Paul Renfro
@renfro.bsky.social
Historian at Florida State University. Wrote STRANGER DANGER (@oxunipress.bsky.social) and THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RYAN WHITE (@uncpress.bsky.social). Writing THOSE FEARFUL DAYS and THE PASSION OF MATTHEW SHEPARD for @liveright.bsky.social / @wwnorton.com.
More photographic evidence.
February 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
More photographic evidence.
Flexing in my office this morning.
February 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Flexing in my office this morning.
No turning back now.
February 8, 2026 at 12:24 PM
No turning back now.
Here are the books I'm assigning for my Fall 2026 graduate readings course in US History since 1965. (I know I've posted this list before, but I just submitted my textbook orders for the fall, so I thought I would circulate it again.) 🗃️
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Here are the books I'm assigning for my Fall 2026 graduate readings course in US History since 1965. (I know I've posted this list before, but I just submitted my textbook orders for the fall, so I thought I would circulate it again.) 🗃️
A fundamentally evil news media organization.
February 3, 2026 at 11:49 AM
A fundamentally evil news media organization.
Gay spaniel on a gay chinoiserie sofa
February 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Gay spaniel on a gay chinoiserie sofa
A question on the midterm exam in my America in the 1980s course.
January 30, 2026 at 4:36 PM
A question on the midterm exam in my America in the 1980s course.
Of course! Such great stuff—totally captures the essence of NWA.
January 24, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Of course! Such great stuff—totally captures the essence of NWA.
Tallahassee, Florida
January 22, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Tallahassee, Florida
I’m thinking today of Laura Briggs’s incredible book Taking Children, which I had the great honor of reviewing for @bostonreview.bsky.social back in 2020. www.bostonreview.net/articles/pau...
January 22, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I’m thinking today of Laura Briggs’s incredible book Taking Children, which I had the great honor of reviewing for @bostonreview.bsky.social back in 2020. www.bostonreview.net/articles/pau...
Big dog, little dog.
January 21, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Big dog, little dog.
This stinker likes to chew on cardboard.
January 21, 2026 at 1:19 AM
This stinker likes to chew on cardboard.
Can’t spell “The Hague” without “The U.”
January 20, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Can’t spell “The Hague” without “The U.”
2016: My first postdoctoral appointment (at SMU).
January 19, 2026 at 11:28 PM
2016: My first postdoctoral appointment (at SMU).
“Maps show why the Sudetenland is so important for Lebensraum.”
January 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM
“Maps show why the Sudetenland is so important for Lebensraum.”
Successfully avoided someone I despise at the Whole Foods.
January 15, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Successfully avoided someone I despise at the Whole Foods.
Deportations are bad, actually.
January 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Deportations are bad, actually.
Check out my AI-looking-ass dog.
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Check out my AI-looking-ass dog.
Oregon going for two just now.
January 10, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Oregon going for two just now.