RE: Exposed Bones

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In the first house I owned, back in the nineties, when I crawled in the corners behind the walls in the attic to add fiberglass insulation, I found that newspapers had been the original insulation, all from the 1920’s. Some in sad shape where water had gotten through, but mostly pristine and still readable.



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Was it fun to read through them and see what was happening at the time? In these ones, there was Kennedys and Monroe, Nixons and a lot of sexist comics! :D

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It was kind of weird. The sexist stuff, sure, but lots of old racist ads too. One was for toothpaste, showing a little black kid and a watermelon. Said something like “Go ahead, Sambo!”

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There is a Finnish ABC book from the 50s or 60s that has a certain word for the "N" - with the phrase that translates something like

"He can wash and wash, but his face will never be clean"

I have been reading the Mary Poppins books to my daughter. It is amazing it hasn't been "cancelled" by the woke mob. Although it is weird to read through the frames of today, I don't apply them to the frames of yesterday. It is impossible to future proof culture and society from opinion.

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