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Cultural Sociology
In post-apocalyptic fiction, imagined futures turn today’s political and cultural tensions into geography.
From Allen Funt to Donald Trump, author Emily Nussbaum explains how reality TV has blurred the lines between, well, reality and TV.
Plenty of parents feel guilty about wanting to skip playtime, but there's no need.
The "Shopping Cart Litmus Test" is a popular meme about morality. What does it really reveal about one's character?
The Gallup World Poll reveals regional peaks and valleys of happiness across all of the continents.
Although social paranoia is more common than clinical paranoia, studies suggests that American society isn’t any more conspiratorial than it has been in the past.
"Precarious manhood" is the belief that manhood must be earned and constantly defended. It has a poor outcome.
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Thinkers like Richard Reeves, Louise Perry, and Judith Butler discuss parenthood and the future of the sexual revolution.
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Serving as the inspiration for the modern horror classic “The Blair Witch Project,” what does our fascination with this unsolvable mystery tell us about our modern psyche?
In war zones, aggressors steal art to eradicate the cultural heritage of others. Victims, meanwhile, sell stolen art in order to survive.
In a world without clocks, people used common activities in place of time units. How long it took you to go to the toilet mattered.
Historians have been able to piece together a clear picture of how the average Roman citizen spent their waking hours.
In Georgia, it's becoming less common to pronounce words like "prize" as "prahz."
Ideal models of family life have been broken by societal, technological, and cultural shifts — and we need to rethink our options.
Uncovering the ideology of "Karens" and "Kens."
The richness and variety of America’s food landscape, in a buffet of maps.
Over the past two decades, the proportion of those who identify as bisexual increased from 1.2% to 4.5%.
The key to its success lies not in its understanding of technology, but in its understanding of human nature.
Centuries ago, the typical British coffeehouse was more like a "school without a master" than a place to grab a quick boost of caffeine.
"In witness whereof, the parties hereunto have set their hands to these presents as a deed on the day month and year hereinbefore mentioned."
The meaning of the cryptic text has eluded scholars for centuries. Their latest efforts include computational analyses seeking new insights into the medieval enigma.
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Expert Louise Perry discusses the idea of sexual disenchantment, the commodification of sex, and the impact of the online porn industry on society.
Mass sociogenic illnesses can afflict thousands of people.
Worldwide, 15% of children are born out of wedlock, but the figure varies from less than 1% in places like China to 69% in Iceland.
About 1 in 5 adults now say they have no religious affiliation, up from 1 in 50 in 1960.
If you lost your religion, it might be because the internet and social media are having a secularizing effect on American society.
If you get married in South Africa, don't be surprised if someone shows up to the ceremony dragging along a smelly goat.