Society & Culture
883 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
https://bonbonbunny.com/
BonBonBunny is a kawaii lifestyle blog covering Japanese fashion styles like Lolita, gyaru, mori girl, and fairy-kei, with guides to TaoBao brands, cute shopping resources, indie game development, and sewing projects. The creator combines j-fashion expertise with indie game dev updates and kawaii culture content, making it a cozy hub for fans of all things cute and Japanese-inspired.
http://www.larsdatter.com/sitemap.htm
Karen Larsdatter's sprawling reference site catalogs hundreds of illustrated linkpages covering Middle Ages and Renaissance material culture, from medieval animals and trades to clothing, food, and household objects. The sitemap alone reveals astonishing depth, with curated collections spanning everything from bonnacons and oliphants to SCA-relevant crafts and cross-stitch patterns.
https://mikh.net/bettie
Pin-Up Goddess is a fanlisting dedicated to Bettie Page, the iconic 1950s pin-up model celebrated for her trademark bangs and timeless allure. Owned by Mikh and listed through The Fanlistings Network, it invites fellow fans to join and show their appreciation for the legendary figure.
http://runemaker.com/
Oswald the Runemaker's comprehensive site covers the history, meanings, and magical uses of Elder Futhark and Anglo-Saxon runes, from Viking-age origins through medieval divination practices. Visitors can browse handcrafted rune sets, bindrune amulets, runestaffs, and runic pendulums available for purchase, alongside educational content on rune interpretations, crystals, herbs, and elements associated with each rune.
https://heavensgate.com/
The infamous Heaven's Gate website, preserved in its original form, presents the beliefs and writings of the UFO religious cult led by Marshall Applewhite ('Do'), who taught that Earth was about to be recycled and that members could ascend to the 'Level Above Human' via a spacecraft accompanying comet Hale-Bopp. Visitors can read the group's foundational texts, video transcripts, student exit statements, and the press release documenting the 1997 mass suicide that made this site one of the most historically significant and haunting artifacts of the early web.
https://lsr-projekt.de/poly/en.html
Created by Bernd A. Laska, this paraphilosophical project explores the lives and ideas of three Enlightenment thinkers: Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Max Stirner, and Wilhelm Reich, presenting them as visionary dissidents ahead of their time. The site offers extensive bibliographies, essays, and multilingual surveys covering topics like Stirner's radical individualism, Reich's sexology, and La Mettrie's materialist philosophy.
https://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm
Malcolm Austen, an IT staff member at Oxford University, dedicates a significant portion of his homepage to his deep involvement in genealogy, including maintaining GenUKI pages for Kent and Oxfordshire and serving in leadership roles for multiple family history societies. His interests extend to Scottish dancing, Morris dancing, and amateur radio, but genealogy clearly dominates the page with extensive links to societies and resources.
https://gillmansreadingroom.neocities.org/
Gillman's Reading Room is a curated link directory dedicated to the nonhuman and alterhuman community, gathering forums, personal websites, essays, glossaries, and social media groups for those who identify as nonhuman in some way. Created by Gillman, the site also hosts their own coined terms, personal essays, and research alongside beginner resources like a required reading page.
https://lovelink.nekoweb.org/
Lovelink is a stylized personal homepage on Nekoweb with a retro web aesthetic, complete with webrings and a dramatic entry portal. The site warns visitors about mature content and unfinished code, suggesting a work-in-progress creative personal space with old-web sensibilities.
https://mally.stanford.edu/frege.html
Hosted on Stanford's servers and authored by Edward N. Zalta, this reference page documents the life, principal works, and secondary literature of the influential German philosopher and logician Gottlob Frege (1848-1925). It serves as a concise scholarly gateway to Frege's foundational contributions to logic, mathematics, and the philosophy of language, with links to related Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries.