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For as long as we’re here, I’ll be here, & so will be my #ScholarSunday theads—here’s my 101st thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Share more below, & solidarity! #twitterstorians
Starting with a few favorites from the week, including @SIfill_ for her newsletter on why real Americans vote vote vote (as they did on Tuesday!):
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I just finished #MyMindAndMe on Apple+ and it is well worth a watch. Something that strikes me about it (+ what I have seen in the cooking show) is the community in healing. Friends that keep you grounded, flexible coworkers, family who care, doctors and experts, hometown folk...
It's not just a @selenagomez documentary. If you have mental illness, you may see your own story too. Our version of the spotlights. The things we say or do, the coping mechanisms that work and don't, the fear, hope, sadness, regret, faith. And honor to hold others' stories too.
I'm grateful to Selena for speaking these things out loud, not just so they break stigma but because her music helped me stay alive when I did not want to be. I know I'm not the only one. And I am heartbroken she felt the same and at the same time had to navigate it all publicly.
