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Sociology, culture, human behavior, groups or tribes.

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The End is Near

December 19, 2017 Mary Kelly Society Explained, Unexplained and Just Plain Crazy 24 comments

Hide! Blackschleger 1959 I better read this book quickly. Evidently the end is near – or not so near, since it is 2017. (Although there has been a plague of insanity in the USA that makes me wonder.) Our guy

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Sex, Sadism, and Murder

December 18, 2017 Mary Kelly Society Explained, Talkin 'Bout My Generation, Vice Patrol 5 comments

The Wasted Years Stearn 1968 (original copyright 1959) Earlier this year we published a post about teen sex depravity, or what I like to call “nonfiction erotica.” A serious subject is presented with “facts” and reporting that is salacious at

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Don’t Call Me Fatso

December 11, 2017 Holly For the Kids, Society Explained 11 comments

Don’t Call Me Fatso Philips 1993 Submitter: This is a “sensitive” story about Rita who is overweight. Rita has to face being weighed in front of her entire class and being told she needs to go on a diet. She

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Learning about sexual abuse

Uncle Brian is a Criminal

November 17, 2017 Mary Kelly For the Kids, Parent/Teacher Collection, Society Explained 8 comments

Learning About Sexual Abuse Aho and Petras 1985 This type of material is one we see quite often on this site. (Click here to see Mr T help kids, or this gem of a book that tells kids that sex

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Talking Nukes with Kids

November 9, 2017 Holly Parent/Teacher Collection, Society Explained 9 comments

Talking to Children About Nuclear War Van Ornum and Van Ornum 1984 Submitter: I found this while weeding the Parent/Teacher collection in my medium-sized public library. This was a topical acquisition about 35 years ago when it was first published,

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Major Social Problems

September 25, 2017 Holly But it's Historical!, Society Explained 22 comments

Major social problems Raab and Selznick 1959 Submitter: Considering this book was published in 1959, it is not nearly as bad as it could be. The authors take a broad view of social problems, recognizing, for example, that “Negroes” are

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Rush Limbaugh, the prophet

July 25, 2017 Holly Celebrity Gossip and Advice, Department of God, Society Explained 14 comments

Rush Limbaugh and the Bible Evearitt 1993 Submitter: An entire book that is a treatise on proving that Rush Limbaugh is a “prophet of political conservatism in America.” (page 15) Yet, there is this pesky quote of Rush’s, “The show is

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Science and Morality

June 12, 2017 Mary Kelly Bleeding Edge, But it's Historical!, Society Explained 2 comments

Science and the Moral Life Otto 1949 Philosophy nerds might recognize Max Otto’s name. You can read about his writings and career here. Obviously, Otto’s writing is worthy of collection and inclusion in a variety of libraries. This little paperback

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