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contingentmagazine. org > 05/14/2026 > a-postcard-from-popcon

A Postcard from Pop Con

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (215+ words) City of Angels, be all you can be! Be movies, be a-list, be seen just to see your part'repeat, the heartbeat in L. A. !1 Let me start from the beginning. I'm a History Ph. D. candidate studying the history of American popular culture…...

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contingentmagazine. org > 04/12/2026 > queen-of-heaven-empress-of-hell-audio

Queen of Heaven, Empress of Hell "audio

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (19+ words) In late medieval texts, the Virgin Mary was a skilled debater'and a dab hand with a club. {...

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contingentmagazine. org > 05/09/2026 > when-john-browns-body-is-wax-audio

When John Brown's Body Is Wax " audio

3+ week, 4+ hour ago  (108+ words) Editor's note: this is a bonus piece. If you're a donor to the magazine, log in to read the full piece. If you're not a donor, you can become one here. This is author Allison Horrocks reading "When John Brown's…...

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contingentmagazine. org > 03/26/2026 > a-postcard-from-canadas-military-museums

A Postcard from Canada's Military Museums

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (230+ words) Visitors attending a public talk. Museum exhibit showcasing the wartime roles of Indigenous women, in English and French. Avro Canada CF-100 interceptor. The only all Canadian fighter designed and built in Canada. It entered service in the early 1950s and was…...

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contingentmagazine. org > 02/15/2026 > christ-what-a-monster-audio

Christ, What a Monster! " audio

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (97+ words) Editor's note: this is a bonus piece. If you're a donor to the magazine, log in to read the full piece. If you're not a donor, you can become one here. This is author Michael Eber reading "Christ, What a…...

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contingentmagazine. org > 02/02/2026 > over-there-again

Over There, Again

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (77+ words) Bartolomeo Vanzetti (left), handcuffed to Nicola Sacco (right), 1923, public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Image from the American Legion Weekly publication, 1922, public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Reflections on a year spent teaching history at the United States Military Academy At Contingent…...

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contingentmagazine. org > 01/12/2026 > to-invent-immortality-audio

To Invent Immortality " audio

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (90+ words) contingentmagazine. org Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28: 55 " 66. 3 MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS You have been listening to Vaughn Joy read her piece "To Invent Immortality," published in Contingent Magazine's 2025 series A Time Of Monsters. At Contingent…...

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contingentmagazine. org > 01/08/2026 > contingent-magazine-podcast-trailer

Contingent Magazine Podcast Trailer

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (84+ words) Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 0: 23 " 1. 1 MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS Coming soon! Stay tuned. At Contingent Magazine, we believe that history is for everyone, that every kind of history is worthwhile, and that historians should be…...

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contingentmagazine. org > 12/29/2025 > beastly-transformations

Beastly Transformations

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (311+ words) A playground in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Kensington, 2006. Chris Erb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons A line of undead "zombies" walk through a field in the night in a still from the film Night Of The Living Dead. George Romero,…...

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contingentmagazine. org > 10/22/2025 > a-postcard-from-the-festival-of-monsters

A Postcard from the Festival of Monsters

7+ mon, 3+ day ago  (417+ words) In the weeks preceding the festival, I noticed monstrous event posters taking over the UC Santa Cruz campus. The stance of the poster's central creature (designed by a student!) reminds me of the Emcee from Cabaret. "Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!" it…...

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