Abby Whitaker
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Assistant Professor U.S. History at Brevard College | Sesame Street enthusiast
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Clio and the Contemporary
4 months ago
Deadline extended! We're soliciting contributions from undergraduates who have presented historical research at a conference for an upcoming Clio advice column FOR students BY students. Check it out and send it along to your students.đď¸
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Call for Contributions: Preparing for your First Undergraduate History Conference: a Guide FOR Students BY Students
Have you presented original historical research at a conference? What advice would you give aspiring undergraduates ready to take their first plunge into the world of academic conference presentatiâŚ
https://clioandthecontemporary.com/call-for-contributions-preparing-for-your-first-undergraduate-history-conference-a-guide-for-students-by-students/
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Rolling Stone
4 months ago
Netflix has saved Sesame Street!
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Sesame Street Is Relocating to Netflix
'Sesame Street' finds new home at Netflix for new episodes and back catalog following the end of its streaming contract at HBO.
https://rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/sesame-street-netflix-contract-1235342428/
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jamelle
5 months ago
vandalism
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
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Department of Education Eliminates Grant for PBS Childrenâs Shows
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/us/politics/doe-kills-grant-pbs-childrens-shows.html
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Larry Glickman
5 months ago
The displacement of agency is a central theme in the history of backlash politics since Reconstruction that I am writing.
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Clio and the Contemporary
5 months ago
As President Trump signs an executive order to defund public Broadcasting, keep in mind that itâs part of a longer history of conservatives taking aim at PBS/NPR as
@abbywhitaker.bsky.social
explains in her most recent piece (linked below).
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NPR
5 months ago
We report stories that keep you and your community informed, every day, without fear or favor. Millions depend on the NPR Network. Now, weâre counting on you. Donate here:
n.pr/3EYClNR
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Chris Geidner
5 months ago
Trump signed an executive order today aimed at ending government funding for NPR and PBS.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Â Purpose.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-biased-media/
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Josh Kluever
5 months ago
Next up for
@cliocontemporary.bsky.social
exploration of Trump 2.0,
@abbywhitaker.bsky.social
brilliantly compares the current assault on PBS/NPR to those from the early 1990s. Nobody knows more about Sesame Street's complicated relationship with government than Abby, except maybe Elmo himself. đď¸
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Erin Grievances
5 months ago
A reminder that we are open for pitches for this roundtable on the ways that federal cuts to funding have impacted historians working off the tenure track.
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Call For Pitches: The Losses
âBut you could go work for the government! Or museumsâmaybe a non-profit?â Grad students and adjuncts leaving academic history in the United States have often gotten the above advice from well-meaning...
https://contingentmagazine.org/call-for-pitches-the-losses/
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Aaron Rupar
6 months ago
Casar: "To you knowledge, has Ms Piggy ever been caught trying to funnel billions of dollars in government contracts to herself and to her companies? ... Elon Musk has."
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Sesame Street products have taken a luxurious turn: a $120 apron, Pottery Barn sheets, a yoga mat, and now, a $220 Kith sweater. Will I buy it? No. Do I want it? Yes.
9 months ago
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Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.
10 months ago
Thanks for sharing more names to this starter pack. There are now 123 or so scholars who work on Latina/o/x studies included in this list. Please share and also send also send more recommendations of folks to include! ÂĄEntre mĂĄs mejor!
go.bsky.app/Rmi3sGW
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Latina/o/x Studies & Scholars
Join the conversation
https://go.bsky.app/Rmi3sGW
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Sherman Dorn
over 1 year ago
I was quoted in this article along with
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Gift link:
wapo.st/3UXo8qe
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Cookie Monsterâs âshrinkflationâ woes get White House response
The beloved âSesame Streetâ character griped on social media that his cookies were getting smaller. âMe hate shrinkflation,â he said. Some politicians agreed.
https://wapo.st/3UXo8qe
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Me, during conference season
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Donald Dostie
almost 2 years ago
I'm looking to organize/join a panel on inhabiting/understanding/experiencing the physical world in early Am. for the SHEAR conference next July in Philly. I focus on urban environments, but the panel could include any spaces. Please share w/any who'd be interested. Email in profile. Deadline 12/1
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But as many scholars have shown usâKathryn Cramer Brownell,
@pastpunditry.bsky.social
, Heather Hendershot, Brian RosenwaldâTrump did not create this media environment.
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Everything old is new again. It's been 25 years since Sesame Street's first big format changeâthe introduction of Elmo's World. Since then, the show has increasingly invested in longer-form storytelling focused on singular characters and has moved away from its original magazine format.
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