- Nov 2023
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotopia
Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston by Ernest Callenbach (1975)
Note that this was published in the same year as The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
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- Oct 2023
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danallosso.substack.com danallosso.substack.com
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They then spent a couple of pages on the history of elementary education, followed by a discussion of the stages of instruction, beginning with "reading readiness" and continuing through "sight words" and "context clues", to mature skills that allow the reader to compare the views of different writers.
The broad idea of "reading readiness" stemmed from Jean Piaget's work, much of which was debunked by Peter Bryant during the 1970s. Yet we're still apparently discussing it and attempting to figure out how to do all this better: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/22/us/reading-teaching-curriculum-phonics.html
They didn't tackle the lowest level very thoroughly, but I was a bit surprised that with their discussion of speed reading they didn't give at least a passing mention to phonics which had a big rise in the 1960s before declining in the 70s and 80s only to see another big uptick in the 90s.
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- Aug 2023
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www.si.edu www.si.edu
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In 1970 Diller starred as Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello, Dolly! for three months at the St. James Theatre on Broadway. Diller followed Carol Channing, Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Pearl Bailey (in a version with an all-black cast) and Betty Grable in the role and was replaced by Ethel Merman, who closed out the show in December 1970.
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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Phillips also was partly responsible for the design of the Republican "Southern Strategy" of the 1970s and 1980s.
Was there a heavy racist tinge to his version of Southern Strategy? Religious?
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- Dec 2022
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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Fluxus was an international, interdisciplinary community of artists, composers, designers and poets during the 1960s and 1970s who engaged in experimental art performances which emphasized the artistic process over the finished product.[1][2] Fluxus is known for experimental contributions to different artistic media and disciplines and for generating new art forms.
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www.newyorker.com www.newyorker.com
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Eno heard about No Wave, then the dominant style for downtown bands who were taking punk to its logical extremes—abandoning song form, playing entirely outside of formal tunings, and foregrounding noise over signal.
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- Aug 2022
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www.janeausten.pludhlab.org www.janeausten.pludhlab.org
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poetical descriptions extant of autumn
In the 1970s miniseries (which huge hair) one of the Musgrove sisters asks Anne for an appropriate poem on this walk. In the 2022 adaptation Mary snipes at Anne when she tries to recite telling her she doesn't like poetry or it makes her sick (can anyone find the quote?)
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- Apr 2022
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pioneerworks.org pioneerworks.org
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https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/scientology-psychiatry/
A discussion of how Scientology got roped into the anti-psychiatry movement of the 70s and lead up to the existence of Psychiatry: An Industry of Death museum as part of the Citizens Commission of Human Rights International.
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- May 2020
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blogs.scientificamerican.com blogs.scientificamerican.com
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Brangwynne, C. (2020 April 29). How a Landmark Physics Paper from the 1970s Uncannily Describes the COVID-19 Pandemic. Scientific American Blog Network. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-a-landmark-physics-paper-from-the-1970s-uncannily-describes-the-covid-19-pandemic/
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- Aug 2017
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www.fbi.gov www.fbi.gov
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Patty Hearst - good example of stockholm syndrome
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