Photo by Unseen Histories on Unsplash Desegregation, often associated with the struggle for racial equality, goes far beyond the simple dichotomy of black and white. While the Civil Rights Movement in the United States was pivotal in challenging racial segregation, desegregation encompasses a broader perspective that extends to various aspects of society. It may still need a lot…
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The Changing Times: Technology Pushes the World Forward
Photo by Frans van Heerden After reading a novel about a steam locomotive and seeing a passenger plane zooming past my place, I was struck with wonder about how technology pushes the world forward. As I sat down this Sunday, trying to look past the ills of the world, I couldn’t help but be pulled…
The Reality Of Life Inside Victorian Mental Asylums
Reading Asylum Scandals by Patricia Lubeck is a great introduction to learning more about the wider history of asylums, particularly Victorian mental asylums. Perhaps nothing has captured the minds of people when imagining mental torture than that of the insane asylum. These institutions have terrible histories, and not without reason. They were initially established to be places…
How the Great Depression Created the Modern World
Photo by The Humantra I Loved Her Enough by Diane H. Lane is the tragic and harrowing story of how five-year-old Eilleen lived through the Great Depression and her thoughts looking back. Few will argue that this is the case, but it is certain that the Great Depression is the catalyst of the modern world…
Novels About War: The Irony of Make Love Not War
Photo by cottonbro studio With war being a controversial and damaging concept, why is literature still brimming with novels? War has been a dominant, ever-present force since ancient civilizations. It’s a crucial factor contributing to the creation and unfortunate destruction of states and empires and, more so, enriching the world’s history. Beyond its destructive capacity,…
To Sam It All Up 