Today I learned that the word 'hurricane' is a survivor from one of the aboriginal Caribbean languages, Taino.
Classicist Mary Beard's extraordinary 2014 essay "The Public Voice of Women" from the @lrb.co.uk makes it clear that the desire to silence women goes back to Homer, and never stopped, and that can connect the Tates and these meltdown boys. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
Joan of Arc's dressing in men's clothes and armor had a practical purpose: to avoid sexual harassment by men. She said as much in prison, where the habit continued. This was the crime she was ultimately burned for: crossdressing was an act of heresy. #MythologyMonday
🖼️H. Stilke
what we're seeing isn't just the rise of youtubers, the dominance of horror, or some indie groundswell, it's because hollywood's 20 year reliance on franchises no one under 40 gives a shit about has finally come home to roost
me either mr president
Yesterday my daughter asked me what’s the difference between prisons and universities, and I failed to think of a witty response in time. But thinking about it, prisons do still give you tenure for a really significant contribution to your field
Public speech was a – if not the – defining attribute of maleness. A woman speaking in public was, in most...