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Collected Item: “HIST30060: It's still May?”

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HIST30060: It's still May?

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Cartoon

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HIST30060: I came across this cartoon on the Instagram story of Melbourne writer Zoe Foster-Blake when it felt like we were in our 5-thousanth day of April. Like historians summarize months, years and decades of time into short essays and books, movies condense long periods of time into montages. However, this past year I have really felt every minute of what would normally condensed.

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#HIST30060 #montagements #whenwillitend

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Shannon Weller

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2020-04-03
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