Society & Culture
883 sites
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- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
https://scented.minty.nu/
Scented is Ainna's tribute to the beloved early-2000s web design text clique 'Scented Angels,' originally created by Tira, recreated here as a nostalgic homage after the original went offline. Visitors can explore the clique's 'flavors' and relive the charming era of text cliques that defined early personal homepage culture.
https://worldhistorymatters.org/
World History Matters is a portal created by the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, curating peer-reviewed educational websites covering world and global history topics from the French Revolution to the Gulag to Maritime Asia. Teachers, scholars, and students will find primary sources, teaching modules, online exhibits, and curriculum resources spanning centuries and continents.
https://beatngu.altervista.org/bi/list.php
Best of Both Worlds is a fanlisting dedicated to bisexuality, bringing together members from dozens of countries who identify as bisexual or support bisexual visibility. The site features a browsable, paginated directory of hundreds of fans sorted by country, along with options to join, update your listing, and grab buttons.
https://thewildrose.org/lindsay
A fanlisting dedicated to a prolific fanlisting member known as Lindsay, celebrating her enthusiastic participation across countless fanlistings worldwide. With 137 members and a warm community spirit, this charming tribute honors a fan who helped keep the early-web fanlisting scene alive and thriving.
https://feign.neocities.org/
Jack's personal site 'feign' is a gothic, introspective web project begun in 2019 that explores identity, the macabre, and the beauty of the dark through art, poetry, and personal writing. Visitors can explore sections like elegies, a gallery, and a journal, all wrapped in a moody atmospheric aesthetic that serves as a time capsule of the creator's coming-of-age experiences.
https://onecosmos.blogspot.com/
One Cosmos is the long-running blog of 'Gagdad Bob,' a witty and idiosyncratic thinker who weaves together theology, metaphysics, philosophy, and political commentary into a unique spiritual worldview he calls 'neotraditional retrofuturism.' Posts blend mysticism, humor, and serious intellectual engagement with figures like Thomas Aquinas, making it a genuinely singular corner of the web for readers drawn to unconventional religious philosophy.
https://sites.google.com/site/paperangels02/genealogy_blogs
Curated by Joe Beine, this page from the Paper Angels site collects and recommends a hand-picked selection of online genealogy blogs, newsletters, and journals. Notable picks include Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, Randy's Genea-Musings, JewishGen Blog, and Miriam's AnceStories, making it a useful jumping-off point for family history researchers.
https://nightfall.city/
Nightfall City is a creative online community styled as a fictional cyberpunk metropolis, organized into thematic 'districts' for writers, socializing, and exploration, accessible via a telnet-style interface. With neighborhoods like Writer's Lane and Dusk's End, it evokes the spirit of old-school BBSes and text-based internet culture with a poetic, atmospheric twist.
https://trickymothernature.com/
Tricky Mother Nature is a thought-provoking personal site exploring gender identity, dysphoria, and transgender experience through a series of named essays or visual pieces. Titles like 'The Gender Refugee,' 'Little Miss Dysphoria,' and 'Postrevolutionary Modes' suggest deeply personal and philosophical reflections on gender and identity.
https://userrights.contemporary-home-computing.org/
A crowd-sourced manifesto collecting user-submitted demands for digital rights, from the right to undo actions and export data to true anonymity and freedom from app store restrictions. Created by net artist Olia Lialina and programmed by Dragan Espenschied, this interactive site lets visitors vote on and discuss each demand, forming a living document of grassroots tech user advocacy.