The real question is why does anyone but a straight white “Christian” man continue to vote for them? Until that stops, the GOP will wear its bigotry out in the open.
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Art historian. Author of The Badia of Florence. Non-Resident Visiting Fellow, IATH @UVA. Italian art and architecture. Editor/creator of digitalSepoltuario sepoltuario.iath.virginia.edu. GenX. Dachshund enthusiast. https://anneleader.substack.com
The real question is why does anyone but a straight white “Christian” man continue to vote for them? Until that stops, the GOP will wear its bigotry out in the open.
Next week's cover of The New Yorker. "War-a-Lago" by Barry Blitt.
Very excited for this.
Many congratulations!
This is so fabulous. The Statues Were Mostly Men or Nude Women. So These Knitters Got to Work. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/a...
How did Americans elect this man not once but TWICE???
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Amen. Trump Administration Live Updates: President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
Just shared this piece with a friend and he replied back with a screenshot cancelling his subscription.
BOYCOTT BABY!
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Sobering reminder of the importance of foreign correspondents. So thoroughly embarrassing and enraging. America needs a regime change
Enjoyed the show today millennial @timmiller.bsky.social, but 55-year-olds are not boomers! Solidly #GenX.
As of 2026, the youngest Baby Boomers (born in 1964) are turning 62.
So love that. Old enough to remember it even. Published a fairly accessible article on a Florentine bookseller and his tomb last year. Fun stuff!
Sigh.
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Those who don’t know their #history….
Now out! Very proud of my hometown and the latest book by my mother on its history. www.tamupress.com/book/9781648...
Still baffled as to why he ran
Yes: #NEH supports projects and moreover PEOPLE. Which is why it's all the more egregious that 1,400 grants were terminated and over 100 employees were fired in April 2025.
Support funding for NEH, but also please support justice for those who were economically harmed last year.
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Alas, another meditation on art in a time of violence. #Iran
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#art #history #goodnews
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I have said this before, but eliminating programs that teach a lot of students but don’t have many majors is like a restaurant not buying flour in its grocery delivery because people aren’t ordering flour on the menu.
An interruption to your doom-scroll.
Enjoy!
#history #goodnews
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Gross
Ugh. I used to give presentations to local activists about how to use Twitter. Really amazing how ruinous Mr musk is
No one needs to stay on Twitter. I have not regretted quitting at all.
I feel seen.
Do You Back Into a Parking Spot or Back Out? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/s...
“Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, was shot by an ICE Homeland Security Investigations officer in South Padre Island, Texas, on March 15, 2025, after what ICE described as a failure to follow law enforcement instructions during a traffic incident.”
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So which is more odious now, Claude or ChatGPT?