Human Subcultures
Subcultures are a variety of cultures and sub-groups that become part of society. Learn more about sub-cultures like Geisha, the Amish, Freegans or the Mafia.
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There are no books at this library; instead you check out people. Why? To talk to them and help shatter the stereotypes that divide us.
Hoboes were a widely displaced brotherhood who illegally hopped trains and journeyed across the country, taking odd jobs wherever they could find them. The hobo code helped them survive.
By Carrie Tatro
Afrofuturism isn't just about placing a Black person in a futuristic landscape. It takes into account the challenges Black people face and allows them to imagine futures of their own making.
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The name Karen has somehow become the universal term for the angry, white woman. But when and how did that happen?
Movies often pit dark-robed, masked ninja assassins against elite samurai warriors. But just how accurate is our modern outlook on these two Japanese fighters?
By Mark Mancini
The late Aleister Crowley liked being known as the "wickedest man in the world." But today he's most remembered as a brash cultist who was the father of a strange religion.
By John Donovan
There's a fascinating story behind how punk, both the music and the cultural movement, spanned the globe, becoming way more than just a sound and a mohawk.
By Chris Opfer
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Everyone loves a good pirate yarn, but some well-worn stories about them don't align with genuine history. Today, we be quizzin' ye about real pirates, buccaneer fiction and the scurviest of all holidays. Yarr!
By Mark Mancini
Lobster Boy, Monkey Girl, Emmitt the Alligator-Skinned Man – they all called Gibtown home.
Who is Jim Roberts and the people who fervently follow his doomsday prophecies?
By Diana Brown
They're worshipped by 'cargo cults' on the Pacific Island of Tanna. What can their ideals tell us about our own political and social beliefs?
By John Donovan
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Until he was found dead on Aug. 23, 2022, a solitary man with a mysterious, but certainly horrific, past went about his business, alone in the Amazonian jungle.
Bentinho Massaro, aka the Tech Bro Guru, has more than 300,000 followers. But is he preaching the truth or are his believers just being duped?
By Diana Brown
How has this Twitter subculture brought about social change?
From claims of secret bank accounts created by the government to exemptions from federal law, sovereign citizen beliefs seem outlandish. But is there any truth to them?
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Children as young as 10 are being married (or forced into marriage) in the United States. And it's perfectly legal.
The myth of the ninja has intrigued the world for centuries. A new Japanese research center is out to solve it.
By Dave Roos
How do you keep 75,000 metalheads sufficiently beered? A pipeline, naturally.
Cannibalism? Anthropophagy, if you prefer? There's more nuance when it comes to consumption of human flesh than you might imagine.
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The life of a feral child isn't all swashbuckling Tarzan-and-Jane, but for some children, it's a better alternative than the lives they left behind.
By Oisin Curran
Collecting things is a very personal pursuit. Ask most people why they collect something, and they’ll usually say they do it simply because they like the item they collect – whether it be stamps, comic books or decorative spoons. But some collections go far beyond the norm. Many people out there are obsessed with some […] The post The 10 Weirdest Things People Collect appeared first on Goliath.
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While the headlines usually focus on tales of abuse and scams, the reality is more humdrum — and heartbreaking.
By John Donovan
Maybe you thought hobos disappeared along with the Great Depression. But some folks are still living the life — albeit only part-time and without a bundle on a stick.
By Dave Roos
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In the general sense, a cult is a group of people who come together with a set of unified beliefs and practices. Most of the time, the common values are fanatical views of religion and culture that tend to isolate one particular ideal or standard and then place it above all else. But what separates cults from […] The post 8 Terrifying Real Life Cults appeared first on Goliath.
By Wes Walcott
Did the controversial practice of cult deprogramming do more harm than good? Find out.
By Oisin Curran