Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Sara Catterall

@scatterall.bsky.social

830 followers 970 following 640 posts

Writer. MLIS. So many interests. She/her. Author of Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion Icon, out now from Belt Publishing. She truly did not want to be remembered for "bloomers." Blog etc at saracatterall.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · Mar 24

Good morning! I wrote a biography of someone who helped found the women's rights movement in the 1850s, and kept at it through the Civil War, scandals, chronic illness, and decades of defeats.

Amelia Bloomer

A fascinating look at an underappreciated woman in American history whose newspaper fostered a national conversation on women’s issues.Those who recognize the name Amelia Bloomer usually do so because...

www.arcadiapublishing.com

1 5 18

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 1d

@bookshop.org has free shipping today and tomorrow! Have you read my book yet? It is encouraging, and entertaining, and very damn topical.

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · Mar 24

Good morning! I wrote a biography of someone who helped found the women's rights movement in the 1850s, and kept at it through the Civil War, scandals, chronic illness, and decades of defeats.

Amelia Bloomer

www.arcadiapublishing.com

2 1

Reposted by Sara Catterall

s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

Libraries all over the world trade books and other items in their collections for study and intellectual exchange. Tariffs are about to isolate US libraries, some of whom have books out that they can't get back now.

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

1 45 69

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 1d

Fantasy arts event space of the morning (near where I had my book event Sunday). www.realtor.com/realestatean...

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 2d

"Built in 1837 by Underground Railroad conductor Slocum Howland, a Quaker entrepreneur...As a documented UGRR site, the Howland Stone Store is on the National Register, and is part of the National Park Service Network to Freedom."

History — Howland Stone Store Museum

www.howlandstonestore.org

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday I did a book event at the Opendore house at the Howland Stone Store Museum in Sherwood NY, for a knowledgeable and lively audience of about 20. Great discussion afterwards! I'll have to go back, there's some treasure in their archive, including a gorgeous suffrage poster collection.

Large framed poster of a beautiful young woman in cap and gown holding the padlock of a small fenced enclosure which also holds a large grim looking man in convict uniform and a smaller man sticking out his tongue. A sign in front of them says Convicts and Lunatics have no vote for parliament Should All Women Be Classed With These? and above the woman: She: it is time I got out of this place. Where shall I find the key? On the outside of the fence are a stack of books strapped together.

1 2

Reposted by Sara Catterall

Emily White @emwhitenoise.bsky.social · 6d

College radio stations are seeing a surge in student interest.

Stations that once struggled to fill airtime are now overflowing with student DJs.

I spoke to 7 college radio stations across the U.S. to understand what is driving the revival:

emwhitenoise.substack.com/p/gen-zs-col...

11 170 460

Reposted by Sara Catterall

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 7d

Back in the archives

In pursuit of a new biographical subject for another, related, book, I drove a few hours to a pretty little elite liberal arts college with a significant archive of the person’s papers. I hav…

saracatterall.com

Reposted by Sara Catterall

Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social · 6d

I just looked and my books appeared in previous searchable lists but not this one so -- worth checking again

Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 6d

Anthropic settlement explainer:
--look up to see if your work was included (easy)
--file a claim if it was (easy)

--Amount will likely be 1.5K (3K per book, split w/publisher)
--Money comes between now and 2027 (in separate tranches)

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

1 2 7

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 7d

Back in the archives

In pursuit of a new biographical subject for another, related, book, I drove a few hours to a pretty little elite liberal arts college with a significant archive of the person’s papers. I hav…

saracatterall.com

Reposted by Sara Catterall

If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 9d

This would be why I am such a strident critic of digitization as a substitute for actual archival preservation. My sixteenth century documents are far sturdier and likely to survive another 500 years than the detritus on the internet. And digitization is not democratization.

Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.bsky.social · 10d

Google deletes history:

Google just erased 7 years of our political history

Google appears to have deleted its political ad archive for the EU; so the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search and for display ads - for countless elections across 27 countries - is all gone. We had been told

www.thebriefing.ie

12 300 760

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 10d

Read my book! Learn the truth! It's a much better story!

Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion Icon

Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion Icon

bookshop.org

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 10d

A tribute to inventions by women, including the trousers Amelia Bloomer didn't invent? As if there's a shortage of genuine examples?

#4805, Music for Bowed String Ensembles | New Sounds | WNYC Studios

Hear music from ensembles Sybarite5, Turtle Island Quartet, The Jupiter & Jasper Quartets, and violist/composer Jessica Pavone’s string ensemble marking women-made inventions.

www.wnycstudios.org

1 1

Reposted by Sara Catterall

Victoria Duncan @victoriaduncan.bsky.social · 13d

If I could get non-autistic people to understand one thing, it wouldn't be that I have support needs. It would be that YOU have support needs.

17 200 600

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 13d

1970. In the f'ing Style section.

Wash post front page style section over article titled Judging the Judiciary next to pic of women marching, one w a sign that says "Women Need Constitutional Equality Now!"

Reposted by Sara Catterall

Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 13d

who allowed this

2 1 11

Reposted by Sara Catterall

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 15d

calling autism a “tragedy” and saying that there should be fewer autistic people are eugenicist talking points. Everyone who opposes such views also needs to recognize the ways in which everyday ableism left the door wide open for a person like RFK Jr.

7 210 720

Reposted by Sara Catterall

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 16d

we aren’t going to be able to make up for what they’re stealing from people who need it. but setting up a recurring donation—whatever you can afford—to your local food bank is one of the easiest & most effective ways to help people in your community. find one near you:

1 100 150

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 18d

I cancelled Disney+ and Hulu the same day this came out! My animator sent me the link to this pilot of a new series by a popular ex-Disney director. Gorgeous human-drawn 2D animation, with sharp points aimed at the Kingdom.

KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT

YouTube video by GLITCH

www.youtube.com

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 19d

Strong recipe recommend:

Sweet Potato-Shallot Roast Chicken

Plus: A table prompt for Rosh Hashanah

thejewishtable.substack.com

Reposted by Sara Catterall

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 21d

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

86 2.4K 4.4K

Reposted by Sara Catterall

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 21d

Hannah Oliver Depp: "For the month of Aug., we were down about 60% year over year... People are in pain, they’re suffering, they’re scared... Not-for-profits who might be aligned with us...fear repercussions if they were seen to support a Black, queer, Asian, disability-owned independent bookstore."

Small DC bookstore reports 60% decline in business since federal surge

A bookstore in the Petworth neighborhood reports sales are down a whopping 60% since the federal surge in D.C. began. The small but beautifully arranged Loyalty Bookstore on busy Upshur Street near Ge...

www.nbcwashington.com

6 69 170

Reposted by Sara Catterall

D.A. Bullock @bullycreative.bsky.social · 21d

wait, do we need "affordable housing" or do we need public housing? They convinced yall to excise public housing from your brain (the power of anti-Blackness in the American politic) even though public housing exists and is successful, often beautiful, ALL OVER THE WORLD.

4 25 110

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 21d

Sitting in on a home care company interview for parents over 85. $66/hr, 8 hr week minimum. $725 per 24 hours, time and a half for holidays. Going to be doing some middle-aged financial planning after this.

Reposted by Sara Catterall

T. J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 21d

In 2002, I tried to explain how Jesse James, son of a preacher & a prosperous family, turned to murdering his neighbors. I showed how increasingly toxic politics poisoned his community. We see it again. Now those in power are using every means to silence dissent. Both very bad & very dangerous.

1 3 4

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 21d

McVities Dark Chocolate Hobnobs | British Corner Shop

McVities Dark Chocolate Hob Nobs take the original and much-loved Hob Nob and introduce a sophisticated layer of dark chocolate for the ultimate in biscuit-based indulgence.