#Cultures

Lawrence Uricchio

LawUricchio

Last week I asked for help finding resources on equitable/inclusive graduate recruiting. Many thanks to those who replied. I wanted to do a quick recap of what I have learned

All Possums Go to Heaven

AndyinDC1

The ancient Greeks had “xenia.” The Romans called it “hospitium.” The Pashtun call theirs “nanawatai.” In Australia, it’s called “wunan.” Societies all over the world, for thousands of years, have

Joy Ojeabulu

Euphoria_Sticks

So much to appreciate as an African yet a whole lot to reflect as the continent whose wealth was instrumental in revamping the planet to what we know it to

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personbabbles

For anyone who wants to listen to me rant, pull up a chair or pillow and get comfy. Today, we're going to talk about racism in anime/animation fandom spaces and

Marius Hollenga

MariusHollenga

Trying something new. For every "like" this tweet gets, I'll add a tip about making/cooking food, until the likes dry up, or my knowledge about food does. If you're making/following

Leah Eff

9BillionTigers

Trans Women's Hair Cultures: Notes on Public Trauma, Hair, & HistoryThis is a variety of observations on the relationship trans women have had to our hair throughout history & how

ViveVivi||Nana²¹

cottongalore

Idk how the outfit hwasa is wearing is called in other African countries but in Cameroon we call them "boubou"In the past only the nobility could wear it because it

Randy Nesse

RandyNesse

A recent news article in @ScienceMagazine, “Rethinking #anorexia: Biology may be more important than culture,” illustrates the human tendency to stay committed to a simple theory despite contrary evidence, even

Paul Bohm

paulbohm

Notes from Will and Ariel Durant’s Story of Civilization In 11 Volumes, part 1: Our Oriental Heritage. “I want to know what we’re the steps by which men passed from

cursed dog

h_ckhound

"Kinning" is traditionally NOT relating to a character. Otherkin have a deep history, and "kin" has since been misused, spreading a trend completely on misinformation, and it's harmful to otherkin.

Peter Mason

_petermason

A thread on apologies, antisemitism, education and the EHRC:This morning, @VictoriaLIVE asked @NazShahBfd if Jeremy Corbyn had been on the course the Labour Party have been claiming is ‘their’ education

Rohit

itihaasnaama

I spend a lot of time reading the Indian Constituent Assembly Debates, and I have long heard rumors that the audio (and some video recordings) exist. I am THRILLED that

Mage noir ☭

Charlucescu

Pasolini, le fascisme archéologique et les cuistres Dans certains de ses écrits corsaires – des articles parus dans le Corriere della Siera – Pasolini traite par endroits du fascisme et

Shan Shan Ⓥ 🌙✨

shanleypearl__

Thread of my vegan cooking because animal cruelty is OUTand saving animals is IN. I’ll start with this vegan steak, egg & cheese breakfast sandwich! Might as well

Lucia Lobosvilla

LuciaLobosvilla

The idea that aliens must’ve built all the incredible feats of engineering built by brown people just because Europeans meanwhile couldn’t figure out how not to shit in the streets

Brandon O’Brien, virtually @ CoNZealand

therisingtithes

I wanna say a thing that I said yesterday in a Zoom barcon with other, much smarter folks like @SarahPinsker & @BenCKinney: we need to do a better job of