Society & Culture
782 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (138)
- Religion & Spirituality (71)
- History (145)
- Philosophy (118)
- Paranormal & Occult (39)
- Subcultures (262)
http://medievalgenealogy.org.uk/vch/index.shtml
A comprehensive place index for the Victoria County History, an ongoing century-long project to publish detailed histories of every English county. Researchers into medieval English genealogy, family history, and local history will find this an invaluable reference for navigating over 200 published volumes organized by county and parish.
https://this.squirrel.rocks/
The personal homepage of Sqx. Flann, a queer furry Linux sysadmin based in the Netherlands who shares their fursona art, self-hosted services, and community connections. The site features social links across Fediverse and furry platforms, a thoughtful explanation of their self-coined neohonorific, and details on hosted Matrix, Piwigo, and Mumble servers.
http://winterseve.altervista.org/redheads
Cherry on Top is a fanlisting dedicated to red-haired women, run by Holly of Winters Eve and listed under The Fanlistings Network's People Miscellany category. With 186 members and counting, it invites fellow fans of redheads to join and celebrate the distinctive look.
https://www.local-history.co.uk/
Local History Online is a comprehensive hub for anyone interested in the history of their local area, offering books, news, event calendars, course listings, and links to local history societies across the UK. The site also supports the print publication 'Local History Magazine' and provides resources for beginners looking to get started with local historical research.
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://2006sea.monster/
2006SEAMONSTER is a cheerful old-web style personal homepage launched in 2023, featuring animal trivia, an orca gif, and a dolphin protection badge alongside sections for art, a blog, and a personal directory. The site has a retro early-2000s aesthetic with a guestbook, visitor counter, and plenty of personality packed into its early stages.
http://www.larsdatter.com/
Karen Larsdatter has assembled an extensive collection of curated links exploring the material culture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, covering clothing, tools, occupations, animals, eating utensils, and more. The site connects visitors to museum images, artifact descriptions, and book recommendations that illuminate how medieval people actually lived and worked.
https://vinceimbat.com/
Vince Imbat is a Los Baños-based Filipino writer and photographer whose essays and poems explore godless, creative, and liberative spirituality rooted in walking and contemplation. His site features an online journal active since 2014, a digital archive called 'talahardin,' and a Substack newsletter engaging with free spirituality (Jiyū Shūkyō) and philosophical inquiry in a Philippine context.
https://niplav.site/
Niplav's sprawling intellectual website covers forecasting, AI alignment, existential risk, mathematics, philosophy, and quantified self experiments in long-form essays that resist the blog format entirely. The site reads like a personal research compendium, with best-of lists, translations, transcriptions, media consumption logs, and original analysis across a wide range of rationalist and effective-altruism-adjacent topics.
http://gophergenealogy.blogspot.com/
Susan LeBlanc, an accredited genealogist, shares decades of ancestral research through this blog covering family histories, book reviews, lectures, and published articles on topics ranging from French-Canadian roots to Revolutionary War families. The site offers both personal research discoveries and professional insights, making it a rich resource for anyone tracing New England and colonial American ancestry.