#social-hierarchy tag

Your email sign-off is quietly telling your coworkers exactly where you fall on the class ladder-the people above you noticed it on day one and the people beside you have the same one and that's not a coincidence - Silicon Canals

Email sign-offs function as class markers: higher-status individuals use terse sign-offs while lower-status individuals use more polite, lengthy closings.

Arts

fromARTnews.com

2 months ago

How Caravaggio Painted Class and Clothes

Contrasting garments in The Cardsharps signal status differences and blurred identities, highlighting fashion's role in social mobility, visibility, and garment circulation.

Science

fromenglish.elpais.com

3 months ago

The most violent attack ever documented': Five female bonobos kill a male, challenging beliefs about the species' peaceful nature

A group of female bonobos brutally attacked an adult male, inflicting severe, potentially fatal injuries that reveal violent and sexual dynamics within bonobo society.

History

fromThe Atlantic

4 months ago

The Moral Foundation of America

Ancient societies treated rights and protections as privileges granted by rulers, with legal safeguards and punishments varying by social rank and divine sanction.

Film

fromThe Atlantic

5 months ago

The Invention of Judd Apatow

Judd Apatow's adolescent isolation and love of comedy, fueled by rejection in sports, propelled him toward comedic idols and shaped his skepticism of social hierarchies.

Social media marketing

fromThe Verge

7 months ago

Wordpilled slangmaxxing: how incel language infected the mainstream internet - and brought its toxicity with it

The modern incel movement emerged from early internet connections and developed into a misogynistic subculture promoting a sexual hierarchy among men.

Food & drink

fromThe Local France

7 months ago

French word of the Day: Gratin

Gratin refers to both a culinary dish and social elites at the top of a hierarchy.

Alternative medicine

fromArs Technica

9 months ago

Only elites used hallucinogens in ancient Andes society

Ancient use of vilca by ChavÃn people reveals its role in reinforcing social hierarchies over 1,000 years before the Wari empire.

Right-wing politics

fromPsychology Today

9 months ago

How Essentialism Affects Anti-Immigrant Prejudice

Psychological essentialism reinforces prejudice against immigrants by promoting stereotypes and social hierarchies.

fromThe New Yorker

10 months ago

Are You There, Zeus? It's Me, Hermes

I ask because I think the other gods see me as your assistant, rather than as an equal. And you know how they can be brats!

Humor

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