Jacqueline Beatty, Ph.D.
@jmbeatty.bsky.social
History prof & author of *In Dependence* (NYU Press). Runner; baker; list maker. Never met a cheese I didn’t like. I should be writing. Views mine.
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
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December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
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Meanwhile, “did women ruin the workplace?”
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Meanwhile, “did women ruin the workplace?”
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
That's me!
Meet another one of our #JERFall2025 authors — Jacqueline Beatty, whose “Rethinking the Gender of Politics” challenges us to reconsider how we define political power in the early republic.
Read on Project Muse: muse.jhu.edu/article/9693...
Read on Project Muse: muse.jhu.edu/article/9693...
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
That's me!
Best book snakes ever? @jcblibrary.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Best book snakes ever? @jcblibrary.bsky.social
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When I explain to people why my schedule is exhausting, instead of saying I teach 4 T Th classes, I say that my work days involve six consecutive hours of extemporaneous public speaking
- he also is backtracking on how he used to be jealous about how faculty members weren’t on campus all the time. He said I only taught two classes and now I’m exhausted. It’s like “performing.” Not to mention all of the prep time before and the grading after that happens off campus sometimes.
September 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
When I explain to people why my schedule is exhausting, instead of saying I teach 4 T Th classes, I say that my work days involve six consecutive hours of extemporaneous public speaking
Arrived in New England yesterday for the first fellowship of my sabbatical year. Home base is Salem! Today is for unpacking, errands, and exploring downtown. Would love recs (especially dog-friendly ones!).
September 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Arrived in New England yesterday for the first fellowship of my sabbatical year. Home base is Salem! Today is for unpacking, errands, and exploring downtown. Would love recs (especially dog-friendly ones!).
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For all of the educators trying to deal with AI, I did a deep dive in early June and these are the four articles I decided to assign to my students.
1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
For all of the educators trying to deal with AI, I did a deep dive in early June and these are the four articles I decided to assign to my students.
1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
Digitization fail
August 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Digitization fail
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Academic pals: I'm starting a shared doc to collect info on exactly why/how AI is indefensible—specifically in humanities classrooms, but also across the board. Please share/add as you see fit. I plan to lecture from this in the first week; many students don't know.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
ALoRoWaHAiBA
Abbreviated List of Resources on Why and How AI is Bad, Actually Worsening Climate Change, Pollution, Environmental Racism, and Associated Negative Health Consequences On the pollution and health con...
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August 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Academic pals: I'm starting a shared doc to collect info on exactly why/how AI is indefensible—specifically in humanities classrooms, but also across the board. Please share/add as you see fit. I plan to lecture from this in the first week; many students don't know.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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If, in fact, you would like a history of the American Revolution that does have interpretative points, please consider listening to Worlds Turned Upside Down on your favorite podcast app.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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What Ken Burns Won’t Say About the American Revolution
On the road with America’s foremost history documentarian in a fractured country.
www.politico.com
July 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If, in fact, you would like a history of the American Revolution that does have interpretative points, please consider listening to Worlds Turned Upside Down on your favorite podcast app.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Thinking of this plaque I came across at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's exhibit on the art and lives of Hisako Hibi and Mine Okubo, two Japanese-American painters detained during World War II
July 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Thinking of this plaque I came across at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's exhibit on the art and lives of Hisako Hibi and Mine Okubo, two Japanese-American painters detained during World War II
Ready for a year of research travel and fellowships with NERFC, @jcblibrary.bsky.social, GWPL, and @amphilpress.bsky.social!
July 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Ready for a year of research travel and fellowships with NERFC, @jcblibrary.bsky.social, GWPL, and @amphilpress.bsky.social!
Just registered!
emerged from a conversation w/ @kawulf.bsky.social about spreading the word to register for this incredible event on the Friday of #SHEAR2025 www.simpletix.com/e/shear-ten-...
SHEAR: Ten Things to Know About the Revolution Tickets | Rhode Island Historical Society
In this spotlight session from the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, ten leading scholars will participate in a lightning round, each delivering a 3-5 minute presentation, followe...
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July 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Just registered!
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Sharing this for no special reason: In July 1933, a New York Times reporter toured Dachau and saw the entire camp "except possibly the disciplinary cells." According to the reporter, "it was an almost idyllic picture of a rest camp," though the inmates were "gloomy" (h/t @monospace.com)
TIMES WRITER VISITS REICH PRISON CAMP; Taken Through Entire Place at Dachau in Bavaria Except Possibly Disciplinary Cells. 2,000 INMATES GLOOMY Incautious Word Has Landed Many There -- Machine Guns an...
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July 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Sharing this for no special reason: In July 1933, a New York Times reporter toured Dachau and saw the entire camp "except possibly the disciplinary cells." According to the reporter, "it was an almost idyllic picture of a rest camp," though the inmates were "gloomy" (h/t @monospace.com)
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Indiana Jones will be played by a rotating cast of three adjuncts who answer to two different associate deans
Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise
Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise
It looks like Indiana Jones might actually be headed for the reboot treatment. According to a recent report from DisInsider , Disney and Lucasfilm are considering a full relaunch of the iconic adventure...
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July 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Indiana Jones will be played by a rotating cast of three adjuncts who answer to two different associate deans
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Thank you, @jrakove.bsky.social, for speaking the truth: We are experiencing constitutional failure-- which means we are no longer living under the Constitution's protection-- which means we are no longer a free state.
This is a subject I have been brooding about for some time. I am grateful to the Washington Monthly for posting this piece.
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It’s Not Just a Constitutional Crisis in the Trump Era. It’s Constitutional Failure | Washington Monthly
While Trump defies constitutional norms, Congress remains conspicuously silent and the Supreme Court has abdicated its responsibility.
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June 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Thank you, @jrakove.bsky.social, for speaking the truth: We are experiencing constitutional failure-- which means we are no longer living under the Constitution's protection-- which means we are no longer a free state.
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I regret to inform you that everything is still gender
June 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I regret to inform you that everything is still gender
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We have entered the "caning of Charles Sumner" stage of historical parallels.
June 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We have entered the "caning of Charles Sumner" stage of historical parallels.
All that stands between me and 3 weeks of vacation in the Balkans followed by a full academic year research sabbatical is an Everest-sized pile of grading.
a cartoon llama with the words " bring it on " behind it
ALT: a cartoon llama with the words " bring it on " behind it
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May 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
All that stands between me and 3 weeks of vacation in the Balkans followed by a full academic year research sabbatical is an Everest-sized pile of grading.
Quick reminder for early Americanist #skystorians: the app for SHEAR's 2025 Junior Mentorship Program is open 'til May 5th! If you know of an advanced grad student, please pass this along to them. It's been a great success in its first two years!
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2025 SHEAR Early Career Mentorship Sign-Up
It's that time of year again! SHEAR is once again expanding its Early Career Mentorship Program and is welcoming new members (both mentors and mentees) to participate beginning in 2025.
This mentorsh...
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May 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Quick reminder for early Americanist #skystorians: the app for SHEAR's 2025 Junior Mentorship Program is open 'til May 5th! If you know of an advanced grad student, please pass this along to them. It's been a great success in its first two years!
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