Weekly Top Five Articles

Praising Awkwardness, the history of money, Tolkien debates, fathers and smell, and Fantasy Football's mental health impact

Here’s what stood out this week. . .

(1) Make it awkward!: Rather than being a cringey personal failing, awkwardness is a collective rupture – and a chance to rewrite the social script, by Alexandra Plakias, Aeon Magazine (September 6, 2024)

Plakias writes in praise of so-called “awkwardness.” The article, however, seems to downplay the reality of norms …