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Posts By: Monika Zaleska

  • April 21, 2014

    Youth in Resistance: The Polish Scouts

    BY Monika Zaleska

    While Germany occupied Poland from 1939-1945, a critical youth movement went underground along with the Polish Home army.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • August 23, 2013

    Brooklyn Poem Prodigy

    BY Monika Zaleska

    Brooklyn native Nathalia Crane was just nine years old when she published her first poem in The New York Sun (they thought they were publishing an adult).

    FROM:Dear Diary

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  • November 6, 2012

    Rebel Heartthrob: Sal Mineo

    BY Monika Zaleska

    “[Director] Ray was aware of Dean’s bisexuality and encouraged the actor to use it in certain scenes.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • August 24, 2012

    Pussy Riots Everywhere

    BY Monika Zaleska

    Three members of girl band Pussy Riot have been sentenced to two years in jail for reciting an anti-Putin “Punk Prayer” to the Virgin Mary last February at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral.

    FROM:Youth Happenings

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  • August 6, 2012

    Hello Halbstarke!

    BY Monika Zaleska

    Yankees – Halbstarke (1965)

    Lyrics: They race (biduah, biduah) / through the streets / and the alleys / they are deserted / blonde beehives / with bands in the hair / and on the black leather that they wear.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • July 18, 2012

    Dead Girls Rising

    BY Monika Zaleska

    Laura Palmer, found dead in the first five minutes of the Twin Peaks pilot (1989), is one of a countless number of teen girls worshipped post-mortem.

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • July 9, 2012

    A Brief History of the Tan

    BY Monika Zaleska

    Today we know tanning as a dangerous way to make oneself appear younger and healthier.  

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • June 28, 2012

    RIP Gad Beck: Teen Gay Jewish Resister

    BY Monika Zaleska

    Gad Beck, teenage World War II Jewish resistance fighter and gay activist, passed away in Berlin this past Sunday June 24th, just days before his 89th birthday. 

    FROM:Archive Fever

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