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Sara Catterall

@scatterall.bsky.social

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Writer. MLIS. So many interests. She/her. Author of Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion Icon, out now from Belt Publishing. She truly did not want to be remembered for "bloomers." Blog etc at saracatterall.com

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Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · Mar 24

Good morning! I wrote a biography of someone who helped found the women's rights movement in the 1850s, and kept at it through the Civil War, scandals, chronic illness, and decades of defeats.

Amelia Bloomer

A fascinating look at an underappreciated woman in American history whose newspaper fostered a national conversation on women’s issues.Those who recognize the name Amelia Bloomer usually do so because...

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1d

‘Which fonts do you want for the sale poster?’

‘Yes’

#fonts #typography #museum #allthefonts
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All the fonts, including a surprisingly modern 1960s style italic font, advertising the sale of Ashton Farm by auction at the Crown Hotel Bishops Waltham in 1908.
Photo from Bishops Waltham Museum, from the Austin & Wyatt archive

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Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 2d

haha, other biographers are now encouraging me to go with the butcher paper, string, and venn diagrams. So be it.

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 2d

If anyone has a great method for tracking biographical webs of friendships and professional influence I'm all ears. Right now the crackpot bulletin board full of push pins and string is starting to call me.

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Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning! Doing that early research thing where I take out stacks of library books, and figure out what to buy for the reference shelf. This just went on the to-buy list, but I can also recommend it in general! If you care at all about US history and politics, it will spin your head around.

The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance,and the Minimum Wage

The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance,and the Minimum Wage

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 4d

Excellent chaotic food history 🧵

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 4d

We are realizing that we have no idea what British people think a “flapjack” is.

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king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 6d

i love you all but there isn't one of you i wouldn't turn on for this moby dick chess set

a moby dick themed chess set with the whaling characters up top, and moby dick and other animals down below

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Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 8d

@bookshop.org has free shipping today and tomorrow! Have you read my book yet? It is encouraging, and entertaining, and very damn topical.

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · Mar 24

Good morning! I wrote a biography of someone who helped found the women's rights movement in the 1850s, and kept at it through the Civil War, scandals, chronic illness, and decades of defeats.

Amelia Bloomer

www.arcadiapublishing.com

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 8d

Libraries all over the world trade books and other items in their collections for study and intellectual exchange. Tariffs are about to isolate US libraries, some of whom have books out that they can't get back now.

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 8d

Fantasy arts event space of the morning (near where I had my book event Sunday). www.realtor.com/realestatean...

Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 9d

"Built in 1837 by Underground Railroad conductor Slocum Howland, a Quaker entrepreneur...As a documented UGRR site, the Howland Stone Store is on the National Register, and is part of the National Park Service Network to Freedom."

History — Howland Stone Store Museum

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Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 9d

Yesterday I did a book event at the Opendore house at the Howland Stone Store Museum in Sherwood NY, for a knowledgeable and lively audience of about 20. Great discussion afterwards! I'll have to go back, there's some treasure in their archive, including a gorgeous suffrage poster collection.

Large framed poster of a beautiful young woman in cap and gown holding the padlock of a small fenced enclosure which also holds a large grim looking man in convict uniform and a smaller man sticking out his tongue. A sign in front of them says Convicts and Lunatics have no vote for parliament Should All Women Be Classed With These? and above the woman: She: it is time I got out of this place. Where shall I find the key? On the outside of the fence are a stack of books strapped together.

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Emily White @emwhitenoise.bsky.social · 12d

College radio stations are seeing a surge in student interest.

Stations that once struggled to fill airtime are now overflowing with student DJs.

I spoke to 7 college radio stations across the U.S. to understand what is driving the revival:

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Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 13d

Back in the archives

In pursuit of a new biographical subject for another, related, book, I drove a few hours to a pretty little elite liberal arts college with a significant archive of the person’s papers. I hav…

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Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social · 13d

I just looked and my books appeared in previous searchable lists but not this one so -- worth checking again

Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 13d

Anthropic settlement explainer:
--look up to see if your work was included (easy)
--file a claim if it was (easy)

--Amount will likely be 1.5K (3K per book, split w/publisher)
--Money comes between now and 2027 (in separate tranches)

Submit a Claim

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Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 13d

Back in the archives

In pursuit of a new biographical subject for another, related, book, I drove a few hours to a pretty little elite liberal arts college with a significant archive of the person’s papers. I hav…

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If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 16d

This would be why I am such a strident critic of digitization as a substitute for actual archival preservation. My sixteenth century documents are far sturdier and likely to survive another 500 years than the detritus on the internet. And digitization is not democratization.

Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.bsky.social · 16d

Google deletes history:

Google just erased 7 years of our political history

Google appears to have deleted its political ad archive for the EU; so the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search and for display ads - for countless elections across 27 countries - is all gone. We had been told

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Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 17d

Read my book! Learn the truth! It's a much better story!

Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion Icon

Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion Icon

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Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 17d

A tribute to inventions by women, including the trousers Amelia Bloomer didn't invent? As if there's a shortage of genuine examples?

#4805, Music for Bowed String Ensembles | New Sounds | WNYC Studios

Hear music from ensembles Sybarite5, Turtle Island Quartet, The Jupiter & Jasper Quartets, and violist/composer Jessica Pavone’s string ensemble marking women-made inventions.

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Victoria Duncan @victoriaduncan.bsky.social · 20d

If I could get non-autistic people to understand one thing, it wouldn't be that I have support needs. It would be that YOU have support needs.

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Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 20d

1970. In the f'ing Style section.

Wash post front page style section over article titled Judging the Judiciary next to pic of women marching, one w a sign that says "Women Need Constitutional Equality Now!"

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 20d

who allowed this

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 22d

calling autism a “tragedy” and saying that there should be fewer autistic people are eugenicist talking points. Everyone who opposes such views also needs to recognize the ways in which everyday ableism left the door wide open for a person like RFK Jr.

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 23d

we aren’t going to be able to make up for what they’re stealing from people who need it. but setting up a recurring donation—whatever you can afford—to your local food bank is one of the easiest & most effective ways to help people in your community. find one near you:

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Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 25d

I cancelled Disney+ and Hulu the same day this came out! My animator sent me the link to this pilot of a new series by a popular ex-Disney director. Gorgeous human-drawn 2D animation, with sharp points aimed at the Kingdom.

KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT

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