The Genre-Bending Brilliance of “Meet Me In St. Louis”
Meet me In St. Louis was the first film to blur the lines between a drama and a musical.
Seeing Class in Every Glass: How Champagne United Behind Their Famous Sparkling Wine
The rise of champagne as a distinctly French invention helped sow class differences in the region.
Suggested Readings: Syrian Deserters, Fight or Flight, Yoda’s Speech
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Mele Kalikimaka! How To Say “Merry Christmas” In Hawaiian
Translating "Merry Christmas" into Hawaiian offers insight into the language's modest inventory of consonants.
How the Word “Shoddy” Became an Anti-Semitic Slur
Shoddy came to have anti-Semitic overtones during the American Civil War.
Gender Disparity and Book Reviews: the VIDA Count
The organization VIDA: Women in Literary Arts was launched in 2009 to document gender disparity in book reviews.
Charles Dickens Had It Right
Materialism, by most measures, does not correlate to happiness.
Christmas, Inc.: A Brief History of the Holiday Card
Americans still purchase approximately 1.6 billion holiday cards a year. What about this old-fashioned tradition appeals to so many?
Membership in the Communist Party of China: Who is Being Admitted and How?
The composition of the Communist Party of China has evolved considerably since the party was founded in 1921.
Margaret Sanger’s Eugenics Defense
Margaret Sanger's belief in eugenics stemmed from her interest in individual choice—an idea that brought birth control into the mainstream of American life.