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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you Phil Edward's for this excellent rendition of my book. My Gen Z kids will now know what my book is about! @princetonupress.bsky.social

Phil Edwards @philedwardsinc.bsky.social · 19d

My newest video is all about the posture panic that swept across America - and how it connected to strict categories, thousands of nude photos, and a unique form of pseudoscience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyRs...

The dark history of good posture

YouTube video by Phil Edwards

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · May 19

@jay.bsky.team Penn's STSC Faculty have been following all of your successes! We are so very proud. You are a prime example of why we need more humanistic programs that focus on STEM!

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · Apr 15

I caught up with @chicagomag.com about my efforts to push back against Trump's disastrous policies, my time as a Blackhawk pilot, what I've learned throughout my life of service and more. Check it out here: www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...

Tammy Duckworth Is Done Playing by the Old Rules

In an exclusive interview, the senator laments the lack of resistance to Trump and describes her rescue in Iraq as a “gift.”

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Mar 25

Love the mass historical society --check out this upcoming event! @mhs1791.bsky.social

Massachusetts Historical Society @mhs1791.bsky.social · Mar 25

The next seminar in our History of Women, Gender, & Sexuality series features @sevenpaperclips.bsky.social's "'The Permanent Prize for Nerve': Examining Women's Postwar Battles with the US Veteran's Bureau." @bethlinker.bsky.social commenting.

3 Apr @ 5p (EDT): www.masshist.org/events/perma...

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Mar 20

What a fun, eclectic audience! SHI @sciencehistory.org knows how to do great book talk events. 📚 @princetonupress.bsky.social

Science History Institute @sciencehistory.org · Mar 20

Thank you @bethlinker.bsky.social for this engaging and insightful talk about the history of America's obsession with posture in the 20th century. Learn more about our Science and Society speaker series on our website: sciencehistory.org/slouch

Dr. Beth Linker at the Science History Institute.

Dr. Beth Linker giving a talk about the research for her book Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Mar 18

Tomorrow (March 19) at 6 pm EDT: Please join @sciencehistory.org in welcoming @bethlinker.bsky.social for a discussion of her book, Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America. This is a hybrid event.

To register for this free event, visit: www.sciencehistory.org/visit/events...

Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America by Beth Linker

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Mar 17

Hard to think about things like historical scholarship on human posture sciences when destructive politically posturing is happening rn in the states. But @infinite-women.com was a great interviewer and you should check out this site.

Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · Mar 17

This week on the podcast, @bethlinker.bsky.social, author of Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America, tells us about the “strange & surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America.”
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Transcript www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/u...

Beth Linker on posture panic by Infinite Women

Beth Linker, author of Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America, joins us to talk about the “strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America.”

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Jan 31

Congratulations @evanpsullivan.bsky.social happy to be mentioned along with other amazing scholars.

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Jan 31

Kudos!

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The Dead of Wynter 🎃🐈‍⬛ @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · Jan 31

☎️Calling #HistMed Students & New Graduates📢

The Roy Porter Essay Prize deadline's tomorrow (1 Feb), 5pmGMT)! There's still time! Prizes include cash, conference plenary slot, mentoring, & places at our publication masterclass! Eligibility & entry form 👇

#HistSTM #DisHist #HistPsych #HistNursing 🗃️

Prizes

2024/5 ROY PORTER STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION 2024-roy-porter-prize-entry-formDownload Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2024/5 Roy …

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · Jan 27

☎️Calling #HistMed Students & New Graduates📢
The Roy Porter Essay Prize deadline is 1 Feb! Submit for the chance to win cash, a conference plenary slot, mentoring, & places at our publication masterclass! Details, eligibility & entry form 👇
#HistSTM
sshm.org/portfolio/pr...

Prizes

2024/5 ROY PORTER STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION 2024-roy-porter-prize-entry-formDownload Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2024/5 Roy …

sshm.org

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Dr. Donna J. Drucker @histofsex.bsky.social · Jan 28

I organized this statement on the historical importance of federal agencies that protect and forward human health. As Project 2025 is dismantling them as I write, it is important that these agencies employ thousands of people committed to scientific research. #histmed nursingclio.org/2025/01/27/t...

The US Department of Health and Human Services: Its Importance in the Past and Present

We, as historians of medicine, express our support for the federal agencies and regulations that protect and promote human health. We know the long-term value of health-related federal agencies and…

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Jan 8

Interested in public health campaigns and back pain? Mark your calendars for my latest book talk on MARCH 19th at the fabulous Science History Institute, in person and online. @princetonupress.bsky.social #histmed #skystorians #histstm

Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America

Professor and author Beth Linker reveals the surprising origins of our concerns over poor posture.

www.sciencehistory.org

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Jan 16

Which bus service do you use? Asking for a parent who has a "Mule". ;)

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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · Jan 16

Two years ago, the AHA Council issued the Guidelines for Broadening the Definition of Historical Scholarship. Last May, we asked #AHAPerspectives readers to tell us: Why is what you do scholarship?

Today, we share essays by 12 historians in answer to that question. 🗃️ 🧵

What Is Scholarship Today? – AHA

Inspired by the AHA's Guidelines for Broadening the Definition of Historical Scholarship, a dozen historians share the diverse ways they do history today.

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Jan 8

Interested in public health campaigns and back pain? Mark your calendars for my latest book talk on MARCH 19th at the fabulous Science History Institute, in person and online. @princetonupress.bsky.social #histmed #skystorians #histstm

Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America

Professor and author Beth Linker reveals the surprising origins of our concerns over poor posture.

www.sciencehistory.org

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Jan 2

Please spread the word #WW1 #milwelfhist
@bethbailey.bsky.social @bethlinker.bsky.social @joannabourke.bsky.social @drjeball.bsky.social @amyjay401.bsky.social @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social @cecilearchives.bsky.social @draefox.bsky.social @msp-archive.bsky.social @historynerdess.bsky.social

Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Dec 20

Join us in April 2025 for the 1st of 3 events funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social via @sshmedicine.bsky.social The first being hosted by the Uni of Birmingham (UK) and also supported by @fwwsoc.bsky.social A keynote by Brian K. Feltman of @mhptpodcast.bsky.social #milwelfhist #WW1 #FWW

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Dec 20

So happy to see my book in this round up press.princeton.edu/books/best-o... #skystorians #histstm #academicsky

Best of 2024

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Dec 13

Yes!

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Dec 12

Really happy with the outcome of this beauty. I like to write long and apparently knit long, too #knitting

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Dec 9

Surprised and not surprised

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Dec 4

Ah yes! Thank you @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social and looking forward to diving into this pack of body historians!

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Nov 28

You're ahead of me!

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Nov 27

Hey, hey, hey, I love fan (bluesky) mail! Thank you @infinitewomen.bsky.social If folks are looking for an amuse bouche, may I suggest a recent essay I wrote: psyche.co/ideas/in-def...

Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · Nov 27

@bethlinker.bsky.social is fantastic; if you haven't read Slouch, go check it out :-)
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Slouch

The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America—from eugenics and posture pageants to today’s promoters of “paleo posture”

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Beth Linker, Ph.D. @bethlinker.bsky.social · Nov 26

🤣🤣

Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · Nov 25

We used to be a country. A proper country. And now we’re whatever this is

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