Rosenstrasse
This episode of history in Nazi Germany is a great example of just of effective a protest coming from people with privilege actually is. It also challenges the idea that…
Maria Anna Mozart Was a Musical Prodigy Like Her Brother Wolfgang, So Why Did She Get Erased from History?
Before Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began writing his first compositions, his older sister Maria Anna Mozart, nicknamed Nannerl, had already proven herself a prodigy. The two toured Europe together as children—she…
Half Measures
No it’s not for complicated reasons that the US doesn’t use the metric system. It’s dumb reasons. Very dumb.
Bela and Boris Episode 1: Where the Monsters Came From
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff were two middle-aged, foreign, struggling actors who became huge stars thanks to Dracula and Frankenstein
Hollywood’s Other ‘Open Secret’ Besides Harvey Weinstein: Preying on Young Boys
‘This is a place where adults have more direct and inappropriate connection with children than probably anywhere else in the world,’ claimed former child actor Corey Feldman.
Allusionist 65. Eponyms III: Who’s That Guy?
So It turns out calling a person guy or saying “you guys” comes from Guy Fawkes.
Cara Delevingne’s Allegations About Harvey Weinstein Feel Awfully Familiar
Queer women like me have gotten this same message over and over: It’s wrong for you to be queer, unless you’re putting on a show for the pleasure of men.
Vintage Posters for Libraries and Reading
After a look at those vintage ads for iconic books, how about some vintage ads and posters for all books? Delightfully colorful and brimming with endearingly bad copywriting, these mid-century…
How Top NBC Executives Quashed The Bombshell Harvey Weinstein Story
Reporter Ronan Farrow ultimately took the piece to The New Yorker after facing months of opposition at his home network.