Sara Catterall
@scatterall.bsky.social
Writer. MLIS. So many interests. She/her. Author of Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion Icon, out now from Belt Publishing. Blog etc at saracatterall.com
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Sara Catterall
@scatterall.bsky.social
· Mar 24
Amelia Bloomer
A fascinating look at an underappreciated woman in American history whose newspaper fostered a national conversation on women’s issues.Those who recognize the name Amelia Bloomer usually do so because...
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Good morning! I wrote a biography of someone who helped found the women's rights movement in the 1850s, and kept at it through the Civil War, scandals, chronic illness, and decades of defeats.
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Billie Ellish: "No one is illegal on stolen land." I have come across many liberals ignorant of the history of Native dispossession regard dispossession as inevitable.
What is Native history & federal Indian law doing in my book on voluntary migration policy history & constitutional development? 1/
What is Native history & federal Indian law doing in my book on voluntary migration policy history & constitutional development? 1/
February 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Billie Ellish: "No one is illegal on stolen land." I have come across many liberals ignorant of the history of Native dispossession regard dispossession as inevitable.
What is Native history & federal Indian law doing in my book on voluntary migration policy history & constitutional development? 1/
What is Native history & federal Indian law doing in my book on voluntary migration policy history & constitutional development? 1/
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Working in 2026 is sending an email to your client that you are an hour late delivering something because you had to figure out what to do with the running, unlocked car sitting in the middle of the street after the ethnic cleansing squad kidnapped somebody.
February 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Working in 2026 is sending an email to your client that you are an hour late delivering something because you had to figure out what to do with the running, unlocked car sitting in the middle of the street after the ethnic cleansing squad kidnapped somebody.
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the correct number of DHS agents in Minnesota is zero.
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
the correct number of DHS agents in Minnesota is zero.
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an absolutely inspired title for a musical comedy
February 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
an absolutely inspired title for a musical comedy
Went out to breakfast with my dad in Minneapolis
January 31, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Went out to breakfast with my dad in Minneapolis
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Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors
Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
January 31, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors
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We are looking forward to talking with Sara on an upcoming episode (in March). Treat yourself to a copy of Amelia Bloomer or request it at your library. If you have Qs for Sara, we’d be happy to ask them for you. 😻
Amelia Bloomer is on @chriswolak.bsky.social 's top ten of 2025 list! Along with much good company on this week's episode of The Book Cougars podcast @bookcougars.bsky.social
Top Ten Reads of 2025 with Russell from Ink and Paper Blog — Book Cougars Podcast
Episode 251 Show Notes Please take the Listener Top Ten Books of 2025 poll by January 15th: http://bit.ly/ListenerTopTen2025 – Russell’s Top Ten – Remarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van...
www.bookcougars.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:13 PM
We are looking forward to talking with Sara on an upcoming episode (in March). Treat yourself to a copy of Amelia Bloomer or request it at your library. If you have Qs for Sara, we’d be happy to ask them for you. 😻
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All this to say, there have always been a contingent of older white people who helped immigrants integrate and build communities within the Twin Cities. I remember they gave up a lot of time, effort, and resources for us. It’s not super surprising to me that they’re out now, protesting in force.
January 23, 2026 at 9:52 PM
All this to say, there have always been a contingent of older white people who helped immigrants integrate and build communities within the Twin Cities. I remember they gave up a lot of time, effort, and resources for us. It’s not super surprising to me that they’re out now, protesting in force.
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Now: With double digit windchill, thousands marching in Downtown Minneapolis during a general strike. Marching and protest against the actions of ICE. Prince dance party outside First Avenue and the Prince mural - where there’s been many Prince dance parties before.
Minneapolis January 23, 2026
Minneapolis January 23, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Now: With double digit windchill, thousands marching in Downtown Minneapolis during a general strike. Marching and protest against the actions of ICE. Prince dance party outside First Avenue and the Prince mural - where there’s been many Prince dance parties before.
Minneapolis January 23, 2026
Minneapolis January 23, 2026
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Entirely appropriate that anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis are singing a song from the anti-slavery movement in the 1840s.
MSP airport. Clergy risking risking arrest and a huge gathering of protesters. The song is, “Down to the River to Pray.”
January 23, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Entirely appropriate that anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis are singing a song from the anti-slavery movement in the 1840s.
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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I'm on the Green Line towards downtown Minneapolis ICE OUT protest.
The train filled immediately. Even 20 stops away from our destination we reached capacity.
People are cheering at every stop when they see people waiting to board because we are all starting to realize how big this is.
The train filled immediately. Even 20 stops away from our destination we reached capacity.
People are cheering at every stop when they see people waiting to board because we are all starting to realize how big this is.
January 23, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I'm on the Green Line towards downtown Minneapolis ICE OUT protest.
The train filled immediately. Even 20 stops away from our destination we reached capacity.
People are cheering at every stop when they see people waiting to board because we are all starting to realize how big this is.
The train filled immediately. Even 20 stops away from our destination we reached capacity.
People are cheering at every stop when they see people waiting to board because we are all starting to realize how big this is.
This isn't "Minneapolis–St Paul’s first go-around with the tactic. The 1934 general strike—a foundational event for the city and state’s unions—may have moved beyond the reach of individual memory in recent years, but it suffuses the regional labor movement’s collective sense of its own origins."
The Citywide General Strike Has a Rich History in America
In response to the killing of Renee Good and the ICE invasion, the Minneapolis labor movement has issued the nation’s first citywide general strike call in nearly 80 years, set for tomorrow. It is bui...
jacobin.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:49 PM
This isn't "Minneapolis–St Paul’s first go-around with the tactic. The 1934 general strike—a foundational event for the city and state’s unions—may have moved beyond the reach of individual memory in recent years, but it suffuses the regional labor movement’s collective sense of its own origins."
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Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
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They want you to think that there is nothing in the past but shame so that people flinch away from examining history.
If you examine history, you will find good people. At every time in history, you will find them.
Maybe not enough, but they were there. You can be this generation's good people.
If you examine history, you will find good people. At every time in history, you will find them.
Maybe not enough, but they were there. You can be this generation's good people.
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
They want you to think that there is nothing in the past but shame so that people flinch away from examining history.
If you examine history, you will find good people. At every time in history, you will find them.
Maybe not enough, but they were there. You can be this generation's good people.
If you examine history, you will find good people. At every time in history, you will find them.
Maybe not enough, but they were there. You can be this generation's good people.
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Respectfully, I am going to whisper to some of our white comrades a truth that should be more widely known: You definitely have some ancestors to be proud of, ancestors who refused white supremacy, and poured out their lives in many of these struggles over time.
Time to claim your true history.
Time to claim your true history.
January 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Respectfully, I am going to whisper to some of our white comrades a truth that should be more widely known: You definitely have some ancestors to be proud of, ancestors who refused white supremacy, and poured out their lives in many of these struggles over time.
Time to claim your true history.
Time to claim your true history.
Excellent🧵
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Excellent🧵
Cold night, made this on impulse, best we've ever had.
Midweek Treat: #RecipeOfTheDay is Sticky Toffee Pudding, the dark empress of desserts! I can’t even write its name, let alone gaze at this photograph, without wanting to eat it, frankly. www.nigella.com/recipes/stic...
Sticky Toffee Pudding
There is very little that can compare with the glory of a sticky toffee pudding. My STP is altogether deeper and darker than the original version: it is still sweet, but the muscovado sugar and black ...
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January 22, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Cold night, made this on impulse, best we've ever had.
Always impressed by two cyclists who still commute up my semi-rural unlit gravel-shouldered road this time of year, when all I can see is their little white lights cranking slowly by in the dark.
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Always impressed by two cyclists who still commute up my semi-rural unlit gravel-shouldered road this time of year, when all I can see is their little white lights cranking slowly by in the dark.
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A guide to how it's done:
Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities
The rapid response networks people organize to defend their communities have undergone a whirlwind evolution to keep up with ever-shifting ICE tactics.
crimethinc.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:10 PM
A guide to how it's done:
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It's a good time to revisit Miss Perkins.
Madam Secretary
Even within an uncaring government bureaucracy, one person could make a difference.
contingentmagazine.org
January 21, 2026 at 12:47 AM
It's a good time to revisit Miss Perkins.
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More than enough volunteers willing to do outdoor shifts in MN when it's -10 (that's -23 Celsius).
it is -10 here today. I was supposed to go do a volunteer shift standing outside loading groceries into people’s cars to deliver to families stuck at home. just got a call not to come in because they have too many volunteers already. if you were wondering if the cold would stop us.
January 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
More than enough volunteers willing to do outdoor shifts in MN when it's -10 (that's -23 Celsius).