Author, journalism historian, yoga teacher. 📖 THE DOUBLE STANDARD SPORTING HOUSE, out January 20, 2026.https://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3mcwyxzbe7c2qFeeling grateful today for all the launch day love for The Double Standard Sporting House. Special thanks to everyone who came to last night's launch event, asked insightful questions, and of course @belmontbooks.bsky.social for being wonderful hosts. Happy reading!21 Jan 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwyxzbe7c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3mcudpoi6s226Today's the day: The Double Standard Sporting House is officially published! Many thanks to She Writes Press for taking a chance on a story that defies categorization into a single genre, and everyone else who has supported the book on its road to today. I'm so grateful. With love, Nancy20 Jan 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcudpoi6s226https://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3mcsh4qcgpc26I wrote about how my 19th century characters would have understood trauma for Writers Digest. Read the full piece: https://www.writersdigest.com/irritable-heart-treating-fictional-trauma-survivors-in-the-19th-century19 Jan 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcsh4qcgpc26https://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3mcfgay2bas2cThank you @marjankamali.bsky.social for the kind words about The Double Standard Sporting House, which comes out next week! Order from your favorite independent bookstore, or anywhere else that sells books: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Double-Standard-Sporting-House/Nancy-Bernhard/979889636052014 Jan 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfgay2bas2chttps://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3mcaffdmbz22xThe Double Standard's protagonist fights for women in 1868, and we are still fighting. Three essential reads on the war on women's reproductive rights today: @irincarmon.bsky.social's Unbearable @sarahweinman.com's Without Consent @jessicavalenti.bsky.social's Substack "Abortion Every Day"12 Jan 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcaffdmbz22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3mbyqcklgsk27Join me for the launch of The Double Standard Sporting House on January 20! Get a peek into the secret history of elite courtesans fighting a criminal syndicate trafficking girls, with discussion and Q&A at the wonderful @belmontbooks.bsky.social. See you there?09 Jan 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbyqcklgsk27https://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3mbtqodpzxk27Virtual event tomorrow with History Through Fiction and three other great authors! Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-new-in-historical-fiction-tickets-1976891695277?aff=oddtdtcreator07 Jan 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbtqodpzxk27https://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3mbom3lacrk27Each of these books is deep in the foundation of The Double Standard. @melissafebos.bsky.social put words to many of my defining experiences; @salesses.bsky.social inspired a story structure that talks back to literary misogyny; Maria Tatar validated the choice to make my feminist heroine a healer.05 Jan 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbom3lacrk27https://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3mb7mg4exmc27Three weeks until publication day! I'll be celebrating with a launch party at @belmontbooks.bsky.social on January 20. For those in the Boston area, I'd be thrilled for you to join me: https://belmontbooks.com/event/2026-01-20/nancy-bernhard-discusses-double-standard-sporting-house See you all in 2026.30 Dec 2025 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb7mg4exmc27https://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3maqmf2ah6k27In my research for The Double Standard Sporting House, I came across art and illustrations that give contemporary viewers a window into 19th century culture. The Christmas Tree by James Stephanoff, 1850s, shows a sweet holiday celebration. Wishing good holiday cheer to all!24 Dec 2025 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3maqmf2ah6k27https://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3mam7vsdgds26Story and characters often resonate because they’re rooted in good history. I wrote about some of the books that informed The Double Standard Sporting House for WOW Women on Writing: https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2025/12/friday-speak-out-when-historian-writes.html22 Dec 2025 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mam7vsdgds26https://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3mae3bl5evk26How does society today resemble the time period and events in The Double Standard Sporting House? Read more at Lit World Interviews: https://litworldinterviews.com/2025/12/08/an-interview-with-nancy-bernhard-author-of-the-double-standard-sporting-house/19 Dec 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mae3bl5evk26https://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3ma2eh4bnwc2yNeed a gift for a reader? Pre-order The Double Standard Sporting house and, for the holidays, you can give them a free bookmark and signed bookplate, plus the promise of a juicy read in the depths of January. Pre-order from your local bookstore, and request here: www.nancybernhard.com/preorder-gift15 Dec 2025 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma2eh4bnwc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3m7sfpqjqu224Even in 2025, women are at a financial disadvantage. I wrote about the costs of being a woman over at GirlTalkHQ, from lost earnings and unpaid labor to additional expenses and even the time and energy spent avoiding violence. https://www.girltalkhq.com/the-cost-of-being-a-woman-in-a-patriarchal-world/12 Dec 2025 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7sfpqjqu224https://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3m7ne35krd22rHad a great conversation with Madigan on Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist about the double standards facing women throughout history, and still today. Listen now on Apple, Spotify, or your other favorite podcast platform. https://podcasts.apple.com/.../interview.../id1339226131... https://open.spotify.com/episode/3AACuovWo2rOW93gTe15Hc10 Dec 2025 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ne35krd22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3m7knhhznn22xThank you to Kirkus Reviews for the kind words about The Double Standard Sporting House. Read the full review on their website, and preorder now to read the book when it comes out in six weeks! https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nancy-bernhard/the-double-standard-sporting-house/ https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Double-Standard-Sporting-House/Nancy-Bernhard/979889636052009 Dec 2025 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7knhhznn22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3m4bav6pvmc2bExcited to announce my first novel is launching in three months! The women of an elite 1868 New York brothel fight a corrupt political syndicate victimizing girls. Sound familiar? #historicalfiction #bookstagram #books #historicalfictionbookstagram #feminist #feminism28 Oct 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bav6pvmc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3lvqtik72j22ySo Trump wants a grand jury to convene on Obama’s 2016 Russia investigation, but wouldn’t that be covered by the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity doctrine? 🧐06 Aug 2025 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqtik72j22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3ll5nbxduzs24Who trusts these bozos with lunch, let alone national security? https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/24 Mar 2025 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5nbxduzs24https://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3lhywchma5s25In 50 years, the section of high school history textbooks about this administration (if there are high schools or textbooks) will be called THE GREAT GRIFT12 Feb 2025 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhywchma5s25https://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3lgtbezpkcc2lRFK Jr vaccinated his own kids while claiming they were unsafe. Thank you Caroline Kennedy [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtbezpkcc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/nancybernhard.bsky.social/post/3lgoot6rsr22zSo where are the Avengers when you need them? I’d like to see the Hulk have a go at Hegseth27 Jan 2025 00:31 +0000at://did:plc:gubd3obfgf73xsdipgdusltj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgoot6rsr22z