The Marginalian
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Reads tagged with “weird”

Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia
Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia

Prison storytelling, subcultural anthropology, and the allure of darkness.

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Digital Voyeurism: Question Suggestions
Digital Voyeurism: Question Suggestions

Cultural peep shows, modern fixations, and why everyone is looking for the appendix.

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The Human Face, Up Close and Personal
The Human Face, Up Close and Personal

What the CIA has to do narcissism, attractiveness and Autistic children.

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Mac in the Produce Aisle
Mac in the Produce Aisle

Why Steve Jobs is bigger in Japan than the Hollywood A-list combined.

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Creative Clockwork
Creative Clockwork

What Flavor Flav, wildlife preservation and Dali have in common.

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Death by Design
Death by Design

Minimizing your mortal footprint, or how to write a shopping list — literally — with the dead.

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Illustration Spotlight: Plan 9.001
Illustration Spotlight: Plan 9.001

The 1’s and 0’s of home, or what the Olsen twins have to do with John Locke and God.

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Pick One: Hipsters Take on Culture, By Way of Helvetica
Pick One: Hipsters Take on Culture, By Way of Helvetica

Start Trek vs. Russia, the 1970’s vs. Christmas, or why death is better than Uggs.

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Starving Artist No More
Starving Artist No More

Why da Vinci is rolling in his grave and thinking about peperoni pizza.

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Cartography by the People
Cartography by the People

What getting lost in Eindhoven has to do with a nice pit bull and a shovel.

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