The Frightening Potential of Horror

The Frightening Potential of Horror
The Frightening Potential of Horror from YouTube

In this video I do my best to reclaim cosmic horror, address the rising wave of transphobia, and show how even in the face of overwhelming dread we can and must still find hope. I also attempt to illustrate the importance of organizing labor.

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Marilyn Monroe: No Rest Even in Death

Marilyn Monroe

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca5jA8ho8Kw&ab_channel=iilluminaughtii[/embed] It’s safe to say that Marilyn Monroe is one of the most famous celebrities to ever walk the earth. While alive, she was bombarded by the constant pressure of fans, producers, and virtually everyone else to constantly “perform”. To make their money, or make them happy. Even in death, she is under insurmountable pressure…

Students on northern Israel field trip stumble onto 1,500-year-old lioness carving | The Times of Israel

The basalt carving of a lioness suckling her young discovered at Ein Nashut by students on a field trip on March 1, 2023, in ancient Israel. (courtesy Mordechai Aviam)

A group of students taking a class on the history of early Jewish villages in northern Israel became part of the story they were studying last week after stumbling across a 1,500-year-old carved lioness sculpture that likely adorned an ancient synagogue.Prof. Mordechai Aviam of the Kinneret Academic College on the Sea of Galilee was leading…

Museums and Universities Pledge to Return Native American Remains — ProPublica

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Until this year, the University of Kentucky’s William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology had never returned any of the more than 4,500 Native American human remains in its collections.That is about to change.Weeks after ProPublica published the “Repatriation Project,” the university told federal officials that 138 ancestral remains in its collection could be repatriated to…

Is This An Ancient Archeological Treasure Trove Or An Elaborate Hoax? | Time Team | Odyssey

Is This An Ancient Archeological Treasure Trove Or An Elaborate Hoax?

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m40tt5K5UG0&ab_channel=Odyssey-AncientHistoryDocumentaries[/embed] Tony Robinson and the Time Team are on a dig like no other. They’re on a mission to work out whether the intriguing ancient artefacts of Llygadwy are genuine or an elaborate crime against archaeology.

First Crowned Queen Consort of England…and Murderer? | Queen Aelfthryth of Devon

Queen Aelfthryth of Devon

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y809U8sh97E&ab_channel=History%27sForgottenPeople[/embed] Queen Aelfthryth (also known as Elfrida) is remembered mostly for two things: being the first crowned queen consort in England (and the only Anglo-Saxon one), and for being accused of the murder of her step-son, King Edward, in order to place her son, Aethelred, on the throne. But was Aelfthryth really a murderer? Or…

Cooking guinea pig Peruvian style – Cuy crocante / The Peruvian cooking show

Cuy crocante
Cooking guinea pig Peruvian style – Cuy crocante / The Peruvian cooking show from YouTube

Get a private virtual city tour with me! This could be a great present for someone who loves Latin American history and Peru,

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEgF3O6iEoQ&ab_channel=AdventurousTravelGuide[/embed] This virtual lecture was live-streamed in Lima for HEYGO.COM, a virtual-tours platform that brings the world closer together.

Decoding da Vinci | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS

Decoding da Vinci | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGsUFvwgvCo&ab_channel=NOVAPBSOfficial[/embed] Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance genius. Not only did he paint masterpieces of art, but he was an obsessive scientist and inventor, dreaming up complex machines centuries ahead of his time, including parachutes, armored tanks, hang gliders, and robots. On the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death, with the help of biographer Walter Isaacson,…

Māoriland indigenous film festival to screen 200-plus short films this year | RNZ News

Libby Hakaraia will be stepping down as festival director. Photo: supplied
Māoriland indigenous film festival to screen 200-plus short films this year by RNZ News (RNZ)

The creator of the largest indigenous film festival in the world – which kicks off today – is pleased with how much it has grown in 10 years.

The creator of the largest indigenous film festival in the world – which kicks off today – is pleased with how much it has grown in 10 years.Māoriland which started in 2014 will showcase its largest programme yet, representing more than 150 Indigenous nations from across the world.More than 200 short films which will be…