Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Podcast
Notes
My Book
Details for Media
Leaderboard
About
The Struggle to Be Interesting is Real
hint: it's not about your hair
Dec 7, 2022
•
James F. Richardson
122
25
9
The Decay of Adult Friendship in America.
When I was in graduate school, studying all things Tamil, I read one of Tamil literature’s classic works by one of its most revered poets …
Sep 10, 2022
•
James F. Richardson
146
39
10
Truth-Seeking In a Culture of Instant Certainty
Anyone who has ever made the mistake of arguing with a teenager has experienced the immense frustration of listening to overly certain opinions about a…
Jul 28
•
James F. Richardson
9
5
Most Popular
View all
How Gillette Used Gender to Make Face Shaving Needlessly Worse for Men
Oct 11, 2025
•
James F. Richardson
229
76
24
America's Real Elite Problem
Dec 14, 2024
•
James F. Richardson
244
42
40
Lifestyle Contempt is Not Academic
Feb 1, 2025
•
James F. Richardson
59
15
17
How The Rise of Small Families Set Many of Us Up for Gender Miscommunication
Oct 14, 2023
•
James F. Richardson
168
33
25
The Inevitability of Pharmacological Solutions to Obesity in America
Jan 4, 2025
•
James F. Richardson
25
8
9
[Corrected] Review of Troubled, by Rob Henderson
Feb 3, 2024
•
James F. Richardson
47
17
9
Latest
Top
Discussions
Never Let Them See You Drool
My ape wrote the title. He thinks it's very funny.
Jul 3
•
James F. Richardson
8
2
America's Asshole Whack-A-Mole
and its origins in a society obsessed with adult self-reliance
Jun 20
•
James F. Richardson
17
5
The Hidden Social History of American Obesity and the Immense Challenge It Takes to Lose Weight Naturally
A recent talk at the University of Arizona, building on ideas in my latest book
Jun 6
•
James F. Richardson
11
5
10 Things To Know About Your Ape
A guest post by my pitbull...
Apr 18
•
James F. Richardson
12
2
3
The Unrealistic Lifestyle Requirements For Drug-Free Fat Loss
I use my own body and lifestyle to prove a point that Mark never would.
Mar 28
•
James F. Richardson
17
2
4
How Jackie Kennedy, Chemistry and Marketing Ruined American Home Cooking
And why cast iron is surging back in foodie kitchens..
Feb 22
•
James F. Richardson
9
1
3
Jeffrey Epstein and the Apotheosis of Emotional Immaturity
The cultural enablement of modern sexual predators
Jan 11
•
James F. Richardson
15
1
7
How America Demonized Hunger, Became Hangry And Got Fat
It is weird, you must admit...
Nov 23, 2025
•
James F. Richardson
12
3
3
How Gillette Used Gender to Make Face Shaving Needlessly Worse for Men
A lesson in how marketing uses culture to corporate advantage
Oct 11, 2025
•
James F. Richardson
229
76
24
See all
Homo Imaginari
popular social science thinking for curious folks.
Subscribe
Recommendations
View all 43
Casey's Catch
Maura Casey
The Boho Beat ⚡️🖋
Liz Bohannon
The Article Book Club
Simone Stolzoff
Never Stop Learning
Martin Prior
Great Books + Great Minds
Diamond-Michael Scott
Books
Our Worst Strength
American Individualism and Its Hidden Discontents
Ramping Your Brand
Award winning, Amazon best-selling Business Book
Homo Imaginari
Subscribe
About
Archive
Recommendations
Sitemap
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts