List: History and Culture | Curated by Cat Baklarz | Medium

May 2, 2023

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History and Culture

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Tree Personalities: A Woodland Who’s Who According to Myths and Legends from Around the World

Twenty-something trees and their temperaments, explained

May 2, 2023

Tree Personalities: A Woodland Who’s Who According to Myths and Legends from Around the World

May 2, 2023

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Here There Be Dragons: A Sea Serpent’s View of Climate Change

Origins of marine monster myths and why this cryptid’s future might be in peril

Jan 18, 2023

Here There Be Dragons: A Sea Serpent’s View of Climate Change

Jan 18, 2023

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Eye of the Beholder: Why We Find Disembodied Peepers Unsettling, and How They Might Make Us Better…

From art history to psychology, all eyeballs are oddballs

Dec 6, 2022

Eye of the Beholder: Why We Find Disembodied Peepers Unsettling, and How They Might Make Us Better…

Dec 6, 2022

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Age of Awareness

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Flesh-Eating Plants: What Has Carnivorous Chlorophyll Ever Done For Us?

A natural history of carnivorous plants, their supernatural villany, and the dangers facing these vengeful vegetables today

Sep 17, 2022

Flesh-Eating Plants: What Has Carnivorous Chlorophyll Ever Done For Us?

Sep 17, 2022

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Werewolves Explained: Is Lycanthropy a Blessing or a Curse?

What’s in a werewolf? How fear and loathing shape the untamed beast, and why we’re obsessed with things that howl in the night

Sep 8, 2022

Werewolves Explained: Is Lycanthropy a Blessing or a Curse?

Sep 8, 2022

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Age of Awareness

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A Short History of Seaweed Around the World: Kelp Farming, Murky Monsters, Science, and…

Seaweed has a holdfast on coastal cultures. Here’s a bit of seaweed history to celebrate the end of summer.

Aug 24, 2022

A Short History of Seaweed Around the World: Kelp Farming, Murky Monsters, Science, and…

Aug 24, 2022

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Why do Aliens Visit Farms and Take Cows?

Why do Americans think extraterrestrials would visit the countryside leaving crop circles, conspiracies, and levitating cattle?

Jul 25, 2022

Why do Aliens Visit Farms and Take Cows?

Jul 25, 2022

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Exploring History

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Dancing Towards Death: What Historians Know About Choreomania, and the Cultural Meanings of Dancing…

From ergotism and chronic stress to racism and spiders, there’s always a reason to dance

Jun 8, 2022

Dancing Towards Death: What Historians Know About Choreomania, and the Cultural Meanings of Dancing…

Jun 8, 2022

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Writers’ Blokke

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The Terror in the Toilet: What’s Up With Bathroom Ghosts, and Why Are They Watching OUR Unfinished…

Here’s why you might avoid using the toilet after dark

Aug 3, 2021

The Terror in the Toilet: What’s Up With Bathroom Ghosts, and Why Are They Watching OUR Unfinished…

Aug 3, 2021

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Writers’ Blokke

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Folklore and Death Positivity Affect How Americans Deal With Our Departed— and Our Ghosts

Changing headstones, Duffy’s Cut and podcast recommendations for understanding the importance of ghost legends at home and abroad

May 8, 2021

Folklore and Death Positivity Affect How Americans Deal With Our Departed— and Our Ghosts

May 8, 2021

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Exploring History

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A Brief History of Hipsters, from Social Outcast to Urban Connoisseur

Here’s what you need to know about ‘rebel consumers,’ gentrification and why Americans hate the ‘hipster’ label

Jan 11, 2021

A Brief History of Hipsters, from Social Outcast to Urban Connoisseur

Jan 11, 2021

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Exploring History

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A Brief History of Witches, From Head Hunts To Mail-Order Moonlight

Here’s why more practitioners are calling themselves witches today, and what you need to know about witches still in hiding

Jul 31, 2020

A Brief History of Witches, From Head Hunts To Mail-Order Moonlight

Jul 31, 2020

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