by Laurie Kahn | Apr 28, 2008 | The Public Humanist
In my opinion, the most interesting work done by historians in the last fifty years has been the ambitious detective work required to tell history “from the bottom up” as well as “from the top down.” Social historians believe (and I...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Apr 28, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
I see this ad about three times a night now that the NBA playoffs are on (I’m an NBA junkie). The first hundred or so times it just annoyed me, and then last night I got fascinated. Earlier, while annoyed, I thought it was homophobic and just dumb. Mincing...