Do Puritans touch each other? Short answer: no.

In researching my topic, I’m realizing that so much of the present day can be linked back to the Puritans: emphasis on education, Protestant work ethic, demonization of physical touch/pleasure, sexualizing the neutral nude body (this ties into the…

Escaping our Puritan Roots: Being a secular American

Religious fervor may just be another term for human intensity, but both are phenomena I see happen most often outside of the church — I’ve witnessed it at concerts, Supreme store drops, and in Kanye fans. I see communities born of a…

Thoughts on Creativity

The arts, the sciences, and the social sciences; the three studies in modern academia. A simplistic understatement perhaps. However, it broadly encompasses the purpose of this blog post and for simplistic purposes it will do well enough. Inspired by my love for science, arts, and social…

Wellness Booth Success

In my last blog post, I explained how my class’s community project was to set up a wellness booth. Through this…

Social Contagion — Wellness Both

Before reading Nudge I had never heard of the term social contagion…

Running Amok

Have you ever heard the phrase “running amok”? If not, it basically means being disruptive, like a toddler knocking over toys.

The word amok comes from Southeast Asia, and refers to a state of frenzy caused by a tiger spirit. The person affected, usually male, with no past inclination…