movies Pruning the Movies is a silent satire on censorship from 1915 Popkin

animation "The Hasher's Delirium" is a surreal cartoon from 1910 Popkin

gender The weirdly conservative story of a famous American drag artist from the 1910s Thom Dunn

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museums Mysterious rat humanoid figure anonymously donated to museum David Pescovitz

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HDSF "Planet" as a verb: a new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Jesse Sheidlower

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HDSF What is a Supervillain? A new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Jesse Sheidlower

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Comics Meet these incredible collectors of the gags and novelties sold in old comics David Pescovitz

happy mutants Monster Scouts: go camping with an imaginary cryptid scout troop from the 1910s! Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Notes on curating an open access collection of political stickers Cory Doctorow

music This is the first jazz record David Pescovitz

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fashion 100 Years of Beauty – Episode 10: Germany Mark Frauenfelder

fashion 100 Years of Beauty – Episode 9: Italy Mark Frauenfelder

fashion 100 Years of Beauty – Episode 8: Russia Mark Frauenfelder

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