Culture & Religion

In honor of St. Patrick’s day and Women’s History Month, we present 10 Irish American women who changed the world in their own way.

You’d be surprised how many bad things happened on the exact same day.

As more intellectuals seek a common ground between the left-right divide, these ten books offer insights on how to navigate challenging topics.

Now might just be the best time in history to be a geek or a nerd. How have the definitions and connotations changed over time?

Women who receive harassment online are often told to simply ignore it, and reminded that anyone can experience harassment on online. But feminist women seem to be particularly targeted.

In his latest book, Selfie, Will Storr explores the history of self-obsession, and wonders how we can fix it.

The myths and legends of the Amazons are fascinating and telling of the Greek culture they enthralled and through them, our own culture as well.

She made the world be the change that she wanted to see in herself. She thought local and acted global.

When in Rome… do as the Romans do?

A less well-known facet of de Beauvoir’s philosophy, particularly relevant today, is her political activism.

This study also gives some insight on whether gender identity is learned or is biological.

Jeff Bezos is now worth a record $112 billion. Yes, billion with a “b”.

Plogging represents the intersection of personal and ecological health.

Gender is burdened by a lot of adjectives these days. It’s non-binary, it’s fluid, it’s ‘over’. According to the American rapper Young Thug, an artist at the helm of hip-hop […]

A number of important women are working outside mainstream media to build platforms that address the gray areas in challenging topics.

Almost every reader will learn from the vast erudition (and biblical proportions) of Steven Pinker’s ‘Enlightenment Now’. But it’s data-lit gospel of progress hides darker biases.

The reason why reveals a near-universal difference in the academic strengths of each sex.

Think you’re “post-tribal”? Think again. Attorney and “tiger mom” Amy Chua on groupthink in America and abroad.

“Enforcing language norms is a way of enforcing power structures.”

Imagining ourselves as no longer existing is, for most of us, terrifying. Buddhism may offer some reassurance.

God has a twitter account, and it is full of hilarity as well as deep insights.

Philosophers like to present their works as if everything before it was wrong. Sometimes, they even say they have ended the need for more philosophy. So, what happens when somebody realizes they were mistaken?

A number of marijuana companies are kicked off social media without explanation, which is going to force the cannabis industry to answer questions of identity.

While the Olympics officially ended demonstration sports in 1992, a century of unique offerings made us rethink what athletic competition could be.

The Vatican puts the number of Catholics in the world at 1.2 billion. But is that number accurate? And who do they count among their ranks?

600 calories or less for each Happy Meal? Well, it’s a start.

It’s been said that string theory physicist Michio Kaku believes in God, but the truth is it depends on what “God” means.

The Oscars has produced a number of controversial speeches in the past. This year will likely not divert from that path. 

Understanding how some East Asians celebrate Valentine’s Day can tell us a lot about Western culture and what the East and West have in common.

Are there really no good action and adventure films anymore, or is there an inherent bias toward them?