Month: May 2024

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+ Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, doug wilson, drama, i am my own wife, identity, lgbtq+, russia, world war ii

Charlotte von Mahlsdorf and the Importance of History

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In March 2023, Tennessee governor Bill Lee signed the Tennessee Adult Entertainment Act, or the Tennessee drag ban, into law. The ban modifies section 2 of Tennessee Annotated Code § 7–51–1401 which governs the location and business hours of “adult-oriented establishments” and section 2 defines “Adult cabaret.” The drag ban defines an “Adult cabaret performance” as any performance not located in an “adult cabaret” that involves, among … Read More Charlotte von Mahlsdorf and the Importance of History

+ angela davis, lee atwater, myth, poverty

The Myth of Poverty

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Myths take on a life of their own, supplanting reality and facts within the psyche. Once a myth takes hold, it becomes difficult to eradicate it, and even once one eradicates the myth, the residue remains, spreading over the floor of our minds until we sweep out the final piece of dirt from our psyche. One of the most persistent myths that we tell … Read More The Myth of Poverty

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+ christianity, lillian e smith, persecution, religion, tim alberta

The Violence of Fear in Evangelical Christianity

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In “Are We Still Buying a New World with Old Confederate Bills,” Lillian Smith writes, “The Devil knows that if you want to destroy a man, all you need do is fill him with false hopes and false fears. These will blind him to his new direction and he will inevitably turn away from the future and destroy himself and those close to him.” … Read More The Violence of Fear in Evangelical Christianity

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+ abbott, Saladin Ahmed, Sami Kivelä

The Power of the Gutter in Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä’s “Abbott”

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One of the things I love about graphic narratives, as I’ve pointed out numerous times, is how they engage the reader in construction of the story, specifically through the use of the gutter, that space in between panels where the reader must fill in the gaps of movement from one moment to another. The gutter, as well, serves as a visual marker that severs … Read More The Power of the Gutter in Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä’s “Abbott”

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+ american history, angela davis, civil rights, history, montgomrey, pauli murray

Our Role in the Relay of “Cosmic Composition”

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Writing about how their time in Washington D.C. and at Howard University drew to a close in the early 1940s, Pauli Murray reflected on all the work they did, notably the 1943 sit-ins in the nation’s capital and how those sit-ins laid the foundations for the 1960s. Murray thinks about the tensions between their “urge toward kamikaze defiance of Jim Crow and the more … Read More Our Role in the Relay of “Cosmic Composition”

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