Mark R. Cheathem
@markcheathem.bsky.social
Historian, documentary editor, and writer. Views are my own. https://linktr.ee/markcheathem
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Happy Monday!
Check out this new book from Charles C. Bolton—Home Front Battles: World War II Mobilization and Race in the Deep South from Oxford University Press
@oxunipress #meetmybook
Check out this new book from Charles C. Bolton—Home Front Battles: World War II Mobilization and Race in the Deep South from Oxford University Press
@oxunipress #meetmybook
October 12, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Happy Monday!
Check out this new book from Charles C. Bolton—Home Front Battles: World War II Mobilization and Race in the Deep South from Oxford University Press
@oxunipress #meetmybook
Check out this new book from Charles C. Bolton—Home Front Battles: World War II Mobilization and Race in the Deep South from Oxford University Press
@oxunipress #meetmybook
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Margaret Chowning’s Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750–1940 places Catholic women at the forefront of Mexican conservatism and shows how they kept loyalty to the church strong when the church was weak.
Save 30% w/ PUP30: buff.ly/mTE8vZG
#HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinxHeritageMonth #HMM
Save 30% w/ PUP30: buff.ly/mTE8vZG
#HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinxHeritageMonth #HMM
October 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Margaret Chowning’s Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750–1940 places Catholic women at the forefront of Mexican conservatism and shows how they kept loyalty to the church strong when the church was weak.
Save 30% w/ PUP30: buff.ly/mTE8vZG
#HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinxHeritageMonth #HMM
Save 30% w/ PUP30: buff.ly/mTE8vZG
#HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinxHeritageMonth #HMM
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Again, it is almost impossible to overstate the stupidity & bad faith involved in using "salary four years after graduation" as a metric of the worth of majors or degrees, let alone - as US News & World Report did in epic bad faith this year - as a criteria for ranking universities & colleges.
October 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Again, it is almost impossible to overstate the stupidity & bad faith involved in using "salary four years after graduation" as a metric of the worth of majors or degrees, let alone - as US News & World Report did in epic bad faith this year - as a criteria for ranking universities & colleges.
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America was an empty mall. America was shoddy caulk oozing from a vinyl arc in a historic heatwave. America was a brutishly redacted Frederick Douglass speech on foam posterboard in a tractor trailer Freedom Truck. America was not even selling corndogs.
www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...
www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...
How Defunding the Arts Wrought Civic Disintegration
What Was America?: Art, Culture, and Politics in the Bicentennial Era tackles United States’ most ambitious cultural project: the bicentennial.
www.artnews.com
October 8, 2026 at 11:59 AM
America was an empty mall. America was shoddy caulk oozing from a vinyl arc in a historic heatwave. America was a brutishly redacted Frederick Douglass speech on foam posterboard in a tractor trailer Freedom Truck. America was not even selling corndogs.
www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...
www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...
Co-sign.
Find an adviser that you like working with. This is more important than topic and more important than fame.
It's not that those other things don't matter, but you will do your best work when you get along with your advisor
It's not that those other things don't matter, but you will do your best work when you get along with your advisor
Philosofriends, if you have a piece of advice for beginning philosophy graduate students, please share it in the comments at Daily Nous. Thanks!
October 7, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Co-sign.
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Support bookstores, buy my book! And, since it's also Banned Books Week, I'll just add that I know of, uh, a few places where my book's subject and incredible cover art are keeping it off the shelves.
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bookshop.org/p/books/thy-...
October 6, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Support bookstores, buy my book! And, since it's also Banned Books Week, I'll just add that I know of, uh, a few places where my book's subject and incredible cover art are keeping it off the shelves.
bookshop.org/p/books/thy-...
bookshop.org/p/books/thy-...
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the tech industry is about to invent books
October 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
the tech industry is about to invent books
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Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
October 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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This week is the 30th anniversary of THAT THING YOU DO. I’m reposting my tribute to it, which includes a deep dive about how contrasting the bloat of the extended cut with the theatrical is a great lesson in editing and efficiency thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2026/10/an-a...
An appreciation of THAT THING YOU DO on its 30th anniversary
This is a piece I originally wrote ten years ago for Film School Rejects on the occasion of THAT THING YOU DO's 20th Anniversary. Since Film...
thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com
October 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
This week is the 30th anniversary of THAT THING YOU DO. I’m reposting my tribute to it, which includes a deep dive about how contrasting the bloat of the extended cut with the theatrical is a great lesson in editing and efficiency thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2026/10/an-a...
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PMVB editor Dr. Andrew Wiley has a new book which will be available through all major retailers on May 4, 2027. Be sure to pre-order your copy now!
October 1, 2026 at 1:07 PM
PMVB editor Dr. Andrew Wiley has a new book which will be available through all major retailers on May 4, 2027. Be sure to pre-order your copy now!
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It's esp important for male academics to learn more about how problematic the Title IX process is and how poorly universities treat survivors.
I helped organize a conference panel on this topic in 2022. The room was full--of women. Two men came.
This isn't a women's issue, it's a human issue.
I helped organize a conference panel on this topic in 2022. The room was full--of women. Two men came.
This isn't a women's issue, it's a human issue.
For every story like the Cornell gang rape, there are thousands more that couldn’t make it into the light.
I wrote about a few dozen of them at one university in On the Wrong Side. The university’s treatment of survivors is eerily similar to what Jane Doe at Cornell experienced.
I wrote about a few dozen of them at one university in On the Wrong Side. The university’s treatment of survivors is eerily similar to what Jane Doe at Cornell experienced.
On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence
"Bedera dispels deeply ingrained campus rape myths and puts the innate violence of the campus sexual assault reporting process into focus."--Jezebel"The book's grim conclusions are tempered with a hop...
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September 30, 2026 at 7:48 PM
It's esp important for male academics to learn more about how problematic the Title IX process is and how poorly universities treat survivors.
I helped organize a conference panel on this topic in 2022. The room was full--of women. Two men came.
This isn't a women's issue, it's a human issue.
I helped organize a conference panel on this topic in 2022. The room was full--of women. Two men came.
This isn't a women's issue, it's a human issue.
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pretty funny for the announcers' discussion of how TX / TN's comms might not be affected by secret service coverage while the broadcast audio suddenly goes to shit
September 26, 2026 at 4:29 PM
pretty funny for the announcers' discussion of how TX / TN's comms might not be affected by secret service coverage while the broadcast audio suddenly goes to shit
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Please welcome Dr. Laura Smith! Dr. Smith is the new assistant editor here at the PMVB headquarters. We are all very excited and lucky to have her on our team!
September 24, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Please welcome Dr. Laura Smith! Dr. Smith is the new assistant editor here at the PMVB headquarters. We are all very excited and lucky to have her on our team!
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Spent some time writing about the Sally Hemings DNA news and the again-ness of it all
www.kitchentablehistory.blog/p/daddy-again
www.kitchentablehistory.blog/p/daddy-again
Daddy, Again
Sally Hemings, DNA, and the What ifs of White Paternity
www.kitchentablehistory.blog
September 23, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Spent some time writing about the Sally Hemings DNA news and the again-ness of it all
www.kitchentablehistory.blog/p/daddy-again
www.kitchentablehistory.blog/p/daddy-again
They have a paper-thin case, IMHO.
Police in Illinois recover 650 rolls of toilet paper amid rise in homecoming week vandalism | Click on the image to read the full story
Police in Illinois recover 650 rolls of toilet paper amid rise in homecoming week vandalism
Sifting through hundreds of rolls of toilet paper, one Illinois police department has issued a warning following a recent uptick in pre-homecoming week vandalism.
www.wcvb.com
September 19, 2026 at 3:25 AM
They have a paper-thin case, IMHO.
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i need to know what happened
September 19, 2026 at 12:18 AM
i need to know what happened
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if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered
September 18, 2026 at 8:59 PM
if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered
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My blurb: “Graham Hodges has made a lifetime of major contributions to the study of American slavery and abolition. His biography of Henry Highland Garnet is a triumph -- a deeply-researched and altogether brilliant portrait.”
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
September 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
My blurb: “Graham Hodges has made a lifetime of major contributions to the study of American slavery and abolition. His biography of Henry Highland Garnet is a triumph -- a deeply-researched and altogether brilliant portrait.”
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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ESPN used to be a place to go for sports highlights, player insights and funny anchors.
And now it's a douchebag roid case in a tank top screaming about the betting lines.
And now it's a douchebag roid case in a tank top screaming about the betting lines.
September 17, 2026 at 10:35 PM
ESPN used to be a place to go for sports highlights, player insights and funny anchors.
And now it's a douchebag roid case in a tank top screaming about the betting lines.
And now it's a douchebag roid case in a tank top screaming about the betting lines.
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Please give a warm welcome to our new Research Editor, Dr. Robb Haberman! We are super excited to have Dr. Haberman on our team.
September 17, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Please give a warm welcome to our new Research Editor, Dr. Robb Haberman! We are super excited to have Dr. Haberman on our team.
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To learn more about how Martin Van Buren used the 50th anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution to reflect on its adoption, as well as to define his presidency, check out the lesson plan that Iowa high school teacher Jeff Firsching recently developed. vanburenpapers.org/lesson-plans...
vanburenpapers.org
September 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM
To learn more about how Martin Van Buren used the 50th anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution to reflect on its adoption, as well as to define his presidency, check out the lesson plan that Iowa high school teacher Jeff Firsching recently developed. vanburenpapers.org/lesson-plans...
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Martin Van Buren spent the 1st part of his 1838 annual message discussing the development of the U.S. during its first 50 years under the Constitution. He declared that the Constitution "has proved amply sufficient for the various emergencies incident to our condition as a nation." #ConstitutionDay
September 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Martin Van Buren spent the 1st part of his 1838 annual message discussing the development of the U.S. during its first 50 years under the Constitution. He declared that the Constitution "has proved amply sufficient for the various emergencies incident to our condition as a nation." #ConstitutionDay
This review highlights @rachelshelden.bsky.social's new book on the political SCOTUS.
The Supreme Court rules over us, with 5 unelected judges wiping out legislation passed by the people's representatives. Is this how democracy is supposed to work?
Two new books argue the court seized power it was never intended to have. And how to take it back.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Two new books argue the court seized power it was never intended to have. And how to take it back.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How the Supreme Court seized power to rule over the rest of us
A false mythology put the justices on top. The people could knock them down.
www.motherjones.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:51 PM
This review highlights @rachelshelden.bsky.social's new book on the political SCOTUS.
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Very grateful for this positive review of my book in Emerging Civil War!!!
emergingcivilwar.com/2026/09/15/b...
emergingcivilwar.com/2026/09/15/b...
Book Review: White Power: Policing American Slavery - Emerging Civil War
White Power: Policing American Slavery. By Gautham Rao. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2026. Hardcover, 320 pp., $30.00. Reviewed by Tim Talbott Stripped to its bare essence slav...
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September 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Very grateful for this positive review of my book in Emerging Civil War!!!
emergingcivilwar.com/2026/09/15/b...
emergingcivilwar.com/2026/09/15/b...
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Hey fellow historians: Does anyone know which history journal first adopted blind peer review of articles as a standard practice (and what year they started doing so)?
September 14, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Hey fellow historians: Does anyone know which history journal first adopted blind peer review of articles as a standard practice (and what year they started doing so)?