Liette Gidlow
@profgidlow.bsky.social
Historian of US politics, voting rights, women, race, 19thA
Wrote TheBigVote & Obama,Clinton,Palin
Radcliffe Fellow@Harvard. Swam in RFK Sr's pool
Wrote TheBigVote & Obama,Clinton,Palin
Radcliffe Fellow@Harvard. Swam in RFK Sr's pool
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Liette Gidlow
@profgidlow.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Mavis Staples - "No Time For Cryin'" (Live)
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
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No time for cryin'
We got work to do
-- Mavis Staples
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7m-...
We got work to do
-- Mavis Staples
mavisstaples.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7m-...
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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rizz
Dersh has so much rizz
Dersh has so much rizz
Bari Weiss thinks CBS’ path to relevancy is more Alan Dershowitz. We couldn’t make it up if we tried
She also clearly says something we have said for years: all media has a bias. “charismatic centrism” is just her way of being very clear objectivity is a myth as she plans to Newsmaxify the network
She also clearly says something we have said for years: all media has a bias. “charismatic centrism” is just her way of being very clear objectivity is a myth as she plans to Newsmaxify the network
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
rizz
Dersh has so much rizz
Dersh has so much rizz
rizz
Dersh has so much rizz
Dersh has so much rizz
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
rizz
Dersh has so much rizz
Dersh has so much rizz
🏆 for political strategy and community involvement
This is…brilliant.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🏆 for political strategy and community involvement
"Engaging with this history is not a side issue: it is the key to picking the lock of looming authoritarianism.” 🗃️
This report from the AfAm Policy Forum spells out why authoritarians need to erase histories of past wrongs.
drive.google.com/file/d/1PGDX...
This report from the AfAm Policy Forum spells out why authoritarians need to erase histories of past wrongs.
drive.google.com/file/d/1PGDX...
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"Engaging with this history is not a side issue: it is the key to picking the lock of looming authoritarianism.” 🗃️
This report from the AfAm Policy Forum spells out why authoritarians need to erase histories of past wrongs.
drive.google.com/file/d/1PGDX...
This report from the AfAm Policy Forum spells out why authoritarians need to erase histories of past wrongs.
drive.google.com/file/d/1PGDX...
Reposted by Liette Gidlow
We are proud to announce the winners of our 2024 Book Prize!
The winner for our First Book (Non-Women/Gender/Sexuality) category is Michelle Lynn Kahn and for our First Book (Women/Gender/Sexuality) category is Eva Payne.
Read more about these incredible works here: berksconference.org/annual-...
The winner for our First Book (Non-Women/Gender/Sexuality) category is Michelle Lynn Kahn and for our First Book (Women/Gender/Sexuality) category is Eva Payne.
Read more about these incredible works here: berksconference.org/annual-...
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We are proud to announce the winners of our 2024 Book Prize!
The winner for our First Book (Non-Women/Gender/Sexuality) category is Michelle Lynn Kahn and for our First Book (Women/Gender/Sexuality) category is Eva Payne.
Read more about these incredible works here: berksconference.org/annual-...
The winner for our First Book (Non-Women/Gender/Sexuality) category is Michelle Lynn Kahn and for our First Book (Women/Gender/Sexuality) category is Eva Payne.
Read more about these incredible works here: berksconference.org/annual-...
Reposted by Liette Gidlow
Truly the GOP synthesis figure of the moment. Multiplying the depravity of a Dennis Hastert by Jeffrey Epstein to get us to Donald Trump.
Jim Jordan begged someone to not rat out the sexual assault that was happening at Ohio State. He was crying on the phone. Groveling. This man threw out all his dignity to try and cover for horrifying crimes of sexual abuse. Think about that for a moment.
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Truly the GOP synthesis figure of the moment. Multiplying the depravity of a Dennis Hastert by Jeffrey Epstein to get us to Donald Trump.
please consider re-posting
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
please consider re-posting
❤️ this post if you are an academic who had to interview for a job in a hotel room
I thing I sometimes thing about is that university departments were still doing job interviews in hotel rooms in the mid aughts
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
❤️ this post if you are an academic who had to interview for a job in a hotel room
the room looks like a stall at a flea market
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
the room looks like a stall at a flea market
this ⬇️
Trump would never have been elected if so many Americans cared about sexual assault. His voters knew his history and elected him anyway. They listened to him say he grabbed women by the p*ssy.
jesspiper.substack.com/p/excusing-a...
jesspiper.substack.com/p/excusing-a...
Excusing Abuse as Political Strategy
Megyn Kelly and the rot within the GOP
jesspiper.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
this ⬇️
Senate Dems now
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ALT: a black background with a drawing of a fold
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Senate Dems now
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I get that there's language in the bill making things he's doing and wants to do illegal but the stuff he was doing was already illegal.
I suspect Russ Vought isn't very worried about this.
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I get that there's language in the bill making things he's doing and wants to do illegal but the stuff he was doing was already illegal.
Reposted by Liette Gidlow
it’s very difficult at this point to figure out if there is actual movement towards a Dem cave or just a Republican whisper campaign to Axios to make it seem like there’s a Dem cave and I’m going to hold my fire on any of it until something actually happens (or not)
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
it’s very difficult at this point to figure out if there is actual movement towards a Dem cave or just a Republican whisper campaign to Axios to make it seem like there’s a Dem cave and I’m going to hold my fire on any of it until something actually happens (or not)
Learn/teach about the roots of SNAP with this explainer on the history of the Food Stamps program from the marvelous Digital Public Library of America dp.la/primary-sour... 🗃️
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Learn/teach about the roots of SNAP with this explainer on the history of the Food Stamps program from the marvelous Digital Public Library of America dp.la/primary-sour... 🗃️
"air traffic rugged individualism," that's what it is
Air traffic control? Nah, air traffic rugged individualism, all vibes based.
#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"air traffic rugged individualism," that's what it is
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Absolute queen shit
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Absolute queen shit
it's even worse than this. In Biden's spot, they've framed a pic of an autopen i kid you not
November 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
it's even worse than this. In Biden's spot, they've framed a pic of an autopen i kid you not
beautiful metaphor 🤲
"Tonight, against all odds, we have grasped it. The future is in our hands."
It's an extended metaphor, but also an accumulatio--an accumulation--the metaphor is both literal and figural and it builds to express the moment. Power is changing hands. These hands have suffered enough at their hand.✋
It's an extended metaphor, but also an accumulatio--an accumulation--the metaphor is both literal and figural and it builds to express the moment. Power is changing hands. These hands have suffered enough at their hand.✋
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
beautiful metaphor 🤲
this is fantastic
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
this is fantastic
tonight i talked to a SNAP recipient who is donating to a neighborhood food drive
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
tonight i talked to a SNAP recipient who is donating to a neighborhood food drive
yay!
I'm thrilled to be presenting my new book RADICAL SOLIDARITY this Friday, 11/7, at the Centro de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. The transmission will begin at 8 a.m. (California) / 11 a.m. (Puerto Rico) via Facebook Live: facebook.com/CIHUPR Please join!
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
yay!
i miss Kornacki in khaki
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
i miss Kornacki in khaki
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Today is Election Day, but the rest of November will be a tight month for groceries. Food banks, churches and neighbors are stepping up to help. Here's where you can find it!
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today is Election Day, but the rest of November will be a tight month for groceries. Food banks, churches and neighbors are stepping up to help. Here's where you can find it!
perfect Election Day thread
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November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
perfect Election Day thread
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