#History Of Tees

[ricklondoncartoons]

New Blog - History Of The Humble T-shirt. From Plain White To Colorful Graphics. What Your Tee Says About You By Rick London

T-shirts have an interesting history in America and around the world. From its humble beginnings as an undergarment in the late 19th century to becoming a fashion staple and a means of self-expression, the journey of the T-shirt is worth exploring. The T-shirt’s origins can be traced back to the United States Navy in the late 1800s. Sailors would cut their one-piece union suits into two separate…

[that-butch-archivist]

"lovers with cane" by Tee A. Corinne

source: The Wild Good: Lesbian Photographs & Writings on Love, edited by Beatrix Gates

[atticwifesam]

crowley said dean is lying to sam like sam is his wife and dean did not deny it .. crowley called brady sam's lover and sam did not deny it .. inch resting.

[tiana-martinez]

Makin fresh content today 🎥

[isawken]

in 1883 in the first recorded rodeo takes place in pecos, texas. in 2001 rob smets attends the PBR world finals in jeans and a sports jersey bearing sponsor logos. in 1568 the gelosi acting company coalesces in italy to perform the hot new style of live improv entertainment. in 1780 joseph grimaldi makes his stage debut at 2 years old at london’s famed drury lane. in the many, many years before any white person ever laid eyes on it, a man in what you’d now call northern arizona paints his body in black and white stripes and puts corn husks in his hair. in 1557 ivan the terrible is pallbearer to a man who walked naked in the streets of moscow. in 2017 the ringling bro’s circus announces its last show, 146 years after the titular brothers first formed it. all of these moments (and more!) have lived in my head rolling around like marbles for years now and im so happy to now have the proper method to infect your mind as well:

History of Fools is a hobby project of mine i've been working on for over a year now! part essay series, part half-assed podcast, part descent into madness, this little diddy is the culmination of years' worth of highly specific insanity. i have 4 half hour-ish essays/episodes out now reviewing the histories of:

Jesters! Commedia Dell'arte! Sacred Clowns and Holy Fools! and my personal favorite (seriously if you listen to or read any please choose this one) Rodeo Clowns!

I have more episodes planned to get into clowns proper, hoping to come out in 2024. but until then please take a read or a listen and let me know what you think!

CLICK HERE FOR FOOLS!

[unknownchoatic]

epic rap battles of history:

ADHD (Odysseus saying to follow the birds but then he was just watching birds fly and legitimately forgot about going back to Ithaca)

vs

Autism (Eurylochus hating on Odysseus and questioning his every move because he doesn’t have all the information and Odysseus constantly getting them off course makes him want to start crying)

[grants-blue-eyed-stare]

Accidentally released 10% of my power today because I was in a history guessing game and the first clue out of 5 was "this was the Amelia Earhart moment of the end of the Age of Discovery"

guess what the answer was

The answer was the Franklin Expedition...I was the only one out of 20 people who got it right tee hee

There was another one where I was a little too powerful. The first clue was that the historical figure was 5'4, guessed James Madison (not James Madison but he was 5'4). The second clue was that he was put into a barrel of brandy and that was a dead (haha get it) giveaway. The answer was Admiral Nelson.

I also got one on the first try and it was Commodore Perry.

There is a theme here...

[humnooshop]

It's the Black Death European tour of 1347-1351!

The relaxed fit t-shirt and other products with this design are available on my Redbubble :)

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

King Tee released his third album Tha Triflin’ Album January 26, 1993

[all-pacas]

Would you guys have taken the job? I don’t need the money.

(chase's sad little outfits in every episode: dnr + histories)

[juniperika]

it's the 60s, what about my clothes?

asked Ruby, dressed like half the extras during the episode

[dick-nixon]

"It's the greatest thrill of my life -- even better than being elected."

after hitting a hole-in-one at bel-air country club in los angeles, 1961

[marta-bee]

I want to dig into this later in more depth; I'm still processing all the Appalachia destruction and suffering in a big way, and also my brain is still very much recovering from COVID. Plus it's late and life wasn't exactly boring before this last week. But for now:

1) "Your oppression will not save you." Those are words to think about a lot. I think coming from a different perspective they would have raised my hackles, too reminiscent of what was said to me after some people close to me completed suicide. But coming from a member of the oppressed they seem to have a lot of wisdom in them. This definitely makes me want to read them in the context of how Coates says them in the bigger book.

2) Seeing a black man comment on the situation in Israel, Palestine, and the wider region.... how fascinating. I'm thinking here of the Civil Rights movement and how white (or at least white-perceived) Jews were marching with MLK, but then over the decades because of class issues, they so often became experienced as the landlord or the boss rather than the ally. At least that's my perception coming out of my years living in Harlem and the South Bronx as a white person. So it's fascinating to see that dynamic (perceived-dynamic, whatever it is) flipped a bit and Coates given the stage to comment on the situation in Palestine.

3) I'm going to dig into the Christian side of my upbringing here, specifically little-b baptist. (Like, free church, equality, peace-enabling, etc. more than cultural evangelical/Southern Baptist.) But I found myself wondering how much of a healthy response to trauma and oppression starts with forgiveness. Not in the sense of pretending like what was done to you is okay, but in surrendering your right to vengeance and to cut them out of your life and walk away rather than letting your oppressors define you. Maybe that's only possible for me (to the extent it is possible; it's still a struggle and a work-in-progress) because what I'd call my personal trauma is directed to me as an individual. Not coming from generations of racism and other varieties of hatred, and based on me individually more than my race or whatnot. If I was coming at this from the perspective of centuries of chattel slavery or anti-semitic violence, it might be more difficult.

Which is the most I can say not having actually read Coates's book, and with my brain feeling more than a bit dazed with all the other stuff. But boy, what an interesting thought-provoking exchange. It definitely earned The Message a spot on my TBR list, which is really the big point (or at least the first one) of conversations like these.

[chainedspectre]

can’t believe eminem made a cover of the charles the second song from horrible histories. what was he thinking?

[afrotumble]

[philshotcocoa]

So i’m just supposed to go to my classes right now and NOT think about the cosmic shift about to happen