Educational Fever Dreams (in Spaaace)
The year was 2001. The sixth graders of Birch Grove Elementary in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota had recently become acquainted with collective trauma via the attack on the World Trade Center at the beginning of their school day months prior. War was starting, we’d witnessed our teachers crying, and we were doing what our generation would come to be experts in through the remaining decades: Dissociating via digital gaming.
On “Bluey,” Bandit, and “Dad Rock”
Did the Princes in the Tower Survive?
How Did We End Up With This Sheet?
Why Is Friday the 13th Considered “Unlucky”?
Before masked mothers and sons started tormenting campers, there was fear surrounding the number 13 in combination with Fridays. The fear of the number 13 even has a name: triskaidekaphobia. Why is this number and day so haunting to us? Brand Engagement Director Brianna here to talk to you about the history and lore behind this supposedly unlucky day.
