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Choosing a Career Is Outdated
— Success, a word that carries a heavy burden in our minds but it’s also one whose definition is subjective to an individual. In the state of the information age, I challenge that our outlook on...
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Defending Masculinity
— How does masculinity defend its images in your culture? QUESTION: Currently many men experience masculinity as a fragile social status to be protected. True or False? . . What’s your answer? Scroll...
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What You Can Expect From an Authoritarian, Part 3
In the first two posts in the series called “Healing the Authoritarian Wound” I described 20 traits and behaviors of the authoritarian personality, 20 of the “terrible 30” traits and behaviors...
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Are You Wasting Your Life?
You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis. That’s one of my favorite...
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Conspicuous Consumption Is Over. It’s All About Intangibles Now
By Elizabeth Currid-Halkett In 1899, the economist Thorstein Veblen observed that silver spoons and corsets were markers of elite social position. In Veblen’s now famous treatise The Theory of the...
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Your Purpose is not Defined by Your Titles and Achievements
— Even if you accept that every person is just one of countless microcosms in the Universe, nature shows you daily that even the smallest organism has a purpose. Let’s take the human body as an...
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Because the World Measures Some as Having a Lower Social Status and Less...
— Hard to pinpoint where it all began, but somewhere in human history, people began comparing themselves to one another. Later on, society began assigning hierarchical values to these comparisons. They...
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Understanding Mansplaining: A Discussion With Casey Johnson
By Julie Patton, Many women have been there. They start talking about a subject they know well, only to have a less knowledgeable man interrupt them and hold court. It’s called “mansplaining,” and is...
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3 Issues With the Modern Relationship
Living in today’s society, with all the labels, new slogans, ideologies, Red Pill gurus, pink pill advice (I don’t think this is actually a thing, but what the hell), and all this modern women/men...
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How Attractive You Are Is 90% Determined by Your Social Status
Like it or hate it, how people perceive can determine if you are attractive or unattractive. If you disagree, then reading this article should convince you. If you agree, read on to learn how to be...
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‘Pantry Porn’ on TikTok and Instagram Makes Obsessively Organized Kitchens a...
By Jenna Drenten, Loyola University Chicago Neatly aligned glass spice jars tagged with printed white labels. Wicker baskets filled with packages of pasta, crackers and snacks. Rows of flavored seltzer...
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Dementia’s Financial and Family Impact
By Kara Gavin Most people think of dementia as something that affects a person’s brain. But a study shows just how much damage dementia does to a person’s wallet and bank account too – as well as the...
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Can Recycled Pacemakers from the U.S. Save Lives Overseas?
By Noah Fromson From inside an operating room in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, electrophysiologist Maria Milagros Arends, M.D., threads wires from a pacemaker through the veins and into the heart muscle...
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The Power of Personal Growth: Breaking Free From Society’s Quick Fixes
We’ll drink. We’ll watch sports. We’ll smoke. We’ll eat. We’ll play fantasy sports. We’ll buy fancy cars. We’ll build things. We’ll work and work. We’ll make more and more money. We’ll watch porn....
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An Unequal Toll of Financial Stress
By Kara Gavin Inflation rates may have cooled off recently, but a poll shows many older adults are experiencing financial stress – especially those who say they’re in fair or poor physical health or...
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1 in 3 Older Adults Still Experience Loneliness and Isolation
By Kara Gavin Loneliness and isolation among older Americans have mostly returned to pre-pandemic rates, but that still means more than one third of people age 50 to 80 feel lonely, and nearly as...
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Older Adults’ Health May Get a Little Help From Their Friends
By Kara Gavin Whether they’re lifelong buddies or recently connected, close to home or miles away, a poll shows the key role that friends play in the lives and wellbeing of adults aged 50 and older....
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85% of Mexican Americans With Dementia Unaware of Diagnosis, Outpacing...
By Noah Fromson More than three-quarters of older adults with dementia may be unaware of their diagnosis, a University of Michigan study finds. That number is even higher — up to 85% — among Mexican...
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ALS Survival May Be Cut Short by Living in Disadvantaged Communities
By Noah Fromson Living in a disadvantaged community may decrease the length of time a person can survive with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, by over 30%, a Michigan Medicine-led study...
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Why 1950s Front Yards Became Symbols of the American Dream
By Davin Eberhardt The front yard in 1950s America wasn’t just a lawn—it was a billboard for the American Dream. These manicured spaces symbolized post-war prosperity, community values, and...
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