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Susan

@whiskeyflats.bsky.social

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Historian of science, medicine, & gender | Health Equity | Reproductive Justice | Bluegrass & Tallgrass

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Susan @whiskeyflats.bsky.social · May 28

How about queer truck drivers? uncpress.org/book/9781469...

Semi Queer | Anne Balay | University of North Carolina Press

Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public vie...

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Susan @whiskeyflats.bsky.social · Feb 24

Noooo!

Susan @whiskeyflats.bsky.social · Jan 10

Activists carrying banner that says “A day without lesbians is like a day without sunshine”

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · Mar 22

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim

You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

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Susan @whiskeyflats.bsky.social · Nov 12

Looking for community organizing inspiration and information? I subscribe to Paul Fleming’s newsletter that comes every month in the mail. pjfleming.com/newsletter

Newsletter — Paul J. Fleming

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Susan @whiskeyflats.bsky.social · Nov 10

Confirming what those of us in the field already know, but an important study nonetheless.

Restricting access to divorce and abortion is correlated with increased pregnancy-associated homicides. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

State Divorce Laws, Reproductive Care, and Pregnancy-Associated Homicide Rates

This cross-sectional study examines the association of state laws limiting divorce during pregnancy and access to reproductive health care with rates of pregnancy-associated homicide.

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Susan @whiskeyflats.bsky.social · Jul 13

*sigh*

Susan @whiskeyflats.bsky.social · Jun 16

Wow, did not expect Episode 3 of The Acolyte to explore the family policing system of Black queer families. Would be cool to pair this with Dorothy Roberts’ book.

Susan @whiskeyflats.bsky.social · May 16

Moses Harman definitely understood branding and marketing. He would’ve crushed it on TikTok.

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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · Apr 9

In #AHAPerspectives, Anne Gray Fischer writes about teaching a LGBTQ+ public history course in Texas just before the DEI ban went into effect last fall. 🗃️

Teaching LGBTQ+ History: A Dispatch from Texas

As states pass legislation targeting DEI efforts, one historian offers her experience teaching LGBTQ+ history in these challenging times.

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Susan @whiskeyflats.bsky.social · Feb 13

I think CJ Pascoe noted this phenomenon in their ethnographic work, “Dude, You’re a F@g”. Boys calling other boys gay for … talking fondly about their girlfriends 🧐

Susan @whiskeyflats.bsky.social · Feb 6

Classic.

Susan @whiskeyflats.bsky.social · Jan 31

Students really enjoyed reading @bschillace.brandyschillace.com ‘s article on Hirschfeld’s Institute today. We had a great discussion about agnotology in the past and present.

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Susan @whiskeyflats.bsky.social · Jan 31

I think that History departments could be offering “how to tell fact from fiction” summer camps for kids.

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Susan @whiskeyflats.bsky.social · Jan 31

This. I am trying, but not sure it’s enough.

Susan @whiskeyflats.bsky.social · Jan 9

I guess we are hanging out here now. I’ll put the kettle on.