Are witches the ultimate feminists?
Sollee’s book positions itself as a whirlwind history of the witch in America and her shared history with sexually liberated women and radical liberationary politics. It’s a bite-sized grimoire than…
Private Mohammed Kahn: Civil War Soldier
It is rare to find records of Muslim Civil War soldiers in our holdings. So far, Jesse has only encountered two pensions, and historians know of only about 250 Muslim…
Why solving ‘hidden’ suburban poverty is trickier than helping cities
Suburbs weren’t created to be inclusive places
Underwater Cloud: Inside the Cables Carrying 99% of Transoceanic Data Traffic – 99% Invisible
Local wireless internet helps promote the feeling that data moves through thin air, but in reality: the vast majority of international data transfers are made possible by underwater cables. These…
Audiobook Anxiety and What Constitutes ‘Real’ Reading
Our cultural anxiety about audiobooks may have deeper roots in media and educational history, dating as far back as the beginning of the Enlightenment period, when the West made a…
What, Prithee, Is a Poetess?
…Although studies reliably find that women read more than men, when a book is written for and consumed by women, or made popular by women, it is seen again as…
Designing in CMYK vs RGB
When creating new designs and illustrations, the first step is to determine what colorspace you will need to use. If you are creating graphics solely to be displayed on a…
What Really Happens After Societal Collapse
This idea of what actually happens when things collapse is why studying the plague, the bronze age collapse, and the reformation have been giving me surprising solace. {read}
Reminder: Amazon Treats Its Employees Like Shit
Amazon is getting a lot of good press today for a smart marketing move it pulled: offering a “thank you” discount code to its customers based on some stupid corporate…
Zelda in Pet Sematary (1989) Revives Images of Family Repression
In Robin Wood’s renowned essay “The American Nightmare” he discusses the family as being the site of repression. His essay primarily focuses on how families limit expression of anything other…