James Fell (born 1968) is a Canadian writer who says "fuck" a lot. I like that. He initially wrote about health and fitness in an effort to debunk fitness myths. Since 2020, his books have focused on historical events. The blurb below can be found on his Facebook page, which a good friend has been trying to get me to pay attention to for a good while now. Persistence pays off. If you are still on Facebook, look him up.
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PINNED POST – ABOUT THIS PAGE
Welcome! Your participation is appreciated. Well, perhaps not “your” participation. It’s the collective your. Overall, the people who follow this page are awesome. I’ve read many thousands of comments here over the years, and the knowledge gained from doing so has shaped my writing beyond measure.
But sometimes, people are dicks.
And I don’t always punt the dicks. At least not right away. There are a few reasons for this. One is that these threads serve as an example of how to deal with bullshit information. There are over 150,000 followers here, and a lot of them are damn smart (and two-thirds are women, FYI). If you come drop some dumbfuckery on this page, you’re gonna have a bad day. I wouldn’t call this a safe space for bad ideas.
What is considered a “bad idea” on this page? Disagreeing with any of these positions:
• Racism is bad.
• Vaccines are good.
• Sexism is bad.
• Feminism is good.
• I’ll call you any pronoun you wish, because I’m not a fucking douchebag.
• Using your religion to justify being a dick is bad.
• Body shaming is bad.
• Caillou is bad.
That being written, know that many of us have a raunchy sense of humor, including discussing poop and farts, and enjoy a good low-brow joke. But I advise it punches up. Google that if you don’t know what it means. I should note that there are a couple of things you’ll find there is much disagreement upon here:
• Nickelback is horrible and will be made fun of regularly, but it’s okay for you to like them.
• Rush are gods of rock and are oft-praised here, but I understand they’re not for everybody.
And finally, in case you haven’t noticed, swearing is fine.
Please note that this page has evolved in its content over time. It used to be a fitness page, but then I got tired of that and decided to dust off my master’s degree in history and now it’s mostly a place for my daily column “On This Day in History, Shit Went Down.” Considering I didn’t lose any followers and gained a bunch more, I’d say it was the right move.
You can help keep the daily Shit Went Down column free for everyone, plus gain access to all sorts of bonus material, by becoming a subscriber at JamesFell.Substack.com.
You can also buy my sweary history book "On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down" at JamesFell.com.
EDIT: Some people are all "Who the fuck is Caillou?" This the fuck is Caillou:
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