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Recalling Tim Curry and the Hilarious ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Craze
The passing of actor Tim Curry at the age of 80 reminded me of the cult following he inspired in university communities across the U.S. in the late 1970s. I was gobsmacked as a young reporter covering the midnight campus craze of reenacting...
WWI & WWII: Women Were Instrumental in Mobilization
These microhistory clips point to real history, but the framing is exaggerated. It compresses WWI, WWII, and later feminism into a much neater story than the evidence supports. I’d rate this narrative 7/10 for factual accuracy, 4/10 for nua...
Was Global Women’s Suffrage Movement Violent? Micro-Learning App Suggests It Was, But No It Wasn’t
Did women around the world win the right to vote by shattering class, as the Paladin microlearning app asserts? Why did some British women conclude around 1905–12 that petitions and conventional politics had failed? Did smashing windows adv...
Launching A New Microlearning Service
Now, in the second quarter of the 21st century, learning history is newly accessible through microlearning, spending a few minutes a day, generally from our smartphones, learning about the past.
Over the last few months, I’ve realized tha...
Micro-Learning With AI: A Daily Routine
In the last month, instead of wasting time surfing the Internet or doomscrolling, I've started the daily habit of micro-lessons, 10 to 15 minutes a day of focused learning. Some friends or family members seem addicted to word games or Duoli...
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