Colin Scanlon

1 week ago | mentalfloss.com | Colin Scanlon

From Viet Cong diplomats to American anti-war activists, these women made their mark on one of the 20th century’s most controversial conflicts. War is often erroneously understood as a purely masculine arena. But women have always played indispensable roles in battle, even if they’ve been historically relegated to the sidelines—and the Vietnam War was no exception.

1 week ago | mentalfloss.com | Colin Scanlon

The Vietnam War was a long, drawn-out conflict. We’ve outlined some of the biggest battles and occasions to remember. The Vietnam War—an era-defining, harrowing period of Southeast Asian and American history—remains one of the most controversial military conflicts to date, even half a century after its conclusion. It was a period of unprecedented social and political upheaval in both Vietnam and the United States.

2 weeks ago | mentalfloss.com | Colin Scanlon

The Vietnam War was a highly controversial conflict. We break down some of the most common questions about the war. The War in Vietnam remains one of the most complex and controversial conflicts in American history. Far more than merely a humiliating military failure, the Vietnam War forced the United States to reckon with the limits and false promises of the American exceptionalism that had taken hold after the conclusion of World War II.

3 weeks ago | popmatters.com | Colin Scanlon

Vanishing World Grove Atlantic In Japanese literary sensation Sayaka Murata’s novel Vanishing World, sex between married couples (both for pleasure and for procreation) has all but vanished. In response to a largely absent male population throughout the Second World War, extensive research and development of artificial insemination practices subsumed Japan’s medical and scientific community, inevitably supplanting natural conception within families altogether.

3 weeks ago | mentalfloss.com | Colin Scanlon

From children’s authors to chefs, these famous faces led little known lives of intrigue and espionage. What do Julia Child, Paul Revere, and Harriet Tubman all have in common? Each played a crucial role in the clandestine world of espionage and intelligence. Though we might know them for their shows, fashion, or fiction, each of these famous figures on our list once led double lives in the shadowy world of espionage.