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mainbocher 1949 in the dress: 100 ideas that changed fashion forever - marnie fogg (2014)

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Thinkin about that one whaler who complained about his shipmates in his journal being like ‘no one on this ship reads educational books, no one reads the bible, everyone only wants pencils so they can draw ships and obscene pictures’ and I’m just like…..where are they….where are the dirty drawings this fellow was complaining about…I wanna see some 19th century whaler’s amateur pornographic scribbles so bad WHERE ARE THEY?

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TIL a family in Georgia claimed to have passed down a song in an unknown language from the time of their enslavement; scientists identified the song as a genuine West African funeral song in the Mende language that had survived multiple transmissions from mother to daughter over multiple centuries (x)

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Sorry I didn’t hear you I was busy thinking about the fact that the amount of information humanity has collectively lost is probably greater than the amount we now collectively posses.

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can anyone find me that mesopotamian clay tablet telling you to marry a party girl because she'll bring you joy

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Oakland Tribune, California, August 20, 1939

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@dadoorman @battleofbunkerhill @themusingsofadah

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Now THIS is art. 😍

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Maternity or Laying-in Dress, 1888

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calling what is happening to trans people in the south an attempt at genocide: correct and ok. it's going to get worse if we don't fight back now

comparing it to the holocaust: not ok and also i'm fucking blocking you.

no genocide is the same. not every genocide mirrors the holocaust. using the deaths of jews, lgbt people, disabled people, and poc during the holocaust as your "gotcha" card every time our rights are in danger today proves you know nothing about the history you're talking about.

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Hamlet’s Vision, 1893, Pedro Américo (Brazilian, 1843-1905)

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Dasha the bear cub flies to Prague. Photo by Vladimir Medvedev, 1987.

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The Grape-Vine Swing, 1895

unknown photographer

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I keep thinking about that one post that was going around talking about the potential origins of cheese and everyone immediately jumps to it must've been rotten milk that they ate out of desperation. But I'd like to posit that the first cheese was probably someone adding an acid to warmed milk and realising it splits it. Like it's not that big a stretch of the imagination for someone to think "oh I like warm milk but I also like this acidic fruit, I wonder if I can mix them". From there a little experimentation on separating the new curd from the whey and you've got a simple fresh cheese.

I dunno I think the reason I wanted to make this post is just that we tend to desscribe a lot of discoveries around food as desperate acts of starvation and not genuinely thought out experimentations based on observations like every other form of human knowledge. Ancient people weren't stupid starving unwashed masses and it's important to remember that. They were people who could think and deduce and logic their way through things as good as you or I.

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Denim Jacket

c.1850

United States

​This jacket would have been worn over a woman’s work dress or blouse, most likely while she labored outdoors. Its construction mimics the fashionable hourglass silhouette of the period, with tucks that cinch at the wrists and natural waistline. Denim is typically thought of as a menswear textile, but it was also common in women’s workwear during the 19th century.

Museum at FIT (Object number: P87.43.3)

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“Bee Nott Afrayed  Of Anny Man Thatt Walks Beneath The Skys Tho Big He Bee Or Small You Bee For I Will Equalize”

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#ColonialLesbians