Tag: anthropology

The psychology of a modern-day tongue lashing: Miley is onto something

By psychologistmimi on November 14, 2013 • ( 6 Comments )

The year is 2013 and tongue lashings are all the rage. Thanks in large part to a Ms. Miley Cyrus. You may have heard of her. She has literally been pushing her tongue to and fro and side to side. I bet she did well as a teenage girl […]

I’ve got a Bone to Pick with Cultural Identity Leeches

By psychologistmimi on September 8, 2013 • ( 5 Comments )

Life is tough when your most redeeming quality is that you “suck”. I’m not passing judgment, just thinking of the unfortunate little annelids that we collectively refer to as leeches. Leeches were the go-to treatment for medieval physicians (although after hundreds of years of use, Dark Age medical […]