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Fashion and Historical Memory

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On December 21, 2025
While fashion is not exactly my forte, historical memory is. And I am interesting in how ideas of fashion became ways of representing the past, often papering over the reality for nice easy visions of a past with better dresses and suits than the present....
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Make America White Again

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On April 14, 2025
I wonder if or when Americans will really wake up to just how far this administration is willing to go on the issue of white supremacy. For years, a National Park Service webpage introduced the Underground Railroad with a large photograph of its most famous “conductor,” Harriet...
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The World War II Memorial

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On January 7, 2025
Friedrich St. Florian, the designer of the World War II Memorial in Washington, died. Can you think of a more pointless piece of public architecture? The World War II Memorial succeeds only if your goal is for a monument to do absolutely nothing. I don't...
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Remembering Our History

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On August 18, 2024
When right-wingers whine about "forgetting our history" when people take down statue of evil Confederates and racists, they are telling on themselves. There's plenty to remember about our history that does not honor the worst people in our nation's history. In fact, you can simply...
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