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Posts By: Kelly Rakowski

  • November 3, 2011

    Eastender Mash Up

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Kids in the streets of London—looking good, hanging out, shouting declarations, singing songs, marching in support, and celebrating Royals.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • November 1, 2011

    Come On Children

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Come On Children is a documentary film by Allan King.

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • October 21, 2011

    Hands On

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Vocational high school is no vacation. Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School students in Baltimore, Maryland learn everything hands on.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • October 18, 2011

    Cholombian Style

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Cholombian style sprouts from the stoner slow sounds of the cumbia music scene in working class Monterrey, Mexico.

    FROM:Threads Ahead

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  • October 14, 2011

    Unwrinkled Celebs

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    When They Were Young is a glossy tumblr of celebrity pics pre-fame… and botox.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • October 10, 2011

    Save The Last Dance

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Before the twist, the running man, and the grind—guys and girls danced to formal orchestras and lined up dance partners days in advance.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • October 5, 2011

    Teen Bronte

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Years before Jane Eyre was bestselling, 13 year old Charlotte Bronte amused herself making miniature books, complete with stories, poetry and imagined literary criticism.

    FROM:Teen Reads

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  • October 2, 2011

    High School Illustrated

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Brooklyn Public Librarian Ben Gocker recently shared this series of drawings made by students at Manual Training High School for their literary-art publication, Prospect.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • September 30, 2011

    Teddy Girls

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Teddy girls were working class  gals who often left school at 14 or 15, heading straight to careers in offices or factories.

    FROM:Threads Ahead

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  • September 29, 2011

    Maiko Life

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Day in the life of young maiko. Maiko are apprentice geishas, the literal translation is ‘dance child’.

    FROM:Dear Diary

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