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Saving Face

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The Face: A Cultural History by Fay Bound-Albert is a fascinating and recently published cultural anthropological project that explores how human societies have interpreted and valued the face over time. Bound-Alberti analyzes how those interpretations influence identity, power, and social hierarchy in the here and now. The face is also something that contemporary gendered and […]

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Foster Care for Queer Kids

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The Department of Health and Human Services has announced that it will no longer enforce a Biden-era policy requiring that LGBTQ youth needing foster care be placed in LGBTQ-affirming households. The Biden policy was ruled invalid by a federal district court in Texas in June 2025, so HHS claims it is merely removing an invalid […]

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More Setbacks for Trans Advocates

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The Supreme Court ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta, which we also report, is not the only recent legal setback for trans advocates. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a West Virginia law that allowed the state to withhold Medicaid funding for all trans surgeries, including those of adults . In Texas, Attorney General Ken […]

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The Neanderthal Within

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We all have some Neanderthal genes within us. A study recently published in the journal Science has found chromosomal evidence that coupling between male Neanderthals and human females was much more common than the opposite pattern. This might in part be due to Neanderthals being physically stronger than humans, able to overpower humans in battle, […]

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Do You Regret Your Last One Night Stand?

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Why do people sometimes regret one-night stands? An international team of researchers studied this question by conducting a survey with 1,044 participants (649 females, 395 males; more than 40 nationalities) who retrospectively evaluated their most recent one-night stand. Only a minority evaluated their last such encounter negatively: women were more likely to do so, but […]

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