Dr. Vaughn Joy
@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social
UCL PhD in Christmas Film History • MA in Comic Books • MPhil in Demons • Creator of https://blackwhiteandread.com/ • Author of Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy (2025) • Wife of My Favorite Person • she/her
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November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Starting with today's post, on two important lessons about veterans & America that we can draw from Alfred F. Young's wonderful book *The Shoemaker & the Tea Party* & its Revolutionary War veteran subject, George Robert Twelves Hewes!
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November 10, 2025: Veterans’ Stories: The Shoemaker and the Tea Party – Black and White and Read All Over
[For Veterans Day, I’ll be AmericanStudying five examples of texts that can help us remember and engage with veterans’ experiences from five of our defining wars. Leading up to a weekend post on 21st ...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Starting with today's post, on two important lessons about veterans & America that we can draw from Alfred F. Young's wonderful book *The Shoemaker & the Tea Party* & its Revolutionary War veteran subject, George Robert Twelves Hewes!
blackwhiteandread.com/november-10-...
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What a great answer. 10/10.
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
What a great answer. 10/10.
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So true, honestly. Maybe I should hope for it
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
So true, honestly. Maybe I should hope for it