We don't have school on Monday for "Indigenous Peoples Day." I thought this was really exciting and moderately cool, giving the big F-U to Columbus and lame holidays the guvment throws at us. Then when I looked it up on Wikipedia, I was just redirected to Columbus Day.
This is similar to how in Virginia they had MLK day originally as "Lee-Jackson-King Day," thereby managing to celebrate MLK's birthday right along with two Confederate generals. Shouldn't they just be...completely completely disassociated?? Arizona actually voted against honoring MLK day (against) in 1990. Then, after we were all so excited that the Super Bowl was going to be played in the hometown of myself and Pointer, the nearly all-African American teams realized that that shit wasn't so cool, so the Super Bowl XXVII was played in Pasadena that year instead. Arizona swiftly voted the holiday as legit in 1992 and by 1996 got Super Bowl XXX to Tempe. I remember they canceled school for that shit.
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Dodo Bird is living in Los Angeles, working, and attending graduate school for poetry. Like her moniker, she was over-harvested by explorers to the point of extinction in the 17th century.
Pointer moved to New York City, and is trying not to write about work. Frequently pointing at things, she is anxious, shaky, and short-haired [on hiatus].
Pointer moved to New York City, and is trying not to write about work. Frequently pointing at things, she is anxious, shaky, and short-haired [on hiatus].
The "Toastmaster Harpoon Party" blog banner contains a map created by Ptolemy. Citation for this image is below:
Ptolemy, 2nd cent. ''Map of the World.'' 1482. John Carter Brown Library, Brown University.
Ptolemy, 2nd cent. ''Map of the World.'' 1482. John Carter Brown Library, Brown University.
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