Bethanee Bemis
@bethaneeb.bsky.social
Public historian, Disney nerd.
Opinions are my own; history is sourced.
Opinions are my own; history is sourced.
Et tu, Microsoft Word?
April 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Et tu, Microsoft Word?
#DisneyandtheAmericanNarrative #disthreads
From Morten Baker, "Bakers Dozen: Rebuttal from Disneyland," The Baltimore Afro-American, September 20, 1978, pg. 7.
From Morten Baker, "Bakers Dozen: Rebuttal from Disneyland," The Baltimore Afro-American, September 20, 1978, pg. 7.
April 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#DisneyandtheAmericanNarrative #disthreads
From Morten Baker, "Bakers Dozen: Rebuttal from Disneyland," The Baltimore Afro-American, September 20, 1978, pg. 7.
From Morten Baker, "Bakers Dozen: Rebuttal from Disneyland," The Baltimore Afro-American, September 20, 1978, pg. 7.
“You can’t get from the primary source to the interpretation with a straight line.” - Joe Rohde speaking right to my public historian heart
March 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“You can’t get from the primary source to the interpretation with a straight line.” - Joe Rohde speaking right to my public historian heart
In 1776 Benjamin Franklin proposed the motto
“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God”
For the seal of the new United States.
Just saying.
#publichistory
“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God”
For the seal of the new United States.
Just saying.
#publichistory
January 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In 1776 Benjamin Franklin proposed the motto
“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God”
For the seal of the new United States.
Just saying.
#publichistory
“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God”
For the seal of the new United States.
Just saying.
#publichistory
Everyone's keeping an eye on the forecast for Jan 20. 40 years ago, temps dipped so low outdoor activities were cancelled for Reagan's 2nd inauguration.
Not to worry, the Inaugural Bands got to shine. The parade was restaged in America's other capital city, Lake Buena Vista (at #Epcot).
#dissky
Not to worry, the Inaugural Bands got to shine. The parade was restaged in America's other capital city, Lake Buena Vista (at #Epcot).
#dissky
January 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ah yes, Thomas Jefferson, famously religious.
January 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Ah yes, Thomas Jefferson, famously religious.
Yeah that pretty much sums me up.
December 10, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Yeah that pretty much sums me up.
Often references to the first officially remembered Everest climbers list Hillary before Norgay, if they list him at all.
Spotted this label at Animal Kingdom today. Museums can use moments like this as moments of micro-inclusion. Small change that subverts the unconscious norm + makes you think.
Spotted this label at Animal Kingdom today. Museums can use moments like this as moments of micro-inclusion. Small change that subverts the unconscious norm + makes you think.
December 4, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Often references to the first officially remembered Everest climbers list Hillary before Norgay, if they list him at all.
Spotted this label at Animal Kingdom today. Museums can use moments like this as moments of micro-inclusion. Small change that subverts the unconscious norm + makes you think.
Spotted this label at Animal Kingdom today. Museums can use moments like this as moments of micro-inclusion. Small change that subverts the unconscious norm + makes you think.
100% chance a man designed this.
November 22, 2024 at 11:39 PM
100% chance a man designed this.
Capitalism is done playing.
November 21, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Capitalism is done playing.
🎶 Gray elephants on commute. 🎶
November 21, 2024 at 2:43 PM
🎶 Gray elephants on commute. 🎶
Reread this today as Tiana opens at DL + realized the controversy of the ride’s change, caused in my view partly by forcing people who didn’t consider themselves racist to see their complicity in racist culture was perhaps prescient. #publichistory #dissky
www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...
November 15, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Reread this today as Tiana opens at DL + realized the controversy of the ride’s change, caused in my view partly by forcing people who didn’t consider themselves racist to see their complicity in racist culture was perhaps prescient. #publichistory #dissky
www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...
If you’re gonna follow here you should know that I have been branded a “woke historian” and I’m ok with it.
November 14, 2024 at 1:56 PM
If you’re gonna follow here you should know that I have been branded a “woke historian” and I’m ok with it.
"Is it any surprise that your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free are gasping? Is no one minding the morality store? The answer is yes. His name is Walt Disney, and he has been dead for seven years." - The Evening Herald (PA), 1973 #disneyhistory #publichistory
November 13, 2024 at 2:57 AM
"Is it any surprise that your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free are gasping? Is no one minding the morality store? The answer is yes. His name is Walt Disney, and he has been dead for seven years." - The Evening Herald (PA), 1973 #disneyhistory #publichistory
After outgrowing the carrier, my daughter wasn’t so sure about hiking on her own two feet. Yesterday she told someone she “felt bad for them that they didn’t have their very own hiking boots.”
November 13, 2024 at 2:53 AM
After outgrowing the carrier, my daughter wasn’t so sure about hiking on her own two feet. Yesterday she told someone she “felt bad for them that they didn’t have their very own hiking boots.”
Look, Bing, if I want to search "Cafe Mikimaus Lesbian Bar" for research, I don't need your "safe" filters getting in the way. Not to worry, Google came through for me. #disneyhistory #publichistory
You're welcome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsH6...
You're welcome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsH6...
November 13, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Look, Bing, if I want to search "Cafe Mikimaus Lesbian Bar" for research, I don't need your "safe" filters getting in the way. Not to worry, Google came through for me. #disneyhistory #publichistory
You're welcome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsH6...
You're welcome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsH6...
The Lim Family at Disneyland, 1957
"It was against the law for our parents to be married in Tucson in the 40's, so they went to Mexico to be married. [This] was the only family vacation we ever took."
#disneyhistory #publichistory
"It was against the law for our parents to be married in Tucson in the 40's, so they went to Mexico to be married. [This] was the only family vacation we ever took."
#disneyhistory #publichistory
November 13, 2024 at 2:42 AM
The Lim Family at Disneyland, 1957
"It was against the law for our parents to be married in Tucson in the 40's, so they went to Mexico to be married. [This] was the only family vacation we ever took."
#disneyhistory #publichistory
"It was against the law for our parents to be married in Tucson in the 40's, so they went to Mexico to be married. [This] was the only family vacation we ever took."
#disneyhistory #publichistory
Touchstones gonna touchstone.
November 12, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Touchstones gonna touchstone.
#DisneyParks have always functioned as somewhat of a safe space for the marginalized who could afford them. See the inclusion of Disneyland in the 1963 Green Book + Jane Keunz' 1990 study that suggested anywhere from 25-75% of staff at WDW identified as "gay." #publichistory #disneyhistory
November 11, 2024 at 8:36 PM
#DisneyParks have always functioned as somewhat of a safe space for the marginalized who could afford them. See the inclusion of Disneyland in the 1963 Green Book + Jane Keunz' 1990 study that suggested anywhere from 25-75% of staff at WDW identified as "gay." #publichistory #disneyhistory
Amazing low-budget interactive I saw recently at the National Archives utilizing holographics. I’m a sucker for anything that forces the brain to think differently about our images of the past.
#publichistory #nationalarchives #exhibitions #themedentertainment #immersiveentertainment
#publichistory #nationalarchives #exhibitions #themedentertainment #immersiveentertainment
November 11, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Amazing low-budget interactive I saw recently at the National Archives utilizing holographics. I’m a sucker for anything that forces the brain to think differently about our images of the past.
#publichistory #nationalarchives #exhibitions #themedentertainment #immersiveentertainment
#publichistory #nationalarchives #exhibitions #themedentertainment #immersiveentertainment