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Bethany Mannon

@drbethany.bsky.social

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Rhetoric & Writing professor in Appalachia, studying feminism & Christianity | UConn | Penn State | academic who gets peer reviews done on time

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 5d

My book about evangelical women telling their stories just won Book of the Year from the Religious Communication Association!

What a tremendous honor. I love this book and I am so glad people think it has something worthwhile to say.
www.baylorpress.com/978148131893...

"I Grew Up in the Church" - Baylor University Press

In 'I Grew Up in the Church': How American Evangelical Women Tell Their Stories, Bethany Mannon studies the diverse and complex voices of women who have inf...

www.baylorpress.com

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 23m

And not in a good way?

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 34m

what is curd cheese?

Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 36m

Either he genuinely loves it or he can come up with some excuse why that's not actually what it is

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 5h

Excuse me, the domestic what?

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 5h

They want their supporters to come out and be violent towards #nokings demonstrators

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Scalise refers to No Kings as the "Hate America Rally"

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 7h

They are going to egg each other into worse and worse atrocities until they are checked and stopped. The more depraved they are, the more viral they go, sending the country into a downward spiral. www.offmessage.net/p/governing-...

Governing For The Gram

Republicans are obsessed with finding non-existent connections between Democrats and "the violent left" Meanwhile...

www.offmessage.net

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 7h

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you for following up on this story

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 8h

Well, clearly, the solution here is for them to get jobs that provide insurance

Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 8h

Hundreds of thousands of more children in the United States are going without health insurance, and experts warn that actions by the Trump administration and Congress will likely make the problem worse.

A closer look at what’s driving the rising rate of uninsured children • Tennessee Lookout

Hundreds of thousands of more children in the United States are going without health insurance, and experts warn that actions by the Trump administration and Congress will likely make the problem…

tennesseelookout.com

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 8h

I thought we were dumb-shaming her

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Andy Karl-son of Kong @andykarlson.bsky.social · 8h

Frogs vs Toadies

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 8h

I think one of the biggest cleavages in our society that no one talks about is the division between those that think powerful people must be held to a higher standard than non-powerful people and those who think powerful people should be flattered and sucked up to.

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 20h

Whenever I see a picture of her I think "am I supposed to think she's hot?" and whenever I read her writing I think "am I supposed to think this is smart?"

Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 21h

More of this! Daily!

Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 21h

a woman says " why do men have to behave like this " while looking at her watch

ALT: a woman says " why do men have to behave like this " while looking at her watch

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 21h

boss bitch

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 23h

Oof. Or the colleague who wants to "take the lead" but thinks that means assigning tasks to everyone else and doing verrrry little themselves

Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 23h

Who leaked them, does anyone know?

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 23h

so many "24-hour bugs"

Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 23h

But there will be erotica later this year!

Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 23h

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that many of these kids had great educations. Elite, even.

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 1d

Also, I resent the low-key assumption that anyone with a humanities degree or pedagogy focus can be a literature professor. Sorry, reading a lot is not the same.

Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 1d

I'm chairing a search in my English department and it's so frustrating to see applications from people whose degrees and research are in . . . not English. I know people get the advice "just apply, you never know" and maybe I'm a jerk. But I resent the waste of my time to review these. #academicsky

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 1d

Only the loosest grasp of reality at this point

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on Charlie Kirk: "He was able to fight people that were enemies. And he didn't necessarily love those enemies so much. You know, I heard 'he loved his enemies' and I said, 'Wait a minute, is that the same Charlie that I knew? I'm not sure.' But I didn't want to get into it."

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 1d

He sure has! www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats

David Black joins journalists and protesters in lawsuit to stop ‘pattern of extreme brutality’ from federal agents

www.independent.co.uk

Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 1d

Might explain why so many people seem to have lost their entire minds lately

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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