The Dignity of Menstruation - a Human Right or a Burden?
Is menstruation a human right or a burden? Delving into the history and assumptions surrounding 'that time of the month', we uncover this.
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Alice Pinotti
- Nov 13
- 8 min
Intersectionality 101: The Origins of the Concept
Intersectionality is a theoretical tool and methodological approach used by Feminist Theory to study the intersecting axes of oppression.
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Taylor Pace
- Oct 24
- 7 min
Why Different Generations Think Differently
The article addresses the discussion on generational differences, illustrating Mannheim's theory of the sociological problem of generations.
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Bastien Poole
- Oct 23
- 6 min
Sociology of Health and Illness: The Doctor-Patient Relationship
An analysis on the difference in social power between doctor and patient, and how this changes the effectiveness of medical treatment.
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Bastien Poole
- Oct 5
- 6 min
Sociology of Health and Illness At Disability and the Ethics of Embryo Selection
Although disability and illness overlap at times in the effects they have on the sufferer’s health, and by extension their quality of...
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Bastien Poole
- Sep 27
- 6 min
How Consumerism Led to Nostalgia for Difficult Times in Post-Socialist East Germany
When the Berlin wall fell in 1989 after standing tall for 28 long years, it marked the beginning of the end for the German Democratic...
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Taylor Pace
- Sep 19
- 10 min
The Human Brain in the Modern World
The article describes the concepts of mismatch and discord to show human brain's inability to cope with the features of modernity.
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Bastien Poole
- Sep 19
- 5 min
Sociology of Health and Illness On Illness, the Body and the Working Class
https://lfe.mit.edu/research/hcf/
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Taylor Pace
- Sep 7
- 8 min
Political Storytelling in the Post-Truth Age
This article discusses how political storytelling takes place in the contemporary age of post-truth.
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Bastien Poole
- Aug 22
- 6 min
Online Communities and COVID-19
An exploration of the effects of using online communities to stay up to date with and discuss the COVID-19 pandemic
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Taylor Pace
- Aug 21
- 9 min
The Future of Humanitarian Aid: Cash Transfers
This article explores the future and benefits of cash transfers over food aid in times of humanitarian crises.
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Leah Dietle
- Aug 8
- 8 min
The Cult of Education in Korea
This article will discuss Korea's educational system, structure, and how society views it as the key to economic and social success.
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Taylor Pace
- Aug 1
- 6 min
Reconstructing History: The National Myth
Modern nation states, the political building blocks of the modern international world, are complex socially constructed entities which...
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David Saeteros
- Jul 1
- 6 min
Personality 101: Agreeableness and Extraversion
Two traits in the Big Five Personality Theory reflect the social aspect of personality. This article explains some of their aspects.
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Taylor Pace
- Jun 30
- 7 min
The Double-Edged Sword of Nostalgia
The article explores the psychological meanings and implications of the feeling of nostalgia.
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Antonella Cosentino
- Jun 19
- 5 min
Language as an Argumentative System
This article explains the use of language as a tool to expression and argumentation in the context of the system that sourrounds it.
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Melis Güven
- Jun 13
- 5 min
The Status of Women in 18th Century English Society
This article explores the woman's status as a victim of a patriarchal society in 18th century English society.
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Melis Güven
- Jun 5
- 5 min
Literary Critical Theories 101: Introduction to Literary Critical Theories
The introduction of the Literary Critical Theories 101 series focuses on the discipline of analyzing, evaluating and interpreting works.
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Taylor Pace
- May 22
- 5 min
Us vs. Them: Social Identity Theory
If one were to examine the fundamental societal and psychological maladies facing the world today, one might be surprised to find that at...
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Altea Vaccaro
- May 15
- 7 min
Alterity 101: The Development of a Status: Becoming a Prisoner
The article strives to explain how alterity in society can be seen through the label, spatial environment and culture given to the prisoner.
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