Sarah Archer
@sarcher.bsky.social
Pets, modernism, feminist rage, etc. Author of The Midcentury Kitchen, Midcentury Christmas, and Catland. Writing in Architectural Digest, NYT, Antiques, and elsewhere.
https://www.sarah-archer.com/
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I thought about why I’ve been pushing back on stolen midterm fears. What’s the harm of worry, even if it doesn’t materialize?
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
don't carry maga's water for them. don't try to work out how there's some secret loophole in the constitution that magically ends democracy. there isn't. that's the whole fucking point you fucking dopes
February 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I thought about why I’ve been pushing back on stolen midterm fears. What’s the harm of worry, even if it doesn’t materialize?
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
It’s (once again) so annoying that working out “works.”
February 9, 2026 at 10:34 PM
It’s (once again) so annoying that working out “works.”
You are getting on my Last Nerve, Heritage Foundation.
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM
You are getting on my Last Nerve, Heritage Foundation.
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The “don’t give the abusive and extremely alcoholic husband a reason to beat you” mentality is only normalized when it comes to One side today, and that’s just a fact
February 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM
The “don’t give the abusive and extremely alcoholic husband a reason to beat you” mentality is only normalized when it comes to One side today, and that’s just a fact
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fwiw Americans are very bad at understanding that the 2 things you're not supposed to discuss - politics and religion - infuse literally everything that the country has done, is doing, and will do
it's the water we swim in, which is why we don't see it
it's the water we swim in, which is why we don't see it
February 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
fwiw Americans are very bad at understanding that the 2 things you're not supposed to discuss - politics and religion - infuse literally everything that the country has done, is doing, and will do
it's the water we swim in, which is why we don't see it
it's the water we swim in, which is why we don't see it
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From the internet
February 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
From the internet
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I wrote about the powerful men who sought out Jeffrey Epstein for dating advice and went to him to help navigate their own sexual misconduct scandals after his 2008 conviction on child sex abuse charges.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Epstein was not ostracised for his crimes. To some powerful men, he became even more appealing | Moira Donegan
The latest tranche of files expose how he was viewed as a sexual svengali – and an expert on dodging the #MeToo movement, says Guardian US columnist Moira Donegan
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I wrote about the powerful men who sought out Jeffrey Epstein for dating advice and went to him to help navigate their own sexual misconduct scandals after his 2008 conviction on child sex abuse charges.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If sugarcane is on the field, the halftime show is political. My brothers in Christ, the only reason billionaires don't think it's political is because they don't see the murderous exploitation of enslaved humans as a problem worth discussing.
February 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
If sugarcane is on the field, the halftime show is political. My brothers in Christ, the only reason billionaires don't think it's political is because they don't see the murderous exploitation of enslaved humans as a problem worth discussing.
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Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
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The problem with the Supreme Court supermajority is not just one of ideology or politics, but of epistemology. The world as they understand it bears little resemblance to reality www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
The Supreme Court Lives in Fox News' America
A Court that does not share a common factual world with the people it governs is untethered from democratic reality.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
The problem with the Supreme Court supermajority is not just one of ideology or politics, but of epistemology. The world as they understand it bears little resemblance to reality www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
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"The [nursing home] director said many of her Jewish residents were distraught at the prospect of losing their Haitian caregivers—and asked if they could hide them, as some gentiles had done for Jews during the Holocaust."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-atta...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-atta...
Why Trump’s Attack on Refugees Could Hurt Grandma
It’s immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries who care for our elderly, and nobody’s lining up to take their place.
www.thebulwark.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:35 PM
"The [nursing home] director said many of her Jewish residents were distraught at the prospect of losing their Haitian caregivers—and asked if they could hide them, as some gentiles had done for Jews during the Holocaust."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-atta...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-atta...
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"we fired all of our Black and Brown journalists and media critics and for some reason are writing bad articles about the Bad Bunny halftime show"
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
"we fired all of our Black and Brown journalists and media critics and for some reason are writing bad articles about the Bad Bunny halftime show"
Also Ricky Martin looks incredible??
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Also Ricky Martin looks incredible??
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Trying to get your brother to text back and send wine in the 7th century BCE.
“Why do I not see your messenger? If I see your messenger before I enter Borsippa, let my brother send one jar of the same wine that you drink.”
“Why do I not see your messenger? If I see your messenger before I enter Borsippa, let my brother send one jar of the same wine that you drink.”
February 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Trying to get your brother to text back and send wine in the 7th century BCE.
“Why do I not see your messenger? If I see your messenger before I enter Borsippa, let my brother send one jar of the same wine that you drink.”
“Why do I not see your messenger? If I see your messenger before I enter Borsippa, let my brother send one jar of the same wine that you drink.”
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Happy Carmen Miranda's birthday!
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Happy Carmen Miranda's birthday!
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Trump is badly losing the war over ICE, not just on the streets, but also in the culture. As Bad Bunny shows, this has become a culture war unto itself. Trump-MAGA's initial hubris has been utterly deflated.
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
Trump Rages at Bad Bunny—and Accidentally Exposes a Big MAGA Weakness
MAGA’s hatred of the Super Bowl halftime performer reflects a hubris about what parts of the culture are “theirs.” But those assumptions are proving more wrong every day.
newrepublic.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Trump is badly losing the war over ICE, not just on the streets, but also in the culture. As Bad Bunny shows, this has become a culture war unto itself. Trump-MAGA's initial hubris has been utterly deflated.
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
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THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A HISTORY MAJOR
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM
THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A HISTORY MAJOR
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I’m ready for the Bad Bunnification of the mainland
Then walked past a dude blasting salsa who extended his hand and had a brief dance with him 💃🏽
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I’m ready for the Bad Bunnification of the mainland
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And our former international colleagues are also in need of help now that they’re losing their jobs: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:15 AM
And our former international colleagues are also in need of help now that they’re losing their jobs: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
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My Anooralya Story, by Emily Kam Kngwarray, 1993, 📸 by @ishikasamant
February 9, 2026 at 4:10 AM
My Anooralya Story, by Emily Kam Kngwarray, 1993, 📸 by @ishikasamant
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This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
I want to get really into curling but the combination of the frantic sweeping and the fact that they’re constantly yelling at each other in ALL THE LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD is giving me pause.
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 AM
I want to get really into curling but the combination of the frantic sweeping and the fact that they’re constantly yelling at each other in ALL THE LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD is giving me pause.
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