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The past was neither dim nor drab.
100-year-old color photos (yes, color, not hand-tinted).
via ladyaelfwynn

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fixed_air is having a poll and discussion about abortion on her journal. What's interesting is how civilized the discussion is. We had a long conversation about the internalized sexism of how she framed parts of the poll, and the whole thing is sort of worth taking a look at. No one is trying to change anyone's mind, but people really seem interested in listening.

Do not go over there in a desire for conflict. That's not the point, and I'll be displeased.

http://fixed-air.livejournal.com/224445.html

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Lady, is it a revolution already?

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[these-3-remain.livejournal.com]

I'll be displeased.

Anyone who would intentionally make you mad would be very Not Smart indeed.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

They would also be Very Wrong, as well as Completely Gauche!

[thunderemerald.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link. I love reading discussions like this one, and your comments in particular make me feel oddly empowered. Mind if I fangirl you a little? :)

[merchimerch.livejournal.com]

there's a larger set of Prokudin Gorsky's photos on the Library of Congress website. I'm not sure if the article links to in, but it's part of a searchable online database that they have.

[5251962.livejournal.com]

That last link is so inspiring, and I just..wow. There's nothing I can say to it, I just teared up reading it.
It's really amazing to see things like that.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the pointer at the poll. Will take a look at later.

And I've seen those photos before - they are staggeringly beautiful! It's almost eerie to see period images in such modern presentation.

I think the Library of Congress has some of these online - can't remember whether it's the same ones or additional, but definitely the same photographer.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Those photos are amazing. Oh Russia that was.

I posted my comment

[thenowhere.livejournal.com]

...and required three to tell my story. Don't know if she'll unscreen it, but I think I ended up learning a lot about myself in the writing of it.

Thanks for the link.

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

I'm flabbergasted that the colors in the first photo, in particular, have held up as well as they have; most color movies last perhaps 15 years before color fading.

[supremegoddess1.livejournal.com]

Those photographs are absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for sharing the link!

[miep.livejournal.com]

a friend linked to those photos on facebook last week, and I couldn't stop looking. The one of the workers in the stunning colored shirts really struck me. so vivid and beautiful...