I am not here to tell you why it’s disrespectful to play Pokémon Go at the Holocaust Museum or wherever. Frankly, if you need to be told why, you’re too far-gone...
As of this writing, John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars has sold over one million copies, and holds a place on several bestseller lists. The film adaptation of the book...
For me, the Tudors were characters before they were historical figures. There was the young Elizabeth, a victim of her father’s neglect, haunted by the knowledge of her mother’s execution at...
From left to right: Jessica Mitford (1917-1996), Nancy Mitford (1904-1973), Diana Mitford (1910-2003), Unity Mitford (1914-1948), and Pamela Mitford (1907-1994); photo taken in 1935. Deborah Mitford (1920-present); photo taken in 1940....
In 1939, King George VI broadcast a speech across the British Empire, informing his people of Britain’s entrance into war with Germany. In 2010, this speech was respectfully used to great...
The Sacred, the Profane, and Pokémon Go
I am not here to tell you why it’s disrespectful to play Pokémon Go at the Holocaust Museum or wherever. Frankly, if you need to be told why, you’re too far-gone...
Category: Cultural Commentary and Criticism, From the Headlines, Memory Studies, Museums, Politics of Memorialization, Popular Culture, Theory and Philosophy
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
I love Hamilton. I love it so much that I refused to listen to the soundtrack for months because I knew that I would love it too much and it would...
Category: African American History, American History, Cultural Commentary and Criticism, Early American History, Historiography, History of France, History of Slavery, History of the British Isles, Memory Studies, Popular Culture, Women's History
We need to talk about Anne Frank
As of this writing, John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars has sold over one million copies, and holds a place on several bestseller lists. The film adaptation of the book...
Category: Cultural Commentary and Criticism, Holocaust History, I Go Off, Jewish History, Memory Studies, Museums, Politics of Memorialization, Popular Culture, Women in the Holocaust, Women's History Global, World War II
Historical Fiction, Historical Memory
For me, the Tudors were characters before they were historical figures. There was the young Elizabeth, a victim of her father’s neglect, haunted by the knowledge of her mother’s execution at...
Category: Cultural Commentary and Criticism, History of the British Isles, Memory Studies, Popular Culture
The Mitfords
From left to right: Jessica Mitford (1917-1996), Nancy Mitford (1904-1973), Diana Mitford (1910-2003), Unity Mitford (1914-1948), and Pamela Mitford (1907-1994); photo taken in 1935. Deborah Mitford (1920-present); photo taken in 1940....
Category: History of the British Isles, Intellectual History, Popular Culture, Women's History Global, World War II
I wouldn’t be anywhere without the Academy
In 1939, King George VI broadcast a speech across the British Empire, informing his people of Britain’s entrance into war with Germany. In 2010, this speech was respectfully used to great...
Category: Cultural Commentary and Criticism, History of the British Isles, I Go Off, Memory Studies, Popular Culture, World War II