Erin Grievances
Historian of religion & gender in the 19th c US, drinker of tea in the 21st c US. Museum educator at MTH&M. Wrote some quit lit you may have read. Founder & editor at contingentmagazine.org. Former academic. Sings with Voices of Concinnity. She/her.
- I feel like one consistent thing I've seen since this wave began is creatives in one field staunchly opposed to gen AI being used to do their jobs but gladly using it to get/avoid paying creatives in other fields. Writers generating AI art, theater troupes getting AI music, etc. No solidarity.
- As a scholar, as a teacher, and now as a museum educator, Chronicling America has been invaluable. Beyond that, though, it's OURS. We paid for it. It's a public good.
- Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
- If you're an Americanist who's decided that maybe it's worth paying attention to US Catholic history, there are lots of great books and articles to read, many of them by people who weren't able to get jobs in academia. Start with my friend Bill's book. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
