{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Digital Childhoods","provider_url":"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir","author_name":"Layla Koch","author_url":"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/author\/lmkoch\/","title":"Fire! Baby Firebugs in Gilded Age America - Digital Childhoods","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"jFaRjuPFw3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/fire-baby-firebugs-in-gilded-age-america\/\">Fire! Baby Firebugs in Gilded Age America<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/fire-baby-firebugs-in-gilded-age-america\/embed\/#?secret=jFaRjuPFw3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Fire! Baby Firebugs in Gilded Age America&#8221; &#8212; Digital Childhoods\" data-secret=\"jFaRjuPFw3\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/shcydigitalchildhoods.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2025-02-17-um-15.02.37-1024x753.png","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":753,"description":"In &#8220;Playing with Fire: Baby Firebugs in Gilded Age America,&#8221; Prof. Wendy Gamber traces child arsonists in the late nineteenth century to explore how this particular crime intersected with gendered and racialized understandings of childhood. Why were children considered to be &#8220;playing with fire&#8221; even when this led to disastrous damage? Who was allowed to be playful like this and who wasn&#8217;t? And how the American judicial system deal wit these cases? The fascinating article was published in the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth in January 2025. Find it here. Dear Wendy, your wonderful article discusses a"}