Dispatches From the Culture Wars – July 16, 2024
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Bang! Now what?
Bang! Now what?
Bang! Now what?
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Bridgerton’s Third Season Is More Diverse — and Even Shallower — Than Ever
Vox
Bridgerton’s third season is gauzier than ever. Should we still be holding it accountable?
Media Bits and Bytes – February 6, 2024
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From “Salt of the Earth” to “Barbie”
Media Bits and Bytes – January 9, 2024
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Warning: Reporting news can be deadly dangerous
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Apple TV+’s “The Buccaneers” Ruins Edith Wharton and Fails History
Autostraddle
This approach to period pieces does not only erase historical racism and homophobia. It also erases our joy. Accurate historical representation and less trauma in stories about marginalized people are not opposing goals.
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – November 7, 2023
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Rethinking Israel, Jewish identity and antisemitism
Who Lived at Machu Picchu? DNA Analysis Shows Surprising Diversity at the Ancient Inca Palace
The Conversation
International team of researchers has uncovered the incredible genetic diversity hidden within the ancient remains of those who once called Machu Picchu home.
Sunday Science: Wiping Out the Dinosaurs Let Countless Flowers Bloom
New York Times
While the extinction affected some flower species, most lineages survived and the catastrophe may have helped them become a dominant form of plant life.
Tidbits – July 13, 2023 – Reader Comments: Supreme Court: Return To Separate and UnEqual; Child Labor; Remembering Pat Fry; Museums That Remember Slavery; Culture Wars Against Education; Ending Climate and Nuclear Crises; Announcements; Cartoons
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Reader Comments: Supreme Court: Return to Separate and UnEqual; Child Labor; Remembering Pat Fry; Museums that Remember Slavery; Culture Wars Against Education Archive; Ending Climate and Nuclear Crises; lots of Announcements; Cartoons; more....
Tidbits – July 6, 2023 – Reader Comments: Supreme Court: Return to Confederacy and Privilege; Voting Does Matter; Readers Respond to Elbaum, Gallagher and Feffer; Cartoons; Resources; Announcements; More; …
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Reader Comments: Supreme Court: Return to Confederacy and Privilege; Voting Does Matter; Readers Respond to Elbaum, Gallagher and Feffer; Cartoons; Resources; Announcements; more; ....
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