Culture Blogs

Browse the best culture blogs from independent writers on BlogRolly.

• Healthy Conversations to have with Young Men — Struggling to start healthy conversations with young men about sex and relationships? I draw on a decade in classrooms t
• Too long too easy — Too long and too easy is my verdict on Kate Fox's Watching the English. In this Watching the English review I explain wh
• Friday Videos Love Being Not Sluggish — Vintage commercials are the best time machines. In this Friday video I dig up an 18 to 20 year old, VHS-y commercial and
• False Alarm — Not every crisis headline survives contact with reality. I dig into a recent scare that turned out to be overblown, usin
• Two kinds of serial killer — A grim but oddly analytical look at how we talk about serial killers. I explore the different archetypes, media narrativ
• Still Here, Still Queer — I’m reflecting on queer identity, resilience, and the weird mix of progress and backlash that defines being openly LGBTQ
• Just F'n Kooky — Sometimes the only response to the news cycle is: what the hell was that? I’m rounding up the most bizarre takes, conspi
• ASMIN v. ASMIN v. KFN — Legal drama, petty conflict, and a case that says a lot about power and process. I break down what’s happening, why it m
• People Who Died — A darker entry: looking at loss, consequences, and the real human cost behind headlines. Not just names on a list, but s
• Somewhere Between Mischief and Extortion — Where’s the line between cheeky opportunism and outright exploitation? I’m exploring that grey area through recent event
• Parisian Prostitutes: The Impostors — I dig into the underbelly of 19th-century Paris to find the women posing as something they weren’t false identities, blu
• Parisian Prostitutes: The Jolies Madames — Here I follow the “pretty ladies” who lived between demimonde glamour and social risk. Through police records and gossip
• The Opera of Paris: We Procure Our Ballerinas for Wealthy Men — Behind the glitter of the Paris Opera sat a darker arrangement. I explore how young ballerinas were introduced to wealth
• Tuberculosis: When Dying Became Fashionable — In 19th-century Paris, consumption was tragic and strangely romanticized. I trace how tuberculosis shaped beauty standar
• The Marriage Market — Marriage in old Paris worked like a marketplace, complete with negotiations, reputations, and careful positioning. I loo
• Without a Dowry: The Business of Marriage — What happened to a woman with no dowry in 19th-century Paris? I follow the narrow paths left open work, compromise, or c
• Dracula — A political reading of “Dracula,” drawing parallels between vampirism, empire, and exploitation, and showing how old lit
• Chomsky & Me — Personal essay on Noam Chomsky’s influence on the author’s political thinking, tracing how his work shaped views on empi
• Another Ambulance — Vivid account of yet another ambulance attack in Gaza, using specific stories to highlight how normalized atrocities bec
• The Swindle — Dissects what passes for a “conservative approach” to foreign policy, arguing it’s neither cautious nor restrained but o
• November 2024 — November 2024: Día de Muertos ofrendas, Starlink latency spikes during rains, custom mechanical keyboard group buy. US e
• Sick Wagner Burn, Courtesy of Hercule Poirot — A sharp, literate post weaving illness, art, and detective fiction into a meditation on decline, obsession, and aestheti
• Joe List — A short, sharp post listing “Joe” references in politics and culture, used as a jumping‑off point for broader critiques
• Patience — An essay‑style reflection on cultivating patience amid political turmoil and personal frustration, weaving together curr