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  • 1970s

Politics of Surfing: Environmentalism and Feminism Among California’s Waves

  • by Ryan Reft
  • Posted on April 22, 2015

  “California’s oceans, waves and beaches are about to become a little cleaner thanks to…

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  • California

Riding Waves, Forging Communities: Surfing, Gender, and Feminism in 20th Century California

  • by Ryan Reft
  • Posted on March 23, 2015December 5, 2017

“I like surfing because I feel like the true me. I think that surfing can…

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  • California

Maps to Nowhere: David Cronenberg Takes on Hollywood, for Better or Worse

  • by Alex Sayf Cummings
  • Posted on March 17, 2015

Birdman was the boffo Hollywood navel-gazing opus par excellence—the sort of thing the Academy just…

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  • 1940s

Sporting Golden State: Women and Athletics in 20th Century California

  • by Ryan Reft
  • Posted on March 4, 2015March 4, 2015

In 1971, an adolescent girl in Connecticut sued for the right to compete on an…

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  • California

The Gonzo Vision of Lana Del Rey

  • by Alex Sayf Cummings
  • Posted on February 2, 2015December 4, 2017

I do not know for a fact that Lizzy Grant, the canny songwriter behind Lana…

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  • Chicano history

¡La Lucha Continua! Gloria Arellanes and the Making of a Chicano Movement in El Monte and Beyond

  • by South El Monte Arts Posse
  • Posted on January 22, 2015March 28, 2015

“So we moved here to El Monte, and I remember all the neighbors were white,”…

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  • 1940s

Noiring LA: Mildred Pierce, The Reckless Moment, and Reinforcing Postwar Suburban Gender Roles

  • by Ryan Reft
  • Posted on October 30, 2014December 5, 2017

“Often like a ghost in the shadows, the mother haunts film noir,” observed Kelly Oliver…

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  • abortion

“A singularly intricate situation has developed in Washington”: Some Historical Background on Hobby Lobby

  • by Lauren MacIvor Thompson
  • Posted on July 2, 2014July 2, 2014

If Progressive Era birth control reformer Mary Ware Dennett hadn’t been cremated in 1947 immediately…

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