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I am beyond thrilled about my new reads. AND I bought myself a travel journal for the summer so I can write my own travel narrative! (And of course I will transcribe it into blog format)
Also, I’m considering purchasing a Nook Tablet, I own the 1st edition already. Does anyone have one? Is it worth the buy??
+ Commonly banned books throughout History
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.
-Oscar Wilde
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama smile to each other during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, Monday, May 28, 2012, in Washington. (via Photo from AP Photo)
LOVE me some POTUS and FLOTUS!
The Gender Report has a roundup of online articles related to the portrayal of women in the media.
FJP: About the Gender Report:
The goal of this project is to monitor gender in Internet news. Much research has been done on gender representations in traditional media platforms, but little has been found yet regarding how that translates to the web. In fact, 2010 was the first year Internet news was included in the Global Media Monitoring Project’s study as a pilot.
To achieve this aim, The Gender Report, founded in January 2011, has undertaken a number of studies of online news sources. For its main study, The Gender Report regularly records findings from top U.S. online news sites — both those connected to traditional media and those that are online-only. In addition to this regular brief analysis (which is further explained under “Gender Checks” below) and other studies, this site also features posts about trends observed over time, resources on the subjects of gender and journalism, examinations of coverage of gender and women in the news, links to other related sources online, and a gender online news feed.
Billy Eckstine and Lena Horne captured by the iconic photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris at the Loendi Club in Pittsburgh, October 1944. Photo: Carnegie Museum of Art.
May 24, 1883: Brooklyn Bridge Opens to Traffic
On this day in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge opened to traffic. The first person to cross the bridge was Emily Roebling, wife of project engineer Washington Roebling. Washington Roebling had become sick after taking over for his father, John Roebling, who had died as a result of a freak accident at the construction site.
Having studied mathematics and the concepts of bridge building, Emily assisted her husband throughout the entire construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
The period after the Civil War was a time of great transition – and innovation – in the United States. From the Ken Burns’s Brooklyn Bridge site, this timeline shows the progression of the New York-Brooklyn Bridge, which was the premier engineering feat of its time, and puts its construction in greater historical context.
