“These were not in-character names. These were their best friends, whose names we were playing. We were ghosts. It was like they were walking around amongst ghosts. It’s why Grace Nixon fell a little in love with Ron Livingston. Why the Guarnere family call me Grandpa.We were bringing back these younger versions of themselves, and it was super powerful.” - Frank John Hughes
The best part about Cunk on Britain is watching all the actual real life historian/literary critic/political commentators trying not to laugh in their takes…
The problem of museum work where it is my life’s goal to explain to you that your favorite heroes of the American Revolution were in fact, just Some Guy who probably owned slaves and you should never in 100 years emulate, but also learning about them is extremely important to understanding politics and human nature and I definitely deserve a living wage to tell you about it
6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion WACs, Hull & Cambridge, England (1945)
This archive footage describes the 6888th Battalion at work sorting mail for black soldiers to receive during World War II. I think that it is wonderful to see how black women were able to partake in the Second World War, yet overcome the sexism and racism they had to deal with during that time period.
