Posts by Stephanie Kaloi

Author A.R. Moxon has noticed that a lot of men don’t seem to “get” why women are “so angry” these days. So he’s decided to do something about it. He invited men to engage in a little empathy-building exercise with him. He wanted men to be able to understand why women are so frustrated with...

World War II still casts a long shadow over humanity, and for good reason. The war saw some of the worst atrocities that humans have committed. Since so many people are always talking about the war, and since so much of it was documented, you’d think that we would all be a little better at...

A lot of people who aren’t wealthy really want to be, and it’s pretty easy to understand why. Who wouldn’t want to have the security of knowing you have pools of money just lying around? Well, it turns out that being super-wealthy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Not because it’s a difficult life,...

If you grew up during the 1990s, odds are you recognize these TV show names: Girlfriends. Sister, Sister. Moesha. If your heart just leapt out of your body, be prepared to get even more excited. Netflix is bringing back these shows, along with The Parkers, Half & Half, and One on One. The shows won’t...

The idea of “fake news” might feel like a modern invention, but that’s not exactly true. As long as there have been people, there’s been misinformation. There are a lot of ways to try to combat fake news as it spreads around the world, but these days it can feel impossible to stay ahead of...

Humans are really funny sometimes, and it’s not unusual for groups of humans to make something unnecessarily complicated. Take well-worn paths for example. You may have noticed that even when a city designer has created beautiful sidewalks that border a park, if there’s a dirt path cutting through it, a lot of people will still...

Tumblr is a true treasure trove of content. You never really know what you’ll stumble upon. Sometimes, people are writing about tough topics and sharing how they overcame something challenging. Other times… people take a decidedly lighter approach and come up with their own stories just because. In this thread, a whole group of people...

You ready to go down the rabbit hole with us? Great! Today we’re going to show you how one woman decided to let Tumblr know that vegans can eat fish because she doesn’t believe that fish are animals. As you can imagine, this set off a veritable firestorm of debate. It starts off with a...

The Salem Witch Trials took place in Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than two hundred people were accused of being witches, and 30 of them were found guilty. Of those 30, 19 people were hanged. There are a lot of theories about how the trials came to be in the first place....

Right now, a lot of people are looking for ways they can take a vacation but still stay safe from the global pandemic. The health crisis appears to only be holding steady or getting worse, which makes a lot of usual forms of travel ill-advised. Luckily, there is a brand new way to travel around...

If current events have you a little anxious about living in the United States right now, you’re not alone. A new survey reports that 31% of Americans are thinking of leaving the country depending on how the 2020 election goes. For some people, that’s really easy. Maybe they’re already dual citizens, or they have the...

Dealing with an outdated bureaucratic system can be pretty tiring at the best of times. Sometimes, institutions have rules that are completely pointless and truly boggle the mind. One woman shared a story about the absurd bureaucracy at her university. During her last semester, she was accepted to the graduate program at the same university....

People have been dealing with terrible roommates for as long as we’ve been tasked to live with others in our home. Having a roommate can alleviate a lot of financial stress when it comes to paying rent and the bills on time, but if you have a roommate who steals, the opposite is true. One...

However you feel about warfare and fighting, it’s difficult to deny that people have definitely come up with some pretty incredible battle tactics. People are especially inventive during the Medieval Period or Middle Ages. This Tumblr thread breaks down a few of the more powerful, surprising, and downright fierce Medieval battle tactics that existed. For...

A habit is formed after we perform an action often enough that it becomes ingrained in our brain. Some habits are helpful, especially those that pertain to our work and to our goals. Other habits are honestly a little annoying, especially if they’re something we do every day because we have to, not because we...