What Is Masculinity?
September 24, 2023
Strong, in control, and stoic—these are traits of the ideal masculine man. Men who fail…
Culture Tagged Episodes
Immigration and Multiculturalism
October 3, 2021
Whether for economic reasons or to flee violence and persecution, immigration rates continue to climb…
Art and Obscenity
March 12, 2017
What do Marcel Duchamp, Damien Hirst, and Andres Serrano have in common? They’ve all created…
Education and the Culture Wars
September 6, 2015
In contemporary democracies, the state is responsible for providing children with an education. But parents…
Identities Lost & Found in a Global Age
November 9, 2014
Throughout human history, people have tended to live and die in the place they’re born.…
The Evolution of Storytelling
February 8, 2014
Humans are unique as the only creatures on this planet who tell stories. Whether it…
Black Solidarity
February 2, 2014
From the abolition of slavery to the Black Power movement, African-American unity has been considered…
The State of Public Philosophy
September 8, 2013
In the 18th and 19th Century, philosophers and intellectuals were immersed in politics and popular…
Cities, Gentrification, and Inequality
February 17, 2013
In the 1960s, as many American cities burst and burned, the upper and middle classes…
What are Human Rights?
May 6, 2012
According to the Declaration of Independence, the basic human rights of life, liberty and the…
What is ‘Normal’?
February 19, 2012
What does it mean to be normal? And abnormal? Who gets to decide, and what…
Biracial Identities
February 20, 2011
Many people identify strongly with the ethnic or racial group to which they belong –…
Different Cultures, Different Selves
January 23, 2011
Why do we do what we do? To please others? To live up to what…
Mental Illness and Culture
May 9, 2010
Paranoia, depression, schizophrenia, bipolarity, and all the other ways Americans have discovered to be crazy…
Immigration and Citizenship
September 20, 2009
What are the effects of immigration on culture in America? Does it promote homogenization, diversity,…
The Copyright Wars
March 22, 2009
Today there is an entire generation of people who have never paid for music. From…
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