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Dorothy Parker's popularity may have been part of the reason that academia was slow to take up her poetry, writes R. S. Gwynn. But now even feminists have taken her into the literary canon.
Has the culture of "white 20-somethings dressed in skinny jeans and lumberjack shirts, and wearing thick-rimmed glasses" begun its inevitable decline?
Twenty-one years ago, the term "mommy track" was born. Angie Kim thinks the concept "needn't be the dull fate feminists predicted -- and, increasingly, it's not."
David Lewis-Williams doesn't think direct arguments against religion will have much effect on men unless they are gradually illuminated by science.
Edith Grossman found trying to translate Cervantes' 400-year old masterpiece "Don Quixote" into modern English somewhat... Quixotic.
Many people were left gasping when President Obama unveiled his new plan for outer space, including his proposal to cancel NASA's Constellation program. It turns out that the great recession […]
At last, a new Ian McEwan novel: Solar. The author’s website recites a list of reviews; there are so many. Tucked among them is a nod to a blog post […]
President Obama announced Wednesday that he will open up huge new coastal areas to offshore drilling. The plan would make new areas off the coasts of Virginia and Alaska and […]
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The New School University anthropologist thinks insects are "astonishingly beautiful," both individually and en masse.
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The New School anthropologist explains why, instead of killing bugs, we should pay attention to them and think about their place in the world around us.
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There's a lot of irrational fear of insects among humans, but there are some that can be lethal.
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The New School anthropologist explains how using language about insects in reference to people can lead to violent acts.
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Some men find videos of women crushing insects a turn-on, which the professor thinks is probably connected to their size, sound and texture.
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People tend to think of insects as having very rigid and well-developed social organization. During the Cold War, insect colonies were considered examples for how communist social systems should work.
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People project their fears, desires, and yearnings onto insects, and many of our ideas about society and social organization have been worked out on them.
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A conversation with the anthropology professor at New School University.
Harvard primatologist Richard Wrangham came by Big Think a few weeks ago to discuss cooking and all of its evolutionary implications. Did you know that cooking is a huge influence […]
The NAACP president’s favorite comedian is also his godbrother.
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As a person of "mixed race," the NAACP president has little use for racial categories.
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The NAACP president gives the president "wide latitude," but wishes Obama would focus more on one issue: criminal justice reform.