Trendy Ways to Die
By Julian
@trendywaystodie on tweetor
Trendy Ways to DieJul 27, 2020
TW2D Ep. 1 (Re-recorded) | Celluloid Collars/One for the Boys
Must-have fashion of the late Victorian Age! Hard plastic collars that save you time, money, and maybe, just maybe....choke or burn you to death, you drunk fancy boy.
Media depictions:
1. library.wustl.edu/advertising-19th…tachable-collar/
2. collections.si.edu/search/results.…=AC0060-0000078
Some sources:
americanhistory.si.edu/blog/white-collar-message
vintrowear.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/g…s-they-wore/
www.sandburg.org/SandburgsHometow…loidCollars.html
www.amazon.com/Bicycles-Bakelite…ag=gizmodoamzn-20
io9.gizmodo.com/the-earliest-plas…f-expl-1705491374
www.reallifeanswers.org/love-and-rela…illiard-balls
TW2D Ep. 2 | Mercury goes where?
Less than 100 years ago, the US military was injecting this heavy metal into the genitals of deployed soldiers in an ineffective attempt to treat syphilis and other STIs. Jackie joins to discuss the history of sex ed and the use of mercury. Plus, how mercury's insanity-like side effects informed western stereotypes about crazy people!
Media depiction:
archive.org/details/SEX.HYGIENE
Corrections:
- Jackie accidentally referred to Queen Victoria's older brother Ernest II as her younger brother. Oops. Sorry Victorians.
- I pronounced the name of the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, as "Quinn Shee Huayng." That's wrong. It should be pronounced "Cheen Sheh Huahng."
- Probably others to come.
Some sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)
www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/opinion/b…ass=false
fighterjetsworld.com/weekly-article…s-in-war/5922/
case.edu/affil/skuyhistcontra…Condoms-Sponges.html
corrosion-doctors.org/Elements-Toxic…ry-medical.htm
art-bin.com/art/hanson_en.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_in_fish
USS VD -- Ship of Shame: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244869/
WWII-era washable condom: https://collection.maas.museum/object/158914