Diner Forty Niner
...he himself struggled with a "lame back." S and fleas c ompounded the discomfort. These noxious insects, which "filled the air like dust," bit prospectors as they toiled, leaving uncomfortable...
Sewing Dissent
...as this behavior was, it was wholly consistent with respect for individual rights. Every bit as much citizens of the young republic as their parents, American children found themselves free...
Beauty Blogosphere 9.21.12
...whether the company inappropriately contacted analysts during the bribery investigation, so the heat is still very much on Avon—not that that matters to the financial world, which saw a 2%...
1983 - 1962
...world a bit while finishing this up, I'll share excerpts for those interested. For those not, sorry - things more likely to inspire John Mayer trolls will return shortly, as...
A Very Brief History of Viking Victuals
...Rhode Island matriarch’s stained glass window depicting the Viking fleet that discovered America found itself surpassed only by a statue, commissioned by another great New England lady, of Lief Erickson,...
The Well-Heeled Life: Shoes, Ability, and Fear [Guest Post]
...thing we can’t have, the thing we can’t do, is possible; we crave a bit of magic. I am and was no different. Growing up as a black disabled woman...
"life that could fit in a spreadsheet"
...or less explicitly. For example, "double think,” which in 1984 seems a bit far-fetched, but when he used specific political examples it didn't seem far-fetched at all. What do you...
Coming to My Senses
...and an Unlikely Bride by Alyssa Harad. Reprinted by arrangement with Viking, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company. Copyright © Alyssa Harad, 2012....
Vinyl re-enchantment
...its completion. It keeps me flipping through crates, looking for a lottery-like payout. Record stores are a bit like thrift stores in that they produce a sense of rarity and...
Occupy A Bank
...the internet in mind. McKenzie Wark has written about the effective occupation of internet territory and the media. The occupation is building bit by bit, spreading to cities from Boston...
Just the Facts
...the scientific objectivity of the technocrat might finally resolve political disagreement or at least convey some bit of truth to those reasonable enough to listen. But stubborn ideological opponents can...
Bend It Like Benglis
...editors’ personal sensibilities but also of the larger (and conveniently undefined) “aims of [the women’s] movement.” Another grievance: As art writers and editors, these five felt professionally compromised by their...
The Nuclear National Family
The Fukushima disaster exposed fissures in Japanese society that its familial politics tries to paper over
Days Spent Doing Too Much of Fucking Nothing
...documents the major events of each day: the triumphs of waking up early, often before dawn, for the coveted packets of sugar that come with breakfast, and a bit later...
Miyoko Hikiji, Soldier, Author, and Model, Iowa
...make sure it actually looks like she is. All I Could Be: My Story as a Woman Warrior in Iraq, Miyoko Hikiji, History Publishing Company, 2013; available in Barnes &...
The Journalist and the Suicide
...of daily veteran suicides in 1999 was 20. Since then, it has never come up shy of 17. If anything, the new numbers show improvement over 1999, when veteran suicides...