Rebecca Brenner Graham
@theotherrbg.bsky.social
Brown postdoc | author, Dear Miss Perkins | writing on female millennial popular culture and the American Revolution | rebeccabrennergraham.com
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The Reinvention of George Washington's Mother, From Paragon of Virtue to Greedy Shrew to Widow Striving for Independence
A new biography examines how 19th-century Americans remembered Mary Ball Washington, who raised the future president largely on her own after her husband’s death in 1743
www.smithsonianmag.com
for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social I had the pleasure & privilege of interviewing Kate Haulman re: her new book THE MOTHER OF WASHINGTON IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA out from @oxfordunipress.bsky.social today! www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...
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If you don't approve of attempts to sanitize history on the US's 250th birthday but want to learn more about the founding era, the state of the field continues to innovate & there are new books coming out like John's on Washington, mine on migration & @gauthamrao.bsky.social's on policing slavery.
My book about how Americans have remembered, forgotten, and manipulated the history of George Washington and slavery over the past 250 years comes out in April. And Titus Kaphar’s art makes it the one of the coolest covers you’ll see next year. uncpress.org/978146969352...
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
If you don't approve of attempts to sanitize history on the US's 250th birthday but want to learn more about the founding era, the state of the field continues to innovate & there are new books coming out like John's on Washington, mine on migration & @gauthamrao.bsky.social's on policing slavery.
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Grim out there, but on this Thanksgiving Day, grateful to all who care, who try to make things better, who persist in being decent in the face of ugliness.
November 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Grim out there, but on this Thanksgiving Day, grateful to all who care, who try to make things better, who persist in being decent in the face of ugliness.
Providence ✈️ Nassau
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Providence ✈️ Nassau
suitcase closes.
But I don’t have room to buy stuff. maybe it’s the vacation of tiny souvenirs.
And I did not pack any books! I have kindle, audiobooks, & the one I’m trying to write
3:45am alarm- I should sleep
But I don’t have room to buy stuff. maybe it’s the vacation of tiny souvenirs.
And I did not pack any books! I have kindle, audiobooks, & the one I’m trying to write
3:45am alarm- I should sleep
a cartoon of mickey mouse standing next to a trunk
ALT: a cartoon of mickey mouse standing next to a trunk
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November 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
suitcase closes.
But I don’t have room to buy stuff. maybe it’s the vacation of tiny souvenirs.
And I did not pack any books! I have kindle, audiobooks, & the one I’m trying to write
3:45am alarm- I should sleep
But I don’t have room to buy stuff. maybe it’s the vacation of tiny souvenirs.
And I did not pack any books! I have kindle, audiobooks, & the one I’m trying to write
3:45am alarm- I should sleep
what’s the latest book that you truly couldn’t put down — not that you want to be seen or known as reading — but that it was glued to you until it was done? #booksky
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
what’s the latest book that you truly couldn’t put down — not that you want to be seen or known as reading — but that it was glued to you until it was done? #booksky
I’ve been looking forward to this episode all day, & it’s worth the wait @kawulf.bsky.social @katecarp.bsky.social @draftingthepast.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Karin Wulf Keeps Her Brain Humming Along
Podcast Episode · Drafting the Past · 11/25/2025 · 48m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I’ve been looking forward to this episode all day, & it’s worth the wait @kawulf.bsky.social @katecarp.bsky.social @draftingthepast.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
my understanding is I’m not the only one receiving extremely long linkedin messages from a Benjamin Franklin Impersonator???
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
my understanding is I’m not the only one receiving extremely long linkedin messages from a Benjamin Franklin Impersonator???
busy day, & you know I mean business when I’m wearing athletic clothes branded with the high school where I used to work
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
busy day, & you know I mean business when I’m wearing athletic clothes branded with the high school where I used to work
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Heading out on the road today for #Thanksgiving travel? Take Ben Franklin’s World with you!
Here are some themed episodes for your en-route listening, starting with our amazing two-part series, The World of the Wampanoag. #BFW #VastEarlyAmerica @lizcovart.bsky.social
Here are some themed episodes for your en-route listening, starting with our amazing two-part series, The World of the Wampanoag. #BFW #VastEarlyAmerica @lizcovart.bsky.social
Episode 290: The World of the Wampanoag, Part 1: Before 1620
We’ll explore the World of the Wampanoag before and after 1620, a year that saw approximately 100 English colonists enter the Wampanoags’ world.
benfranklinsworld.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Heading out on the road today for #Thanksgiving travel? Take Ben Franklin’s World with you!
Here are some themed episodes for your en-route listening, starting with our amazing two-part series, The World of the Wampanoag. #BFW #VastEarlyAmerica @lizcovart.bsky.social
Here are some themed episodes for your en-route listening, starting with our amazing two-part series, The World of the Wampanoag. #BFW #VastEarlyAmerica @lizcovart.bsky.social
love when Piano Man comes on in Walmart at 8pm on a Monday- feels congruent w/ 9:00 on a Saturday
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
love when Piano Man comes on in Walmart at 8pm on a Monday- feels congruent w/ 9:00 on a Saturday
24 words so far
November 24: ritalin on the train from philly to pvd. aiming for 1000 words #nanowrimo #writingpact
a picture of a train with the words " i think i can " below it
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November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
24 words so far
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No jail, I promise. Just beach.
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
No jail, I promise. Just beach.
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You don’t need an excuse! You get one life, go to the beach if that’s what you most want to do.
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
You don’t need an excuse! You get one life, go to the beach if that’s what you most want to do.
Thanksgiving: Bahamas
Christmas: Santa Monica
New Years: Daytona Beach
I’ll use my divorce as an excuse for as long as I want 🏝️☀️😎
Christmas: Santa Monica
New Years: Daytona Beach
I’ll use my divorce as an excuse for as long as I want 🏝️☀️😎
I am going to tell you a very important secret. You can just not celebrate holidays if you don’t want to. You can skip them for any reason that feels right to you or no reason at all. You won’t go to jail; the world won’t end. It’s fine.
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Thanksgiving: Bahamas
Christmas: Santa Monica
New Years: Daytona Beach
I’ll use my divorce as an excuse for as long as I want 🏝️☀️😎
Christmas: Santa Monica
New Years: Daytona Beach
I’ll use my divorce as an excuse for as long as I want 🏝️☀️😎
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I am going to tell you a very important secret. You can just not celebrate holidays if you don’t want to. You can skip them for any reason that feels right to you or no reason at all. You won’t go to jail; the world won’t end. It’s fine.
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I am going to tell you a very important secret. You can just not celebrate holidays if you don’t want to. You can skip them for any reason that feels right to you or no reason at all. You won’t go to jail; the world won’t end. It’s fine.
how it started versus how it’s going
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
how it started versus how it’s going
finished enough job work to be good till Mon.
*slams laptop shut*
will reopen to write…
*slams laptop shut*
will reopen to write…
November 21: just took ritalin for many Work emails and maybe writing. 📍🚂
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
finished enough job work to be good till Mon.
*slams laptop shut*
will reopen to write…
*slams laptop shut*
will reopen to write…
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I keep saying this but it’s at least very interesting that many doctors didn’t think ADHD persisted into adulthood until you couldn’t buy Ritalin over the counter anymore and most people stopped smoking.
yeah tbh I’d really rather be on ADHD meds and NOT have to develop a two pack a day cigarette habit as someone who’s never smoked before just to function
I guess I can drink twelve coffees a day while chain smoking if you want me to do this in a socially acceptable manner, I just don't see how that's better for my physical or mental health than Vyvanse, y'know?
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I keep saying this but it’s at least very interesting that many doctors didn’t think ADHD persisted into adulthood until you couldn’t buy Ritalin over the counter anymore and most people stopped smoking.
12 words so far #nanowrimo
November 20: on Ritalin I drafted the November Brown 2026 update. I now have TWO HOURS to WRITE!!!! before meetings…
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
12 words so far #nanowrimo
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The publication date for my book on the history of policing American slavery has been moved up a month! Now available May 12, 2026! Thanks so much to those who have preordered! The Press is offering 30% off with the code, 01UNCP30
uncpress.org/978146969484...
uncpress.org/978146969484...
White Power
Beginning in the colonial era and growing through the American Revolution and the Southern plantation system, slaveholders’ violent police regime continued...
uncpress.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The publication date for my book on the history of policing American slavery has been moved up a month! Now available May 12, 2026! Thanks so much to those who have preordered! The Press is offering 30% off with the code, 01UNCP30
uncpress.org/978146969484...
uncpress.org/978146969484...
I was talking on the phone and wasn’t sure for a second why someone did a double take
November 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I was talking on the phone and wasn’t sure for a second why someone did a double take
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It’s a stress-crying in the ladies room kind of day.
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It’s a stress-crying in the ladies room kind of day.
284 words of notes so far #5amwritersclub
November 19: need to get my act together #5amwritingclub
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
284 words of notes so far #5amwritersclub
333 words so far this evening
two young boys are jumping into a swimming pool
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November 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
333 words so far this evening
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Extraordinarily honored to receive the American Society for Legal History’s Craig Joyce Medal for service to the Society for my work as editor of @lawandhistrev.bsky.social.
Also this replica premier league trophy with Law and History Review regalia!
#ynwa #upthereds #legalhistory
Also this replica premier league trophy with Law and History Review regalia!
#ynwa #upthereds #legalhistory
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Extraordinarily honored to receive the American Society for Legal History’s Craig Joyce Medal for service to the Society for my work as editor of @lawandhistrev.bsky.social.
Also this replica premier league trophy with Law and History Review regalia!
#ynwa #upthereds #legalhistory
Also this replica premier league trophy with Law and History Review regalia!
#ynwa #upthereds #legalhistory