American and Cultural Studies
@amandcultstudies.bsky.social
Primarily bookmarking interesting U.S. history and culture posts here along with some sociological, spiritual, and environmental stories I find interesting. @NotSoWidlcat77 is my main account.
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When life gives you humans, make humanitarian aid.
ISO accts to follow.
Calling activists, concerned denizens, anyone who has been part of a group effecting positive change… Esp. people who’ve swayed public officials or started recycling programs or River Keeper chapters for example.
Please identify yourselves and others. The world needs you.
Calling activists, concerned denizens, anyone who has been part of a group effecting positive change… Esp. people who’ve swayed public officials or started recycling programs or River Keeper chapters for example.
Please identify yourselves and others. The world needs you.
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Stay strong. For us, this is more than just a job-it’s a calling. Together, we will stand to protect our parks, environment, and wildlife. Four years… we remain hopeful that the attack on our public lands will be less brutal this time.
January 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Stay strong. For us, this is more than just a job-it’s a calling. Together, we will stand to protect our parks, environment, and wildlife. Four years… we remain hopeful that the attack on our public lands will be less brutal this time.
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This summer @jessecannon.bsky.social and I did this YouTube series on project 2025, we learned a lot of stuff.
You can watch the doc here
youtu.be/yUJSEvYIiy8?...
You can watch the doc here
youtu.be/yUJSEvYIiy8?...
Project 2025: Trump’s Second Term Not-So-Secret Plan
YouTube video by iHeartRadio
youtu.be
January 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This summer @jessecannon.bsky.social and I did this YouTube series on project 2025, we learned a lot of stuff.
You can watch the doc here
youtu.be/yUJSEvYIiy8?...
You can watch the doc here
youtu.be/yUJSEvYIiy8?...
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Sharing this link of a Sarah Kendzior article from 2016. I've read it several times and it sits in the back of my mind.
We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump
Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...
thecorrespondent.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Sharing this link of a Sarah Kendzior article from 2016. I've read it several times and it sits in the back of my mind.
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My take on Trump and Greenland, written in 2019. My views haven't changed:
January 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
My take on Trump and Greenland, written in 2019. My views haven't changed:
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Essential reading. Advice from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social on how to deal with what is coming to the US tomorrow and heading our way soon after.
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
Questions Answered: Trump Term Two
My advice on surfing the blood-dimmed tide in the latest reader Q & A.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Essential reading. Advice from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social on how to deal with what is coming to the US tomorrow and heading our way soon after.
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
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Incredibly likely this gets remembered like Eisenhower’s farewell warning regarding the military-industrial complex that took shape during his presidency and came to define the country moving forward.
Biden: "I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. That's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked. Today, an oligarchy is taking shape"
January 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Incredibly likely this gets remembered like Eisenhower’s farewell warning regarding the military-industrial complex that took shape during his presidency and came to define the country moving forward.
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Wishing everyone a meaningful MLK, Jr. Day.
January 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Wishing everyone a meaningful MLK, Jr. Day.
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In honor of MLK jr and President Carter, I chose today to donate to Habitat for Humanity!
January 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In honor of MLK jr and President Carter, I chose today to donate to Habitat for Humanity!
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“The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism."
-Martin Luther King Jr.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
January 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism."
-Martin Luther King Jr.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
“MLK Jr. often spoke about the ‘triple evils’ of racism, poverty, and militarism, which he said were interconnected and needed to be addressed simultaneously.”
The Seattle Medium
“Martin Luther King Jr.’s Fight For Economic Justice: Lessons For Today”
seattlemedium.com/poor-people-...
The Seattle Medium
“Martin Luther King Jr.’s Fight For Economic Justice: Lessons For Today”
seattlemedium.com/poor-people-...
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Fight For Economic Justice: Lessons For Today
Examine the enduring impact of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign. Understand the ongoing fight for economic justice and its significance today.
seattlemedium.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“MLK Jr. often spoke about the ‘triple evils’ of racism, poverty, and militarism, which he said were interconnected and needed to be addressed simultaneously.”
The Seattle Medium
“Martin Luther King Jr.’s Fight For Economic Justice: Lessons For Today”
seattlemedium.com/poor-people-...
The Seattle Medium
“Martin Luther King Jr.’s Fight For Economic Justice: Lessons For Today”
seattlemedium.com/poor-people-...
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"Speculative Light," edited by @amyjelias.bsky.social, brings together scholars, critics, and artists who analyze the stylistic and historical import of James Baldwin’s and Beauford Delaney’s works and lifetime friendship. Read the intro for free now!
https://buff.ly/4gmW6ME
https://buff.ly/4gmW6ME
December 19, 2024 at 2:10 PM
"Speculative Light," edited by @amyjelias.bsky.social, brings together scholars, critics, and artists who analyze the stylistic and historical import of James Baldwin’s and Beauford Delaney’s works and lifetime friendship. Read the intro for free now!
https://buff.ly/4gmW6ME
https://buff.ly/4gmW6ME
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Artist Lawrence Calcagno showed in nine Whitney biennials and was a lover to Beauford Delaney, but his legacy is yet to be fully explored.
The Gay Abstract Expressionist Largely Lost to History
Lawrence Calcagno showed in nine Whitney biennials and was a lover to Beauford Delaney, but his legacy is yet to be fully explored.
hyperallergic.com
January 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Artist Lawrence Calcagno showed in nine Whitney biennials and was a lover to Beauford Delaney, but his legacy is yet to be fully explored.
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This is NOT going to make eggs cheaper
January 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is NOT going to make eggs cheaper
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Good thing he’s not profiting off the presidency, oh wait ….
January 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Good thing he’s not profiting off the presidency, oh wait ….
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American exceptionalism.
First they came for the immigrants, and you did not speak out, because you were not an immigrant.
Then they came for the trans, and you did not speak out, because you were not trans.
Then they came for porn, and you shouted at the top of your lungs “WTF?! They’re banning porn now?!? Fml.”
Then they came for the trans, and you did not speak out, because you were not trans.
Then they came for porn, and you shouted at the top of your lungs “WTF?! They’re banning porn now?!? Fml.”
January 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
American exceptionalism.
Can’t believe I’m just now learning about the term “sad beige” from an article out today about it, but the media has been discussing it for at least 2 years: this article came out 2 years ago today.
www.today.com/today/amp/rc...
What Is Sad Beige: Natural Aesthetic Trend On Social Media
Your eyes aren't deceiving you: Color-blandness is taking over the internet.
www.today.com
January 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Can’t believe I’m just now learning about the term “sad beige” from an article out today about it, but the media has been discussing it for at least 2 years: this article came out 2 years ago today.
www.today.com/today/amp/rc...
🎵”A world without color is a world without sound, a world to keep the rabble down”🎶
John Mellencamp
“Beige to Beige”
youtu.be/qNDNqF9hWVA
John Mellencamp
“Beige to Beige”
youtu.be/qNDNqF9hWVA
Beige To Beige
YouTube video by John Mellencamp - Topic
youtu.be
January 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🎵”A world without color is a world without sound, a world to keep the rabble down”🎶
John Mellencamp
“Beige to Beige”
youtu.be/qNDNqF9hWVA
John Mellencamp
“Beige to Beige”
youtu.be/qNDNqF9hWVA
Book Page
“Such a Strange Vibration”
Short Review of Barry Miles book Hippie
www.bookpage.com/reviews/3867...
“Such a Strange Vibration”
Short Review of Barry Miles book Hippie
www.bookpage.com/reviews/3867...
Such a strange vibration
You would expect a book about hippies to be visually exciting, titillating even. After all, hippies were on the experimental edge of a ’60s youth culture that rejected the black-and-white world of the...
www.bookpage.com
January 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Book Page
“Such a Strange Vibration”
Short Review of Barry Miles book Hippie
www.bookpage.com/reviews/3867...
“Such a Strange Vibration”
Short Review of Barry Miles book Hippie
www.bookpage.com/reviews/3867...
Recommend checking out Bob’s website too (in his bio) to read “Surviving the Next Four Years”
Today I am not feeling hopeful. Today I feel like our country is at its end. Tomorrow I will still resist. Tomorrow I will still fight.
But today hope is fading.
oldmanhippy.com/2024-blogs/G...
But today hope is fading.
oldmanhippy.com/2024-blogs/G...
Glad-Old-11-136-2024
Why I am glad I'm old.
oldmanhippy.com
January 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Recommend checking out Bob’s website too (in his bio) to read “Surviving the Next Four Years”
Lawrence: Elon Musk says ‘unrepentant racists’ support Trump
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
January 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Pierre Poilievre says Canadians are too obsessed with race because of “wokeism” and agrees with Jordan Peterson that Canada essentially had to invent and import racism because it didn’t exist here before recent decades.
Canada is so fucked if this guy forms government.
Canada is so fucked if this guy forms government.
January 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pierre Poilievre says Canadians are too obsessed with race because of “wokeism” and agrees with Jordan Peterson that Canada essentially had to invent and import racism because it didn’t exist here before recent decades.
Canada is so fucked if this guy forms government.
Canada is so fucked if this guy forms government.
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Here we go. Say goodbye to Medicare under Poilievre, Canada.
Wondering what the Conservatives will do to social programs if they return to power under Poilievre?
He says all those “socialist policies” like public healthcare and the like are actually bad for the poor and redistribute toward the “super wealthy,” so they need to be cut.
He says all those “socialist policies” like public healthcare and the like are actually bad for the poor and redistribute toward the “super wealthy,” so they need to be cut.
January 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Here we go. Say goodbye to Medicare under Poilievre, Canada.
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Don’t you know? It’s the upside-down Black Mirror reality of the lying alt-right populists. It’s totally ok to not get a security check but “social programs transfer wealth to the super rich.”😵💫
WTAF?
Canada, this man is insulting your intelligence with the most preposterous lies.
WTAF?
Canada, this man is insulting your intelligence with the most preposterous lies.
January 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Don’t you know? It’s the upside-down Black Mirror reality of the lying alt-right populists. It’s totally ok to not get a security check but “social programs transfer wealth to the super rich.”😵💫
WTAF?
Canada, this man is insulting your intelligence with the most preposterous lies.
WTAF?
Canada, this man is insulting your intelligence with the most preposterous lies.