Society & Culture
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- Religion & Spirituality (71)
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https://bloggingbrits.co.uk/
Blogging Brits is an anonymous British blogger's musings on what it means to be British, covering topics like Brexit, national identity, pubs, and the quirks of British culture. The site also reflects on the nature of blogging itself, exploring why people feel compelled to share their thoughts publicly in a digital age.
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2724
Voice of the Shuttle (VoS), maintained by the University of California Santa Barbara English Department, is a comprehensive academic web directory dedicated entirely to philosophy resources. It catalogs hundreds of links spanning individual philosophers from Anaxagoras to Derrida, philosophical fields, modern movements, journals, conferences, course syllabi, and professional associations.
https://poppyhapalopus.neocities.org/
Poppy Hapalopus is a Danish alterhuman and otherkin enthusiast who has built this site around their spiritual connection to a specific animal, featuring original essays, a noematapedia, and a growing collection of animal toys. The site is a thoughtful hub for alterhuman community writing, including panels and essays on topics like therianthropy and fictionkind, making it a genuine resource for that niche subculture.
https://capone.mtsu.edu/rbombard/RB/spinoza.new.html
Studia Spinoziana is a scholarly resource hub dedicated to the 17th-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza, offering translated texts of the Ethica and De Intellectus Emendatione, chronologies, logical indexes, and directed graphs of his arguments. Beyond Spinoza, it extends into broader early modern philosophy with curated links to Descartes, Leibniz, Rousseau, Hume, and Enlightenment-era primary sources.
Anne Conway
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https://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/authors/anne.conway.html
A scholarly profile of Lady Anne Conway (1631-1679), the 17th-century English philosopher who navigated Cartesian philosophy, Lurianic Kabbalah, and Quakerism despite chronic illness and the barriers facing women intellectuals of her era. The page covers her life, intellectual correspondence with Henry More, and provides a curated bibliography of academic works about her philosophical contributions.
https://chataigne.nekoweb.org/about_my_nickname.html
Chataigne's personal site opens with a charming story about the origin of their nickname, tracing it through childhood Christmas memories, family traditions, and the humble chestnut. The writing is warm and reflective, weaving together personal history with cultural context around chestnuts as a traditional food.
http://usgenweb.org/tutorials/templates.html
The USGenWeb Project offers free, volunteer-maintained genealogy resources organized by U.S. state and county, helping researchers trace their family history using historical records. This particular page provides free mobile-ready website templates for county coordinators looking to redesign their USGenWeb chapter pages.
https://knightsofthebath.com/
The Descendants of the Knights of the Bath Hereditary Society brings together men and women who can trace their lineage to knights invested in the ancient Order of the Bath, serving the King or Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. The site offers membership application information, genealogy resources for tracing Knight of the Bath ancestry, and outlines the society's patriotic and historical mission to preserve the memory of these noble ancestors.
https://myfam.tripod.com/cswebring.html
The Cyber Sisters Webring serves as the hub for a women-only online community called Cyber Sisters, connecting member homepages through a shared navigation ring. Visitors can find instructions for joining the webring via Yahoo's system, along with the navigation bar code needed to participate.
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/
Nutfield Genealogy is Heather Wilkinson Rojo's long-running blog dedicated to family history research in New Hampshire, with a focus on the Wilkinson surname, Mayflower descendants, and the historical communities of Londonderry and Nutfield. Recognized by Family Tree Magazine as a top genealogy blog, it blends personal ancestry findings with local New England history, making it a rich resource for anyone tracing roots in the region.