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Sunday, June 17, 2018
Before Loving v. Virginia, another interracial couple fought in court for their marriage - The Washington Post
Before Loving v. Virginia, another interracial couple fought in court for their marriage - The Washington Post:
Eighty-four years before Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter traveled from their home in Virginia to wed in Washington, there was another interracial couple who made the same trip for the sake of love.
On Nov. 4, 1874, the day interracial marriages became legal in the nation’s capital, Andrew Kinney, a black man, and Mahala Miller, a white woman, left their home in Augusta County, Va., where they lived with their two sons, traveled to the District and married.
Eighty-four years before Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter traveled from their home in Virginia to wed in Washington, there was another interracial couple who made the same trip for the sake of love.
On Nov. 4, 1874, the day interracial marriages became legal in the nation’s capital, Andrew Kinney, a black man, and Mahala Miller, a white woman, left their home in Augusta County, Va., where they lived with their two sons, traveled to the District and married.
Sunday, June 10, 2018
Klallam dictionary opens window into tribal heritage | The Seattle Times
Klallam dictionary opens window into tribal heritage | The Seattle Times:
It weighs in at nearly six pounds, fills more than 1,000 pages, and represents the work of many hands and hearts.
The Klallam people’s first dictionary for what was always an unwritten language was built syllable-by-syllable, from tapes and spoken words transcribed into a phonetic alphabet.
It weighs in at nearly six pounds, fills more than 1,000 pages, and represents the work of many hands and hearts.
The Klallam people’s first dictionary for what was always an unwritten language was built syllable-by-syllable, from tapes and spoken words transcribed into a phonetic alphabet.
Thursday, June 7, 2018
On this spot: Two history buffs debunk the story of a famous Civil War photo - The Washington Post
On this spot: Two history buffs debunk the story of a famous Civil War photo - The Washington Post:
A few years ago, Paul Bolcik and Erik Davis stood on East Patrick Street in Frederick, Md., looking at a Civil War historical marker. On the plaque was one of the most famous images from that conflict: the only known candid photograph of Confederate soldiers on the march.
Reproduced in countless books, it shows nearly 100 men, most with rifles resting on their right shoulders, a few looking toward the camera, their faces inscrutable.
And to think it was taken on that very street in 1862!
Except, it wasn’t.
A few years ago, Paul Bolcik and Erik Davis stood on East Patrick Street in Frederick, Md., looking at a Civil War historical marker. On the plaque was one of the most famous images from that conflict: the only known candid photograph of Confederate soldiers on the march.
Reproduced in countless books, it shows nearly 100 men, most with rifles resting on their right shoulders, a few looking toward the camera, their faces inscrutable.
And to think it was taken on that very street in 1862!
Except, it wasn’t.
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
The Deadly Incel Movement’s Absurd Pop Culture Roots
The Deadly Incel Movement’s Absurd Pop Culture Roots:
“Is it unpredictable that someone who buys into this kind of thinking — about how women owe men sex, about how women are worthless except for their ability to provide sex, about how force and cruelty can get you sex because women are ‘depraved’…actually just killed people?” I wrote in a 2009 blog post responding to the Sodini shooting. “No. No, it’s not.”
This is to say nothing of the role that toxic masculinity plays in mass violence generally — the history of domestic violence that is common among mass shooters, or the countless shootings that begin as crimes of domestic violence. If we’ve failed to take incels’ violence seriously, that is in part because we’ve failed to recognize this broader connection between misogyny and mass killing.
“Is it unpredictable that someone who buys into this kind of thinking — about how women owe men sex, about how women are worthless except for their ability to provide sex, about how force and cruelty can get you sex because women are ‘depraved’…actually just killed people?” I wrote in a 2009 blog post responding to the Sodini shooting. “No. No, it’s not.”
This is to say nothing of the role that toxic masculinity plays in mass violence generally — the history of domestic violence that is common among mass shooters, or the countless shootings that begin as crimes of domestic violence. If we’ve failed to take incels’ violence seriously, that is in part because we’ve failed to recognize this broader connection between misogyny and mass killing.
Saturday, June 2, 2018
What's Fair In Love And War
What's Fair In Love And War: What's Fair In Love And War
Please note: This article is from 1993, it is not current and I'm posting it for information only.
This brings us to the fundamental truth about the military's policies toward homosexuals. The point is not to eject all gays, but to allow the military to say it does not accept homosexuals. This preserves its image as the upholder of traditional notions of masculinity, the one institution in the nation that claims to take boys and turn them into men.
Please note: This article is from 1993, it is not current and I'm posting it for information only.
This brings us to the fundamental truth about the military's policies toward homosexuals. The point is not to eject all gays, but to allow the military to say it does not accept homosexuals. This preserves its image as the upholder of traditional notions of masculinity, the one institution in the nation that claims to take boys and turn them into men.
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Boulder-Size Clues to How Humans Settled the Americas - The New York Times
Boulder-Size Clues to How Humans Settled the Americas - The New York Times:
Scientists have debated the two theories, and in recent years support for the coastal route has grown from archaeological finds, such as 13,000-year-old footprints on an island in British Columbia. Now, geologists studying boulders and bedrock on Alaska’s southeastern islands have found evidence of an ice-free route some 17,000 years ago down the coast that would have allowed human travel.
“We’re not definitively saying they took the coastal route,” said Alia Lesnek, a graduate student at the University at Buffalo and lead author of the study. “We have some of the first direct evidence that that was something that could be done.”
Scientists have debated the two theories, and in recent years support for the coastal route has grown from archaeological finds, such as 13,000-year-old footprints on an island in British Columbia. Now, geologists studying boulders and bedrock on Alaska’s southeastern islands have found evidence of an ice-free route some 17,000 years ago down the coast that would have allowed human travel.
“We’re not definitively saying they took the coastal route,” said Alia Lesnek, a graduate student at the University at Buffalo and lead author of the study. “We have some of the first direct evidence that that was something that could be done.”
Monday, May 14, 2018
Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lay was disowned for condemning slave owners - The Washington Post
Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lay was disowned for condemning slave owners - The Washington Post:
“He actually suggested that we reconsider Benjamin Lay’s membership,” said Loretta Fox, the Abington Meeting’s administrator. “Maybe we could right the wrong done to him.”
But first, they had to come to terms with Lay. Some had misgivings. Was Lay the eccentric “little man” with a “diseased” intellect, as some historians portrayed him? Or was he the revolutionary anti-slavery hero portrayed by Rediker?
“He actually suggested that we reconsider Benjamin Lay’s membership,” said Loretta Fox, the Abington Meeting’s administrator. “Maybe we could right the wrong done to him.”
But first, they had to come to terms with Lay. Some had misgivings. Was Lay the eccentric “little man” with a “diseased” intellect, as some historians portrayed him? Or was he the revolutionary anti-slavery hero portrayed by Rediker?
Monday, March 26, 2018
Hoecakes recipe and history: how the Southern cornbread got its name.
Hoecakes recipe and history: how the Southern cornbread got its name.:
According to a popular story, hoecakes got their name from the slave practice of cooking them on field hoes. If you've ever made hoecakes, this sounds like a near impossible task, and the appeal of this origin story is surely its evocation of the industriousness, fortitude, and resilience that defines much early American cooking, particularly African-American cooking. But the story’s power as a metaphor is stronger than its case as historical fact. As Rod Cofield, author of the paper “How the Hoe Cake (Most Likely) Got its Name,” explained to me, hoe was a colloquial term for griddle dating back to at least the 1600s in parts of England, where baking cakes on boards or griddles was commonplace.
Hoecakes recipe and history: how the Southern cornbread got its name.
Hoecakes recipe and history: how the Southern cornbread got its name.:
According to a popular story, hoecakes got their name from the slave practice of cooking them on field hoes. If you've ever made hoecakes, this sounds like a near impossible task, and the appeal of this origin story is surely its evocation of the industriousness, fortitude, and resilience that defines much early American cooking, particularly African-American cooking. But the story’s power as a metaphor is stronger than its case as historical fact. As Rod Cofield, author of the paper “How the Hoe Cake (Most Likely) Got its Name,” explained to me, hoe was a colloquial term for griddle dating back to at least the 1600s in parts of England, where baking cakes on boards or griddles was commonplace.
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