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Romance is temporary. Petty is forever.
If you believe that, then you may want to revive the Victorian-era “vinegar valentine” designed to insult the people you can’t stand.
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Valentine’s Day cards too sugary sweet for you? Return to the 19th-century custom of the spicy ‘vinegar valentine’
Victorians found a way to anonymously tell people they didn’t like exactly how they felt.The Conversation
#OnThisDay, 12 Feb 1983, around 200 to 300 women protested the Law of Evidence in Lahore. The law effectively made women’s testimonies worth half that of men’s.
The police used tear-gas and batons before arresting 50 of the protestors. The day is now Pakistan's Women's Day.
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From slavery to sainthood ✨
Meet Augustus Tolton (lovingly known as “Good Father Gus) – the first publicly recognized Black Catholic priest in the U.S, and now on his way to being canonized as a #Catholic saint.
His journey broke barriers, and his legacy lives on this #BlackHistoryMonth.
Kermit first appeared on local TV in 1955, before crossing into Sesame Street, late-night TV and even early Saturday Night Live.
‘Saturday Night Live’s’ first season included ‘Land of Gorch’ sketches that starred creatures Jim Henson made to entertain grown-ups ⬇️
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From Argentina’s dictatorship to today’s ICE raids, mothers have turned grief into resistance.
A political scientist who lived through Argentina’s junta draws urgent parallels.
A collaboration with Rewire News Group:
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How government killings and kidnappings in Argentina drove mothers to resist and revolt − and eventually win
After the regime ‘disappeared’ their children, Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Maya relentlessly demanded justice – and exposed the atrocities of a dictatorship.The Conversation
The result: decades of dictatorship, repression and instability. Guatemala never recovered from the destruction of its democratic experiment — driven, in part, by corporate pressure over fruit.
Before Venezuela’s oil, there were Guatemala’s bananas.
U.S. policy in Latin America has long been shaped by business interests — but rarely with today’s level of openness (thread) ⬇️
