(A technical post for those seriously interested in e-reading. Feel free to move on if you’re here for other things!) I like the convenience of reading on a tablet, but I prefer annotating PDFs to reading in Kindle or epub. If I’m buying a book and taking notes, I want…
Where do sexpots, breastfeeding fathers, neanderthals, and picky eaters come from? This post highlights interesting web articles about human bodies and cultures (anthropology) as a way of introducing social scientists to popular writing for the web. Skeleton Sex Pots (Stephen E. Nash, writing for Sapiens) Maybe you’ve seen the, ahh, explicit sexual acts show…
Have you read what Aristotle wrote about internet trolls? In On Trolling, he writes, “that trolling is a shameful thing, and that no one of sense would accept to be called ‘troll’, all are agreed; but what trolling is, and how many its species are, and whether there is…
Most books are made in factories, and even boutique presses use machines alongside hand labor to create a small run of books: But you can also craft a high-quality book by hand. A few years ago, I got to watch British bookbinder Jonathan Smith, at his craft in southern Kazakhstan. It can…
When I was in kindergarten, my mother took away my Barbies. “But they’re miiiiine,” I cried, and she said something about taking a break. I was getting too focused on how I looked, on clothes and pretty friends and having the right body. I wanted everything that Barbie had….
Yesterday, I posted to facebook on how many weekday hours American parents spend on housework, childwork, and job work. Click through to interact with Nathan Yau’s visualization, which shows that e.g. many dads now spend 1-3 hours per day in child and house care (much more than in 1965!) but they’re also doing more…
I’ll tell you what ADD feels like: Boredom, and jittery limbs—even after a long hike. Wanting more from people, but finding it never enough. Intense engagement with interesting people, books, or ideas. Arm-scratching pain and boredom in church, structured events, and meetings. Restless while in conversation about the everyday….
Note: Academic articles are great, but they’re often long and detailed. #articleremix lets us present shorter versions for a popular audience. This is a rewrite of my longer article on name changes; I’ll share others as I have time! Have you ever considered changing your name? And what would you choose? …
1. The Job Offer Before accepting a recent job offer, I asked friends and mentors how I should negotiate. “Go for everything,” Raya advised. “Relocation, housing, a bigger salary… maybe they’ll pay for utilities set-up fees? My library did.” “Don’t negotiate,” Jillian said. “Lean In said that women never…
Given these many ways of doing relationships, I want us to look at all paths: single life, community life, or partnership with another person. Given the Bible’s focus on not making hasty vows, I’d challenge my fellow western Christians not to pressure young people to make lifelong vows before they’re ready….