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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD
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Have PhD, will travel. Scholar of fan studies, adaptation, Disney, comics. First book out now from Palgrave-Macmillan; next book soon. He / him.
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$300 in 1936 is close to $7,000 today (give or take), so this is a pretty big check, all things considered. #BoysInTheBoat#HATM

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$5000 in 1936 is something like $113,000 in today's dollars - so a big sum to raise in a week, especially with a Depression on (and no Flavor Flav could help!). #BoysInTheBoat#HATM

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Maybe he's training for bike racing at the Olympics? Part of the 1936 Olympics shared universe. #BoysInTheBoat#HATM

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Must be pretty disappointing to be the literal Navy, where your entire business is boats, and then come in third place. #BoysInTheBoat#HATM

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Lone Star is one of my favorite films, and would make for an amazing, deeply challenging HATM. #BoysInTheBoat#HATM

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How dare you do one form of physically demanding labor instead of this other form!? #BoysInTheBoat#HATM

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But also absolutely not paying the guys who actually carry the pig-skin over the lines, because that would ruin the purity of the game. #BoysInTheBoat#HATM

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Very few women’s sports teams before Title IX, unfortunately. #HATM

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Keep rowing! We're almost caught up to Brazil! #BoysInTheBoat#HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD
@pcbryan.bsky.social
Have PhD, will travel. Scholar of fan studies, adaptation, Disney, comics. First book out now from Palgrave-Macmillan; next book soon. He / him.
119 followers116 following262 posts