Arthur D. Hlavaty

Scientifiction's fans, mostly boys of 16 to 20, are the jitterbugs of the pulp magazine field.

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:03:34 GMT

1939. Time views a new phenomenon.

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The Forgotten Founder

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:26:57 GMT

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Thanx to andrewducker

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The Southern Gentleman

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 15:32:40 GMT

Long ago when I was in high school, they told us that two of the greatest liberal presidents ever were Andrew Jackson the populist and Woodrow Wilson the internationalist. When I said this at a con panel a few years ago, I had to wait for laughter to subside before I got to Wilson. Now we may be catching up with Wilson too.

I’ve despised him for years for his dream of inflicting democracy on the entire world, which gave cover to our military interventionists in Vietnam and Iraq and continue to inspire the likes of Dr. Strangestache. I knew he undid the modest racial progress Roosevelt & Taft had made. But he was worse. [Talking Points]

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And the papers publish her face

Sun, 28 Jun 2020 09:35:39 GMT

The Lydia Pinkham story [Atlas Obscura]

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Pioneer

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:33:09 GMT

Remembering Christine Jorgensen [LGBTQ Nation]

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Signs along the Cynic Route

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:21:21 GMT

Watergate cost Nixon the White House because he was doing to the Democratic Party what he’d been doing to Black groups and peace groups. Trump is finally in trouble because he went after Serious Establishment Democrat Joe Biden.

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It used to be even worse

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 10:01:48 GMT

The Founder of America’s Earliest Lesbian Bar Was Deported for Obscenity [Atlas Obscura]

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A Righteous Gentile

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:43:08 GMT

Roddie Edmonds [The Times of Israel]

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Olden Times

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 09:41:10 GMT

When train wrecks were showbiz [Atlas Obscura]

Thanx to andrewducker

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Earlier history

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:00:42 GMT

Before Stonewall [The Nib]

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Worse than we remember

Sat, 01 Jun 2019 09:51:57 GMT

What a woman wasn’t allowed to do in the 1960s

Thanx to andrewducker

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For historical accuracy

Thu, 30 May 2019 20:22:59 GMT

Trans activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera to get New York monument. [PinkNews]

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Pioneer

Sun, 21 Apr 2019 10:32:45 GMT

Sylvia Rivera [Them]

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Black Women Whose Names Should Be Household Words: An Ongoing Series

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:49:30 GMT

Pauli Murray

Thanx to Body Impolitic

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Almost Forgotten

Sun, 28 Oct 2018 16:34:56 GMT

Olympe de Gouges [Twitter]

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We used to care about this sort of thing

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 10:37:33 GMT

Was Gary Hart Set Up? [Atlantic]

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History

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:17:18 GMT

When Sears was the good guys [Twitter]

ETA: When a company is destroyed by the vulture capitalists, as Sears now is, we should say it was romneyed

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It’s all our fault

Wed, 03 Oct 2018 23:06:09 GMT

Says here SF-Lovers was the first online social network. [Slate]

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Rivalry & Feud

Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:24:17 GMT

The Buckley-Vidal battle [Lapham’s Quarterly]

Thanx to Arts & Letters Daily

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How it happened

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 00:29:08 GMT

Satanic Panic [Threadreader]

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Our barbarous ancestors

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:35:59 GMT

Before Stonewall [Lawyers & Liquor]

Thanx to Metafilter

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It used to be even worse

Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:12:35 GMT

How department stores allowed women to appear in public

Thanx to Metafilter

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Before Trump

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:37:31 GMT

Presidential meltdowns. (They left out Truman’s threat to kick the music critic in the goolies.)

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“Compromise”

Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:34:22 GMT

Stephen Colbert replies to Putin’s stooge’s stooge

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Worse than Cultural Appropriation

Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:51:13 GMT

The War on Chinese Restaurants

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