Ford Hall Forum Recordings
Melissa Hohr, Margot Mifflin, and Bill Downing with Robin Abrahams: Hell in a Handbasket: The Decline of Taboos, video recording
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Identifier
MS113AV-0363
Collection Number
Ford Hall Forum Collection, 1908-2013 (MS113)
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Description
Not long ago, we lived in a world where cursing was verboten, only sailors had tattoos, and smoking marijuana was confined to college experimentation. Are these things really more prevalent today or were they acceptable long before they reached the puritanical eyes of American society? And if they are met with less disdain these days, is it because we're a more accepting society or because this is the beginning of a backslide into a social world rife with slovenly self-conduct? Moderator Robin Abrahams (author, Miss Conduct etiquette column) talks with Melissa Mohr (author, Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing), Margot Mifflin (author, Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo), and Bill Downing (former President, MassCANN/NORML) to determine whether we can let it all hang out or if crossing the line is a harbinger of societal disaster.
Subject Heading
Forums (Discussion and debate); Ford Hall Forum
Date
5-9-2013
City
Boston
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Recommended Citation
Hohr, Melissa; Mifflin, Margot; Abrahams, Robin; and Downing, Bill, "Melissa Hohr, Margot Mifflin, and Bill Downing with Robin Abrahams: Hell in a Handbasket: The Decline of Taboos, video recording" (2013). Ford Hall Forum Recordings. 129.
https://dc.suffolk.edu/fhf-av/129
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