Mark A. Johnson
@baconscholar.bsky.social
I am an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Author of American Bacon: The History of a Food Phenomenon.
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Mark A. Johnson
@baconscholar.bsky.social
· Aug 26
American Bacon
In American Bacon, Mark A. Johnson asks (and answers) a seemingly simple question: How has bacon overcome centuries of religious prohibition, cultural contem...
www.ugapress.org
I’m way too excited to work!
My book, American Bacon, is now available for presale!
For authors, presale can make or break a book, so please tell your local book shop to carry it! Please order it for your university and public library!
#foodstudies #food #bacon
www.ugapress.org/978082037540...
My book, American Bacon, is now available for presale!
For authors, presale can make or break a book, so please tell your local book shop to carry it! Please order it for your university and public library!
#foodstudies #food #bacon
www.ugapress.org/978082037540...
My wife: “she can’t pick up a sword and fight the ROUS??”
Everyone gets to have fun except Robin Wright.
Everyone gets to have fun except Robin Wright.
Yeeaahhh. I never understood why he likes her besides her looks and, uh, self-confidence.
#hatm
#hatm
December 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
My wife: “she can’t pick up a sword and fight the ROUS??”
Everyone gets to have fun except Robin Wright.
Everyone gets to have fun except Robin Wright.
Cary Elwes says in his memoir that the movie was received as not-so-special until it became available on home video so people could show their kids. #hatm
The Princess Bride did not receive a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nomination, though it was a rather diverse year - what should have been dropped in favor of this? #PrincessBride #HATM
December 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Cary Elwes says in his memoir that the movie was received as not-so-special until it became available on home video so people could show their kids. #hatm
I got to know Cary Elwes as Robin Hood via Mel Brooks and came to this afterward.
He’s truly awesome as an art thief con-man in Psych, a show my wife and I watch yearly. #hatm
He’s truly awesome as an art thief con-man in Psych, a show my wife and I watch yearly. #hatm
December 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I got to know Cary Elwes as Robin Hood via Mel Brooks and came to this afterward.
He’s truly awesome as an art thief con-man in Psych, a show my wife and I watch yearly. #hatm
He’s truly awesome as an art thief con-man in Psych, a show my wife and I watch yearly. #hatm
#HATM, they perfected this swordfight choreography so well that the final cut was like two minutes. Rob Reiner couldn’t let the greatest swordfight in history be so short. They went back and choreographed more.
December 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
#HATM, they perfected this swordfight choreography so well that the final cut was like two minutes. Rob Reiner couldn’t let the greatest swordfight in history be so short. They went back and choreographed more.
#HATM, Cary Elwes sprained his ankle pretty seriously riding Andre’s ATV. He did the “greatest swordfight” in history on this bum ankle.
December 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
#HATM, Cary Elwes sprained his ankle pretty seriously riding Andre’s ATV. He did the “greatest swordfight” in history on this bum ankle.
#HATM, Wallace Shawn assumed he was going to get fired.
Andre the Giant was always in so much back pain that he had an ATV to get around and drank a bottle of cognac a night to “ease” his pain.
Andre the Giant was always in so much back pain that he had an ATV to get around and drank a bottle of cognac a night to “ease” his pain.
December 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
#HATM, Wallace Shawn assumed he was going to get fired.
Andre the Giant was always in so much back pain that he had an ATV to get around and drank a bottle of cognac a night to “ease” his pain.
Andre the Giant was always in so much back pain that he had an ATV to get around and drank a bottle of cognac a night to “ease” his pain.
#HATM, hard to believe this was the more famous Sarandon at one time.
Wallace Shawn also hated his performance. He complained he couldn’t do Sicilian. Rob Reiner assured him that, funny enough, this Sicilian sounds “just like you.”
Wallace Shawn also hated his performance. He complained he couldn’t do Sicilian. Rob Reiner assured him that, funny enough, this Sicilian sounds “just like you.”
December 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
#HATM, hard to believe this was the more famous Sarandon at one time.
Wallace Shawn also hated his performance. He complained he couldn’t do Sicilian. Rob Reiner assured him that, funny enough, this Sicilian sounds “just like you.”
Wallace Shawn also hated his performance. He complained he couldn’t do Sicilian. Rob Reiner assured him that, funny enough, this Sicilian sounds “just like you.”
It’s true! Thank you @herberthistory.bsky.social and the entire #HATM community for your early and enthusiastic support for this book.
Mark Johnson’s American Bacon is currently 50% off until the end of the year with code 08THANKFUL
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American Bacon
In American Bacon, Mark A. Johnson asks (and answers) a seemingly simple question: How has bacon overcome centuries of religious prohibition, cultural contem...
www.ugapress.org
December 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It’s true! Thank you @herberthistory.bsky.social and the entire #HATM community for your early and enthusiastic support for this book.
If you love this #hatm movie, you should check out the audiobook by Cary Elwes on the making and legacy of this film. Truly beautiful.
We have only done a few movies twice on Historians At The Movies, but I think Rob Reiner’s work should be on that list. Join us on Disney+ this Sunday, December 21 at 8pm eastern for THE PRINCESS BRIDE.
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
December 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you love this #hatm movie, you should check out the audiobook by Cary Elwes on the making and legacy of this film. Truly beautiful.
Found it!!
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald began her final voyage across Lake Superior. Less than 36 hours later she vanished.
Five decades later "Why?" is still a mystery.
Starting tomorrow, I'll tell the story of her final hours on the lake - as they happened.
Five decades later "Why?" is still a mystery.
Starting tomorrow, I'll tell the story of her final hours on the lake - as they happened.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Found it!!
Is anyone out there live-posting the final voyage of the #EdmundFitzgerald?
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Is anyone out there live-posting the final voyage of the #EdmundFitzgerald?
This is effectively the point of Bart Elmore’s work on Coca Cola. We all effectively subsidize the business model.
Ai companies want to use our electricity? Ok. They can pay triple rates offset all our bills.
Ai companies want to use our water? Ok. They can subsidize infrastructure construction and maintenance.
Ai companies want to use our land? Ok. They can pay taxes high enough to fund affordable housing.
Ai companies want to use our water? Ok. They can subsidize infrastructure construction and maintenance.
Ai companies want to use our land? Ok. They can pay taxes high enough to fund affordable housing.
October 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is effectively the point of Bart Elmore’s work on Coca Cola. We all effectively subsidize the business model.
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It's been 70 years since Emmett Till, a Black teenager visiting relatives in Mississippi, was lynched by a mob of white men.
70 years after Emmett Till's murder, Mississippi museum acquires gun used to kill him
It's been 70 years since Emmett Till, a Black teenager visiting relatives in Mississippi, was killed by white men because he whistled at a white woman. Now the gun used in his death is in a museum.
n.pr
August 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It's been 70 years since Emmett Till, a Black teenager visiting relatives in Mississippi, was lynched by a mob of white men.
I’m way too excited to work!
My book, American Bacon, is now available for presale!
For authors, presale can make or break a book, so please tell your local book shop to carry it! Please order it for your university and public library!
#foodstudies #food #bacon
www.ugapress.org/978082037540...
My book, American Bacon, is now available for presale!
For authors, presale can make or break a book, so please tell your local book shop to carry it! Please order it for your university and public library!
#foodstudies #food #bacon
www.ugapress.org/978082037540...
American Bacon
In American Bacon, Mark A. Johnson asks (and answers) a seemingly simple question: How has bacon overcome centuries of religious prohibition, cultural contem...
www.ugapress.org
August 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I’m way too excited to work!
My book, American Bacon, is now available for presale!
For authors, presale can make or break a book, so please tell your local book shop to carry it! Please order it for your university and public library!
#foodstudies #food #bacon
www.ugapress.org/978082037540...
My book, American Bacon, is now available for presale!
For authors, presale can make or break a book, so please tell your local book shop to carry it! Please order it for your university and public library!
#foodstudies #food #bacon
www.ugapress.org/978082037540...
Do you chicken brissil? If you are from Greenville in Butler County, Alabama, you do.
It’s a smoked chicken with an emphasis on a tangy vinegar sauce.
I was so glad to talk on Alabama barbecue to the Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society. It was such a great audience!
It’s a smoked chicken with an emphasis on a tangy vinegar sauce.
I was so glad to talk on Alabama barbecue to the Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society. It was such a great audience!
July 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Do you chicken brissil? If you are from Greenville in Butler County, Alabama, you do.
It’s a smoked chicken with an emphasis on a tangy vinegar sauce.
I was so glad to talk on Alabama barbecue to the Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society. It was such a great audience!
It’s a smoked chicken with an emphasis on a tangy vinegar sauce.
I was so glad to talk on Alabama barbecue to the Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society. It was such a great audience!
*Lunch Exists Everyday *
Panera:
Panera:
a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open and a lamp in the background .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open and a lamp in the background .
media.tenor.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
*Lunch Exists Everyday *
Panera:
Panera:
July 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I pulled this from some jerk over on Threads,
While I don’t know the race of the server, I thought this was a good time for a reminder that tipping culture is unique to the United States and a legacy of systemic racism! #foodstudies #food #history
While I don’t know the race of the server, I thought this was a good time for a reminder that tipping culture is unique to the United States and a legacy of systemic racism! #foodstudies #food #history
July 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I pulled this from some jerk over on Threads,
While I don’t know the race of the server, I thought this was a good time for a reminder that tipping culture is unique to the United States and a legacy of systemic racism! #foodstudies #food #history
While I don’t know the race of the server, I thought this was a good time for a reminder that tipping culture is unique to the United States and a legacy of systemic racism! #foodstudies #food #history
Does anyone else find there term “late-stage capitalism” overly optimistic?
July 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Does anyone else find there term “late-stage capitalism” overly optimistic?