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Give the Queen a Pair of Gloves
Dec 20, 2024
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Dying from Pregnancy
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Olympe de Gouges: A Radical Feminist, Executed by Guillotine during the French Revolution
May 9, 2025
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The Queen, The Monster, The Woman, and the Human
Apr 22, 2025
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French Lessons for Patsy, from her father Thomas Jefferson
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Willful Remembering
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Shutdown Tomorrow, January 30
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What The History Lady's Story Taught Me About the Arc of Change
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Dec 22, 2025
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Thankful for You
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Nov 27, 2025
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Hope Is a Verb
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The Demolition of the East Wing is Worse than we Think
The "reconstruction" of the building also entails a reconstruction of history - but there are ways to resist
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Sticking the Landing
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