American Dreamer: Archive

“Love one another, as I have loved you.”

Aug 24th

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“If it were customary to send daughters to school like sons, and if they were...”

– Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies (via historyofeurope)

Aug 24th

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“Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and...”

– President Thomas Jefferson, letter to the Danbury, CT Baptist Association, 1802. Given the sentiments expressed by many of the Republican candidates (I see you, Herman Cain), and at Rick Perry’s rally over the weekend, this seems like a useful reminder of what at least one of the Framers actually...

Aug 12th

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MARILYN: Never-Published Photos - Photo Gallery -... →

August 1950: A 24-year-old Marilyn, wearing a simple button-down shirt monogrammed with her initials, leans against a tree in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park for LIFE photographer Ed Clark. The negatives for these photos were recently discovered during our ongoing effort to digitize LIFE’s immense and storied photo archive, including outtakes and entire shoots that never saw the light of...

Aug 7th

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Hi, followers! Gah, that sounds really weird. Let’s try this again… Hi, tumblrs! Is that a word? Eh, whatever. When I started my blog (a whole week ago), I intended it to be centered on American history as well as some pop culture. Now, I notice myself blogging about random things, like nail polish and Ginger Rogers. I really want to be one of those über cool bloggers who has a...

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Anti-Semitism

So, when I stick up for my Jewish people (including my family who were gassed) this is the message I get from the perpetrator. “well then puke already..maybe that will help you stop being such an ignorant, feminist bitch. it was a goddamn joke, move on and get over it. I apologized but you and that asshole Matt are pissing me off…LET IT GO ALREADY! btw fuck you too!” How...

Aug 7th

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Aug 5th

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Random observation #780

politicalprof: Isn’t it fascinating to watch people wonder where all the good jobs are and then go to Walmart to buy the cheapest stuff they can find? Welcome to the neoliberal new world order, where there are lots of really cheap things no one can really afford to buy.

Aug 5th

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This is the Place Where Time Reverses: What Your... →

kmac3490: What Your American Girl Doll Says About the Rest of Your Life Felicity Merriman You had Felicity because of one or more of the following reasons: A) you had red hair B) You thought she had the prettiest clothes and accessories. C) Fewer people had Felicity, and you wanted to be unique. D)… I came across a boxed set of all of the Felicity books when I was in first grade. It was...

Aug 5th

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Aug 3rd

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18thcentury: (via) You’ll have to excuse me as I let out a squeal of excitement. I saw a few of these images via The Paris Apartment and fell utterly in love. If you haven’t seen all of these lovely images from Le Carnaval de Versailles over at The Cherry Blossom Girl, I highly recommend you check them out. Some of the most gorgeous inspiration, don’t you think? (via) (via) (via) I...

Aug 3rd

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My reaction when I first found out about the complexions of Twilight’s vampires…

Aug 3rd

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