Mad Men-style office couch for napping: retrograde, lazy, stinks of the patriarchy Yoga mat in office for napping: modern, enlightened, an act of resistance

Rhodesia Herald adverts from the the late 1970s for vehicles claiming to offer protection against landmines and roadside ambushes.

Getting to that season when you gotta swap out the ‘Spider’ for the ski rack…

But they are both so old!

The countdown to the Spring Bocce Tournament has begun! On Friday, May 3rd the faculty from Pratt’s School of Liberal Arts & Sciences will battle for the vaunted Foucault Cup….

not forever, but for the summer!

me: fine. back to blue books then AI: [beads of sweat]

Am excited to be a part of this great collection that’s out in Oct, just in time for the 60th anniversary of UDI. bloomsbury.com/us/rhodesias-u…

CFC!

Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence edited by Hugh Pattenden, Carl P. Watts & Sue Onslow offers a comprehensive, multi-perspective analysis of the 1965 UDI and its lasting impact on Zimbabwe’s political and global history. 📙 bit.ly/432SafB

Another new article! Leisure, violence, and the uncanny during the Rhodesian War by @Josiahbrownell looks at the evolution of white civilian society in Rhodesia during the Rhodesian War through the lens of its evolving paramilitarised consumer culture. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

(unzipping my suitcase in the academic conference hotel) ‘there’s a lot to unpack here’ (looking out the academic conference hotel window) ‘this provides a good window into the outside world’ (stubbing my toe on the academic conference hotel bed post) ‘I was really struck by…’