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Ilise S. Carter, The Lady Aye

@theladyaye

I'm a historian & journalist specializing in women's experience in America. Books on the history of lipstick & a forthcoming look at spiritualism. Oh, and also I'm the flame proof, pain-proof Sweetheart of the Sideshow. She/Her www.lipstickbook.com

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Remember that thing we did during the pandemic, where we applauded at 5 o'clock every day? Let's do the opposite for iICE, just run to the window and boo and cuss. Protest and primal scream...and also actual protests, but I think this will be cathartic...

10.01.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Live tonight with @ahhsweetdeath on Instagram at 7pm eastern. Goth talk!

AMA!

#bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #authorlife #authortalk #death #spooky #gothgirl #gothstyle #history #ama

29.12.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@bschillace.brandyschillace.com, today's thread features your podcast convo with @theladyaye.bsky.social. Can you share to get all this great work to your followers? Thanks!

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21.12.2025 21:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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12.12.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81

24.11.2025 11:48 πŸ‘ 1564 πŸ” 747 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 280
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New England friends, see you tomorrow Book Around in Pawtucket , RI! Last stop on this leg of things.

Come out and say hi!

#bookstagram #rhodeisland #nonfiction #booksbooksbooks

22.11.2025 17:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This weekend is my last tour stop for a moment, but I'll still be popping up online and locally in NYC. Want to interview me for your outlet or get me to your town to talk ghosts and feminism? DM me. Also, my books make lovely holiday gifts! πŸ’„πŸ‘»

#booksbooksbooks #nonfiction #spooky #gothgirl

18.11.2025 16:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:

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#BookReview: When We Spoke to the Dead: How Ghosts Gave American Women Their Voice by @theladyaye.bsky.social ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #TBR #spiritualism #seance
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17.11.2025 20:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks β€” a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.

β€œShort bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], β€˜you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”

17.11.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 4947 πŸ” 2458 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 115

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.

Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.

Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.

13.11.2025 13:31 πŸ‘ 6561 πŸ” 2264 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 219

It is

13.11.2025 14:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My good friend @theladyaye.bsky.social, fire eater, sword swallower, author extraordinaire, flew in from New York to promote her new book. I told her I would drive her to book signings. Little did I know… #tailsofjoy..

11.11.2025 02:36 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Poe's Magic Theatre | When We Spoke to the Dead: Spirits, Suffrage, and Stagecraft

Baltimore! Charm City! Hairdo capitol of the world! All killer/no filler show this weekend with @atomicbooks.bsky.social and @poesmagic.bsky.social

Check it out: www.poesmagic.com/shows/334281

#baltimore #burlesque #sideshow #magic #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #gothstyle #nonfiction

13.11.2025 03:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Keep the Halloween spirit going! #spookyseason #nonfiction #halloween

31.10.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks @swampfoxbookstore.bsky.social & awesome @theladyaye.bsky.social for a GREAT discussion of ghost lore & Spiritualism's vital connection to women's rights! Sending signed bookplates to the store today, they have copies available! Local independent bookstores are such a vital part of community!

28.10.2025 17:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nonfiction History Authors: Leanna Renee Hieber and Ilise S. Carter | Swamp Fox Bookstore An independent bookstore in Marion, Iowa

Dears! Book tour for AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION continues apace! Thanks for continued support! Online tonight! Joining @theladyaye.bsky.social at @swampfoxbookstore.bsky.social to discuss ghosts, spiritualism & spooky things! swampfoxbookstore.com/events/32664...

27.10.2025 15:12 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Hello, PA! I'm at @thegrundymuseum next Friday with my sideshow slideshow and talk on spiritualism.

#bookstagram #books #halloween #spookyseason #spiritualism #nonfiction #americanhistory #gothgirl

18.10.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Talking ghosts tonight on Long Island. www.instagram.com/p/DPr6DUMiSr...

14.10.2025 15:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

However weird you think it is...double that. ;-)

08.10.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My next book is on diet culture in America and *boy howdy* are we weird about it.

08.10.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Pam Bondi seem cunt-y and not in the good way.

07.10.2025 14:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Same!

06.10.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This week's #book appearances. #nonfiction #spookyseason #gothgirl #americanhistory

06.10.2025 15:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter in a room . ALT: kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter in a room .

Likewise...

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I hear you. About to rip up a proposal and glue it back together again.

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Thanks!

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Sneak peek of tomorrow's very scholarly, very serious online talk on #Spiritualism with @morbidanatomy.

Also, shout out to the scholarship of @sexworkerstyle, who inadvertently inspired it.

#nonfiction #bookstagram #spookyseason #gothstyle #gothgirl #booksbooksbooks #americanhistory #readingtime

28.09.2025 14:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Get yours now!

And do your girl a favor...Leave a review (a good one is nice, but I'm not the boss of you.) Post pix. Tell your friends and neighbors...XOXOπŸ‘»πŸ‘»πŸ‘»

#booksbooksbooks #bookworm #bookstagram #gothgirl #spooky #spookyseason #nonfiction #americanhistory #reading

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