Aimee Loiselle
@aimloiselle.bsky.social
Writer, historian, educator, snacker, gardener
Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican & Southern White Women Fought for Place in American Working Class (UNCP 2023)
US labor history, women and global capitalism, pop culture representations of work and wealth
Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican & Southern White Women Fought for Place in American Working Class (UNCP 2023)
US labor history, women and global capitalism, pop culture representations of work and wealth
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Thank you Northeast Popular & American Culture Association for selecting my book "Beyond Norma Rae" for the Peter C. Rollins Prize for a work that makes a significant contribution to the field.
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The long game. Roberts started in 1981 at DOJ and through every office and career phase, he has dismantled the Voting Rights Act (1965). Here the US sits, 60 years after the act and 45 years since Roberts became a key driver of the effort -- and it is almost shredded.
Inside John Roberts’ Decades-Long Crusade Against the Voting Rights Act
Roberts remains at the center of an impassioned debate about voting rights in America.
www.politico.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The long game. Roberts started in 1981 at DOJ and through every office and career phase, he has dismantled the Voting Rights Act (1965). Here the US sits, 60 years after the act and 45 years since Roberts became a key driver of the effort -- and it is almost shredded.
K-shaped economy - the bifurcation. Top 10% doing well with stocks, finance, consumer while majority stagnate or fall behind in wages, debt, assets. People see this, as they drive their 8-year-old used car, they are passed by people in new cars that cost $100,000. Discontent needs to become demands.
K-shaped economy: Why the wealthy are thriving as most Americans fall behind
The markets have climbed higher despite continuing concerns around the shutdown, tariffs and inflation. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq have set records more than 30 times this year and other data suggest the ...
www.pbs.org
December 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
K-shaped economy - the bifurcation. Top 10% doing well with stocks, finance, consumer while majority stagnate or fall behind in wages, debt, assets. People see this, as they drive their 8-year-old used car, they are passed by people in new cars that cost $100,000. Discontent needs to become demands.
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This is a Pass Law and we know how they have been used to reinforce racial discrimination:
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is a Pass Law and we know how they have been used to reinforce racial discrimination:
"Through the unforgettable stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic rise of the “working homeless” in cities across America"
#workingclass
@lawcha.bsky.social
#workingclass
@lawcha.bsky.social
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Gol
Through the unforgettable stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic rise of the “working homeless” in cities across America“Read...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Through the unforgettable stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic rise of the “working homeless” in cities across America"
#workingclass
@lawcha.bsky.social
#workingclass
@lawcha.bsky.social
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In #AHAPerspectives, read a Long Overdue tribute to C. L. R. James, journalist and historian, who died in 1989. 🗃️
C. L. R. James (1901–89) – AHA
This Long Overdue tribute honors C. L. R. James, journalist and historian, who died in 1989.
www.historians.org
December 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, read a Long Overdue tribute to C. L. R. James, journalist and historian, who died in 1989. 🗃️
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"By using his then-full legal control of the movies (until he sold the franchise to Disney in 2012), he was able to not only alter the story, but also how we remember it—by denying access to the unaltered original cuts, Lucas has left us without critical cultural documents in a modern format."
From A Certain Point Of View
By denying access to the original cuts of the saga films, George Lucas has left us without the critical cultural documents needed for understanding the franchise's power.
contingentmagazine.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:22 AM
"By using his then-full legal control of the movies (until he sold the franchise to Disney in 2012), he was able to not only alter the story, but also how we remember it—by denying access to the unaltered original cuts, Lucas has left us without critical cultural documents in a modern format."
Another reading to add to the week "The Internet and Exploited Labor" in my course Working Women and Global Capitalism. It is the one topic that fully shocks the students re: low-paid workers checking social media for violence and abuse, entering images and text for AI banks, etc.
#laborhistory
#laborhistory
Now imagine sharing your private fantasies with what you believe is a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion.
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy, by Michael Geoffrey Asia.
Imagine confiding your most private fantasies to what you believe is an unfeeling algorithm that cannot judge or remember. Now imagine that on the other side of that conversation is a man sitting in a...
data-workers.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Another reading to add to the week "The Internet and Exploited Labor" in my course Working Women and Global Capitalism. It is the one topic that fully shocks the students re: low-paid workers checking social media for violence and abuse, entering images and text for AI banks, etc.
#laborhistory
#laborhistory
Another way to counter originalism -- is with substantive history built on primary source evidence and historical methods of inquiry, analysis, and argument!! Expose originalism as the contemporary ideology without historical substance.
Originalism’s creep in the courts may seem inevitable. But litigators do have tools to push back – and for the first time, my colleagues @tomtmwolf.bsky.social, @cisozaki.bsky.social and I have collected the many moves litigators can make in a single resource: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Countering Originalism
This guide offers lawyers strategies, arguments, and citations to address originalist claims they encounter in litigation.
www.brennancenter.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Another way to counter originalism -- is with substantive history built on primary source evidence and historical methods of inquiry, analysis, and argument!! Expose originalism as the contemporary ideology without historical substance.
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Starting now: Don't miss @warnock.senate.gov's important conversation with @neeratanden.bsky.social on healing America's spiritual crisis. https://www.americanprogress.org/events/restoring-faith-in-the-american-dream-a-conversation-with-sen-raphael-warnock/
Healing America’s Spiritual Crisis: A Conversation with Sen. Raphael Warnock
Please join the Center for American Progress to hear Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) speak as part of CAP’s “What’s Next: Conversations on the Path Forward” series.
www.americanprogress.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Starting now: Don't miss @warnock.senate.gov's important conversation with @neeratanden.bsky.social on healing America's spiritual crisis. https://www.americanprogress.org/events/restoring-faith-in-the-american-dream-a-conversation-with-sen-raphael-warnock/
Pop culture power is real power. It intersects w member organizing, economic leverage, and political influence. Who are "real American workers" is not answered just w "who does the work." It's always been answered w social-cultural understandings of "real work" and "legit workers."
#laborhistory
#laborhistory
poweratwork.us
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Pop culture power is real power. It intersects w member organizing, economic leverage, and political influence. Who are "real American workers" is not answered just w "who does the work." It's always been answered w social-cultural understandings of "real work" and "legit workers."
#laborhistory
#laborhistory
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SOUTH KOREA: Unionized rail workers to launch indefinite strike as wage talks break down www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/s...
Unionized rail workers to launch indefinite strike as wage talks break down - The Korea Times
Unionized workers of Korea Railroad Corp. said Wednesday they will go on an indefinite strike starting Thursday after negotiations over bonus pay a...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
SOUTH KOREA: Unionized rail workers to launch indefinite strike as wage talks break down www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/s...
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It's fitting that Mubashir was held at Ft Snelling, where Dred and Harriet Scott were enslaved, where 1658 Dakota were held in a concentration camp, and where scores of Nisei were interned to teach Japanese during WWII. Remember this when SCOTUS rules on birthright citizenship next year.
U.S. citizen offered to show I.D. but was arrested by immigration officers in Cedar-Riverside
A Somali U.S. citizen, Mubashir, was arrested by federal immigration officers in Cedar-Riverside Tuesday during a mass enforcement.
sahanjournal.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It's fitting that Mubashir was held at Ft Snelling, where Dred and Harriet Scott were enslaved, where 1658 Dakota were held in a concentration camp, and where scores of Nisei were interned to teach Japanese during WWII. Remember this when SCOTUS rules on birthright citizenship next year.
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INDIA: Trade Unions Assemble To Strike Against Labour Codes, Will Unleash Fury In February www.freepressjournal.in/business/tra...
Trade Unions Assemble To Strike Against Labour Codes, Will Unleash Fury In February
www.freepressjournal.in
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
INDIA: Trade Unions Assemble To Strike Against Labour Codes, Will Unleash Fury In February www.freepressjournal.in/business/tra...
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ACLS is proud to share The Promise of the Humanities at Community Colleges, a new report that shares the perspectives of Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellows who balance teaching-intensive schedules & find time for bold research projects and transformative pedagogies: bit.ly/4oDnA3P
The Promise of the Humanities at Community Colleges | © The American Council of Learned Societies 2025
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#About the Project
Launched in 2018 with support from the Mellon Foundation, the Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowship program recognized the vital contributions of community college fa...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
ACLS is proud to share The Promise of the Humanities at Community Colleges, a new report that shares the perspectives of Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellows who balance teaching-intensive schedules & find time for bold research projects and transformative pedagogies: bit.ly/4oDnA3P
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UCLA's Mapping Deportations invites you to explore the use of U.S. immigration enforcement policies from a historical perspective, revealing the racial lens through which deportations have been implemented throughout the nation's history. Check it out below.
mappingdeportations.com
mappingdeportations.com
Mapping Deportations – U.S. Immigration Control since 1790
mappingdeportations.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
UCLA's Mapping Deportations invites you to explore the use of U.S. immigration enforcement policies from a historical perspective, revealing the racial lens through which deportations have been implemented throughout the nation's history. Check it out below.
mappingdeportations.com
mappingdeportations.com
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Follow the $$$
Fight austerity and all its manifestations: efficiency, right sizing, etc.
Fight austerity and all its manifestations: efficiency, right sizing, etc.
AAUP is livestreaming the rally and press conference against extreme austerity measures and the proposed termination of 40% of full-time faculty at The New School!
Join the livestream tomorrow, December 10 at 4pm ET.
Link below 👇
Join the livestream tomorrow, December 10 at 4pm ET.
Link below 👇
AAUP TV LIVESTREAM: Rally Against Extreme Austerity Measures Outside Board of Trustees Meeting
YouTube video by TheAAUP
youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Follow the $$$
Fight austerity and all its manifestations: efficiency, right sizing, etc.
Fight austerity and all its manifestations: efficiency, right sizing, etc.
Even Forbes is digging in. Trumps becoming billionaires in a year is not just for The New Yorker...
#taxtherich
#taxtherich
How Donald Trump Jr’s Fortune Jumped Six-Fold In A Year
www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu... (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu... (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Even Forbes is digging in. Trumps becoming billionaires in a year is not just for The New Yorker...
#taxtherich
#taxtherich
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
This argument aligns perfectly w my book 'Beyond Norma Rae' and its point that in capitalism, movie industry that relies on multi-mill $ investments will demand everything conform to formulas. IP moviemaking is the ultimate result.
#laborhistory @uncpress.bsky.social
uncpress.org/978146967613...
#laborhistory @uncpress.bsky.social
uncpress.org/978146967613...
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This argument aligns perfectly w my book 'Beyond Norma Rae' and its point that in capitalism, movie industry that relies on multi-mill $ investments will demand everything conform to formulas. IP moviemaking is the ultimate result.
#laborhistory @uncpress.bsky.social
uncpress.org/978146967613...
#laborhistory @uncpress.bsky.social
uncpress.org/978146967613...
The two crisis issues of the next century are also labor issues:
climate change and plastics/PFAS.
Time to completely restructure the global economy, train workers on new energy systems and safe labor to clean up all the plastics/PFAS.
#laborhistory #workingclass
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
climate change and plastics/PFAS.
Time to completely restructure the global economy, train workers on new energy systems and safe labor to clean up all the plastics/PFAS.
#laborhistory #workingclass
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals
The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.
www.newyorker.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The two crisis issues of the next century are also labor issues:
climate change and plastics/PFAS.
Time to completely restructure the global economy, train workers on new energy systems and safe labor to clean up all the plastics/PFAS.
#laborhistory #workingclass
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
climate change and plastics/PFAS.
Time to completely restructure the global economy, train workers on new energy systems and safe labor to clean up all the plastics/PFAS.
#laborhistory #workingclass
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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I am not one to over-hype the Gen X image of toughness. But the new LED lights (superbright, no heat) are so sparkly yet dull. My household had the colored lights and the old vintage bulbs like Santa and some balls with glass sprinkles. Don't touch.
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I am not one to over-hype the Gen X image of toughness. But the new LED lights (superbright, no heat) are so sparkly yet dull. My household had the colored lights and the old vintage bulbs like Santa and some balls with glass sprinkles. Don't touch.
An intriguing historical analysis of the Second Amendment - argument: it was about preventing/minimizing a standing professional army, not about individual private gun rights. Ends with interesting discussion of NRA as a gun rights org not a second amendment org.
Deploying Federal Troops to U.S. Cities Is a Second Amendment Issue
But not because the founders wanted to see more guns in the hands of Americans.
www.historynewsnetwork.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
An intriguing historical analysis of the Second Amendment - argument: it was about preventing/minimizing a standing professional army, not about individual private gun rights. Ends with interesting discussion of NRA as a gun rights org not a second amendment org.
The reason society, particularly a democratic republic, needs more pop scholars/public scholars. In a capitalist economy, even documentary filmmaking will have $$ reasons to prioritize myth and grand storytelling over history.
theamericanscholar.org/patriot-acts/
theamericanscholar.org/patriot-acts/
Patriot Acts - The American Scholar
What Ken Burns gets wrong about the war that made America
theamericanscholar.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The reason society, particularly a democratic republic, needs more pop scholars/public scholars. In a capitalist economy, even documentary filmmaking will have $$ reasons to prioritize myth and grand storytelling over history.
theamericanscholar.org/patriot-acts/
theamericanscholar.org/patriot-acts/
As prof for soc stud methods, I tell candidates to avoid AI in all ways. "You provide the alternative of talking, brainstorming, drafting, with their own thinking. The challenges are part of learning." They said first assignment in School of Ed was "write better prompts for AI for lessons"...
"I’ve concluded that instead of teaching students to read and write, I should be teaching them how to prompt AI better. If only I’d had a better education in AI prompt writing, I’d be able to get AI to create more AI-proof teaching materials for me."
I Need AI to Write Better Lesson Plans So My Students Stop Using AI to Write Their Papers
I care deeply about my students’ learning, but with all the new technologies available to help them cut corners, I worry that they’re not doing the...
buff.ly
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
As prof for soc stud methods, I tell candidates to avoid AI in all ways. "You provide the alternative of talking, brainstorming, drafting, with their own thinking. The challenges are part of learning." They said first assignment in School of Ed was "write better prompts for AI for lessons"...