Erin Blakemore
@erinblakemore.bsky.social
Journalist, bookworm, feminist, historian, library school dropout, inveterate knitter, author of THE HEROINE'S BOOKSHELF. (She/her)
I used to be heroinebook on Twitter
erinblakemore.com
I used to be heroinebook on Twitter
erinblakemore.com
Went for the big chop ahead of major surgery in three weeks. I think I needed to get used to the idea of part of my head being shaved ahead of time so I can focus on recovering instead of mourning all that hair.
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Went for the big chop ahead of major surgery in three weeks. I think I needed to get used to the idea of part of my head being shaved ahead of time so I can focus on recovering instead of mourning all that hair.
Here's the good old OED weighing in:
October 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Here's the good old OED weighing in:
Perpetual 2025 mood: Messed up, but whatever. Like this Nobel laureate.
October 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Perpetual 2025 mood: Messed up, but whatever. Like this Nobel laureate.
My rapture outfit
September 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
My rapture outfit
Noooooooooooooo.
(First time I've seen this in the wild.)
(First time I've seen this in the wild.)
August 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Noooooooooooooo.
(First time I've seen this in the wild.)
(First time I've seen this in the wild.)
Relating so hard to my fellow Erin right now
August 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Relating so hard to my fellow Erin right now
Then again, I saw a really bizarre Marx Bros book at the ARC the other day (kind of like this but shabbier and with weirdo embossing i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dw0...) and so maybe the arc arcs less?
August 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Then again, I saw a really bizarre Marx Bros book at the ARC the other day (kind of like this but shabbier and with weirdo embossing i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dw0...) and so maybe the arc arcs less?
Screensaver that’s on all the time in a desk in our living room
July 24, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Screensaver that’s on all the time in a desk in our living room
Live footage of my extremely portable jacquard loom
June 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Live footage of my extremely portable jacquard loom
🥖🌹Happy May Day!🌹🥖
This is your annual reminder that historically, young women—mostly poor immigrants with little social sway—were some of the U.S. labor movement's boldest and most effective footsoldiers.
Their energy and courage helped build the modern world. Solidarity forever!
This is your annual reminder that historically, young women—mostly poor immigrants with little social sway—were some of the U.S. labor movement's boldest and most effective footsoldiers.
Their energy and courage helped build the modern world. Solidarity forever!
May 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🥖🌹Happy May Day!🌹🥖
This is your annual reminder that historically, young women—mostly poor immigrants with little social sway—were some of the U.S. labor movement's boldest and most effective footsoldiers.
Their energy and courage helped build the modern world. Solidarity forever!
This is your annual reminder that historically, young women—mostly poor immigrants with little social sway—were some of the U.S. labor movement's boldest and most effective footsoldiers.
Their energy and courage helped build the modern world. Solidarity forever!
🙉La la la la, everything is dandy, I am not paying attentionnnnn🙉
April 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
🙉La la la la, everything is dandy, I am not paying attentionnnnn🙉
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
I'd keep laughing, but it's interrupting my emails trying to get clients to pay me so I can stay afloat for another month.
I'd keep laughing, but it's interrupting my emails trying to get clients to pay me so I can stay afloat for another month.
April 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
I'd keep laughing, but it's interrupting my emails trying to get clients to pay me so I can stay afloat for another month.
I'd keep laughing, but it's interrupting my emails trying to get clients to pay me so I can stay afloat for another month.
It always feels weird to talk about my work, but I want to put this out there:
I'm writing a book about this heroic group of Japanese Americans, who taught Japanese to members of the U.S. Navy in Boulder, CO during the height of anti-Asian discrimination in the U.S. in WWII.
I'm writing a book about this heroic group of Japanese Americans, who taught Japanese to members of the U.S. Navy in Boulder, CO during the height of anti-Asian discrimination in the U.S. in WWII.
March 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It always feels weird to talk about my work, but I want to put this out there:
I'm writing a book about this heroic group of Japanese Americans, who taught Japanese to members of the U.S. Navy in Boulder, CO during the height of anti-Asian discrimination in the U.S. in WWII.
I'm writing a book about this heroic group of Japanese Americans, who taught Japanese to members of the U.S. Navy in Boulder, CO during the height of anti-Asian discrimination in the U.S. in WWII.
Ain't she a beaut
January 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Ain't she a beaut
Knitting really is a major solace, especially during these dark days of endless hospital waits and worries.
January 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Knitting really is a major solace, especially during these dark days of endless hospital waits and worries.
This has always been one of the most confusing dynamics for me. I've been shot down by many surprising interlocutors after objecting to violence/sexual objectification in some male authors' work, as if I were somehow a vanilla prude for not enjoying their preoccupation with female suffering.
January 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This has always been one of the most confusing dynamics for me. I've been shot down by many surprising interlocutors after objecting to violence/sexual objectification in some male authors' work, as if I were somehow a vanilla prude for not enjoying their preoccupation with female suffering.
Channeling my many Big Feelings into action this week. Among other errands today, I finally shipped off this year's first charity haul, eight hand-knit beanies and a hand-knit earwarmer for Knit the Rainbow, which gives warm handmades to unhoused LBGTQ+ youth in NYC, Chicago, and Detroit.
January 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Channeling my many Big Feelings into action this week. Among other errands today, I finally shipped off this year's first charity haul, eight hand-knit beanies and a hand-knit earwarmer for Knit the Rainbow, which gives warm handmades to unhoused LBGTQ+ youth in NYC, Chicago, and Detroit.
The images and descriptions in this historic collection are giving me LIFE right now.
I insist upon bringing this energy into 2025: historicpittsburgh.org/collection/c...
I insist upon bringing this energy into 2025: historicpittsburgh.org/collection/c...
December 31, 2024 at 10:58 PM
The images and descriptions in this historic collection are giving me LIFE right now.
I insist upon bringing this energy into 2025: historicpittsburgh.org/collection/c...
I insist upon bringing this energy into 2025: historicpittsburgh.org/collection/c...
You know great Thanksgiving cooking is happening when you bust out your beloved but little-used kitchen tools
November 27, 2024 at 7:09 PM
You know great Thanksgiving cooking is happening when you bust out your beloved but little-used kitchen tools
Hi to all you new folks!
I'm a journalist in Boulder, CO. History is my first love, and I'm lucky to be able to help translate the past for present-day audiences as a reporter and author.
When I'm not writing about yesteryear or obsessively knitting, I report on cool science/health stories.
I'm a journalist in Boulder, CO. History is my first love, and I'm lucky to be able to help translate the past for present-day audiences as a reporter and author.
When I'm not writing about yesteryear or obsessively knitting, I report on cool science/health stories.
November 21, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Hi to all you new folks!
I'm a journalist in Boulder, CO. History is my first love, and I'm lucky to be able to help translate the past for present-day audiences as a reporter and author.
When I'm not writing about yesteryear or obsessively knitting, I report on cool science/health stories.
I'm a journalist in Boulder, CO. History is my first love, and I'm lucky to be able to help translate the past for present-day audiences as a reporter and author.
When I'm not writing about yesteryear or obsessively knitting, I report on cool science/health stories.
This IMPORTANT NEWS ITEM, which I found while looking for info about Clarence's death, is exactly what I'm talking about. Talk about slice of life.
November 11, 2024 at 7:34 PM
This IMPORTANT NEWS ITEM, which I found while looking for info about Clarence's death, is exactly what I'm talking about. Talk about slice of life.
This is how I learned that my great-grandfather Bert, later a mortician, spent part of World War I helping recover war dead.
From what I know, he never spoke of his war days except to chasten his son when the son got navy tattoos. (He himself was extensively tattooed during his navy service.)
From what I know, he never spoke of his war days except to chasten his son when the son got navy tattoos. (He himself was extensively tattooed during his navy service.)
November 11, 2024 at 7:11 PM
This is how I learned that my great-grandfather Bert, later a mortician, spent part of World War I helping recover war dead.
From what I know, he never spoke of his war days except to chasten his son when the son got navy tattoos. (He himself was extensively tattooed during his navy service.)
From what I know, he never spoke of his war days except to chasten his son when the son got navy tattoos. (He himself was extensively tattooed during his navy service.)
It's Veterans Day in the U.S., and if you have a relative who served, you may wonder what they did during various wars.
You may be in luck: In the late 19th and early 20th century, local newspapers often included vivid accounts of local men's war experiences!
A mini thread...
You may be in luck: In the late 19th and early 20th century, local newspapers often included vivid accounts of local men's war experiences!
A mini thread...
November 11, 2024 at 7:04 PM
It's Veterans Day in the U.S., and if you have a relative who served, you may wonder what they did during various wars.
You may be in luck: In the late 19th and early 20th century, local newspapers often included vivid accounts of local men's war experiences!
A mini thread...
You may be in luck: In the late 19th and early 20th century, local newspapers often included vivid accounts of local men's war experiences!
A mini thread...
@lollardfish.bsky.social I made the biscuits!
November 8, 2024 at 2:00 AM
@lollardfish.bsky.social I made the biscuits!