How the Smartphone Affected an Entire Generation of Kids Jean Twenge Arts & Culture As someone who researches generational differences, I find one of the most frequent questions I’m asked is “What generation am I in?” If you were born before 1980, that’s a relatively easy question...
What Post-Weinstein Hollywood Can Learn from ’90s Sexual Harassment Training Elizabeth Tippett Arts & Culture When accounts of Harvey Weinstein’s harassment emerged, they reminded me of vignettes from harassment videos made by professional human resources trainers in the 1980s and 1990s. A female employee would...
The “Inevitable Sadness” of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Fiction Cynthia Wong Arts & Culture, Books On a damp October day in 2006, I followed Kazuo Ishiguro and my 10-year-old daughter Grace to a back table at a bustling cafe in London for an interview. As Ishiguro answered my questions, he explained how he...
Instead of “Work-Life Balance,” Try This New Framework Laurie Cohen and Jo Duberley Arts & Culture, Gender Studies We first began researching the field of careers more than a quarter of a century ago. Back then the idea of “work-life balance” was in its infancy and had almost no resonance at all among women, who were...
Me, Me, Me: Millennials, Midwives, and the Ongoing History of Female Self-Care Sarah Patterson Arts & Culture, Gender Studies, Medicine Several articles from reputable sources such as NPR and The Guardian have recently focused on the millennial generation’s supposed obsession with self-care. On the surface, this trend seems to fit nicely...
The “Internet of Things” is Sending Us Back to the Middle Ages Joshua Fairfield Arts & Culture Internet-enabled devices are so common, and so vulnerable, that hackers recently broke into a casino through its fish tank. The tank had internet-connected sensors measuring its temperature and cleanliness....
Attitudes Toward Innovation, Part Three 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...
