Archive - SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY by Priya A. Desai

a love letter to los angeles

nobody puts baby in a corner...

Jan 14 •

December 2024

GWYNETH AND GOOP--PART DEUX

I CAN’T QUIT YOU…

Dec 13, 2024 •

July 2024

DISPATCH FROM WIMBLEDON AND LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES

P.S.: THIS IS NOT A TRAVEL BLOG

Jul 30, 2024 •

June 2024

WHEN TOWN & COUNTRY AND TIKTOK ARE YOUR KID’S COLLEGE COUNSELORS AND WEALTH COSPLAY AT INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

...ALSO, WHAT'S NEW "IN THE ZEITGEIST"

Jun 1, 2024 •

March 2024

JANKY ELVES, MUD ON THE DANCE FLOOR AND FAMILIAL SPLINTERING

A December to Remember

Mar 10, 2024 •

November 2023

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

Tribal Rituals in the Grocery Store

Nov 21, 2023 •

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 •

September 2021

FEED YOUR KIDS COFFEE AND CIGARETTES SO THEY STAY SMALL

…AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON COLLEGE DROP-OFF

Sep 17, 2021 •

July 2021

HOT GIRL SUMMER AND THE SUBURBAN MOM

Hello everyone!

Jul 22, 2021 •

June 2021

TINX: THE PATRON SAINT OF MILLENNIALS

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

Jun 8, 2021 •

April 2021

THINGS THAT WERE GOOD IN APRIL 2021

Apr 29, 2021 •

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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