#Century

Frontier Indica

frontierindica

One major hole in the theory that the relationship between the twice born castes, particularly Brahmins, and the remaining castes was primarily of a parasitical nature is that in pre-modern

April M. Beisaw

AprilMBeisaw

There is an archaeology of racism that needs to get into our syllabi. Identity and violent death: Contextualizing lethal gun violence within the African American community of Dallas, TX (1900—1907)

Arthur Asseraf

ArthurAsseraf

Just found out that the Italian word for 'scab' or strike-breaker is 'crumiro'It comes from the Crumiri, or Khroumir, a tribal confederation at the border between Algeria and Tunisia. Why??

Murtala

Murtalaibin

The history of Northern Nigeria is filled with extraordinary women from intellectuals - leaders But their stories have been erased/ neglected.In the 16th century, Queen Bakwa Turunku fortified a small

HJ Giles

HarryJosieGiles

I'm thinking about ways of doing gender in science fiction and fantasy.I've noticed a tendency towards "default gender diversity" in SFF lately: no sex-class system, transness as accepted minority, but

Shane Goldmacher

ShaneGoldmacher

One takeaway from tonight's filings: Some of the biggest donations to the Democratic ecosystem — to Unite the Country and America Bridge super PACs — were funneled through nonprofits to

caleb CAP 4

alpineswinter

steve is lonely. the 21st century confuses him, and he aches to go back to a more familiar era. everything is different. he misses bucky, wishes he were here to

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nataliereed84

STOP MAKING FANTASY SETTINGS CONSISTING OF CLEARLY DEFINED BORDERS BETWEEN ETHNOSTATES. Even remotely accurately drawn and regulated borders are, like… something that didn't exist until the 18th fucking century at

Andrew Dessler

AndrewDessler

I was asked by @shellenbergerMD if I disagreed with his recent testimony. I can’t thread a reply, so I’m putting it into a new tweet thread. The answer is YES.https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1290330797459660800?s=20

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callmebytimmy

movies i’ve watched during quarantine a thread: all the bright places (2020) the edge of seventeen (2016) miss stevens (2016) the fault in our stars (2014) love, rosie (2014)

Dr. Stephennie Mulder

stephenniem

I got medieval tonight and made maqloubeh! Maqloubeh literally means “upside down” in Arabic, and it’s a layered dish of fried vegetables and meat first attested in the 13th

Jose A. Del Real

jdelreal

In my latest story, I explore how water infrastructure in California's Central Valley remains tainted by the legacy of Jim Crow. This story is about water, but it's also about

Tony Evans

TonyEvans92a

I've talked about this before. When I was a kid going the away games I was especially interested in what the older fellas thought. On the trains I'd ask them

Eric Wolever

e_wolever

While much of this is quite correct, I do have two concerns about the framing of the issue here: 1) that allegory is presented as in opposition to a literal

GET A GRIP

docrussjackson

If newspapers told the truth... Admit it: you have very little idea of the reality of twenty-first century wealth inequality, nor what what a trillion looks like when compared to

मराठी मुलगी

marathimulgiii

शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं विश्वाधारं गगनसदृश्यं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम्।लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यं वन्दे विष्णु भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम्। Have you ever seen all the 24 avatars of Shree Vishnu engraved on the walls of