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It’s the Modern World, the End of Times, the Decline of the West, the Revolt of the Masses. It’s the 1920’s. It’s going to be Very Silly.

 
 
 
 

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Roligaste rubriken i SvD i dag

“Världen är full av små onda fromma män“
Det handlar om abort. Och jag tänker genast på stackars Falco som med all säkerhet har mycket starka åsikter i frågan. Men inte är han ond för det…

Hilja & Josephine

Here’s a nice illustration to the previous post about extremist receptions of Josephine Baker in Finland, from Kurikka no 6 1933.

Hilja: - Woman, if you don’t get out of here while you still can, you’ll taste this!

“True Finns”

Not completely unrelated to my upcoming thesis. One of my challenges is to debunk the old lazy idea that “there was no racism in Finland before those damn foreigners came here”. The Finnish idea of nationhood is very much built upon an impossible ideal of purity, as well as a sense of constant threat towards [...]

Kulttuurikansan hattu

Mainos Elanto-lehdessä vuonna 1926.

Scientific Racism

Madison Grant (1865-1937) left an interesting legacy. He wanted to preserve the North American wilderness and worked hard to save many animal and plant species (including the great redwood) from extinction. He founded many conservation organizations and helped to create national parks around the United States. He was an active member of the American Bison [...]

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