Author: Ryan Reft

Black History Month Part II: Reclaiming sporting culture

It’s hard to think of a sport more awash in images of blonde blue eyed Californians than surfing. […]

Privatizing the All Volunteer Army: Gender and Families in the 1990s and Early Aughts

[Editor’s note: This is the final installment in ToM’s three part series on social welfare policies in the […]

Feminism, Evangelicalism, and Social Welfare in Ronald Reagan’s Military: Part II of Jennifer Mittelstadt and The Rise of the Military Welfare State

[Editor’s note: This is part II of ToM’s three part series on the AVF via Jennifer Mittelstadt’s recent […]

Transforming the Military Amidst Austerity: The 1970s and the All Volunteer Army in Jennifer Mittelstadt’s The Rise of the Military Welfare State (Part I)

In 1974, in the wake of the nation’s retreat from Vietnam and the institution of the all volunteer […]

The Lakewood Plan: Homeownership, Taxes, and Diversity in Postwar Suburbia

If you’re driving about 15 or 20 miles south of Central Chennai in Bali, don’t be surprised if […]

The Sound of Motor City: Ruin Porn, Popular Memory, and Protomartyr’s Vision of 21st Century Detroit

For the past couple years, one of the most vital sounds in music today has come out of […]

Generational Narcissism?: Less than Zero, Gen X, and Why Millenials Really Aren’t All That Bad.

Over the past couple months or to be more accurate years, numerous commentators have bemoaned the apparent narcissism […]

Beyond the Valley: Demography, Failed Secession and Urban Politics in San Fernando Valley

When one thinks of San Fernando Valley, visions of ranch home subdivisions, shopping malls, and valley girls bound about the mind. […]