The Spread of Folklore, the Impact of Mass Media, and What Happens After Batman Smells
Regional variance in childhood jokes offers a fun look at the impact of mass media on culture.
The Font of the Future
Beloved by Stanley Kubrick, hated by Nazis — a look at Futura, the font of the future.
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back — The Pandemic’s Impact on Open Access Progress
The COVID pandemic may leave us stuck between a growing consensus that open science is the superior way to drive progress and an inability to invest what may be needed to make it happen.
On Hiatus for A Summer Song
We’re taking a break and encouraging everyone to go outside and enjoy the summer days while they last.
Getting Medieval On Popular Music
It’s Friday and we could all use a break. How about a “bardcore” cover of a Dolly Parton song?
A 4th of July Like No Other
Happy 4th of July, or at least as happy as one can be these days.
Three Pulitzer Prize Winners Discuss Racism, Slavery, and Resistance in American History
A fascinating conversation among important authors about racism, history, and our current moment.
A Tough Upcoming Week Without the SSP Annual Meeting
A year without an annual meeting is tough to take. Here’s hoping for better times ahead.
Performance Review via Zoom Conference (Canine Variety)
Employee evaluation is much more difficult from afar, particularly when your employees are dogs.
The Scholarly Kitchen Mid-Year (in a very strange year)
In lieu of the SSP Annual Meeeting this month, a mid-year readership report for a very strange year.
A Font for these Uncertain Times
Uncertain times call for distressed typography.
The Common (and Bland) Language of Pandemic Era Marketing
How many advertisements have you seen from companies expressing their concern and solidarity with their customers? Can you remember any of them, or have they all blurred together? There may be a reason why…
Ask The Chefs: New Normal Part 2
From binge watching, binge listening, reconnecting with neighbors and old friends, Zoom happy hours or Zoom family game nights, to cooking, exercising, and gardening, we’re all figuring out how to get through our days. What’s your strategy? Part 2 of our answers today.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now
A time traveler goes back four months to explain to herself what’s been happening in 2020.
Goodnight Dolly
Champion of literacy, Dolly Parton offers a weekly bedtime story.