It has been a little while since I posted something with a bit more meat to its bones, so here is a short essay on US politics - What is the impact of democratic overload in USA elections? It is paradoxical that in the country that is the world’s greatest advocate of democracy, turnout at … Continue reading What is the impact of democratic overload in USA elections? (Short essay)
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Meme of the Day
Thou art unfit for any place but Hell!
In my fit of Shakespearean awe, while I was doing a little digging into the world of Antony and Cleopatra this afternoon, I came across this webpage and I think it's fantastic. It's a Shakespearean insult generator - what more could you want on a Sunday evening? And who says historians can't have fun! http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html?
Cleopatra: Reality vs. Immortality
For her own person, It beggared all description: she did lie In her pavilion—cloth-of-gold, of tissue— O’erpicturing that Venus where we see The fancy outwork nature. On each side her Stood pretty dimpled boys, like smiling Cupids, With divers-colored fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool, And what … Continue reading Cleopatra: Reality vs. Immortality
The Modern Day Slave Ship
Might be a little behind on the times with this one, since it was an issue from mid-September 2014, however, I thought it was worth a little note. A Pennsylvania newspaper, the Lancaster New Era, ran a cartoon comparing the appalling conditions that African men and women were exposed to. The International Slavery Museum explains … Continue reading The Modern Day Slave Ship
99 Problems and 95 Theses
What do you get when you cross rapper Jay-Z with theologist Martin Luther??
For any Gotye fans out there…
You may appreciate these... If you are a fan of both Gotye and the French Revolution. Perhaps a specific request ha!
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
James Weldon Johnson's novel describing a young boy's discovery that he is black on his path to adulthood is truly moving. I have just begun reading this 100-page marvel and am already fascinated by the journey that this anonymous narrator will take. In a fascinating and unexpected turn for someone with no prior knowledge of … Continue reading The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
My anaconda don’t…
Look what I just found! Oh my God. Look at her wide childbearing hips. Look at her hips. Look at her hips.
Tudor Cosmo
Thought these were pretty funny so I thought I'd share them with you! Can you even imagine a Tudor Cosmo?
The Historian's Apprentice 