Ben Alpers
@benalpers.bsky.social
Professor of US History. Author of HAPPY DAYS: IMAGES OF THE PRE-SIXTIES PAST IN SEVENTIES AMERICA (Rutgers University Press, 2024). Opinions are entirely my own. He/him.
My personal favorite entry:
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My personal favorite entry:
Interested in Fifties nostalgia, neo-noir, the Bicentennial, or the history of slavery as it appears in Alex Haley's ROOTS and Octavia Butler's KINDRED? Check out my most recent book!
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Interested in Fifties nostalgia, neo-noir, the Bicentennial, or the history of slavery as it appears in Alex Haley's ROOTS and Octavia Butler's KINDRED? Check out my most recent book!
I dunno. The history of the Atlantic laundering far-right ideas for its readership goes back decades. The cover story of this March 1991 issue was by Dinesh D'Souza. Note the deeply racist image of a white scholar being torn apart by brown, black, and yellow hands.
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I dunno. The history of the Atlantic laundering far-right ideas for its readership goes back decades. The cover story of this March 1991 issue was by Dinesh D'Souza. Note the deeply racist image of a white scholar being torn apart by brown, black, and yellow hands.
Say what you like about the journalism of Stephen Glass, at least it required creativity.
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Say what you like about the journalism of Stephen Glass, at least it required creativity.
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike.
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike.
Breaking News:
German aircraft carrier nears Danzig as naval buildup fuels speculation that Hitler intends to escalate anti-Judeobolshevism campaign.
German aircraft carrier nears Danzig as naval buildup fuels speculation that Hitler intends to escalate anti-Judeobolshevism campaign.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Breaking News:
German aircraft carrier nears Danzig as naval buildup fuels speculation that Hitler intends to escalate anti-Judeobolshevism campaign.
German aircraft carrier nears Danzig as naval buildup fuels speculation that Hitler intends to escalate anti-Judeobolshevism campaign.
Agreed....though the popular faith in the economic status quo ante had (understandably) been eroding for decades. There's a lot of "blow it all up" sentiment among Trump voters (and not just Trump voters).
Say what you like about the tenets of neoliberalism, at least it's an ethos (I guess).
Say what you like about the tenets of neoliberalism, at least it's an ethos (I guess).
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Agreed....though the popular faith in the economic status quo ante had (understandably) been eroding for decades. There's a lot of "blow it all up" sentiment among Trump voters (and not just Trump voters).
Say what you like about the tenets of neoliberalism, at least it's an ethos (I guess).
Say what you like about the tenets of neoliberalism, at least it's an ethos (I guess).
What was it that Winston Churchill said about the traditions of the Royal Navy?
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What was it that Winston Churchill said about the traditions of the Royal Navy?
Always makes me think of this....
October 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Always makes me think of this....
Forget it, Will. It's Big Media Matt.
October 23, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Forget it, Will. It's Big Media Matt.
Time Enough At Last
October 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Time Enough At Last
I grow old ... I grow old ...
October 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I grow old ... I grow old ...
What actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life
June 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
What actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life
The America MAGAts want to bring us back to:
May 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The America MAGAts want to bring us back to:
Alan also shared this painting, from the state capitol, by Mike Wimmer, of Teddy Roosevelt's 1905 visit to Oklahoma, when he met Abernathy.
May 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Alan also shared this painting, from the state capitol, by Mike Wimmer, of Teddy Roosevelt's 1905 visit to Oklahoma, when he met Abernathy.
You may know this already, but the art historian Alan Atkinson, who is a former Curator of Art at the Oklahoma Capitol, explained that logo to me over on FB:
May 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
You may know this already, but the art historian Alan Atkinson, who is a former Curator of Art at the Oklahoma Capitol, explained that logo to me over on FB: