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You Know Karen

She's been having a moment — and that's not a good thing. Using baby name data, we found other names that are equally as “Karen” as Karen.
by Jan Diehm, Sara Stoudt, Amber Thomas via The Pudding on July 16, 2020

Stories in the Shine

"Moonshine" is now a big thing in the liquor biz. But it takes a visit to West Virginia to get a sense of the complex stories in every barrel.
by Mickie Meinhardt via The Bitter Southerner on June 30, 2020
Stan and Mardi Timm show off Johnson Smith novelties they’ve collected. Stan wears X-Ray Spex and holds a Tark Electric Razor. Mardi wears a sailor’s hat that says “Kiss Me Honey I Won’t Bite” and holds a Little Gem Lung Tester and Bust Developer.

Fun Delivered: World’s Foremost Experts on Whoopee Cushions and Silly Putty Tell All

The Timms provide the history behind their collection of 20th century mail-order novelty items.
by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on March 17, 2020
Sunrise view with a marsh waterfront.

Why My Students Don’t Call Themselves ‘Southern’ Writers

On reckoning with a fraught literary history.
by Katy Simpson Smith via Literary Hub on March 13, 2019

In Search of Arborglyphs

A look into Basque tree carvings in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
by Tim Hauserman via The Tahoe Weekly on June 13, 2018

The Music I Love Is a Racial Minefield

How I learned to fiddle my way through America's deeply troubling history.
by Michael Mechanic via Mother Jones on December 21, 2017
A young thomas edison poses next to a phonograph

How 19th Century Techno-Skeptics Ridiculed Thomas Edison

At his peak, newspapers loved to tease the inventor. They also feared him.
by Cara Giaimo via Atlas Obscura on February 28, 2017
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Nose Knows Best

Nasology was a 19th century pseudoscience which claimed to explain personality traits based on the shape of a person’s nose.
via BackStory on July 10, 2015

Sarah Vowell's The Wordy Shipmates: The Problem With Popularization

Making history more appealing to the public may come at a cost.
by Kathryn Lofton via Religion Dispatches on June 17, 2009

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