neil-gaiman:

My assistant, Fabulous Lorraine, who bouts under the derby name of Quiche MeDeadly, wants me to spread the word around on this.

And when a derby girl wants the word spread around, what you do is, you spread the word around. Trust me on this.

We wanted to share this with you, and ask that you share it with everyone you know who loves roller derby and wants to see it gain the legitimacy it deserves.

What: A letter writing campaign to the White House asking that the president honor the women of Team USA. Feel free to use our stock letter or write your own. Please stay respectful and on point. If you write a letter on behalf of this campaign you are representing the whole roller derby community. If we each send an e-mail, it will be very hard to ignore our request. You can easily e-mail the White House through this link,http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments.

susiesnapshot:

LIFE: Death Valley Fliers. Photo by John Florea, 1944.

robotcosmonaut:

Anna Fisher

via scanzen

This is my grandmother, from back in the day. She is awesome, she died today.

robotcosmonaut:

Metropolitan Museum, New York - 1949

Education.

robotcosmonaut:

Revenge of the Nerds

robotcosmonaut:

Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago

Two Bauhaus Student ID’s.  Husband and wife, Iwao and Michiko Yamawaki

Gunta Stölzl’s Bauhaus ID, not student is crossed out and Master is written by hand.