacher Anita Bryant on National Pie Day by canonizing Tom Higgins, the gay activist who pied her face in 77. We made it official, and now Tom shall forever be known as Saint Banana Cream Comeuppance, Patron Saint of Slapstick Justice. Then, we ate pie.
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I’d like to share @annickell.bsky.social ‘s and my #DH project that mapped Holocaust survivors who settled in the Kansas City area using oral histories from Fortunoff.
www.mwholocaustmap.com
www.mwholocaustmap.com
Through Hell to the Midwest: Mapping the Holocaust | Research
Bringing history, technology, and testimony together in a powerful format, "Through Hell to the Midwest" maps Holocaust survivors' oral testimonies using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). These ma...
www.mwholocaustmap.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I’d like to share @annickell.bsky.social ‘s and my #DH project that mapped Holocaust survivors who settled in the Kansas City area using oral histories from Fortunoff.
www.mwholocaustmap.com
www.mwholocaustmap.com
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This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
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To all trans people: Your lives matter. Every step you take toward living as your true self is a testament to the strength & resilience within you. You are deserving of love, respect, & kindness. Never forget that you are valid, worthy, & more than enough, just as you are. Keep shining! ♥️🙏🏻♥️
January 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
To all trans people: Your lives matter. Every step you take toward living as your true self is a testament to the strength & resilience within you. You are deserving of love, respect, & kindness. Never forget that you are valid, worthy, & more than enough, just as you are. Keep shining! ♥️🙏🏻♥️
Worse: it is only Tuesday.
January 15, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Worse: it is only Tuesday.
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we must remember anita bryant as she lived
January 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
we must remember anita bryant as she lived
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May she bathe for eternity in the gayest hot tub in Hell.
January 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
May she bathe for eternity in the gayest hot tub in Hell.
I’m taking students (UG and G) to AHA- it will be the first time for all of them. What advice do you have for them?
December 28, 2024 at 2:42 PM
I’m taking students (UG and G) to AHA- it will be the first time for all of them. What advice do you have for them?
What was your favorite book of 2024?
December 28, 2024 at 2:40 PM
What was your favorite book of 2024?
Happy Christmas from Sophie and her new Stanley.
December 25, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Happy Christmas from Sophie and her new Stanley.
The floofiest of floofs.
December 24, 2024 at 2:08 PM
The floofiest of floofs.
Final grades are posted! Here’s hoping I never have another semester where I teach 7 classes because this one was…a lot.
a white cat is standing on its hind legs on a wooden floor .
ALT: a white cat is standing on its hind legs on a wooden floor .
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December 11, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Final grades are posted! Here’s hoping I never have another semester where I teach 7 classes because this one was…a lot.
Post the LAST SENTENCE of your last article:
“The Phoenix Society’s publishing efforts and the attempts to collaborate amongst organizations at NACHO meetings, like those in Kansas City, made the national efforts to respond to events like Stonewall possible.”
“The Phoenix Society’s publishing efforts and the attempts to collaborate amongst organizations at NACHO meetings, like those in Kansas City, made the national efforts to respond to events like Stonewall possible.”
December 8, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Post the LAST SENTENCE of your last article:
“The Phoenix Society’s publishing efforts and the attempts to collaborate amongst organizations at NACHO meetings, like those in Kansas City, made the national efforts to respond to events like Stonewall possible.”
“The Phoenix Society’s publishing efforts and the attempts to collaborate amongst organizations at NACHO meetings, like those in Kansas City, made the national efforts to respond to events like Stonewall possible.”