The Vexilloid Tabloid is the newsletter of the Portland Flag Association.
Author: SDM
Ethnography * Technology * Design
Whitney Smith’s Flag of Guyana
The last issue of The Flag Bulletin (Number 233, July 2008-October 2011) is titled Celebrating 50 Years of Vexillology and commemorates the launch of the Bulletin--the first flag studies journal--on 1 October 1961. More specifically, it is a celebration of the life of Whitney Smith, upon his retirement, through a long series of personal recollections of… Continue reading Whitney Smith’s Flag of Guyana
Happy Birthday, Whitney Smith!
Jeopardy challenge: Flags for 1000, Alex. A: This man coined the word vexillology and helped organize flag studies into an global research community of that name. Q: Who is Dr. Whitney Smith? Correct! Today is Whitney Smith's 76th birthday. He was born 26 February 1940 in Arlington, Massachusetts to a family of teachers and became fascinated as a child of… Continue reading Happy Birthday, Whitney Smith!
Simplifying El Paso’s flag
Upon hearing Roman Mars repeat Ted Kaye's dictum In every bad flag there's a good flag trying to get out, James Reyes decided to simplify the flag of his hometown, El Paso, Texas, from this: to this: Adding to the list of city flag improvement efforts underway in the US he began lobbying for a… Continue reading Simplifying El Paso’s flag
Teen Hopes Flags Will Help Heal Eastern Oregon Community
[Above photo of the Burns High gym by Thomas Boyd, Oregonian Staff] The 41-day standoff between law enforcement and armed out-of-state militants who took over and vandalized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon has finally ended, but the hurt done to the communities of surrounding Harney County has only begun to heal. The… Continue reading Teen Hopes Flags Will Help Heal Eastern Oregon Community
What’s that Flag? (From VexTab #55)
The Vexilloid Tabloid is the newsletter of the Portland Flag Association.
There Is No Flag Large Enough…
By Scott Mainwaring, Vexilloid Tabloid #56 This is a story about flag quote that has taken on a life of its own, thanks in part to a photo of it written on a flag held by a soldier. “There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people” is an abridged… Continue reading There Is No Flag Large Enough…
Mississippi Flag Initiatives
Last November we wrote about the Flag for All Mississippians Coalition (NewMSFlag.org) and contentious efforts underway in the Magnolia State to change the current state flag, the only state flag to include the Confederate battle flag. Here is an update. The NewMSFlag people are currently collecting signatures to qualify The Flag for All Mississippians Act as Initiative… Continue reading Mississippi Flag Initiatives
The Mere-Exposure Effect
by Ted Kaye, Vexilloid Tabloid #56 The mere-exposure effect is a psychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them. In social psychology, this effect is sometimes called the “familiarity principle”. I recently learned of this term, and the concept which it describes. It puts… Continue reading The Mere-Exposure Effect
What’s that Flag? (From VexTab #49)
The Vexilloid Tabloid is the newsletter of the Portland Flag Association.
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