#Antebellum

Lindsey R. Barr

simply_lindsey

Y’all, all I do anymore is read academic works and write papers. But! Some of my professors are introducing us to academic books that are off. the. charts. GOOD. (A

DNLee

DNLee5

Seriously, let's evaluate this kind of work-culture thinking.I call such work culture praxis "Plantation Politics" highered research, output & teams operate pretty much how antebellum Southern Plantations operated to produce

Keith Olbermann

KeithOlbermann

1) It is imperative to always remember that @RudyGiuliani’s delusions began to take him over on the day he tried to subvert democracy by extending his term as NYC mayor

Jonathan Wilson

jnthnwwlsn

As various groups of moderates in my life come to terms with their current political surroundings, I keep seeing them lament the existence of a culture war—and imply that it

Joy-Ann 😷Reid

JoyAnnReid

Interesting strategy in a state whose population is barely over 50 percent white and nearly one-third black (and 6% Latinx) and that contains Atlanta and Columbus. Also, if Kelly Loeffler

Adam Harstad

AdamHarstad

It’s troubling how many of our beliefs are convenient— entirely independent of their truth (or falsity).If we are honest with ourselves, this should be a tremendous concern. I believe I

Guilaine Kinouani

KGuilaine

I was thinking how in the US through specific periods/events e.g. Antebellum, Jim Crow, school to prison pipeline...so you can easily see the morphing of whiteness across time, how as

Dr Andrea Livesey

andrealivesey

Yesterday I visited Nottoway Plantation in Louisiana, and I have no words for the horror show of antebellum plantation romance I found there. (photo thread) Greeted at the entrance

George Selgin

GeorgeSelgin

OK, my first thread on misconceptions about the history of bank-issued paper currency, motivated by claims that history shows that the private market can't be entrusted with supplying currency of

Am I the Punchline or the Riddle?

unclecrizzle

Hey, here’s a good idea:Instead of tweeting about some guy who dropped a bullshit hot take on a filmmaker who isn’t even alive to defend himself, how about showing some

James Lindsay, man of internet swagger

ConceptualJames

I think a lot about how the Woke ideology is definitely deeply rooted in Marxian (not Marxist -- this is important) thought and yet is so overwhelmingly obviously super next-level

Midwest People's History

MPHProject

THREAD:As police and politicians insist that this wave of uprisings is the sole work of "outside agitators" to justify violent crackdowns, now's the time to revisit the long, racist history

Cookie Hiponia 💖 潘安宜 🌺 Mahinakama

titacookie1974

There's an inherent unfairness in ageist body expectations & beauty standards. I'd argue that Helen Mirren @ 75 looks more bangin than Taylor Swift @ 30. There's a certain serenity,

Benjamin Schmidt

benmschmidt

So: a map I made a few years ago seems to have been going periodically viral for a year or so without my knowing it. This tweet by @simongerman600 is

Irkutyanin

Irkutyanin1

Most important city to understand America. This is going to be a thread on a long held secondary interest of mine, New Orleans’ history as a capital of a second

George Selgin

GeorgeSelgin

Thread: In the paper he presented @BrookingsEcon back in August, the Bank of England's Andrew Bailey perpetuates myths about the role regulations play in achieving a uniform nationwide currency: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/b