What's Past Is Prologue

emily. 28. los angeles. ya librarian. likes art and stuff. this blog will probably be a collection of the following: art, libraries/archives, pop culture things, jewish stuff, and cute animals.

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“Sorry in advance, I’m gonna talk about politics the entire time.” Lindy West at #CLA2017

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It was really cool to walk into target and see this Hanukkah display in the dollar section. I’m so used to being inundated with Christmas stuff that it was nice to see something geared towards Hanukkah in the front. Good job Target

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Jewish Survival Guide: Christmas Season Edition

Whenever someone says “Merry Christmas!” to you, respond, “I’m sorry, I don’t know who that is.”

Carry around a jar labeled “Jewish Christmas jar” and anytime someone refers to Chanukah as “Jewish Christmas” make them put in $5.

Try to pay for things in gelt.

Write outraged letters to Chick fil A and Hobby Lobby accusing them of a war on Chanukah because no one said Chanukah sameach to you when you checked out.

Pretend not to know what your friends’ stockings are and attempt to place them on your feet.

Show up to white elephant parties with a dreidel and try to get everyone to gamble away their presents.

If you work in retail, swap your store’s Christmas music out with klezmer when no one’s looking.

Whenever someone asks you if Jews celebrate Christmas, blow an air horn in their face.

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Time for the annual reblog

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I’ll help y'all write the letters to hobby lobby and chick fil a if you want lol

[aka-maayan]

DEAR SIR OR MADAM I write to express my outrage at your COMPLETE LACK OF HOLIDAY SPIRIT the maccabees FOUGHT AND DIED for this holiday and you should be ASHAMED

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Workshops with toys are fun. A perk of being a librarian. Plus they served Mendocino Farms for lunch. (at Los Angeles Public Library)

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Pacific Standard time #pstlala at central library. (at Los Angeles Public Library)

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This post made me supper happy so I needed to share. I really need all of these sweaters.

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I need all those sweaters tbh

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grabby hands

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Staircase porn

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 Judy Chicago

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Tauba Auerbach (American, b. 1981), Untitled, 2010. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 45 in.

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Liv Ullmann photographed by Philippe Le Telier, 1969.

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Paper Art by Mar Cerdà on Instagram

Follow So Super Awesome on Instagram

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The Mysterious Case of Crown Shyness

I am sure we have all encountered one or two shy classmates back in our high school days or even in college. But did you ever hear about the trees that are shy? Well thanks to Robert Macfarlene’s Twitter account, we came across this new and interesting term called “crown shyness”.

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Suicide (Selbstmörder)

George Grosz (1893–1959)

Tate

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I’ve been laughing for like twenty minutes at the idea of somebody typing this and thinking “good tweet” and then hitting the post button

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It’s true. (by Big Fat Comics)