Alex Boylan
@alexboylan.bsky.social
writer, professor, likes to think about visual culture and romancelandia
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Full Fresh Air segment very much worth the listen: www.npr.org/2026/08/03/n...
How the Miss America pageant ignited a battle over beauty, race and power
Historian Micki McElya revisits one September afternoon in 1968, Atlantic City, when the Miss America pageant collided with a changing country. Her new book is Liberation Summer.
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August 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Full Fresh Air segment very much worth the listen: www.npr.org/2026/08/03/n...
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When Miss America Made Feminists Mad www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...
Book Review: ‘Liberation Summer,’ by Micki McElya
A new book by the historian Micki McElya considers how the politics of beauty both shaped and divided the women’s movement.
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July 29, 2026 at 1:18 PM
When Miss America Made Feminists Mad www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...
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What I am currently reading. This book is fantastic. 🗃️ #booksky www.simonandschuster.com/books/Libera...
Liberation Summer
"Lively, stylish. . . McElya brings this colorful bit of lost history to life." —The New York Times Book Review A sweeping, definitive work of his...
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July 31, 2026 at 12:56 AM
What I am currently reading. This book is fantastic. 🗃️ #booksky www.simonandschuster.com/books/Libera...
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Congratulations to @uconnhistory.bsky.social’s own Micki McElya on the publication of the highly anticipated Liberation Summer! An examination of the protests around the September 1968 Miss American Pageant. You can buy a copy below or wherever you buy books!
simonandschuster.com/books/Liberati…
simonandschuster.com/books/Liberati…
July 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Congratulations to @uconnhistory.bsky.social’s own Micki McElya on the publication of the highly anticipated Liberation Summer! An examination of the protests around the September 1968 Miss American Pageant. You can buy a copy below or wherever you buy books!
simonandschuster.com/books/Liberati…
simonandschuster.com/books/Liberati…
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We will be discussing LIBERATION SUMMER on August 4! brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2026-0...
Micki McElya with Katherine Rye Jewell: Liberation Summer
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July 22, 2026 at 8:08 PM
We will be discussing LIBERATION SUMMER on August 4! brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2026-0...
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Congratulations to OAH Lecturer Micki McElya on the publication of her new book, Liberation Summer: The Moment That Changed the Women's Movement and the Future of American Politics. #OAHLecturer
Get the book: https://ow.ly/uNVV50Zq1IY
Book the speaker: https://ow.ly/koA050Zq1J3
Get the book: https://ow.ly/uNVV50Zq1IY
Book the speaker: https://ow.ly/koA050Zq1J3
July 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Congratulations to OAH Lecturer Micki McElya on the publication of her new book, Liberation Summer: The Moment That Changed the Women's Movement and the Future of American Politics. #OAHLecturer
Get the book: https://ow.ly/uNVV50Zq1IY
Book the speaker: https://ow.ly/koA050Zq1J3
Get the book: https://ow.ly/uNVV50Zq1IY
Book the speaker: https://ow.ly/koA050Zq1J3
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Corinne West (1908–1991), US Abstract Expressionist who used a male pseudonym 'Micheal West' due to the lack of opportunities for women #WomensArt
March 7, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Corinne West (1908–1991), US Abstract Expressionist who used a male pseudonym 'Micheal West' due to the lack of opportunities for women #WomensArt
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Great article about Vivian Stephens linked in quote below! ⬇️
I did a 2-part deep dive on Candlelight Ecstasy a bit ago, which covers some of the history but also more detail on the texts Stephens acquired and how they stand up today.
shelflovepodcast.substack.com/p/the-agony-...
I did a 2-part deep dive on Candlelight Ecstasy a bit ago, which covers some of the history but also more detail on the texts Stephens acquired and how they stand up today.
shelflovepodcast.substack.com/p/the-agony-...
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Great article about Vivian Stephens linked in quote below! ⬇️
I did a 2-part deep dive on Candlelight Ecstasy a bit ago, which covers some of the history but also more detail on the texts Stephens acquired and how they stand up today.
shelflovepodcast.substack.com/p/the-agony-...
I did a 2-part deep dive on Candlelight Ecstasy a bit ago, which covers some of the history but also more detail on the texts Stephens acquired and how they stand up today.
shelflovepodcast.substack.com/p/the-agony-...