Society Blogs

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• Dr. Jocelyn Elders: A Legacy Bigger Than the Title — A name that reshaped public health. I reflect on Dr. Jocelyn Elders, the first Black Surgeon General, her Arkansas roots
• Man to Man: What Men Should Know About Menopause — Want a practical checklist for supporting your partner through menopause? After speaking at AARP I put together eight ti
• Embracing Balance: Understanding Masculine and Feminine Energy Through Yin and Yang — Ever felt out of sync with yourself? In this post I map Yin and Yang to masculine and feminine energy, explain why caree
• Trump Trauma | How His Narcissism Reopens Old Wounds — When his voice makes my chest tighten it is more than political annoyance. I trace that fury to a rage oholic father and
• What women didn’t learn in sex education: Sex can be fun! — Spoiler: sex ed skipped the fun part. My high school lessons covered pregnancy and STIs but not female pleasure, masturb
• A letter to the privileged: Can you hear us? — Not again. A raw letter to the privileged after the Breonna Taylor grand jury decision. As a Black law student I write a
• Not all men, but AllWomen: I need more than just moxie as a woman
• 5 Reasons Why Feminist Porn is Still Far From Serving Women's Desires — Why feminist porn still misses the mark for many women. I lay out five clear problems, from the lack of her POV and eras
• A Vermont Women’s Prison Story (Slice 2 of the Series) — What happens when cruelty becomes entertainment inside a women's prison? I know, because I lived it. In this next slice
• Breaking the Silence and Giving a Voice to Women in the System — Incarceration should not be the end of the story. As someone who has lived through addiction and the system, I'm breakin
• Addiction & Incarceration: Breaking the Silence and Giving a Voice to Addicts — Incarceration should not be the end of the story. As someone who has lived through addiction and the system, I'm breakin
• Life and Fines of the 1940s — What if dancing at 3am could get you fined? I read our city's 1940s ordinance codes cover to cover, all 200 pages, and f
• Why More Women Are Choosing Divorce, Breakups or To Stay Single — Ever scrolled through breakup videos and thought, 'I could just leave or stay single'? As a clinical psychotherapist I e
• It’s about time we cancel ‘virginity’ — Ready to cancel the idea of virginity? I unpack why the virginity myth harms young people aged 16+ and why sex is not ju
• Living with Cycles — Spring brings change and a chance to live with cycles. I reflect on menstrual cycle education in RSHE beyond bleeding, c
• “Please Don’t Touch My Baby” on Building Consent into a Child’s Life from Day One — When a stranger reaches to stroke my baby's cheek I tell them please don't touch my baby. I explain how we build consent
• The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration — A strange YouGov poll has immigration topping UK concerns. I invoke Humboldt's appetite for data as I compare YouGov pol
• The silver bullet fallacy
• Santa Claus is still a woman — Surprising fact: after 20 years of writing about the economics of Christmas I only just noticed women still buy and wrap
• How British Queues Got Out of Hand
• Supreme Prejudice — This stings: the UK Supreme Court trans ruling strips protections under the Equality Act 2010. In this post I unpack how
• The Hate is still Out There — A disturbing case in Navan where a gay teenager was beaten and the Gardaí released suspects without charge pushed me to
• Not all men, science edition — Surprising fact, geology still tops the gender imbalance charts. At Wexford Science Café I watched Amy Hassett interview
• Not doing well — Not doing well is my honest reply these days. I explain how multilateralism and evidence-based policy are collapsing whi
• The war to end all wars? — What if World War Three isn't fought by armies but against the Westphalian state itself? I argue today's crisis reads as
• Rivals: Experiential education on nuclear weapon proliferation — Want a hands-on way to teach nuclear weapon proliferation? This post introduces Rivals, my interactive roleplaying simul
• Nuclear risks briefing — Not many people know that a few bombs threaten everyone. In this nuclear risks briefing I demystify nuclear weapon risks
• Riots should be suppressed swiftly and harshly — Strong order keeps society intact. I argue the Trump administration has a natural law right to intervene and suppress th
• Diabolical modernity — Satan tempted Christ to avoid the cross, and that temptation shapes modern life. Drawing on Archbishop Fulton Sheen, I o
• How not to limit free speech — Not a free speech absolutist, but convinced many restrictions do more harm than good. I set out the natural law account
• Pre-agriculture gender relations seem bad — What if the hunter-gatherer paradise story is overstated? I sift ethnographic evidence and the Hayden, Deal, Cannon and
• Was life better in hunter-gatherer times? — Was life better in hunter-gatherer times? I compare pre-agriculture quality of life with today, examining hunter-gathere
• Minimal-trust investigations — Want to know the one habit that reshaped how I think? Minimal-trust investigations. I recount a detailed GiveWell case s
• Rowing, Steering, Anchoring, Equity, Mutiny — What if the world were a ship? I use that ship analogy for improving the world to unpack five approaches people take: ro
• Spreading messages to help with the most important century — What if small conversations could change our future? In this post I walk you through practical ways to spread AI safety
• Are the Kids Alright? On Cottagecore, Quiet Luxury, Clean Girl and Other Internet Aesthetics — Who gets to call aesthetics an identity? In this post I reached out to Gen Z and Millennial students and faculty to prob
• How to Enjoy a Tiki Bar Without Guilt
• What FX’s The Bear Says About the Art of Hospitality — What if hospitality is a craft, not just service? On Aesthetics for Birds I unpack what FX's The Bear reveals about the
• Why Women Should Rethink Their Love of Gay Male Manga
• You Cannot Summarize It — Hard to ignore the daily collapse of our democracy, so I've started keeping a running observation instead of summarizing
• Claude McKay’s Harlem Shadows, “If We Must Die,” and Congressional Confusion — Surprising research finding. I revisited Claude McKay's Harlem Shadows for Black History Month and unpacked the history
• The Brief, Brilliant Career of Rita Senger — Who was Rita Senger, the illustrator behind a 1915 Vogue cover and the August 1919 Vanity Fair? My post traces her swift
• Langston Hughes, Teenaged Poet — Did you know Langston Hughes first appeared in The Brownies' Book in 1920, with poems, a Toluca travel piece and a gradu
• Magazine Ads of 1921: Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down, and Meh — Which 1921 magazine ads actually make me want to buy something? I sift through the June 1921 Ladies' Home Journal ads an
• I Read a Random 1920 Book — A random pick from the 1920 Book Review Digest landed me Elements of Retail Salesmanship, a funny and surprising window
• Jane Austen’s Life 100 Years Ago — Ever wondered how Jane Austen appeared to readers in 1920? I found Oscar Firkins' 1920 book during a lonely spring in Wa
• The Best and Worst of the New Yorker’s First Issue — Curious about the New Yorker's 1925 debut? Growing up with a subscription and a huge cartoon collection meant I read the
• The Top Posts of 1923 — Wondering which 1923 posts drew the most readers? I count down my top posts of 1923, from my deep dive into Claude McKay
• My Magical Journey to 1922 — Picture June 1922 and the advertising pages of The Ladies' Home Journal. I wandered those vintage 1922 ads, savoring a d
• Did College Shrink Your Breasts? A Quiz — Angry and curious, I dug up a 1918 Educational Review essay and turned Henry Maudsley’s claims into a cheeky quiz to tes