Transcribed  is an Intelexual Media series that transcribes past Intelexual Media videos with poor audio. Check out the full series here. This post was originally a video essay written in 2020. For my birthday this year, two of my dearest friends visited me from out of town. I had a great time drinking, turning up at the strip club, and celebrating my life. The party began the day before my actual birthday, so on the morning I actually turned 26, we went out for breakfast.

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The importance of history.

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Christmas has a complicated history in the black community, and our relationship to it is often omitted from historical narratives about the holiday in America.

From enslavement to Ronald Reagan and beyond, the history of homelessness tells the story of America.

While the covert racism of Ronald Reagan and dogwhistle 'Law and Order' conservatives is well documented, there was a rampant culture of dominative white supremacy in the 1980s.

How did Reagan change the economy?

Test your sex history knowledge in this 20-question multiple choice quiz!

A lot happened in the 1990s. Refresh your memory of American history, pop culture, and politics in the Clinton era with this eclectic list of little-known facts!

Jimmy Swaggart, Jim and Tammy Bakker, Peter Popoff, Robert Tilton. These are just some of the televangelists who raked in big bucks during televangelism's golden age. But the history of religious broadcasting, as well as it's present and future, includes more than them!

What history books do you need to read to understand the 1980s and Ronald Reagan? Here's thirteen!

It may seem like masturbation isn’t controversial— but it is! And for most of history, the activity has influenced politics, society, medicine, and culture. Why has masturbation been so taboo? Why is it important? How have historical views on masturbation impacted approximately 80% of American penises?

Do black people know how to swim?

What was growing up in the 70s like? Was it all Pet Rocks and Flintstones, or did dangerous cults and murderers ruin the vibe?

Test your knowledge of the 90s in this 23-question multiple-choice quiz!

It's hard to believe that the 1980s were over 40 years ago! From satanic cults to the Filthy Fifteen, how much of that important decade do you remember?