Michigander in Amsterdam, early modern historian, avid reader of mystery and horror, hobby cook, nascent weaver, yoga teacher, podcast host with the New Books Network, Detroit sports fan, Basset Hound lover, slowly but surely becoming a tough old bird.https://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3muwvjbluj22oOh no, we are not! #feminism #GloriaSteinem #icon https://katemanne.substack.com/p/we-are-not-canceling-gloria-steinem07 Sep 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwvjbluj22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mtstcskxdk2yHad fun interviewing Scott Peeples on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about his @reaktionbooks.bsky.social How Many Roads: A Life of #BobDylan. #folk #music #skystorians #Americana https://newbooksnetwork.com/how-many-roads-a-life-of-bob-dylan24 Aug 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtstcskxdk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mqypqgmra22jMy kind, beautiful, brilliant, and beloved dog died day before yesterday and I am devastated. Alice, my darling girl. I will miss her as long as I live. #dogs19 Jul 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqypqgmra22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mq2esjtlis2hGet in the car. We're going to Bologna. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2esjtlis2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mpz3ywolzs24Historian humor, right here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jul 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpz3ywolzs24https://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mpz2pm6sn224Connections Puzzle #1121 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Great puzzle!06 Jul 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpz2pm6sn224https://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mpyuen2c7s251. It is astounding to me how many Americans cannot understand why the world is now rooting for #Belgium. 2. Why are we plagued with #FIFA? Were we all, globally, bad people in past lives? 3. I miss loving my country. #FIFAWorldCup2026 #TeamUSA Stop ruining football, you twat. Go Belgium.06 Jul 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyuen2c7s25https://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mplsclts3k2qMe, watching some tradesmen: Those guys all have dedicated pants. Painters’ pants, carpenters’ pants, plumbers’ pants. Why don’t we have academic pants? Felicity: I think those are just corduroys. Was hoping for a chat about dedicated dictionary pockets but I’m not sorry. #academia #skystorians01 Jul 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplsclts3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3modgoje4p22qFabulous @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with Karl Whittington over @psupress.bsky.social #Queer Making: On #Artists and #Desire in #Medieval #Europe #Skystorians #BookSky 📚💙15 Jun 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3modgoje4p22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mo3v3gxv222mThis time, I am the interviewee. We are clearly having a great time with only minimal blasphemy. @inwalksawoman.com crew and I talk #AllAboutEve #feminism #WomensHistory #Eve #skystorians #Genesis #EveWasFramed https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-walks-a-woman/id1792744005?i=100077234691012 Jun 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3v3gxv222mhttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mnh4eye5vc2dI have not lost a chapter since graduate school. Feels the same now, decades later. Fetch me my bathing toaster #skystorians #BookSky04 Jun 2026 07:35 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnh4eye5vc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mnfupctvok25I manage to forget for 47 months what this one crazy month is like. #WorldCup #WK #VK #HupHolland03 Jun 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfupctvok25https://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mna6ct2otk2cI got cardoon in my CSA box. It tastes like celery with a grudge raw. Any favorite #cardoon #recipes? #cooking #food01 Jun 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mna6ct2otk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mn7kskwn4s2tWhen I'm not interviewing authors, writing history, or planning parties for the AWCA, I'm doing development work for this truly outstanding playhouse in the place I will always call home. If you're in the midwest, make your way to the GhostLight for some amazing performances. https://www.moodyonthemarket.com/ghostlight-theatre-tackles-highly-charged-next-to-normal-opening-june-11/?utm_source=dlvr.it&fbclid=IwY2xjawSKE6pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeRsateC_ZFJBU9Fk_zY-DItz50axHBb9Jsts3mKinGn25chA2TYxAXIcoIaY_aem_gjSzjhym29dyqsA3XLEVdw01 Jun 2026 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7kskwn4s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mmvnrdnpnk2u@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social just reissued an old favorite. Check out my interview with the lovely Tim McCall about @uchicagopress.bsky.social Making the #Renaissance Man: #Masculinity in the Court of Renaissance #Italy. #skystorians #EarlyModern #BookSky 📚💙 https://newbooksnetwork.com/making-the-renaissance-man28 May 2026 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmvnrdnpnk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mmsz75nvx22q#AndreHazes blasting from this worksite this morning. ❌❌❌ #Amsterdam27 May 2026 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmsz75nvx22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mmqfj5wztk2qI will not. #BookSky #graphicnovel26 May 2026 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmqfj5wztk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mmdwxhrurc2mGeen idee. Just one mannequin leg. #Amsterdam21 May 2026 07:55 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmdwxhrurc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mmbogkftx22kCheck it out! My @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with Denise Davidson @cornellupress.bsky.social Surviving #Revolution: #Bourgeois Lives and Letters. #skystorians #EarlyModern #HistFrance #BookSky 📚💙 https://newbooksnetwork.com/surviving-revolution20 May 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbogkftx22khttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mm7zn35drc24One of my former students just got into Edinburgh for her PhD in counseling psych. I’m so proud of her! I forgot how good this feels!19 May 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7zn35drc24https://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mm7nko3hhc2fGuys, this is where my bike is supposed to go. #Amsterdam19 May 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7nko3hhc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mm5rskyndc2jSummer bowl season has begun. First #CSA #cooking18 May 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5rskyndc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/janalena.bsky.social/post/3mm2a67k4l22uThese people do love a good English-language pun. #Amsterdam #Dutch17 May 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:ig62ehdbqu73rsack2lnrwau/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2a67k4l22u