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christina500.bsky.social
Was Powell friends with the #Mitford family? #JessicaMitford #NancyMitford
sarahdiligenti.bsky.social Sarah Diligenti @sarahdiligenti.bsky.social · Dec 12
#anthonypowelltogether "...the abounding physical vitality of big aristocratic families, their absolute disregard for personal dignity in uninhibited delight in 'dressing up', that passionate return to childhood..."

Vitality only if no consanguinity!
December 12, 2024 at 10:49 PM
neonnurse.bsky.social
Today's morning earworm from Susan's MixTapeMind.

#Music #MusicSky #Earworms #BlueskyMusic #MyDailyEarworm #FunnySongs

Don't miss #MayaAngelou and #JessicaMitford rocking a Cockney accent on this classic. PS, #RightSaidFred named themselves after the original song!

youtu.be/PHBWw6jRGy8?...
Right, Said Fred
YouTube video by Maya Angelou, Jessica Mitford - Topic
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February 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
skot.bsky.social
[On the United States:] “A nation which does not appreciate that the simple elocution exercise 'Merry Mary married hairy Harry' contains not one but three vowel sounds.”

#JessicaMitford

Esmond Romilly & Jessica Mitford working behind a bar, Miami, 1940
September 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
skot.bsky.social
Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking

by #JessicaMitford

www.theguardian.com/books/2010/s...
September 11, 2024 at 5:42 PM
#JessicaMitford
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
sjat.bsky.social
Fact: were it not for women like #IdaBWells-Barnett and #JessicaMitford, investigative journalism wouldn’t be what it is today … or, rather, what it was before cowardice triumphed over true grit in everything from mainstream media to self-avowed leftist & independent media. #WomensHistoryMonth
March 12, 2026 at 10:03 AM
sjat.bsky.social
#PaulRobeson, #EmmaGoldman, #IdaBWells, #MarxBrothers, #GaryWebb, #JessicaMitford are among my biggest heroes in addition to all the even better known leaders of civil, women’s, queer & workers rights movt’s. I am who I am bc they existed.
December 4, 2024 at 12:25 PM
skot.bsky.social
[On the United States:] “A nation which does not appreciate that the simple elocution exercise 'Merry Mary married hairy Harry' contains not one but three vowel sounds.”

#JessicaMitford

Esmond Romilly & Jessica Mitford working behind a bar, Miami,1940
September 11, 2024 at 5:39 PM
writersvoice.bsky.social
This week on Writer’s Voice:
Charles Dick uncovers Organisation Todt, the hidden machinery behind Nazi terror
 & Carla Kaplan on the radical life of Jessica Mitford
 writersvoicepodcast.org
#WritersVoice #History #NaziGermany #JessicaMitford #CivilRights https://tinyurl.com/yw23bt8h
December 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
mvmhughes.bsky.social
#BookChallenge

Day 19 of 20

#HonsAndRebels by #JessicaMitford (1960)

My wife, Sue, loves this author. In a ploy to shut her up I decided to read this first instalment memoir. Actually, it's very good. What a career... and family.

Thank you @agentmancuso.bsky.social for setting the challenge.
March 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
bchiker.bsky.social
THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

“You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.”

#JessicaMitford, author, journalist, and civil rights activist (11 Sep 1917-1996)
September 11, 2026 at 4:24 PM
This just came out in the New Yorker. I join other fans of Decca's, #PeterSussman, #MimiPond, #LeslieBrody, and more in being glad to see the spotlight on #JessicaMitford. Thanks you #RachelSymes and #TheNewYorker.
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
deadparentswhatnow.com
In tomorrow's edition of The Columbarium: Jessica Mitford! The iconic muckraker who exposed corruption in the American funeral industry. Sign up: deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter

#deathpositive #newsletter #jessicamitford #muckraker #journalism #funeral #history #corruption #mitfordsisters
Old-fashioned black text on a lime green, papery background reads: "Jessica Mitford died of lung cancer in 1996. Determined to have an inexpensive funeral, she had her body cremated and her ashes scattered at sea for a total of $533.31 (or not quite $1,000 adjusted for inflation)." The Columbarium. deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter
September 21, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I’ll be doing a reading at @Wellesleybooks on Thursday, January 22. Please come hear about the amazing and inspiring @JessicaMitford, British aristocrat-turned-American Communist, who traded wealth and status for a life of radical activism.
wellesleybooks.com/event/carla-...
Author Event: Carla Kaplan - "Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford"
This is a ticketed event. Buy tickets online through the link above (fees apply) or by calling us at 781-431-1160 during store hours (no fees).
wellesleybooks.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:35 AM
What a fabulous view of @JessicaMitford! Thanks@AndrewKeen!
December 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
penrowl.bsky.social
#JessicaMitford herself once joked to me about the "tired old industry of #Mitfordiana," so here's an addition to it. What strikes me most about this book, though, is that it was published by a #vanitypress -- yet reviewed in @nytimes.com?

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/b...
Her Daughters Got the Press. Until Now.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2026 at 6:10 AM
kath63.bsky.social
Book Challenge Day 4
#booksky
#bookchallenge
#jessicamitford
November 20, 2024 at 6:49 AM
biophantom.bsky.social
Biopic Wishful Casting

Who's up for Jessica Mitford (1917~1996), an English author, movie starring Gemma Chan? lol

#JessicaMitford #MitfordSisters #HonsandRebels #GemmaChan #Biopic #WishfulCasting
August 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM