Marian Wilson Kimber
@mwilsonkimber.bsky.social
Musicologist, writer, half of Red Vespa, author of The Elocutionists: Women, Music, and the Spoken Word and the forthcoming Clubwomen Activists and the Making of American Music. Posts in no way associated with my employer.
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Today's historic find: 1923, Mrs. Frank Hoffman, music chair for the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, complains that the average woman "doesn't know a trombone from a steamboat."
Aunt Barbara’s herbed carrots.
November 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Aunt Barbara’s herbed carrots.
My favorite Thanksgiving tradition, this time with cheese grater and saxophone.
*salutes Snoopy*
*proceeds politely through crowd*
Pardon me, everyone, I have an appointment with Santa.
*proceeds politely through crowd*
Pardon me, everyone, I have an appointment with Santa.
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My favorite Thanksgiving tradition, this time with cheese grater and saxophone.
In the name of my friend Steve, who died in 1986 at the age of 23—fuck you.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
In the name of my friend Steve, who died in 1986 at the age of 23—fuck you.
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I want to read a review of Bad Bunny's Global Appeal: P FKN R by Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau—any musicologists up for doing this review for me (reviews editor) and the Journal of Musicological Research?
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I want to read a review of Bad Bunny's Global Appeal: P FKN R by Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau—any musicologists up for doing this review for me (reviews editor) and the Journal of Musicological Research?
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IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
@raygunsite.com Are you on it?
“OUIET, PIGGY!” Should be on tshirts, hats, and should be the reply to everything Trump says from now until he is dead.
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
@raygunsite.com Are you on it?
Me too. I called and yelled about it on my senators' voice mails.
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Me too. I called and yelled about it on my senators' voice mails.
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Thank you, @mwilsonkimber.bsky.social, for calling out these gross, misogynist, and horribly dated songs still being marketed to young women and girls: www.womensongforum.org/2025/11/14/d... There are SO MANY better works out there for this age range & vocal level.
Daffodils, Violets & Snowflakes: Gendered Song Stereotypes for Young Girls - Women's Song Forum
Devoted to women's songs and voices
www.womensongforum.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Thank you, @mwilsonkimber.bsky.social, for calling out these gross, misogynist, and horribly dated songs still being marketed to young women and girls: www.womensongforum.org/2025/11/14/d... There are SO MANY better works out there for this age range & vocal level.
Hey music nerds—have you ever seen the opera, The Classical Style? Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven go looking for Charles Rosen. There’s a satirical treatment of a UC Berkeley PhD student in musicology.
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Hey music nerds—have you ever seen the opera, The Classical Style? Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven go looking for Charles Rosen. There’s a satirical treatment of a UC Berkeley PhD student in musicology.
Girls singing about flowers and fairies, but not astronauts. Here's my latest essay, "Daffodils, Violets & Snowflakes: Gendered Song Stereotypes for Young Girls," critiquing Hal Leonard's song anthology: www.womensongforum.org/2025/11/14/d...
www.womensongforum.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Girls singing about flowers and fairies, but not astronauts. Here's my latest essay, "Daffodils, Violets & Snowflakes: Gendered Song Stereotypes for Young Girls," critiquing Hal Leonard's song anthology: www.womensongforum.org/2025/11/14/d...
What am I doing writing an article that is really about art history? I don't even know what journal to send it to....
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What am I doing writing an article that is really about art history? I don't even know what journal to send it to....
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Forty percent of young women have said they would like to leave the U.S. permanently, more than twice the number of men who feel the same way.
Record Numbers of Young Women Want to Ditch the U.S. Under Trump
The gap between the two genders is the highest ever recorded.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Forty percent of young women have said they would like to leave the U.S. permanently, more than twice the number of men who feel the same way.
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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I’m gifting this article so you can read it without a subscription.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I’m gifting this article so you can read it without a subscription.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Today's historic find. Composer Mary Howe, writing ca. 1946, describing audiences complaining about modern music.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Today's historic find. Composer Mary Howe, writing ca. 1946, describing audiences complaining about modern music.
AMS/SMT folks: Come hear my paper about women’s clubs’ promotion of women composers before 1950 in Great Lakes C at 4 pm—the sheer numbers of composers and club events will astonish you!
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
AMS/SMT folks: Come hear my paper about women’s clubs’ promotion of women composers before 1950 in Great Lakes C at 4 pm—the sheer numbers of composers and club events will astonish you!
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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“This is another instance in which Trump has said one thing — that the East Wing would not be altered — and he’s altering it,” historian Alexis Coe said. The East Wing is home to the Office of the First Lady and has played a key role in women’s visibility in the White House. https://bit.ly/3JeAneF
First ladies made history in the East Wing. It was razed for Trump’s ballroom.
The East Wing is home to the Office of the First Lady and has played a key role in women’s visibility in the White House.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“This is another instance in which Trump has said one thing — that the East Wing would not be altered — and he’s altering it,” historian Alexis Coe said. The East Wing is home to the Office of the First Lady and has played a key role in women’s visibility in the White House. https://bit.ly/3JeAneF
Halloween costume: dressed as Ibid. looking for a job, since I have been dumped from the Chicago Manual of Style.
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Halloween costume: dressed as Ibid. looking for a job, since I have been dumped from the Chicago Manual of Style.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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👏👏👏 Big win here! Congrats to everyone who worked on this local effort. Judge halts removal of material from State Historical Society’s Iowa City facility. #iowa
Judge halts removal of material from State Historical Society's Iowa City facility
A Johnson County district judge Friday ordered the state to stop removing historic material from the 168-year-old State Historical Society's Iowa City research facility that it unexpectedly decided to...
www.thegazette.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
👏👏👏 Big win here! Congrats to everyone who worked on this local effort. Judge halts removal of material from State Historical Society’s Iowa City facility. #iowa
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Chappell Roan Unveils Midwest Princess Fund for Trans Youth — and She’s Already Raised $400K
Chappell Roan Unveils Midwest Princess Fund for Trans Youth — and She’s Already Raised $400K
Chappell Roan has announced her Midwest Princess Project for trans and LGBTQ+ youth, and the fund has already raised $400K.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Chappell Roan Unveils Midwest Princess Fund for Trans Youth — and She’s Already Raised $400K