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Janis Joplin, the Mistaken Icon of the Counterculture

The counterculture dictum to “turn on, tune in, drop out” did not quite capture Janis’s philosophy to “get it while you can.”
by Shalon Van Tine via Tropics of Meta on March 15, 2020

Gossip, Sex, and Redcoats: On the Build-Up to the Boston Massacre

Don't let anyone tell you revolutionary history is boring.
by Serena Zabin via Literary Hub on February 20, 2020

George Washington Saw a Future for America: Mules

A newly minted celebrity to the world, the future president used his position to procure his preferred beast of burden from the king of Spain.
by Alexis Coe via Smithsonian on February 12, 2020
Public art featuring silhouettes of enslaved people.

What Do We Want History to Do to Us?

Zadie Smith on Kara Walker, blackness and public art.
by Zadie Smith via New York Review of Books on February 6, 2020
Demonstrators outside the Supreme Court holding signs for and against abortion rights.
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What Antiabortion Advocates Get Wrong About the Women Who Secured the Right to Vote

The most famous suffragists largely weren't anti-abortion and wanted women to have more control over their bodies.
by Reva B. Siegel, Stacie Taranto via Made By History on January 22, 2020
Left: Place de la Concorde. Number 6 in the series Curiosités Parisiennes, early 20th century. Postcard; offset lithography. Courtesy Leonard A. Lauder. Right: Monolite Mussolini Dux, via Wikimedia Commons

The 20th-Century Obelisk, From Imperialist Icon to Phallic Symbol

Amid all the imperial aspiration, wooly-minded New Age mythologizing, and pure unadulterated commerce, the obelisk stands tall.
by Anthony Grafton, Brian A. Curran, Pamela O. Long, Benjamin Weiss via The MIT Press Reader on December 16, 2019
Enslaved men in chains, from the cover of "Williams' Gang" by Jeff Forret.
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The History of Black Incarceration Is Longer Than You May Think

Enslaved woman Charlotte thought she was "free" from the slaveowner. She was wrong.
by Jeff Forret via HNN on November 24, 2019
Rush Limbaugh.

From Entertainment to Outrage: On the Rise of Rush Limbaugh and Conservative Talk Radio

How the alienated margins arrived at the center of American politics.
by Brian Rosenwald via Literary Hub on November 5, 2019

Managing Our Darkest Hatreds And Fears: Witchcraft From The Middle Ages To Brett Kavanaugh

America has a history of dealing with witches - and it has culminated in a modern movement of politically active ones.
by Diane Purkiss via Athenaeum Review on October 14, 2019

Selling Slashers to Teen Girls

The heroines of 1970s and 80s teen horror movies were traditionally feminine, tough, and sexually confident.
by Livia Gershon, Richard Nowell via JSTOR Daily on September 25, 2019
Margaret Mead in front of a bookshelf, with a book in hand

How Cultural Anthropologists Redefined Humanity

A brave band of scholars set out to save us from racism and sexism. What happened?
by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on August 29, 2019
Portrait of Anne Lister

The 19th Century Lesbian Made for 21st Century Consumption

Jeanna Kadlec considers Anne Lister, the center figure of HBO’s Gentleman Jack, and the influence of other preceding queer women.
by Jeanne Kadlec via Longreads on June 6, 2019
North Street, Boston, in 1894.

The Universal Cause

A history of reformers targeting sex trafficking in pursuit of other aims.
by Hallie Lieberman via Lapham’s Quarterly on May 6, 2019
Donald Trump, holding microphones, surrounded by shock jocks

The Trigger Presidency

How shock jock comedy gave way to Donald Trump’s Republican Party.
by Ben Schwartz via The New Republic on April 24, 2019

Religious Cult, Force for Civil Rights, or Both?

Examining the life of Father Divine, the black preacher who called for the destruction of racial separation and claimed to be God.
by Adam Morris via Literary Hub on March 28, 2019
Cover of John Krakauer's book "Under the Banner of Heaven," featuring the Utah landscape.

Abusing Religion: Polygyny, Mormonisms, and Under the Banner of Heaven

How stories of abuse in minority religious communities have influenced American culture.
by Megan Goodwin via The Revealer on February 20, 2019
Aerial view of Saint Helena Island.

“A Hot Dinner and a Bloody Supper”: St. Helena's Christmas Rebellions of 1783 and 1811

On this tiny British outpost, conditions of isolation and alcholism mixed with the era's revolutionary fervor to inspire a number of revolts.
by Felix Schürmann via Age of Revolutions on December 17, 2018

How Horror Changed After WWI

The war created a new world, an alternate reality distinct from what most people before 1914 expected their lives to be.
by W. Scott Poole via Literary Hub on October 31, 2018

Where to Score: Classified Ads from Haight-Ashbury

From 1966-1969, the underground newspaper 'San Francisco Oracle' became exceedingly popular among counterculture communities.
by Jason Fulford, Jordan Stein via The Paris Review on March 14, 2018

The Impossibility of Knowing Mark Twain

Even Twain's own autobiography cannot reveal the whole truth of the literary legend.
by Gary Scharnhorst via The Paris Review on January 9, 2018
Armed soldiers and Black men standing outside a cafe.

Sex, Swimming and Chicago's Racial Divide

Even as a child, Eugene Williams was not safe from the harm caused by the ways of northern racism.
by Betsy Schlabach via Black Perspectives on October 3, 2017

The Secret Gay Business Network of Midcentury America

In the 1940s and 50s, a life of business travel represented a sense of freedom for gay men that would have been impossible in earlier decades.
by Livia Gershon, Nicholas L. Syrett via JSTOR Daily on June 21, 2017
Two bullets in a bullet case.

Why We Can (Partially) Thank the Military for American Gay Identity

How anti-homosexual policies throughout military history helped shape gay culture today.
by Carson Leigh Brown, Ross Benes via Pacific Standard on April 24, 2017

Prayers for Richard

Reflections on the life of Little Richard, the star who mistook a satellite for a ball of fire.
by David Ramsey via Oxford American on December 11, 2015
Political cartoon depicting children recoiling from Catholic bishops crawling onto the beach with their robes and hats making them look like crocodiles.

When America Hated Catholics

In the late 19th century, statesmen feared that Catholics were something less than civilized (and less than white).
by Joshua Zeitz via Politico Magazine on September 23, 2015
Painting of Hannah.

Hannah, Andrew Jackson’s Slave

A favorite of Old Hickory, she made him seem kinder than he was. Why?
by Mark R. Cheathem via Humanities on March 10, 2014
Couple kissing
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Love Me Did: A History of Courtship

Cuddle up with your sweetie for stories about three centuries of pre-marital intimacy, from Puritan "bundling" to the back-seat of the parents' Buick.
via BackStory on February 8, 2013
Leyendecker’s distinct cross-hatch style is seen in this 1911 painting for Cluett Dress shirts, featuring a particularly intimate gaze between two gentlemen.

Before Rockwell, a Gay Artist Defined the Perfect American Male

Alfredo Villanueva-Collado on his J.C. Leyendecker collection and the fascinating story behind this oft-neglected male image maker.
by Hunter Oatman-Stanford, Alfredo Villanueva-Collado via Collectors Weekly on August 28, 2012
Chart describing links between writers, painters, muses, and more in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Friends, Lovers, and Family

The interconnected circles of writers, painters, muses, and more.
via Lapham’s Quarterly on April 1, 2010
Joe Biden as a new Senator, sitting next to framed photographs of his family

Death and the All-American Boy

Joe Biden was a lot more careful around the press after this 1974 profile.
by Kitty Kelley via Washingtonian on June 1, 1974
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