Eve Tushnet

with Julie Klam: ...Friendships, to many of us, are part of the fundamental infrastructure of our emotional lives, and when Klam and I spoke about the book, she made exactly this comparison when she explained why she wanted to write about friendship in the first place. Her inspiration wasn’t . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m excerpting the relevant bit: Lastly, what’s your favorite “conservative”/right-wing film of the year so far? None of the usual suspects are great, frankly — I don’t like affirmative action in any of its forms, and I won’t pretend that these films are . . . . Continue Reading »

reports: Deanna Medina and Ever Gutierrez of Los Angeles have been engaged for three years and have lived together for 12. They also have three kids together, ages 17 months to 11 years. While more of the USA’s cohabiters are childless (59% — almost 9 million — as of March, when . . . . Continue Reading »

in the Huffington Post; and I realize this may appear tangential for Kinship & Culture, but volunteering at a crisis pregnancy center has made me see how many of these issues, especially the incarceration rate and the need to reintegrate people who have served their time, are crucial . . . . Continue Reading »

in the New York Times: ...Reflexively, the affluent, ambitious parent is always talking, pointing out, explaining: Mommy is looking for her laptop; let’s put on your rain boots; that’s a pigeon, a sand dune, skyscraper, a pomegranate. The child, in essence, exists in continuous receipt . . . . Continue Reading »

reports: Sometimes, after a long, stressful day, there’s nothing more comforting than crawling into bed with your significant other and falling asleep in their arms. But what if you don’t have anyone to cuddle with in the first place? If you’re in Japan, you might think to go to a . . . . Continue Reading »

blogs: A Pennsylvania appeals court has overturned a trial court order giving custody of two children to their maternal grandparents rather than their father.  The trial court penalized the father for his past polyamorous relationship.  The case, V.C. and C.B. v. J.E.B. and C.C., is the . . . . Continue Reading »

reports: Iranian ministers have fretted for years about a “marriage crisis” in the country. The average age when people wed has climbed since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, causing concern among officials, as well as family elders, that Iranians may stray from a traditional pious path . . . . Continue Reading »

at RandomHouse.ca (via Andrew Sullivan): ...In fact, comparing beer commercials from the Ukraine and the U.S. led Lantolf and Bobrova to an unexpected finding that highlights differences in how Americans and Ukrainians think about people. In the Ukrainian commercials, the study notes, “people . . . . Continue Reading »

blogs: A new Bureau of Justice Statistics Report by Erica Smith and Jessica Truman shows a significant decline in the Prevalence Of Violent Crime Among Households With Children, 1993-2010. The study is based on the large-scale annual National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and it . . . . Continue Reading »