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How it started: My first op-ed selfie for mom in 2015.
How it's going: My latest op-ed selfie for mom in 2023.
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Alexis Coe
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Alexis Coe
@AlexisCoe
Presidential historian. NYT bestselling author. Senior fellow @newamerica. American history columnist @nytbr. AlexisCoe.1776 on signal.
- Kay Lahusen (6/5/1930–5/26/2021). Kay & her partner, Barbara Gittings, successfully fought to get the American Psychiatric Association to drop homosexuality as a mental illness. That diagnosis began with Alice Mitchell, the subject of my first book. May her memory be a revolution
- If you’re nosy, become a historian! It’s like legal snooping. Been reading VERY personal letters since 8am.
- Ask me about my workout routine
- You don’t have to love George Washington or anyone else in your textbooks. That’s not the point. They’re historically significant, central to our founding story, not legally mandated heroes.To know George Washington is not necessarily to love him. Just ask historian @AlexisCoe. bit.ly/3zXiR4R
- Sure sex is great but have you ever received a response from an archivist
- “Although I have not actually read the book yet” is a great start to this email from a man
- Man: Would you take my photo? Washington slept here. Me, a GW biographer: He did! And he slept at another inn nearby— Man: Your generation is so proud of your Internet trivia. I read books! Me: Me too! I’ve probably read every major Wa— Man: I’ve read more! 👀
- The special guest is Robert Caro holding a completed manuscript which you can pre-order now
- George Washington famously didn't claim a political party. 🤦🏻♀️ He was afraid they'd lead to rampant partisanship. You know, the kind that emphasizes party loyalty above all else.There isn't a single Democrat on Mount Rushmore
- If you’re a history writer who borrows heavily from historians for your socials/podcast, CREDIT THEM
- I love John Adams on monarchies: "A Monarchy would probably, somehow or other make me rich, but it would produce So much Taste and Politeness, So much Elegance in Dress, Furniture, Equipage, So much Music and Dancing, So much Fencing and Skating; So much Cards and Backgammon..."
