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@JulieScelfo

Author, The Women Who Made New York. Former NYTimes. Lover of farmers' markets, African drums, and long lunches with carbonation. I heart people. And Okoye.

New York City
Joined April 2009

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    3 Mar 2018

    Agree . Trump is trying to undo all the progress achieved by Perkins, Baker, Roosevelt, Chisholm, Sanger, Anthony, et al. But we all know: there’s no chance U.S. women will allow that to happen. cc

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  2. Retweeted

    A great scholar and woman: The says farewell to the historian Rosalyn Terborg-Penn - champion of the black suffragist movement.

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  3. Jan 4

    So many useful lessons , can draw from how childbirth is handled in Sweden. Tops: good communication is critical. — Where Doulas Calm Nerves and Bridge Cultures During Childbirth

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  4. Jan 4
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  5. Jan 4

    What Twitter is good for: enjoy these art & poetry posts from at :

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  6. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    I wore all-white today to honor the women who paved the path before me, and for all the women yet to come. From suffragettes to Shirley Chisholm, I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the mothers of the movement. ⬇️

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  7. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    Ten years ago I was part of an attempt to get R. Kelly’s music off the radio during his trial for child pornography. We were ridiculed and laughed at. Happy to see expose his long record of abuse and the ways we’ve been complicit in it.

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  8. Jan 2

    Want to make America better for all of us? Check out and share your pricing info too. Hospitals To List Prices Under New Law | via

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  9. Jan 2

    Live near Houston and know someone with a maroon truck like this? Send all tips to ASAP. The driver murdered a 7 year old child. One of our children.

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  10. Jan 2

    If you are white and you want to make America great, you can start by examining the beliefs, speech and practices that can lead to such immoral and inhuman behavior. Hate =

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  11. Jan 1

    Here’s to women seizing power in 2019, because....it’s about damn time.

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  12. 30 Dec 2018
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  13. 29 Dec 2018
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  14. Retweeted
    28 Dec 2018

    "The small Jewish woman who turned her basement into a well-stocked bunker filled with enough bags of flour and boxes of Rice Krispies to withstand the next catastrophe emerged as our superhero." 's lovely tribute to his grandmother:

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  15. 25 Dec 2018
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  16. Retweeted
    25 Dec 2018
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    The White House doesn’t handle these procurements, the government is still in the midst of the Trump Shutdown, the procurement officials were not working on Christmas Eve, and Congress didn’t approve the funding. So this tweet is either a lie or an admission to violations of law.

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    Powerfully written piece by my friend, colleague, and combat veteran on the need to take on gun violence. “We need to honor the victims not just with moments of silence, but also with action”

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  18. 23 Dec 2018
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  19. 22 Dec 2018

    Props to for her list of “holiday bummers” on (my favorite game show): 1. Being alone. 2. Being with family.

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  20. 22 Dec 2018

    Is everyone listening to ?? I sure as heck hope so.

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  21. 22 Dec 2018
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