american-history

An Oral History of Benjamin Franklin’s Essay ‘Fart Proudly’

In 1781, Ben Franklin wrote a letter about farting to Europe’s Royal Academy of Brussels. Two hundred forty years later, MEL got a reply.

No, But Really, Why Were the Pilgrims Dressed Like That?

Sorry to break it to you, but your 2nd-grade teacher was a goddamn liar

Have America’s Biggest Fuccbois Been Its Presidents?

As Eleanor Hermon’s new book ‘Sex With Presidents’ details, they’ve certainly being doing fuccboi shit long before we had a term for it

Let’s Break Down Ice Cube’s ‘Contract With Black America’

After getting over the initial shock of Ice Cube working with Trump, Ernest Crosby III gave the ‘Contract With Black America’ a hard look. Here’s a quick rundown.