[A Recap of the month that was in AmericanStudying.]
February
6: Football Figures: Pudge Heffelfinger: For this year’s Super Bowl series
I focused on football figures, starting with the first professional footballer.
February
7: Football Figures: Jim Brown and Barry Sanders: The series continues with
the parallel yet very distinct ways two greats left the game, and the American
resonance of each.
February
8: Football Figures: Texas: A few different ways to AmericanStudy
football’s prime place in the Lone Star State, as the series rushes on.
February
9: Football Figures: Andrew Luck: In the aftermath of a wonderful ESPN
deep-dive article, highlighting a specific and a broader way to contextualize a
shocking retirement.
February
10: Football Figures: Michael Sam and Carl Nassib: The series concludes
with a striking and significant shift, and why there’s much more work to do.
February
11-12: Football (and Sports) Studiers: A Super Bowl weekend special post,
highlighting a handful of the many great sports scholars out there—add more in
comments, please!
February
13: Songs I Love: “Soul Days”: For this year’s Valentine’s series I went
with recent songs I love, starting with Bruce getting soulful on his new album
of covers.
February
14: Songs I Love: “Before You”: The series continues with an extra-sappy
Valentine’s love song (from my sons’ favorite current artist!).
February
15: Songs I Love: “Quiet Town”: My favorite song from my favorite 21st
century band, as the series rocks on.
February
16: Songs I Love: “The Barka-Darling River”: Three particularly great lines
from one of the most pointed songs on a new Midnight Oil album full of them.
February
17: Songs I Love: “Pink Venom”: The series concludes with the silliest song
of the week, an undeniable banger from Korean girl group BlackPink.
February
18-19: Hettie Williams’ Guest Post on Black Writers & AIDS: My next
great Guest Post, Hettie Williams returning for a third awesome post!
February
20: Non-favorite Trends: Defunding Public Higher Ed: This year’s annual
post-Valentine’s gripe-fest focused on non-favorite trends, starting with the
defunding of institutions like mine.
February
21: Non-favorite Trends: Attacking Teachers & Librarians: The airing of
grievances continues with legal and all too literal attacks on teachers and
librarians.
February
22: Non-favorite Trends: Free Speech for Me: How “free speech” often seems
to mean the exact opposite, as the series whines on.
February
23: Non-favorite Trends: Circular Firing Squads: The difference between
debate and division, and why it matters a great deal.
February
24: Non-favorite Trends: Kids Today: The non-favorite trends conclude with
a universal and understandable narrative, and why it’s never been more wrong.
February
25-26: Crowd-sourced Non-favorites: Another installment of my favorite
crowd-sourced post of the year!
February
27: Temperance Milestones: 1623: For the 400th anniversary of
America’s first temperance law, a series on the movement starts with lessons
from that 1623 law.
February
28: Temperance Milestones: The Early Republic: The series continues with
three milestone moments in the movement’s early 19th century evolutions.
March
1: Temperance Milestones: Three Reformers: Takeaways from a trio of
reformers across the 19th century, as the series marches on.
March
2: Temperance Milestones: The Anti-Saloon League: One important innovation and
one troubling interconnection for America’s most influential temperance organization.
March
3: Temperance Milestones: Prohibition: The series concludes with three
great scholarly books that can help us analyze the many layers and legacies of
the movement’s greatest success.
Next
series starts Monday,
Ben
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