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Rebecca Onion

Writer

Rebecca Onion writes about history and culture for The Boston Globe and Slate.com’s The Vault Blog, among others. She lives in Ohio.

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Vintage photo of an enthusiastic crowd raising their arms in a salute, some wearing swastikas.

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History of ideas

What if?

Whether to kill baby Hitler might be a political firecracker, but can counterfactuals say anything deeper about the past?

Rebecca Onion

A young crowd at an outdoor event with people smiling and leaning on a wooden barrier, trees and buildings in the background.

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Demography and migration

Against generations

Generational thinking is seductive and confirms preconceived prejudices, but it’s a bogus way to understand the world

Rebecca Onion

Painting of a woman seductively taking her glasses off in front of a man who keeps his on. They sit in a cosy room with a plant and books on a shelf.

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Family life

Lock up your wives!

Advice columns from decades past provide a chilling glimpse into the horrors of marriage counselling before feminism

Rebecca Onion