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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · 26d

the Japanese edition arrived! it's a family :)

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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · Jul 7

thank you Hugh ❤️

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Hugh Ryan @hughryan.bsky.social · Jul 3

Great interview between @michaelwaters.bsky.social and Jack Lowery! bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

BOMB Magazine | Michael Waters by Jack Lowery

The untold history of 1930s trans athletes and today's gender politics.

bombmagazine.org

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · Jul 6

"No one knows what will come to replace the international system that is currently collapsing around us, but any political system that prioritizes punishing those who protest genocide rather than stopping the killing has clearly exhausted itself."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world | Moustafa Bayoumi

The rules of the institutions that define our lives bend like reeds when it comes to Israel – so much that the whole global order is on the verge of collapse

www.theguardian.com

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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · Jun 11

a star!!

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Caroline Haskins @carolinehaskins.bsky.social · Jun 11

Hi btw!! I was on The Brian Lehrer show last week talking about Palantir — what it actually is, what it's working on, kicking me out of their conference booth/threatening to call the cops on me last week, etc. Here's a link to the segment:
www.wnyc.org/story/the-se...

The Secretive Tech Company Working With the Trump Administration | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC

WIRED reporter Caroline Haskins talks about President Trump's plan to employ the tech company Palantir to compile data on America citizens.

www.wnyc.org

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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · Jun 10

tomorrow: I'm so excited to be in conversation with the great @paisleycurrah.com at the Upper West Side Barnes & Noble! come join us at 7 pm!

stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...

Michael Waters discusses & signs THE OTHER OLYMPIANS with Paisley Currah

Join us for an in-store event, Michael Waters discusses & signs THE OTHER OLYMPIANS with Paisley Currah, on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

stores.barnesandnoble.com

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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · Jun 5

I wrote for @theatlantic.com about how archivists are contending with our digital detritus — whether we'll be able to save emails, texts, Discord chats, etc, and what that means for how we tell history:

www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

Archivists Aren’t Ready for the ‘Very Online’ Era

The challenge: how to catalog and derive meaning from so much digital clutter

www.theatlantic.com

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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · Jun 3

this is tonight @ 7pm!! come pick up a paperback copy of The Other Olympians and enjoy my presentation on Sexually Active Popes

Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · May 27

in one week: to celebrate the paperback of The Other Olympians, @leahtigers.bsky.social, @hughryan.bsky.social, @sabs.bsky.social, and I are presenting on our research obsessions

hear about historical love affairs, sexually active popes, and much more

June 3 @ 7 pm! register here: lu.ma/lnnvrmoh

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Leah Tigers @leahtigers.bsky.social · Jun 2

i'll be giving a brief oral presentation here tomorrow about the most batshit insane nineteenth century love triangle in history ive ever encountered. do come through if you have the time

Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · May 27

in one week: to celebrate the paperback of The Other Olympians, @leahtigers.bsky.social, @hughryan.bsky.social, @sabs.bsky.social, and I are presenting on our research obsessions

hear about historical love affairs, sexually active popes, and much more

June 3 @ 7 pm! register here: lu.ma/lnnvrmoh

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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · May 27

cannot wait for this beautiful and inevitably horny event

Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · May 27

in one week: to celebrate the paperback of The Other Olympians, @leahtigers.bsky.social, @hughryan.bsky.social, @sabs.bsky.social, and I are presenting on our research obsessions

hear about historical love affairs, sexually active popes, and much more

June 3 @ 7 pm! register here: lu.ma/lnnvrmoh

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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · May 27

in one week: to celebrate the paperback of The Other Olympians, @leahtigers.bsky.social, @hughryan.bsky.social, @sabs.bsky.social, and I are presenting on our research obsessions

hear about historical love affairs, sexually active popes, and much more

June 3 @ 7 pm! register here: lu.ma/lnnvrmoh

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · May 22

The biggest mistake I see in discussions of trans people's healthcare is the idea that hormones and the like are some special service just for us when really all kinds of people access the same health care for all kinds of reasons but they are *withheld* from us because we are trans

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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · May 18

omg the saloon owner! this is going to be so good

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Hugh Ryan @hughryan.bsky.social · May 15

I can’t wait to 1) celebrate @michaelwaters.bsky.social’s THE OTHER OLYMPIANS, 2) share my obsession with Robert Bonner, a Black saloon owner in the early 1900s who had an intense few years in Brooklyn, and 3) hear the amazing research of @leahtigers.bsky.social & @sabs.bsky.social ! lu.ma/lnnvrmoh

Gay Research Outtakes: An Other Olympians Event · Luma

The Gay Research Outtakes: An Other Olympians Event Not every great story makes it to print. What do writers do with the queer figure they became totally…

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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · May 18

thank you for reading! and love that your title is "name consultant" — definitely keep in touch if you notice any trends worth writing about!

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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · May 15

the vibes will be good i promise

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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · May 15

The Other Olympians is coming out in paperback on June 3, and to celebrate, @leahtigers.bsky.social, @hughryan.bsky.social, @sabs.bsky.social, and I are presenting on research obsessions that never made it to print

come for wine and light debauchery, and maybe even a photo-op

RSVP: lu.ma/lnnvrmoh

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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · Apr 30

thank you for reading!!

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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · Apr 30

thank you Caroline ❤️

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Homocommunist @homocommunist.bsky.social · Apr 28

“In the summer of 1936, Wilhelm Knoll, an influential sports doctor and a Nazi who wanted to purge ‘unsuitable elements’ from sports, began lobbying for sex screenings. This time, he channeled his panic solely onto gender nonconforming women.”

Testing Grounds | Michael Waters

Sex screenings are back in vogue in the realm of sports. The right won’t stop there.

thebaffler.com

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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · Apr 30

thank you for reading!!

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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · Apr 30

thank you for sharing Julie ❤️

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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · Apr 29

Hell of an essay on sex testing from @michaelwaters.bsky.social

Testing Grounds | Michael Waters

Sex screenings are back in vogue in the realm of sports. The right won’t stop there.

thebaffler.com

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Michael Waters @michaelwaters.bsky.social · Apr 28

in the early 1900s, American border officials deported anyone whose bodies didn’t conform to their strict definitions of male and female

intersex and gender nonconforming people were labeled economic risks who couldn't assimilate to the gendered labor system

thebaffler.com/latest/testi...

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