Erin Blakemore

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Covers: History, science, culture, health, women's issues, books

Doesn't Cover: Business

Unrepentant bookworm/journalist. History, culture, the unexpected. She/her The other place: erinblakemore.bsky.social Substack: SoYesterday.substack.com

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I write about history, science, culture, and the unexpected.

My reporting has appeared in outlets like The Washington Post, NPR, National Geographic, TIME, Smithsonian, and The Atlantic.

The Heroine’s Bookshelf (Harper), my debut, book, won a Colorado Book Award for nonfiction.

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'This is not a Miss America contest': Sexism in science, research is challenged

When a medical student posted a photo of herself in a bikini top and shorts, she sparked a movement—and set o…

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice, Dies at 87

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a groundbreaking attorney, a lifelong advocate for gender equality, and a civil servant …

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Scientists raid DNA to explore Vikings' genetic roots

In popular imagination, Vikings were robust, flaxen-haired Scandinavian warriors who plundered the coastlines…

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'Women's Rights are Human Rights,' 25 years on

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech at a UN conference propelled this idea into the mainstream after centuries of…

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How to make masks that everyone will want to wear

If the pandemic had a mascot, it might be a simple face mask. Nothing better encapsulates the COVID-19 era th…

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The Suffragists: 100 Women of the Year

100 years after women gained the right to vote in the United States, I helped TIME reimagine their "person of…

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Mapping how the U.S. forcibly took Indigenous lands

Jul 08, 2026 |

By Erin Blakemore

| Flipboard

Culture 5 hours ago This new Unreal Engine tool makes realistic oceans look ridiculously easy to create creativebloq.com - Ian Dean • 5h William Faucher’s new tool could change how artists create oceans.

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Mapping how the U.S. forcibly took Indigenous lands

Jul 08, 2026 |

By Erin Blakemore

| National Geographic

For the citizens of the newly established United States, the vast territory of North America (and the land of plenty it represented) seemed theirs for the taking. But these lands, some of the richest on Earth, had already been settled and stewarded for thousands of years by Indigenous peoples.

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Hrdinka Molly Pitcher je mýtus. Kdo byly ženy, kterým dělové koule trhaly spodničky?

Jul 07, 2026 |

By Erin Blakemore

| nationalgeographic.cz

V nejtěžších dnech americké revoluce následovaly ženy své muže do války. Nosily vodu, ošetřovaly rány, vařily a praly – a někdy se chopily i zbraně. V americkém folkloru se z těchto bezejmenných žen stala jediná postava: hrdinka přezdívaná „Molly Pitcher". Historici se dnes domnívají, že „Molly Pitcher" je historickým mýtem, smyšlenou lidovou postavou, která spojila válečné zkušenosti několika skutečných žen.

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Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Nellie Bly (not actually fictitious, but strange enough that she could be)

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

#manbraid

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter. It's pithy, quick and to the point.