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Robert Fieseler @wordbobby.bsky.social · 3h

www.southerncultures.org/article/enem...

From 1956 to 1965, the residents of the boom state of Florida were held hostage to a McCarthy-esque investigation with the power to declare anyone who opposed segregation—including Black…

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Robert Fieseler @wordbobby.bsky.social · 3h

What dis? Just my little book story rating the front page of @scquarterly.bsky.social this morning. ‘Tis an honor, I say! Link below #booksky

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Robert Fieseler @wordbobby.bsky.social · 23h

Some more exciting news. Oh my, the hybrid literary/history journal @scquarterly.bsky.social has curated and published the most incisive slice of my book American Scare yet. www.southerncultures.org/article/enem...

Enemies of the People

From 1956 to 1965, the residents of the boom state of Florida were held hostage to a McCarthy-esque investigation with the power to declare anyone who opposed segregation—including Black…

www.southerncultures.org

Robert Fieseler @wordbobby.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you 🙌

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Rosie Chooses Hope/ #WAF (woke AF), Antifa Brigade @rosiechooseshope.bsky.social · 1d

Just listened to @wordbobby.bsky.social on @gregolear.bsky.social ‘s podcast Prevail and I was captivated. Such an important story showing how Florida is casting a very long shadow on today’s politics.

We we prevail? Yes, hope is justified, but we must show up.
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United States of Florida: The Secret History of the Evil, Racist, Homophobic Johns Committee (with Robert W. Fieseler)

Podcast Episode · Prevail with Greg Olear · 09/23/2025 · 1h 9m

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Salon.com @salon.com · 3d

"Few queer generations in human history have ever been born, lived and died with the same set of rights. Why would that dynamic suddenly amend itself for America’s sake?"

Anti-queer fascism is coming around again

Queer joy dazzles until Brownshirts storm the stage — honey, it was all in "Cabaret"

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Longtail News @longtail.news · 3d

Feed: "Salon.com"
By: Robert W. Fieseler on Saturday, October 4, 2025

Anti-queer fascism is coming around again

Queer joy dazzles until Brownshirts storm the stage â honey, it was all in "Cabaret"

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 4d

Anti-queer fascism is coming around again

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Here comes anti-queer fascism again

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Robert Fieseler @wordbobby.bsky.social · 4d

My latest and greatest for @salon.com. What we’re facing? Honey, it was all in Cabaret. www.salon.com/2025/10/04/a...

Anti-queer fascism is coming around again

Queer joy dazzles until Brownshirts storm the stage — honey, it was all in

www.salon.com

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Andrea Zanin @andreazanin.bsky.social · 14d

#CurrentlyReading

Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. Fieseler

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Robert Fieseler @wordbobby.bsky.social · 7d

Can hardly get a breath on this book tour! Excited for Birmingham this weekend

Robert Fieseler @wordbobby.bsky.social · 9d

Having the bestest time with my friend Ole Miss Professor Jaime Harker at the Creekmore Literary Festival.

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 12d

New #PREVAIL podcast with @gregolear.bsky.social . #MSWMedia

Guest: @wordbobby.bsky.social

Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

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Robert Fieseler @wordbobby.bsky.social · 14d

Stoked, hyped (all the Millennial words for “excited”) to see American Scare on this Queerty list for understanding the queer DC swamp. It ain’t just “single” senators, folks. www.queerty.com/5-must-read-...

5 must-read books to help understand the gay swamp of D.C. & how to fight back - Queerty

To better understand the context for this chaotic and confusing conservative crackup we're currently living through, we rounded up five books that help make some sense of it, as well as to help chart ...

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Peter Benn @thatproviso.bsky.social · 15d

United States of Florida: The Secret History of the Evil, Racist, Homophobic Johns Committee
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United States of Florida: The Secret History of the Evil, Racist, Homophobic Johns Committee

A discussion with Robert W. Fieseler, author of "American Scare: Florida’s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives."

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks to the great @wordbobby.bsky.social for coming on the PREVAIL podcast to talk about his excellent book, "American Scare: Florida’s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives."

United States of Florida: The Secret History of the Evil, Racist, Homophobic Johns Committee (with Robert W. Fieseler)

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Robert Fieseler @wordbobby.bsky.social · 19d

Forgot to mention in all the excitement of this week that I met and bonded with Dirtbag Queen author Andy Corren, who wrote the viral obit about his plus-sized weed-dealing mother from Appalachia, at the Mississippi Book Festival and now we buds 4life

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Sondeo RD News @sondeordnews.bsky.social · Aug 13

🔴 | Un libro revela "la guerra oculta de Florida" contra las personas negras y LGTBI

✅ | #Estilo de Vida #SondeoRDNews #RD

El investigador Robert W. Fieseler revela en su libro 'American Scare' la "guerra fría oculta de Florida contra las vidas negras y LGBTI" al indagar los archivos del

Un libro revela «la guerra oculta de Florida» contra las personas negras y LGTBI | Sondeo Latino

El investigador Robert W. Fieseler revela en su libro 'American Scare' la "guerra fría oculta de Florida contra las vidas negras y LGBTI" al indagar los archivos del comité estatal que combatió a esto...

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OutSFL @outsfl.bsky.social · Sep 8

A&E: Broward’s GENVAS hosts PRIDE in Progress Sept. 19–20, celebrating LGBTQ rights with art, talks & concerts in Fort Lauderdale & Wilton Manors—featuring Karina Iglesias, Sam Tsui & Casey Breves, plus journalist Robert Fieseler.
Story by Broward Arts Journalism Alliance
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Broward Arts Society Takes Pride in Progress of LGBTQ Movement

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 22d

For our latest "Welcome to #Florida" podcast episode, we talked to author Robert Fieseler about the death-by-dynamite of America's first civil rights martyrs, Harry and Harriette Moore of Florida, and how the truth about who did it accidentally came to light. www.buzzsprout.com/1169570/epis...

Episode 272: Harry and Harriette Moore, America's first Civil Rights martyrs - Welcome to Florida

More incontrovertible evidence of climate change: Florida stone crabs are living in the Chesapeake Bay. On Christmas Eve, 1951, central Florida civil rights activists Harry and Harriette Moore we...

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Robert Fieseler @wordbobby.bsky.social · 20d

My latest on American Scare for Air Mail. (He writes cooly. Inside: Yes! Graydon Carter finally published me!) airmail.news/books/2025/9...

The Red-Scare-Era Legal Battle Forgotten by History

When anti-gay crusade run by Florida Dixiecrats stripped William James Neal of his teaching credentials, he fought back—and won.

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Robert Fieseler @wordbobby.bsky.social · 21d

Great chat with Oh Florida! author Craig Pittman on the Welcome to Florida podcast. We explore the racial dynamics of American Scare and how the Red Scare opposed the Civil Rights movement podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Episode 272: Harry and Harriette Moore, America's first Civil Rights martyrs

Podcast Episode · Welcome to Florida · 09/16/2025 · 40m

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Robert Fieseler @wordbobby.bsky.social · 22d

And now, your Tuesday morning divergent message(s) from Mo the Cat Lady, the authentic New Orleans eccentric

Robert Fieseler @wordbobby.bsky.social · 23d

Talk about a Dream “Pride & Prejudice” panel at the Mississippi Book Festival. That’s Fabian Nelson, Mississippi’s first openly queer legislator; blockbuster fiction writer Kristen Arnett; Andy Corren, the gay humorist who inherited Harvey Fierstein’s mantel; and some lucky guy on the righthand side

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Robert Fieseler @wordbobby.bsky.social · 24d

Another magical day at the Mississippi Book Festival #booksky

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