Betsy Golden Kellem is an attorney and historian. She blogs at Drinks With Dead People and is currently at work on a book about P.T. Barnum. The 19th-Century “Golden Hours” Convention Brought Young ...

Have you taken the 10-year challenge that swept Facebook recently? If so, you could be contributing to the spread of facial recognition technology. Pairing a current profile photo with a shot of ...

Historian Golden Kellem examines 19th-century circus culture for what it reveals about the “performance” of gender in this illuminating debut study. Becoming a circus star—that is, a performer in high ...

Betsy Golden Kellem is an attorney and historian. She is working on a book about P.T. Barnum and his role in creating modern media culture. The circus founder played a small, peculiar role in the ...

Betsy Golden Kellem is an attorney and historian. She blogs at Drinks With Dead People and is currently at work on a book about P.T. Barnum. The dime novels and story papers entertained boys and ...