Charlotte Brooks🏳️🌈/夏黎 (夏洛特布魯克斯)
@profbrooks.bsky.social
Historian, active voice extremist, lack of influencer, and author of some books about US, Chinese, and Asian American history. Forthcoming in 2026: The Moys of New York and Shanghai: One Family's Extraordinary Journey Through War and Revolution
NYT has already altered this, but either way, we are way past 25th Amendment territory here. Utter lunacy that the GOP can rein in—if they had a spine
January 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM
NYT has already altered this, but either way, we are way past 25th Amendment territory here. Utter lunacy that the GOP can rein in—if they had a spine
#NoKings NYC. Waiting to move but soooo many people. Interesting sighting: former mayor Bill Deblasio wearing a “hot girls for Zohran” T-shirt…
October 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#NoKings NYC. Waiting to move but soooo many people. Interesting sighting: former mayor Bill Deblasio wearing a “hot girls for Zohran” T-shirt…
@nytimes.com really reporting the most important story of the day here. I’m expecting multiple pieces on Joe Biden’s mental acuity too.🙄
October 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
@nytimes.com really reporting the most important story of the day here. I’m expecting multiple pieces on Joe Biden’s mental acuity too.🙄
What a disgusting, vile, vicious little man he is.
September 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
What a disgusting, vile, vicious little man he is.
Got this fundraising text from Eric Adams’ campaign today. I asked that my cash be delivered in a Fritos bag, since I dislike sour cream and onion chips
August 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Got this fundraising text from Eric Adams’ campaign today. I asked that my cash be delivered in a Fritos bag, since I dislike sour cream and onion chips
Hey, @nytimes.com . Stop sanewashing Dear Leader. He is not basing this on “accounts” of anything. It is just an excuse to grab power.
August 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Hey, @nytimes.com . Stop sanewashing Dear Leader. He is not basing this on “accounts” of anything. It is just an excuse to grab power.
Getting into some #goodtrouble with a few thousand friends in Lower Manhattan
July 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Getting into some #goodtrouble with a few thousand friends in Lower Manhattan
Apparently that agenda is for people to die needlessly
July 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Apparently that agenda is for people to die needlessly
Cuomo? Worked for him once. Definitely wouldn’t recommend. 0/5 stars (and rankings)
June 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Cuomo? Worked for him once. Definitely wouldn’t recommend. 0/5 stars (and rankings)
“Small hands” ?!?!Once more, @nytimes.com , you need to do better than this. Much, much better.
May 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“Small hands” ?!?!Once more, @nytimes.com , you need to do better than this. Much, much better.
One aspect of this article is maddening: the fact that the NYT as usual defines “campuses” as Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and (for geographical diversity?) Washington University. Because public universities just educate 99.9% of students, so they don’t matter…
March 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
One aspect of this article is maddening: the fact that the NYT as usual defines “campuses” as Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and (for geographical diversity?) Washington University. Because public universities just educate 99.9% of students, so they don’t matter…
A photo from Punchbowl, the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. This plaque honors Japanese American soldiers who died in World War II.
March 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A photo from Punchbowl, the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. This plaque honors Japanese American soldiers who died in World War II.
Just one example of why I’m an active voice extremist.
March 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just one example of why I’m an active voice extremist.
Dear Leader attacking anyone else’s morality is sick and laughable all at once.
February 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Dear Leader attacking anyone else’s morality is sick and laughable all at once.
Hey, @nytimes.com, the correct term is “illegal.” Other correct phrases include “break the law,” “violate the constitution,” or “unconstitutional and un-American.”
February 6, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Hey, @nytimes.com, the correct term is “illegal.” Other correct phrases include “break the law,” “violate the constitution,” or “unconstitutional and un-American.”
We visited you today, @schumer.senate.gov as well as Senator Gillibrand. Hope you paid attention!
February 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We visited you today, @schumer.senate.gov as well as Senator Gillibrand. Hope you paid attention!
