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22 Stunning F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes On Writing, Love, And Disillusion

The author of The Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise, Tender is the Night, and such exquisite short stories as “The Diamond Big as the Ritz” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald burned his way through the literary world of the early 20th century. He...

By John Schellhase Oct 3, 2015

22 Stunning F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes On Writing, Love, And Disillusion

The author of The Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise, Tender is the Night, and such exquisite short stories as “The Diamond Big as the Ritz” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald burned his way through the literary world of the early 20th century. He...

By John Schellhase October 3, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXLII

World Leaders When They Were Teens And Twenty-Somethings Vladimir Putin was an unassuming, almost cherubic young boy. Kim Jong-il was a playful, smiling infant. And Richard Nixon, as a collegiate football player, was kind of a hunk. Was, of course, is the key word throughout. Sometimes you just don’t know...

By John Kuroski Oct 2, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXLII

World Leaders When They Were Teens And Twenty-Somethings Vladimir Putin was an unassuming, almost cherubic young boy. Kim Jong-il was a playful, smiling infant. And Richard Nixon, as a collegiate football player, was kind of a hunk. Was, of course, is the key word throughout. Sometimes you just don’t know...

By John Kuroski October 2, 2015

Archaeologists Are One Step Closer To Solving One Of North America’s Oldest Mysteries

Technological advances both increase and decrease the number of the world’s apparent mysteries. In the case of the lost Roanoke colony, recent technological developments are helping researchers inch closer to a satisfying conclusion as to why the 16th century colony disappeared — and it all has to do with what...

By Erin Kelly Sep 29, 2015

Archaeologists Are One Step Closer To Solving One Of North America’s Oldest Mysteries

Technological advances both increase and decrease the number of the world’s apparent mysteries. In the case of the lost Roanoke colony, recent technological developments are helping researchers inch closer to a satisfying conclusion as to why the 16th century colony disappeared — and it all has to do with what...

By Erin Kelly September 29, 2015

Famous Drag Queens Of The Early 20th Century

Before RuPaul entered and expanded our understanding of the mainstream, just a handful of famous drag queens–such as Danny La Rue, Divine, and Doris Fish–managed to capture the attention of the public. For the most part, the art of drag performance had been kept to nightclubs and small stages. In...

By Briana Jones Sep 15, 2015

Famous Drag Queens Of The Early 20th Century

Before RuPaul entered and expanded our understanding of the mainstream, just a handful of famous drag queens–such as Danny La Rue, Divine, and Doris Fish–managed to capture the attention of the public. For the most part, the art of drag performance had been kept to nightclubs and small stages. In...

By Briana Jones September 15, 2015

Cults, Communes And Charles Manson: Isis Aquarian On Her Time With Hollywood’s Famous (And Infamous) Source Family

Isis Aquarian is a striking woman. She is probably best known as a member of The Source Family–a group of beautiful, white clad hippies living in the Hollywood Hills during the 1970s. They followed the teachings of a man named Jim Baker, or Father Yod–a reformed bank robber and judo-chopping...

By All That's Interesting Sep 14, 2015

Cults, Communes And Charles Manson: Isis Aquarian On Her Time With Hollywood’s Famous (And Infamous) Source Family

Isis Aquarian is a striking woman. She is probably best known as a member of The Source Family–a group of beautiful, white clad hippies living in the Hollywood Hills during the 1970s. They followed the teachings of a man named Jim Baker, or Father Yod–a reformed bank robber and judo-chopping...

By All That's Interesting September 14, 2015

How We Invented Childhood

Think of childhood. Not necessarily your childhood, but the idea of being a kid in general. What comes to mind? Playing? Curiosity? Imagination? Innocence? These are all common, if not cliché, notions of what it means to be a child. You play, you learn, you imagine and you are kept...

By Callie Stewart Sep 10, 2015

How We Invented Childhood

Think of childhood. Not necessarily your childhood, but the idea of being a kid in general. What comes to mind? Playing? Curiosity? Imagination? Innocence? These are all common, if not cliché, notions of what it means to be a child. You play, you learn, you imagine and you are kept...

By Callie Stewart September 10, 2015
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