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Making of: Podcasts and Oral Histories
This is just a brief overview of how we make our podcast episodes!
Al Preston
2 days ago4 min read
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Book Review: A Curious History of Sex
A short and sweet book review to A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister.
Al Preston
Apr 43 min read
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Duquesne University Research Symposium
A recap of the Holiday Pride's poster presentation at Duquesne University's Research Symposium.
Al Preston
Mar 214 min read
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Interviewing Thomas Rainbolt
A short discussion on Thomas Rainbolt's thesis about the LGBT+ Networks in Pittsburgh.
alexanderrpreston7
Mar 145 min read
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Book Review: Gay Bar: Why We Went Out by Jeremy Atherton Lin
Gay Bar by Jeremy Atherton Lin is an excellent read for anyone interested in why bars are so important to the queer community.
Al Preston
Feb 286 min read
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Histoy is a Cage Match
Exciting news! The Holiday Pride will be presenting in DC this April!
alexanderrpreston7
Feb 213 min read
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A Peak into the Ivory Tower: Historical Research
This is a little insight into how academic and some public history gets going.
Al Preston
Feb 144 min read
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Spotlight: Nine Parts Water, One Part Bleach
Silas talks about work he's done previously about Pittsburgh's queer community.
Silas Switzer
Jan 172 min read
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Making of: The Golden Age of Piracy DND Module
A look into the mechanics that went into the creation of our pirate DND module!
alexanderrpreston7
Dec 27, 20244 min read
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Looking Forward
The future may look a little bleak, but there can be a lot of hope.
alexanderrpreston7
Nov 29, 20245 min read
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What is Public Memory?
What is public memory and what does it matter? This is just a brief discussion on the road blocks to studying history.
alexanderrpreston7
Nov 22, 20244 min read
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Case Study: Voyant
Voyant is a text-mining tool that is very useful for understanding large bodies of work. We take a look at it as a tool for history.
alexanderrpreston7
Nov 15, 20244 min read
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Book Review: Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution
This is a book review of Susan Stryker's Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution.
alexanderrpreston7
Nov 1, 20244 min read
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Making Of: Book Reviews
A little bit about how we read and process books for the book reviews.
alexanderrpreston7
Sep 27, 20246 min read
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Case Study: Artifical Intelligence
This is a short case study on AI and it's uses as a tool for education.
alexanderrpreston7
Sep 20, 20245 min read
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Book Review: Making Gay History by Eric Marcus
Making Gay History is a collection of oral histories from major players in the history of the queer movement in the US.
alexanderrpreston7
Sep 6, 20246 min read
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Oral History Process
By Al Preston            A huge theme of this project and of queer history in general is discovery of identity. Many queer historians...
alexanderrpreston7
Aug 8, 20249 min read
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