#Dickens

Tony Corsentino

corsent

One thing I learned from this fascinating book is the centrality to the history of American public libraries of fights over fiction. How did (and do) librarians mediate between public

Joe Rigney

joe_rigney

What's more, he sees the way that civility and social "decency" becomes a cover for evil. He knows that "the appearance of godliness" can mask heinous injustice. When I consider

Antonia

Flaminhaystack

*THREAD *My walk from London Bridge Station to Canada Water.Part oneBermondsey and how it used to be a marsh Part 2Guy Street Park burial ground.The history of leather in Bermondsey

Veronica Schanoes

schanoes

You know, there's the canon, and then there's what gets taught in high school, and while those circles do overlap, they're not the same thing by a long shot, and

Aatif Rashid

Aatif_Rashid

I’m thinking about how much of one’s intellectual development, something that in retrospective feels so inevitable, often happens by random chance. In college, I remember having to decide whether to

Alison Trollop

AlisonTrollop

Often (you'll see throughout history), the gentry expects the workers to do the grunt work so that they can have a nice life. But they don't want to pay enough

JeffLowell

JeffLowell

Middle aged showrunner rant warning. I work with a ton of younger writers. Almost universally, they are completely ignorant of television history. They've never seen The Dick Van Dyke Show

Martin Holland

_MartinHolland

1/ The people who end up in charge are often the wrong people. Conservation is hard, it's complicated, it's depressing, it can feel pointless or impossible, it's underfunded and underpaid,

Tim Wise

timjacobwise

1/ Seeing the clip of Mike Pence today complaining that Democrats want to make poor people more comfortable (as if that’s a bad thing) reminded me how powerful anti-poor folks

Ottawa Public Health

OttawaHealth

#Novel coronavirus- a cautionary tale: the thread   Heavens to Dickens, look at that data! You may have noticed a bit of Twist, Oliver. As we opened a new chapter into

Fuzzy Chimp

fuzzychimpcom

Socialism is a potluck you're forced to attend.There are 300 people and 50 bring food - all mushy canned green beans, which is the state-mandated minimum. There are 3 pieces

Joanne Harris

Joannechocolat

Thread alert: I spend a good deal of my time nowadays trying to raise awareness about writers, how poorly paid most writers are, and why any of us should care.

Martin Holland

_MartinHolland

Good article @GeorgeMonbiot on the corporate capture of conservation groups. Many reasons for how this happens, I think. Here are a few (thread): 1/ The people who end up in

SydneyPadua

sydneypadua

MY ALL TIME PET PEEVE. Women in history were not either ‘prostitutes’, ‘wives’ or ‘fainting damsels’. Women worked. I swear to god Dickens has way more women with jobs than

James Felton

JimMFelton

Quick thread on why the third best Christmas film (Gremlins) is so goddamn good I didn't watch Gremlins until last year when Empire (go buy Empire, it is great) made

David Frum

davidfrum

This is why it's no light matter for a candidate for Congress to endorse murdering the Speaker of the House. Once elected, that candidate could easily be in a position

By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.