I hope that everyone has fully prepared for National Hispanic Heritage Month, which starts today.
Friend’s daughter at the Boston Museum of Science: “Why are all of the signs in Spanish when everyone here is white or Asian?”
From August 2021, when Marjorie Taylor Greene was suspended from Twitter for falsely saying that the vaccinated righteous could still be infected by SARS-CoV-2 and transmit the virus (CBS), “Museum of Science, Boston Announces Vaccination Mandate for All Staff, Volunteers”:
The Museum of Science, Boston, one of the world’s largest science centers and New England’s most attended cultural institution, announced today a requirement that all employees and volunteers are to be vaccinated against COVID-19, effective September 13. The policy is in response to overwhelming scientific evidence of the vaccination’s safety and effectiveness in combating COVID-19.
Museum president Tim Ritchie spoke about the importance of the Museum setting an example as a trusted community resource:
“In early 2020, we closed our doors because the world was fighting a pandemic about which we had little knowledge and against which we had limited defense. Now, thanks to the wonders of science, we have the tools and expertise to eradicate this virus from our communities. We just need to act together.
Also… “Pride Celebration Weekend” at the museum for kids:
More and more of these posts just leave me speechless. With due respect to the commenting guidelines, about all I can say is that lack of comments does not mean lack of appreciation.
One thought: apparently the “mos” in “mos.org” stands for “Museum of Sodomy”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/24/us/lds-church-restrictions-transgender-members/index.html
Not easy when religion needs an open border to sell membership as a path to citizenship yet bans transexuals from kids.
Fun fact: the term “drag” came from “dragging women through the mud”, where performances were meant to mock women in general, hence the exaggerated makeup + wardrobe + prosthetics. Rather than being “fabulous”, drag performances are actually mean-spirited and derisive.
@Anonymous What is your source for this “fun fact” about drag? It is not evident using the usual online tools to find the usual online fountainheads of information.
Decades ago when I started working in DC (IBM BAL 370, hey!), a senior colleague and I were driving around to some meeting and he was extolling the glories of the capital city to the new guy, especially the magnificent museums on the National Mall, all open to the public with no admission charge. Growing reflective he remarked with some dismay that he rarely saw anyone of the non-Euro-American-or-Asian persuasion in the National Gallery of Art. Other than the guards, that is, who add to the atmosphere with their incessant yacking from gallery to gallery.