am I just existing in another universe altogether, because I have not known the humanities to be constantly defending them/ourselves, to try to appeal to people and institutions intent on our destruction, and who see our existence as antithetical to their political projects.

Fun read on organic food & fitness culture as twenty-first Victorianism https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/10/victorian-values-fitness-organic-wealth-parenthood/ @nataliapetrzela

Watching #thefoodthatbuiltAmerica #KFC on #history. Host #NataliaPetrzela says before Colonel Sanders there was the planters peanut & Aunt Jemima, but the colonel was first human brand mascot. What a racist statement about a racist brand identity. Smug just following a horrible show template.

And #womenalsoknowpodcasting! #InternationalPodcastDay favs inc the great @lizcovart @jbf1755 @pastpunditry @nataliapetrzela

Historical, hysterical, and timely. #twitterstorians #VastEarlyAmerica @nataliapetrzela

@nataliapetrzela: If the latest chapter of the Chippendales drama were written as fiction it would be too on the nose

But the founder’s son really does have an outfit called Strippendales

Historian @nataliapetrzela descends into Hell to give us the 5 tracks that will torment her for all eternity. We talked about her great new @bbcsounds series ‘Extreme: Muscle Men’, the musical adventures of a Hollywood star, & how a TV deal was stolen from her.