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Bethany Mannon

@drbethany.bsky.social

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Rhetoric & Writing professor in Appalachia, currently writing a book about progressive Christian writer Rachel Held Evans. Penn State & UConn grad, rural TN crunchy-ish, autumn dessert aficionado

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · Aug 2

If you've been thinking of ordering my book, it is 50% off at Amazon right now!
www.amazon.com/dp/148131893...

"I Grew Up in the Church": How American Evangelical Women Tell Their Stories

I Grew Up in the Church : How American Evangelical Women Tell Their Stories [Mannon, Bethany Ober] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. I Grew Up in the Church : How American Evangelical Women Tell Their Stories

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 15m

thanks!

Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 20m

I said "I like myself as much as I like ice cream" and she said "I like myself as much as ice cream too" 🥰

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 20m

She is deep! She later told her brother "suck it up buttercup" so also very direct.

I think you're probably right about a song or story at school ❤️

Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 48m

In the car this afternoon my 3yo asked “mama do you like yourself?”and I would love to know what was behind that question

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 6h

Pelosi, after watching Jeffries and Schumer fumble the shutdown messaging: "guys, just let me handle this"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Pelosi: "Democrats who created Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, all of that, are now being asked to reject that so we can give a tax cut to the rich. We're not doing it. It isn't a question of, 'let's come back together so we can discuss it.' That isn't going to happen."

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 6h

I don't love Nancy Pelosi but I have missed this kind of ballsy messaging

Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 7h

Trump might skate through, idk, but the Epstein crimes and coverup are going to stick to the people who were involved with his administration

Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 8h

(I mostly do! Overall I have very good students who are into interesting things)

Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 9h

I’ll believe it when I see it

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 9h

After ~15 years of teaching my biggest realization has been this: students don’t need the professor to be cool, they need the professor to think THEY are cool

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 23h

And I love the cinnamon dust at the bottom of the bag

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 23h

Dry cereal, especially Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 1d

Young voters don’t pay attention to politicians posts. She’ll still show up in clips of interviews that circulate and people talking *about* her

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 1d

I won’t be surprised when Trump pardons Ghislaine Maxwell. It won’t be the first pedophile or sex trafficker he’s pardoned this year.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

The health insurance industry doesn't care who you voted for — only how much money they can extract from you.

Insurance premiums are set to double, and Republicans shut down the government to make sure it happens.

Now is the time to demand universal healthcare with Medicare for All.

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Pumpkinspacci Sequins @brentwaggoner.bsky.social · 1d

You Wouldn't Evict Your Grandpa: The Case for Letting Donald Trump Stay in the White House Forever

By Bari Weiss

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 2d

Who does he think was watching his show lol

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

DR OZ: If you're sitting at home as an able-bodied person on Medicaid & on average you'll watch 6.1 hours of TV or leisure time at home, you actually don't want that. Opiate use skyrockets

CNBC: There are a lot of people who are on Medicaid who are there actually as caregivers, so they are working

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 2d

Says the guy who made his career being on TV

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Philo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.social · 2d

no inflation boy that’s a relief

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 2d

She's 38, still practically their age, right?

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 2d

Which has the benefit of being true

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 2d

"If there is something useful that has come of the Trump era, it is that it has offered a diagnostic CT scan of American Christianity. Trump & the MAGA movement capitalized on, and amplified, the problems facing Christian communities, but they did not create them."

open.substack.com/pub/scotmckn...

What He Said

What Peter Wehner said needs not only to be said.

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 2d

I give it three hours until I hear my MAGA relatives saying "inflation is a MSNBC hoax because they hate trump"

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 2d

R e l e a s e t h e f i l e s

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "When the simple truth is on your side, you have nothing to hide from."

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 8d

There are so many reasons to not use AI.

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 8d

OpenAI's new data centres will require as much electricity as New York City, while the US government says that the power for the AI industry will come from burning coal. This seems fine, right? futurism.com/artificial-i...

OpenAI's New Data Centers Will Draw More Power Than the Entirety of New York City, Sam Altman Says

OpenAI's planned AI data center projects would consume as much as the entire city of New York City and San Diego combined.

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