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January 2017

January 27, 2017
I know, that's a strong statement, but hear me out. If you're arguing against abortion...
January 26, 2017
Why do folklorists bother studying expressive culture? It turns out that we're looking for insights...
January 25, 2017
As a feminist, I have a knee-jerk reaction against women who say there's no need...
January 24, 2017
Following the ACA debates? Then you need to watch this video (and share it... share...
January 22, 2017
Having danced for more than half my life, I've had the opportunity to form some...
January 21, 2017
Teaching at Berkeley is wonderful. What else is there to say? I can come up...
January 20, 2017
Right now I can barely process the changes that are happening in the country right...
January 19, 2017
What's better than one joke? A whole cycle of them! Here I define a joke...
January 17, 2017
I've already written about how porn is not a public health crisis. So why are...
January 16, 2017
As if it's not bad enough that Texas's maternal mortality rates have doubled in the...
January 14, 2017
Hate getting reeled in by hotness only to get snapped at for objectifying women? I...
January 13, 2017
Sex scandals come and go. The question of consent remains, to me, the most important...
January 12, 2017
Why do folklorists love to hate archetypes? First off, we're not into universals. Second, the...
January 11, 2017
Being an educator has never been easy, but I'm scared about things getting worse in...
January 10, 2017
Obviously we need to focus on preventing gun violence such as the Pulse massacre. But...
January 09, 2017
What's more dangerous, guns or sex? Obviously context matters, but how we have this discussion...
January 08, 2017
The intersections of science, food, the body, and fatness are fascinating and, unfortunately, relevant to...
January 07, 2017
Another year, another attempt to make it okay to discriminate against alternative sexualities. But this...
January 06, 2017
The sad story of American women's health revolves around misguided morality-based policies that punish the...
January 05, 2017
Studying folklore by genre is pretty well established, and we also consider women's folklore to...
January 04, 2017
Finally, the end of this very long and dense paper! Also known as, "what's the...
January 03, 2017
Why do female snakes go blind in Japanese folktales? What does vision have to do...
January 02, 2017
When we talk about snakes and feminine sexuality, there's more to it than the dreaded...
January 01, 2017
Snake husbands are bad news in Japanese folktales. REALLY bad news. Don't ever marry a...

December 2016

December 31, 2016
Here we get into the nitty-gritty of snake symbols: aggressive phallus, devouring womb, or what?...
December 30, 2016
Why do snakes appear as potential spouses in Japanese folktales, and what do they mean?...
December 29, 2016
Heard of the hanky code? It's one way a vulnerable community protects itself when displaying...
December 28, 2016
When you find yourself sobbing in a movie theater bathroom, maybe it's time to reconcile...
December 12, 2016
When the life changes pile on, it's all I can do to keep my act...
December 10, 2016
Do you understand how the internet works, and why searches show you the answers they...
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