SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY by Priya A. Desai

November 2023

TRIBAL RITUALS, CLUCKING LIKE A MOTHER HEN AND THE PARENT-FRIEND PROGRESS CHART…AMONG OTHER THINGS

Tribal Rituals in the Grocery Store November brings the sleep challenges of Daylight Savings, storefronts festooned with premature Christmas decorations…

Nov 21, 2023 • 

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February 2022

DOES YOUR VAGINA DIE ON YOUR 50th BIRTHDAY?

THIS AND OTHER PRESSING QUESTIONS POSED BY THE SEX AND THE CITY REBOOT…AND JUST LIKE THAT

Feb 4, 2022 • 

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September 2021

FEED YOUR KIDS COFFEE AND CIGARETTES SO THEY STAY SMALL

…AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON COLLEGE DROP-OFF

Sep 17, 2021 • 

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July 2021

HOT GIRL SUMMER AND THE SUBURBAN MOM

Hello everyone! It’s been a minute since I’ve written. I’ve spent the last few weeks absorbing your feedback on CURATED. I am honored and humbled that…

Jul 22, 2021 • 

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June 2021

TINX: THE PATRON SAINT OF MILLENNIALS

SECOND IN A SERIES--WHO IS "X" AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE?

Jun 8, 2021 • 

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April 2021

THINGS THAT WERE GOOD IN APRIL 2021

Watching Promising Young Woman (Amazon Prime)—Every single thing about this movie floored me—it’s a revenge tale but unlike any other I’ve seen before…

Apr 29, 2021 • 

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WHY DO WE LOVE/HATE ON GWYNETH PALTROW’S GOOP?

It has been 13 years since Gwyneth Paltrow launched her quasi eponymous lifestyle brand from her kitchen counter in London, as the origin story goes…

Apr 2, 2021 • 

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March 2021

February and Half of March 2021—Things That Were Good

Watching Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN)—A trim and sartorially splendid Tucci (the very definition of la bella figura) travels through Italy…

Mar 12, 2021 • 

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February 2021

WHO IS “X” AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE?

NATASHA POONWALLA: SAVING THE WORLD WHILE WEARING COUTURE

Feb 26, 2021 • 

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January and Half of February 2021—Things That Were Good

Watching Industry (HBO Max)—College grads vie for a spot at a London investment bank. Think crowded parties, bars, restaurants, harkening back to a time…

Feb 12, 2021 • 

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January 2021

IN WHAT FERTILE SOIL DOES AN AMANDA GORMAN GROW…I.E., WHERE DID SHE GO TO SCHOOL, WHERE DID SHE FIND THE MAGIC?

That National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman’s performance at the inauguration was dazzling is an understatement. The momma bear in me quickly kicked…

Jan 29, 2021 • 

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