The Young Pope and Our Responses to Decadence Glenn McLaren Arts & Culture In his 1995 book After the Future, Russian philosopher and Culturologist, Mikhail Epstein, discusses the tense relationship between civilization and culture. Drawing upon previous theorists of civilization,...
It’s Time to Take Nature to Task Jessica Martucci Arts & Culture, Gender Studies, Science & Medicine In March of this year, one of my respected colleagues and I published a short essay in Pediatrics in which we critiqued the use of “nature” in public health campaigns, specifically regarding breastfeeding...
Attitudes Toward Innovation, Part Two Paul Kirkham Arts & Culture This post is in response to Hippo’s call for academic, historical, critical, and/or cultural essays that our readers might possibly “have lying around.” Is that you? Email info@hipporeads.com for a...
Attitudes Toward Innovation, Part One Paul Kirkham Arts & Culture This post is in response to Hippo's call for academic, historical, critical, and/or cultural essays that our readers might possibly "have lying around." Is that you? Email info@hipporeads.com for a chance to...
The Pre-History of the Paleo Diet Agnes Arnold-Forster Arts & Culture Dr. Loren Cordain describes himself as the “world’s foremost authority on the evolutionary basis of diet and disease” and as “one of the world’s leading experts on the natural human diet of our Stone...
Science and Journalism: Two Sides of the Same Coin? Vincent F. Hendricks Arts & Culture, Science & Medicine Some years ago, when I was about to receive the Elite Research Prize from The Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, my son, Milton, 8 years old back, then asked me: ”Dad, I have to ask you...
A Quick Primer on Emotional Labor Hippo Reads Staff Arts & Culture, Gender Studies Much has been written, and written well, about emotional labor.
