Medieval gender, crime, & history prof. at John Jay College & CUNY Graduate Center, writing about a survivor in c.1470 France for PrincetonUPress, 2023-4 Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, New York Public Library, bylines Slate etc.
“…in court filings, Uber argued that Ms. Doe had “conducted herself in a negligent and careless manner” and “contributed to causing her own injuries.” Oh how modern American lawyers love to blame the victim. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’ (Gift Article)The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.www.nytimes.comJulee Boan on things we can do. One such “In forests near communities, management can focus on planting swaths of deciduous trees – natural speed bumps for fire – and clearing brush and thinning dense stands around homes and evacuation routes.”
The GuardianI study the boreal forest. This summer wildfires came for my home | Julee Boan
slate.com/news-and-pol... @mollyolmstead.bsky.social “They talk of the importance of exercise and unprocessed food to defeat chronic disease. And yet, they have been injecting themselves with pharmaceuticals they ordered from unregulated warehouses in China. Why?”
MAHA and Clavicular Have United Behind a Strange Health Obsession. It’s an Incomprehensible Alliance—Until You Realize One Thing.The groups seem like they should be at odds, but there’s a reason they all love this underresearched substance.slate.comOn France sweltering and burning, by Madeline Schwartz. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
Opinion | 112 Degrees in Paris, Flames Near Bordeaux. France Can’t Go On Like This. (Gift Article)The frightening heat and wildfires this summer should be an impetus to those in charge to reckon with how quickly the risks are changing.www.nytimes.comLove the company my book gets to keep! Jealous of Jehanne
American Medieval PodcastSome reading for (separate) upcoming episodes with @mt-anderson.bsky.social and @sarannmcd.bsky.social
“If only human characters had been treated with such serious attention.” @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social
Josephine "beckbook.com" RiesmanOmg. Omg omg omg. Emily Wilson (as in, the famed translator of Homer) just published her take on Nolan's Odyssey in @lrb.co.uk... and it is SWEET, JUICY HATERADE: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Really important for historians who try to track historical crime rates to think with thoughtful analysis like this. If this is what crime rate reporting is like now, just please imagine what might have been happening in, say, the Middle Ages. #skystorians #medievalsky
Jeff AsherNew this week: Mayor Mamdani claimed -- and caught flack for claiming -- that a slight increase in reported rape in NYC was due to a revised offense definition. I dug into the city's open data to evaluate the plausibility of this argument. jasher.substack.com/p/whats-caus...
Epstein’s girlfriend. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/b...
Meet Jeffrey Epstein’s Girlfriend, Who Stands to Inherit Much of His Estate (Gift Article)Karyna Shuliak, 37, is a complicated and unusual figure in the disgraced financier’s world who has been trying to blend into obscurity since his death.www.nytimes.comEpstein update from @joycewhitevance.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
An Important Epstein Files UpdateThis afternoon, federal District Judge Emmet Sullivan did something unexpected.open.substack.comHi #medievalsky #skystorians #librarians my book is cheaper on @bookshop.org than at that other place oh and @ala-booklist.bsky.social seems to really like it! bookshop.org/p/books/just...
Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval SurvivorA spellbinding narrative history that defies modern assumptions about women's lives in the Middle Ages and informs contemporary debates about sexual violence and the limits of justice In the winter of...bookshop.orgAppalling www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
Trump Administration Pressures Some Immigrants to Self-Deport With Fines Up to $1.8 Million (Gift Article)Tens of thousands of immigrants have received letters to pay up or leave, as the government enlists debt collectors and seizes tax refunds.www.nytimes.comHorror show. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
Government Overhauls Teen Pregnancy Program to Focus on Marriage and Starting Families (Gift Article)The administration canceled federal grants to organizations across the country, accusing them of encouraging premarital sex. New criteria say programs should stress abstinence.www.nytimes.com
