Ever wonder why your Republican uncle suddenly cares so much about monuments?

In this episode, Jared, Abe, & special guest Madison Albertson (scholar, lesbian, and friend of the pod) explore the story of "the Lost Cause", a nationalist myth originating in the post civil-war South that paints the Confederate movement as moral, just, and TOTALLY NOT about slavery. Follow along as we dive into the myth's origins, its influence of American racial politics, and its lasting legacy in teenage vampire films across the decades. Tangents include the gayness of the Sherlock Holmes movie, the inner workings of lesbian intercourse, William Howard Taft, and the song "Memory" from Cats.

SOURCES:

• Mythhistory and Other Essays by William H McNeill
• Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory by David W Blight
• Confederates in The Attic by Tony Horwitz
• Dixie’s Daughters: The United Daughters of The Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture by Karen L. Cox
• White Rage By Karen L Cox
• The Birth of a Nation (1915) Dir. D.W. Griffith
• Not Even Past: The Stories We Keep Telling about the Civil War by Cody Marrs
• “Curse of a Nation” | History Colorado
• "Unnameable Objects, Unspeakable Crimes" by James Baldwin, 1965
• https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/civil-war-casualties
• https://virginiahistory.org/learn/how-did-civilians-suffer
• https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/reconstruction-rebuilding-south-after-war/
• https://hqudc.org/about/diversity-in-defense-of-the-south/
• https://fairfieldfoundation.org/witness-to-change-the-rise-and-fall-of-monument-avenues-confederate-statues/
• https://youtu.be/dOkFXPblLpU?si=6N4UcqVkZpgAhodw

THAT'S HISTORY, BABE! is hosted by Abe Merker and Jared Tetreau. This episode was produced by Jared Tetreau, Abe Merker, and Claudia Chiossone. Research Assistance by Madison Albertson. Music by Kinneret. Series Artwork by Sid Lugo. Intro Animations by Gemma Hill.

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