Anti-Social Studies
Former high school teacher helping to contextualize the chaos one historical tangent at a time...
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Olivia Rodrigo, Trad Wives, and the Cult of Domesticity (opens the original)
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Before you start reading, I recommend you put this song - “Serena Joy” - on repeat in the background for the full vibe I’m going for. Also, have you seen all the content from Daisy Chain Fields? Sarah Maclachlan? Alanis Morissette? Stevie Nicks?! I love a pop star who knows her history. It’s hard to be a woman these days, am I right? You get it, you’ve … Read more
My Favorite Things to See (and Buy) on a Teacher’s Wishlist (opens the original)
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Ah, the Teacher Wishlist. A thing that absolutely should not have to exist in our great nation and, yet, is 100% necessary.First, before I go any further, I’m compiling a list of Teacher Wishlists here. Want to satisfy the urge to click “Purchase” but can’t have another Amazon box showing up at your doorstep? AND you get to walk around knowing that you’…
Washing blueberries and pondering the collapse of the Roman Empire (opens the original)
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Today my son and I took a trip to HEB (if you know you know) to stock up on lunch and snack supplies since his school starts tomorrow. Now, I have a strange kid who legitimately likes vegetables. I have no idea how it happened but my 9-year-old gets excited and runs to the containers of Romaine lettuce like they’re Little Debbie Zebra Cakes (he eats tho… Read more
Three lessons I learned at the Democracy Summit today (opens the original)
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I was invited to attend Dream for America’s first in-person conference, the Democracy Summit, and I met a lot of really interesting and inspiring people. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="473" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xIsk!,w_1456,c_
If the Jamestown settlers had access to TikTok, they, also, would’ve been STRESSED. OUT. (opens the original)
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Teaching history - to anyone - is incredibly fun. You’re telling a story! You get paid to go off on tangents! People are so weird and interesting and confusing! But there is one thing that is A) critical for someone to understand before they can truly appreciate all that History has to offer and B) incredibly difficult to teach. Here it is:At any given … Read more
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