A Blind Eye to History
At Aeon, Robert Neer discusses the particular absence of military history from American universities. While general history courses cover the overall societal impact of some military campaigns and...
View ArticleA Rhetorical Tragedy
We enjoy tragedy because through it, we are able to purge those aspects of ourselves with which we are most uncomfortable. Our onstage avatar embodies all those thoughts and feelings, desires and...
View ArticleThe Cost of Gay Liberation
Jim Downs writes for Aeon on the radical socialist roots of the gay liberation movement in America, as well as the role of economics in allowing individuals to shape an openly gay identity.Related...
View ArticleA Trip to Malory Towers
At Aeon, Nakul Krishna revisits Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers, a series of boarding school novels, for a glimpse at the ethics that join Blyton’s novels together.Related Posts:The Cost of Gay...
View ArticleThe Fine Point of Communication
At Aeon, Thom Scott-Phillips compares words and images, literature and visual art, to reveal their complementary nature in getting to the point.Related Posts:In Defense of Precisely Inexact...
View ArticleAccessing the Past through Graffiti
Writing for Aeon, historian Matthew Champion delves into contemporary research on medieval graffiti. Exploring graffiti (a visual medium) allows for historians to learn more about the actual lives of...
View ArticleThe Newest Euphemisms
John McWhorter writes for Aeon about the evolution of euphemisms, one of the functions in a language that evolves quicker than any other.Related Posts:Does Anyone Speak English Here?The Fine Point of...
View ArticleBefore There Were Super Bowls
It’s no surprise that a lot of us are sports junkies. Over at AnOther, Kate Little gives us the lowdown on Picasso, Hemingway, and Frank Stella and their favorite sporting pastimes.Related Posts:We Can...
View ArticleDazed And Confused
The network would indeed generate a lot of wealth, but it would be wealth of the Adam Smith sort—and it would be concentrated in a few hands, not widely spread. The culture that emerged on the network,...
View ArticleThe Gender of Mothering
At Aeon, Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore writes on the language of “mothering” and the trans parents and activists seeking to define the work of mothering for themselves.Related Posts:The Sunday Rumpus...
View ArticleThis Week in Essays
For the office drones struggling to come back after the four-day weekend, take heart in James Livingston’s essay for Aeon considering whether work is necessary in our present age. Here at The Rumpus,...
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This Week in Essays
For the Passages North blog, Jennifer Maritza McCauley discovers a connection to Rosa Parks and goes to Alabama in search of answers. Can you go home again to a place you’ve never been? Enuma Okoro...
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This Week in Essays
Over at The Walrus, Fatima Syed looks to build space in popular culture for depictions of different types of Muslims. With a sinking feeling, Kristen Arnett looks inside herself and finds nothing but...
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This Week in Essays
For Aeon, Ben Thomas writes a reflective essay that looks at the ways humans preserve the past in anticipation of the future. Here at The Rumpus, Patricia Grisafi examines the role of female revenge...
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This Week in Essays
At Electric Literature, Marcos Santiago Gonsalez makes a strong argument for why writing programs must reconceive their perception of quality to foster a truly inclusive culture. For The Rumpus,...
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For Guernica, Sara Nović explores the details and language that cling to us through connection and loss. “Recent research, engaging with autistic people as partners rather than simply observing them,...
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“I know that the fat on my body is part of me, and I can choose to carry it like a backpack weighing me down, bruising my shoulders by the end of the day. Or I can carry it like a fashion accessory...
View ArticleThis Week in Essays
“Only those safe from fascism and its practices are far more likely to think that there might be a benefit in exchanging ideas with fascists.” At Lit Hub, Aleksander Hemon exposes the truth: there is...
View ArticleThis Week in Essays
“For me, walking makes space for reflection, much like church or meditation does for others.” Jennifer Tennant writes on the restorative nature of a good walk for The Smart Set. At Kotaku, Cecilia...
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“So what do you do when the thing you’ve always been taught is an expression of love becomes trapped in violence?” For Granta, Lucia Osborne-Crowley writes on safety, love, and intimacy in the wake of...
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