[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
January
30: Women and Sports: Babe Didrikson Zaharias: A Super Bowl series kicks
off with two ways to connect the pioneering athlete to legendary men, and one
key way not to.
January
31: Women and Sports: Title IX: The series continues with two reasons why it’s
wrong to limit Title IX to sports, and one way that focus can still be
meaningful and helpful.
February
1: Women and Sports: The Williams Sisters: Two factors that have entirely
changed my perspective on the tennis superstars, as the series rolls on.
February
2: Women and Sports: Soccer Stories: Two individual and one collective way
to AmericanStudy our recent crop of soccer stars.
February
3: Women and Sports: Ronda Rousey: The series concludes with why I haven’t
quite appreciated the MMA superstar, and how I’m trying to.
February
4-5: Women and Sports Links: Five links to keep the conversation going!
February
6: History for Kids: American Girl Dolls: A series in honor of Laura
Ingalls Wilder’s bday kicks off with the histories, stories, and effects of the
popular dolls.
February
7: History for Kids: Little House on the Prairie: On Wilder’s 150th
birthday, the series continues with a key difference between the show and
novels, and why it matters.
February
8: History for Kids: Mike Mulligan and His America: How an AmericanStudies
approach can help us dig into the many layers of a beloved children’s book, as
the series rolls on.
February
9: History for Kids: Kate Milford’s The Boneshaker: More overt and more
subtle lessons from a recent, brilliant young adult tale of supernatural
horror.
February
10: History for Kids: School Projects: The series concludes with lessons
from three wonderful elementary school Social Studies projects.
February
11-12: Crowd-sourced Kids’ Histories: Fellow AmericanStudiers share their
responses to the week’s posts and other ideas for places and ways kids can
learn history!
February
13: AmericanStudier Hearts Justified: Appalachian Action: A Valentine’s
week love letter to Justified starts
with how the show transcended its genre limits.
February
14: AmericanStudier Hearts Justified: Raylan and Boyd: The series continues
with the downsides to loving charactesr, and why it’s still beneficial to do
so.
February
15: AmericanStudier Hearts Justified: Mags and Ava: What links and
differentiates two of the series’ most badass female characters, as the series
rolls on.
February
16: AmericanStudier Hearts Justified: Limehouse and Noble’s: The potent
lessons of the show’s most surprising community, and their limits.
February
17: AmericanStudier Hearts Justified: Justified and Deadwood: The series
concludes with what links the two great shows, and what separates them.
February
18-19: Crowd-sourced JustifiedStudying: Responses and ideas from fellow impassioned
JustifiedStudiers—add yours in comments, please!
February
20: Precedents Day: My annual Presidents Day post, on how to make the
holiday into a more meaningful remembrance of such figures and of our
histories.
February
21: AmericanStudying Non-Favorites: The Great Gatsby: The popular annual
series starts with the limits of an unquestionably great novel, and how to
complement them.
February
22: AmericanStudying Non-Favorites: The Sound of Music: The series continues
with the problems with overly saccharine history, and how it can still punch
Nazis in the face.
February
23: AmericanStudying Non-Favorites: The Goonies: What’s annoying about the kids’
classic 80s film, and what’s even more frustrating.
February
24: AmericanStudying Non-Favorites: Tom Brady: The series concludes with
two ways I’d critique the all-time great quarterback.
February
25-26: Crowd-sourced Non-Favorites: One of my favorite posts of the year,
as fellow AmericanStudiers air their grievances and gripes—you know you want to
add yours in comments!
February
27: CubanAmericanStudying: José MartÃ: A series in honor of Desi Arnaz’s
100th birthday starts with the cross-cultural meanings of the
legendary Cuban activist.
February
28: CubanAmericanStudying: The Mariel Boatlift: The series continues with
three ways to contextualize the 1980 refugee crisis.
March
1: CubanAmericanStudying: Three Artists, Three Generations: Tracing Cuban
American music and community across three famous artists, as the series rolls
on.
March
2: CubanAmericanStudying: Desi Arnaz: How birthday boy Arnaz helps us
remember a very different stage and side of the Cuban American experience.
March
3: CubanAmericanStudying: Rubio and Cruz: The series concludes with what
distinguishes, and what links, the two contemporary Cuban American politicians.
Next series
starts Monday,
Ben
PS. Topics you’d
like to see covered in this space? Guest Posts you’d like to contribute? Lemme know!
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