Fatphobia and Fairytales
October 16, 2023
Seayoung Yim— “If you just lost A LOT of weight and got plastic surgery, you could become Miss Korea!” Miss Korea, oh, Miss Korea—the promise of a thin beauty ideal… READ MORE
October 16, 2023
Seayoung Yim— “If you just lost A LOT of weight and got plastic surgery, you could become Miss Korea!” Miss Korea, oh, Miss Korea—the promise of a thin beauty ideal… READ MORE
October 9, 2023
In The Student: A Short History, Michael S. Roth narrates a vivid and dynamic history of students, exploring some of the principal models for learning that have developed in very… READ MORE
October 2, 2023
Michael H. Kater— Walter Jens was the first among a group of young West German novelists who attempted to come to grips with the Third Reich. As a twenty-seven-year-old, in 1950… READ MORE
September 28, 2023
John M. Owen IV— The smart money, it seems, is now saying that China has peaked. The slowing of the country’s economic growth is starting to seem like more than a… READ MORE
September 26, 2023
Philip Freeman— Sometimes when I’m teaching ancient history to my undergraduate students, I like to ask them how the world today would be different if some key event in the… READ MORE
September 25, 2023
Allen Wells— On March 12, 1956, a Columbia University professor, Jesús de Galíndez, is abducted off the streets of Manhattan, forced into a private ambulance at gunpoint, drugged, and rushed… READ MORE
September 12, 2023
John D. Leshy— What lessons and opportunities do our public lands—which occupy nearly one-third of the nation plus vast areas of submerged lands off our coasts—offer in addressing the interrelated… READ MORE
September 8, 2023
Barney A. Schlinger— Setting humans aside for a moment, how many mammals did you see today? Any? If you have a dog and cat, you saw two species. A squirrel… READ MORE
September 7, 2023
Charles R. Geisst— Since antiquity, the idea of basic fairness and equity in society has been hotly debated. In many cases, the ideas remained general and very fuzzy, content with… READ MORE
September 1, 2023
Samuel Moyn— The Cold War ended decades ago. It seems like, well, ancient history. The same must seem true of the form of liberalism that emerged in the middle of… READ MORE