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In reality, the Igorrotes only ate dog meat on special occasions like weddings, funerals, and after a successful head-hunting foray, but Truman had a showman’s impulse not to let the facts interfere with a good story.
from A tale of sex, greed and Filipinos on Coney Island by Excerpted from "
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The Igorrotes experienced a now familiar blend of excited bewilderment. They had journeyed halfway across the world, and had rattled across eleven US states, through wide-open plains and busy railroad junctions. They had grown accustomed to new sights and sounds but nothing could have prepared them for their arrival in America’s greatest city.
from A tale of sex, greed and Filipinos on Coney Island by Excerpted from "
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The most popular exhibit in this “human zoo” were the Igorrotes, who ate dog meat and hunted heads. The man in charge of the Igorrote village, Truman Hunt, had served as a medical doctor during the war and stayed on, eventually rising to become the lieutenant governor of Bontoc Province.
from Claire Prentice’s ‘Lost Tribe of Coney Island’ by Robin Hemley
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In 1911, despite vociferous opposition from Bontoc tribal elders and officials of nearby towns, Schneidewind was permitted to take a group of 55 Igorrotes to Europe, where they exhibited in France, Scotland, England, the Netherlands and Belgium.
from The Igorrote Tribe Traveled the World for Show And Made These Two Men Rich by Smithsonian Magazine
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Finally, on Saturday, May 20, 1905, a week behind schedule, the Igorrote Village opened to the public. Crowds thronged Stillwell and Surf Avenues. Sixty thousand people surged through the gates of Luna Park. Many made straight for the Igorrote Village.
from A tale of sex, greed and Filipinos on Coney Island by Excerpted from "
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Truman Hunt was usually cool under pressure. But today was different. After more than six months of planning, it was almost time for the show to begin. He could hardly wait. The Igorrotes were going to be the talk of Coney Island. No, of the nation. Before they left the train, he gave them a pep talk. Truman was an enthusiastic, if sometimes inexac
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from A tale of sex, greed and Filipinos on Coney Island by Excerpted from "
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It is an old compulsion to try to impose a narrative on our lives, especially when looking for meaning in our existence. But life does have a natural progression, a natural flow that Millennials ought to have simply participated in, and many feel it’s not flowing as it should.

Many felt there were certain things that should have fallen into place by... See more
from ‘A late blooming into misery’: why Millennials are unhappy by Bride Jabour
millenial malaisin and sortakasten
amongst the reasons i've theorised, the ubiquity of media (specifically, nostalgia-driven and self-referential media), where no one seems to age or "mature”(whatever that means). the other side of the theory involves, of course, capitalism. the oppressive conditions that might lead us to turn inward, seek distraction and perform a "simpler” time perpetually— to willingly blind ourselves to the crippling realization that we grew into a world much more hostile than any previous generation had to face. i miss vine, btw. dab and all that.
Hunt was a Spanish-American War veteran and former lieutenant governor of Bontoc, where he had become a trusted friend of the Igorrotes. The United States took control of the Philippines from Spain as part of the terms of the 1898 Treaty of Paris ending the war between the two nations. The U.S. also received stewardship of Puerto Rico and Guam and
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from The Igorrote Tribe Traveled the World for Show And Made These Two Men Rich by Smithsonian Magazine
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“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” The critic and novelist Namwali Serpell told me that the quotation appeals to her in this moment, even though Žižek’s translation is slightly unfaithful to the original. The phrase “now is the time of monsters,” Serpell said, “allows us to think about the... See more
from The Terrible Twenties? The Assholocene? What to Call Our Chaotic Era by Kyle Chayka
seeking a vibe (for the end of the world)

from A tale of sex, greed and Filipinos on Coney Island by Excerpted from "

from A tale of sex, greed and Filipinos on Coney Island by Excerpted from "

from Claire Prentice’s ‘Lost Tribe of Coney Island’ by Robin Hemley

from The Igorrote Tribe Traveled the World for Show And Made These Two Men Rich by Smithsonian Magazine

from A tale of sex, greed and Filipinos on Coney Island by Excerpted from "

from A tale of sex, greed and Filipinos on Coney Island by Excerpted from "

from ‘A late blooming into misery’: why Millennials are unhappy by Bride Jabour

from The Igorrote Tribe Traveled the World for Show And Made These Two Men Rich by Smithsonian Magazine

from The Terrible Twenties? The Assholocene? What to Call Our Chaotic Era by Kyle Chayka