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Oliver Lee Bateman

Born

in Washington, PA, The United States

May 14, 1982

Website

http://www.oliverbateman.com

Twitter

MoustacheClubUS

Genre

History, Nonfiction, Sports

Influences

Tom Wolfe, Michel Foucault, Gore Vidal, Pierre Bourdieu, Josef Pieper, ...more

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Oliver Bateman is a journalist and historian who lives in Pittsburgh. His writing has appeared in VICE, The New Republic, Vox, The Paris Review, Hazlitt, The Atlantic, Matter, and Pacific Standard.

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Oliver Lee Bateman's Blog

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Here’s How Marlon Brando Got His Beach Body Back. You’ll Never Believe What Happened Next.

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so the weight of our top celebrities weighs heavily upon our overburdened minds. weighty thoughts, to be sure, especially when we can ill afford the extra baggage. so we do what we do, by which i mean we weight-shame them and weight-bait their failings. women come off worse than men, which is the case always and everywhere, but it’s never not negative for nobody.

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Oliver Lee Bateman’s books

Average rating: 4.47 · 15 ratings · 8 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Gentleman Jack and Rough Rufus: The Rise of Black American Wrestling by Ian Douglass, Oliver Lee Bateman (Editor), Dave Meltzer (Foreword) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Allen Iverson: Not in Memoriam, but in Defense really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Decided Novelty: The Essential Guide to Black Pro Wrestling History, 1880 - 1950 by Ian Douglass, Oliver Lee Bateman (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Highland Games and Hippodromes: Scottish Identity and Influence at the Dawn of the American Pro Wrestling Industry by Ian Douglass, Oliver Lee Bateman (Editor), Drew McIntyre (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Only Built for Turkish Links: The Turkish Invasion of American Pro Wrestling by Ian Douglass, Oliver Lee Bateman (Co Author), Tom Lawlor (Afterword) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2026	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plough Quarterly No. 49 – Friendship by Oliver Lee Bateman, Peter Mommsen (Editor), Maya Savir 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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