Lydia Moland
@lydiamoland.bsky.social
Biographer & philosopher, not necessarily in that order. ✍️ LYDIA MARIA CHILD: A RADICAL AMERICAN LIFE. Bylines in WaPo, WSJ, BoGlobe. OUP Handbook of 19C women philosophers is out! Current project: women pacifists philosophizing in the early 20th century.
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Lydia Moland
@lydiamoland.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Reintroducing myself to 🦋 via my 2022 bio of American abolitionist Lydia Maria Child. I wrote this book in response to the 2016 election. Her example of resilience and dedication is more relevant than ever. If you are looking for inspiration in this moment, I humbly recommend you give LMC a try!
Here is your annual #Thanksgiving reminder that "Over the River and Through the Wood" was written by Lydia Maria Child, a fierce abolitionist who waged a lifelong struggle for racial justice in the US. She loved her country; she recognized its faults; she fought to fix it. 🙏 🙏for her example!
November 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Here is your annual #Thanksgiving reminder that "Over the River and Through the Wood" was written by Lydia Maria Child, a fierce abolitionist who waged a lifelong struggle for racial justice in the US. She loved her country; she recognized its faults; she fought to fix it. 🙏 🙏for her example!
Philosophical sighting in the #Berlin wild! Congratulations again to @kristingjesdal.bsky.social and happy day after World Philosphy Day!
#angeladavis #zetkin #luxemburg #annajuliacooper
#philsky #womeninphilosophy #womenshistory @dalianassar.bsky.social @skyecleary.bsky.social
#angeladavis #zetkin #luxemburg #annajuliacooper
#philsky #womeninphilosophy #womenshistory @dalianassar.bsky.social @skyecleary.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Philosophical sighting in the #Berlin wild! Congratulations again to @kristingjesdal.bsky.social and happy day after World Philosphy Day!
#angeladavis #zetkin #luxemburg #annajuliacooper
#philsky #womeninphilosophy #womenshistory @dalianassar.bsky.social @skyecleary.bsky.social
#angeladavis #zetkin #luxemburg #annajuliacooper
#philsky #womeninphilosophy #womenshistory @dalianassar.bsky.social @skyecleary.bsky.social
I had the huge honor of consulting on this play about fierce abolitionists Lydia Maria Child and Maria Weston Chapman by @patrickgabridge.bsky.social-- I hear it brought the house down. Watch it here until Nov 30! 1/2 youtu.be/knh85KLaRFo?...
A Revelation of Character
YouTube video by Associates BPL
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November 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I had the huge honor of consulting on this play about fierce abolitionists Lydia Maria Child and Maria Weston Chapman by @patrickgabridge.bsky.social-- I hear it brought the house down. Watch it here until Nov 30! 1/2 youtu.be/knh85KLaRFo?...
Today in fabulous headgear in #Berlin—this time in a fascinating exhibit on Jewish women designers in #Weimar Germany at the #JewishMuseum
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Today in fabulous headgear in #Berlin—this time in a fascinating exhibit on Jewish women designers in #Weimar Germany at the #JewishMuseum
Found this van der Weyden painting at the #gemäldegalerie #Berlin so captivating, especially the pin holding the headdress together. Can't have been easy to make all that fabric stay just . . . so.
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Found this van der Weyden painting at the #gemäldegalerie #Berlin so captivating, especially the pin holding the headdress together. Can't have been easy to make all that fabric stay just . . . so.
First episode of a wonderful new podcast--Her Place in Theory--featuring the political #philosophy of Germaine de #Staël in an interview with Helena Rosenblatt. Learned so much and looking forward to more!
@juliettemarchant.bsky.social #philsky #womeninphilosophy
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@juliettemarchant.bsky.social #philsky #womeninphilosophy
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Germaine de Staël with Helena Rosenblatt
Podcast Episode · Her Place in Theory · 11/04/2025 · 32m
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November 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
First episode of a wonderful new podcast--Her Place in Theory--featuring the political #philosophy of Germaine de #Staël in an interview with Helena Rosenblatt. Learned so much and looking forward to more!
@juliettemarchant.bsky.social #philsky #womeninphilosophy
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@juliettemarchant.bsky.social #philsky #womeninphilosophy
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A little philosophical trash-talking at the #Berlin #Mauerpark #Flohmarkt used book stall yesterday. . . #Wittgenstein confesses that crime novels distract him from philosophy; #Sartre confesses to preferring crime novels to Wittgenstein.
Somewhere, #DanBrown is smiling.
#philsky
Somewhere, #DanBrown is smiling.
#philsky
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A little philosophical trash-talking at the #Berlin #Mauerpark #Flohmarkt used book stall yesterday. . . #Wittgenstein confesses that crime novels distract him from philosophy; #Sartre confesses to preferring crime novels to Wittgenstein.
Somewhere, #DanBrown is smiling.
#philsky
Somewhere, #DanBrown is smiling.
#philsky
If you are in #Boston, highly recommend this new play by @patrickgabridge.bsky.social. I got to consult some on his powerful evocation of the vexed friendship bn #abolitionists Lydia Maria Child & Maria Weston Chapman--so timely for imagining political reform!
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A Revelation of Character - New play about Boston's female abolitionists
A Revelation of Character honors female abolitionists, presented by the Associates of the BPL in collaboration with Plays in Place.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
If you are in #Boston, highly recommend this new play by @patrickgabridge.bsky.social. I got to consult some on his powerful evocation of the vexed friendship bn #abolitionists Lydia Maria Child & Maria Weston Chapman--so timely for imagining political reform!
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-revelati...
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-revelati...
Also loved visiting the House of #Rousseau and Literature in #Geneva, found in the building where he was born. The installation is historically informative but lively and thought-provoking, highlighting how Rousseau helps interrogate modern life. I think he would approve.
#philsky
#philsky
October 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
George Eliot's #Geneva window. She translated #Spinoza here! I don't know if the apartment included a room of her own, but she does now have a street of her own.
#GeorgeEliot #womenshistory #womenslit #womeninphilosophy #philsky
#GeorgeEliot #womenshistory #womenslit #womeninphilosophy #philsky
October 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
George Eliot's #Geneva window. She translated #Spinoza here! I don't know if the apartment included a room of her own, but she does now have a street of her own.
#GeorgeEliot #womenshistory #womenslit #womeninphilosophy #philsky
#GeorgeEliot #womenshistory #womenslit #womeninphilosophy #philsky
For your Monday morning: an image from a weekend hike through October snow in the Swiss #Alps. Sublime in all the right ways.
#philsky #kant #schiller #aesthetics
#philsky #kant #schiller #aesthetics
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
For your Monday morning: an image from a weekend hike through October snow in the Swiss #Alps. Sublime in all the right ways.
#philsky #kant #schiller #aesthetics
#philsky #kant #schiller #aesthetics
True story: when I published my first book on #Hegel, my contract stipulated that I would get 0% royalties unless my book was made into a film. That was 14 years ago … will Werner never answer my emails??
#philsky #herzog
#philsky #herzog
#philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #hegel #herzog #film
October 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Had the privilege of researching some women #pacifists in the United Nations archive in #Geneva last week. Wonderfully inspiring…plus the #UN has its own resident peacock!
#philsky #womenshistory #womeninphilosophy
#philsky #womenshistory #womeninphilosophy
October 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Had the privilege of researching some women #pacifists in the United Nations archive in #Geneva last week. Wonderfully inspiring…plus the #UN has its own resident peacock!
#philsky #womenshistory #womeninphilosophy
#philsky #womenshistory #womeninphilosophy
Stop 3 on my Peace Tour—#Geneva, where women like #Nobel Peace Prize winners Jane #Addams and Emily #Balch helped establish the Women’s International League for #Peace and Freedom, which still thrives today. Thanks to @wilpf.bsky.social for welcoming me and answering my questions on the 4th floor!
October 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Stop 3 on my Peace Tour—#Geneva, where women like #Nobel Peace Prize winners Jane #Addams and Emily #Balch helped establish the Women’s International League for #Peace and Freedom, which still thrives today. Thanks to @wilpf.bsky.social for welcoming me and answering my questions on the 4th floor!
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Coming up: The life & thought of "England's first feminist" with @allauren.bsky.social from McMaster University, author of "Mary Astell on Bad Custom and Epistemic Injustice" – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
#PhilSky #WiseWomen #philosophy
#PhilSky #WiseWomen #philosophy
October 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Coming up: The life & thought of "England's first feminist" with @allauren.bsky.social from McMaster University, author of "Mary Astell on Bad Custom and Epistemic Injustice" – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
#PhilSky #WiseWomen #philosophy
#PhilSky #WiseWomen #philosophy
I found this exhibit on Thomas #Mann’s study in #Zurich really moving—full of items he brought with him into exile to keep the continuity that would allow him to write. Including his ink supply! #thomasmann #germanlit
October 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I found this exhibit on Thomas #Mann’s study in #Zurich really moving—full of items he brought with him into exile to keep the continuity that would allow him to write. Including his ink supply! #thomasmann #germanlit
St Peter’s Church in #Zurich where Mary Church #Terrell, the only Black delegate to the 1919 Women’s #Peace Congress, gave a key address urging delegates to include the end of lynching in the US as part of their vision of peace. Also: more mountains!
#womenshistory #blackhistory #pacifism #philsky
#womenshistory #blackhistory #pacifism #philsky
October 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
St Peter’s Church in #Zurich where Mary Church #Terrell, the only Black delegate to the 1919 Women’s #Peace Congress, gave a key address urging delegates to include the end of lynching in the US as part of their vision of peace. Also: more mountains!
#womenshistory #blackhistory #pacifism #philsky
#womenshistory #blackhistory #pacifism #philsky
Good morning #Zurich! And here is the hotel where Jane #Addams, Helene #Stöcker, Mary Church #Terrell & others gathered in 1919 to fight for women to be allowed to contribute to post #WWI #peace negotiations. The hotel serves aa mean Apfelstrudel!
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
October 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Good morning #Zurich! And here is the hotel where Jane #Addams, Helene #Stöcker, Mary Church #Terrell & others gathered in 1919 to fight for women to be allowed to contribute to post #WWI #peace negotiations. The hotel serves aa mean Apfelstrudel!
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
Good morning #Zurich! And here is the hotel where Jane #Addams, Helene #Stöcker, Mary Church #Terrell & others gathered in 1919 to fight for women to be allowed to contribute to post #WWI #peace negotiations. The hotel serves a mean Apfelstrudel!
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
October 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Good morning #Zurich! And here is the hotel where Jane #Addams, Helene #Stöcker, Mary Church #Terrell & others gathered in 1919 to fight for women to be allowed to contribute to post #WWI #peace negotiations. The hotel serves a mean Apfelstrudel!
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
#womenshistory #womeninphilosophy #philsky #pacifism
Andrew #Carnegie’s Peace Palace in the #Hague—a stop on my trip researching The Women’s Peace Congress of 1915. That congress did not take place in the Palace—it was too small for the 1000+ women who came—but its complex history plays a role in their story too.
#pacifism #womenshistory #philssky
#pacifism #womenshistory #philssky
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Andrew #Carnegie’s Peace Palace in the #Hague—a stop on my trip researching The Women’s Peace Congress of 1915. That congress did not take place in the Palace—it was too small for the 1000+ women who came—but its complex history plays a role in their story too.
#pacifism #womenshistory #philssky
#pacifism #womenshistory #philssky
I am on what I am calling my #Peace Tour 2025–following in the footsteps of early 20C women #pacifists. First stop: The #Hague, where 1000+ women gathered in 1915 to use #philosophy and international law to envision the end of #WWI.
@philsky #womeninphilosophy
@philsky #womeninphilosophy
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I am on what I am calling my #Peace Tour 2025–following in the footsteps of early 20C women #pacifists. First stop: The #Hague, where 1000+ women gathered in 1915 to use #philosophy and international law to envision the end of #WWI.
@philsky #womeninphilosophy
@philsky #womeninphilosophy
This is fantastic--congratulations! Can't wait for the English translation soon. The more Unruly Women, in all languages, the better. #womeninphilosophy
Finally! Rebellinnen der Philosophie is here in a gorgeous translation by Sarah Schmitt. Thanks to the editors at @eichbornverlag.bsky.social for the work they put into this. Next up: the English transl., Unruly Women, @uchicagopress.bsky.social.
#philsky #booksky #education #womenshistory
#philsky #booksky #education #womenshistory
October 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is fantastic--congratulations! Can't wait for the English translation soon. The more Unruly Women, in all languages, the better. #womeninphilosophy
Arrived in #Berlin so lucky to have a #Fulbright to research Helene Stöcker, a #19C #philosopher who used her passion for #Nietzsche to become an internationally famous #feminist and #pacifist. Look who I encountered at my first flea market. I call this photo "Nietzsche in China." @philsky
October 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Arrived in #Berlin so lucky to have a #Fulbright to research Helene Stöcker, a #19C #philosopher who used her passion for #Nietzsche to become an internationally famous #feminist and #pacifist. Look who I encountered at my first flea market. I call this photo "Nietzsche in China." @philsky