This is the grave of Slim Aarons. Born in 1916 in Manhattan, George Aarons, soon known as “Slim,” went to local high schools. He grew up dirt poor, in a Yiddish family. He never talked abo
Check out this photo-essay of pictures taken from inside San Quentin Prison. Powerful stuff.
This is the grave of Robert Cornelius. Born in Philadelphia in 1809, Cornelius grew up reasonably well off. His father was Dutch immigrant silversmith who opened a lamp manufacturing company. Corneliu
This is the grave of Lewis Hine. Born in 1874 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Hine was middle class but suffered through his father dying in an accident when the boy was a child. But Hine was a skilled student
I told you all about my essay on alien sexuality in fiction appearing in the debut issue of a new feminist punk-rock magazine a few weeks ago. This is the second of my previews of this issue of VENUSz
Creative news from yours truly: my essay on (accidentally) queer alien sex in big bucks science fiction media has been published in the debut issue of the new feminist punk rock art magazine VENUS. Th
This is the grave of Matthew Brady. Probably born in 1822 in New York (there is a bit of conflicting testimony about both facts, with some believing he was born in Ireland), the young Brady studied lo
In the Progressive Era, the photographs of Lewis Hine brought the horrible conditions of child laborers in the United States into the sight of the middle class, helping to bring about the end of most