myth

TikTok’s Domestic Dream: Stay-at-Home Moms

Karla D. Galvan, The University of Texas at San Antonio

TikTok stay-at-home moms construct a narrative of domestic bliss, perfect parenting, and enviable lifestyles that shapes perceptions of modern motherhood.…

January 6, 2024

An image of the popular American TV series “Mythbusters”

The Exciting Science of “MythBusters” – The Revolutionary Scientists

Matthew Doss, University of Chicago

The iconic American television show renewed popular interest in the sciences.…

August 14, 2023

in an article about Friday the 13th, Face of a person with a bag over their head, with one eye peeking out, and the face of a woman looking off into the distance

The Sexist Origins Behind the Superstition of Friday the 13th

Julie Morse, Pomona College

The negative myths that surround this particular date have roots in female marginalization.…

February 27, 2022

Elon Musk: The Cult of the Controversial Businessman

Ian Nordin, University of Texas at San Antonio

Is the SpaceX and Tesla entrepreneur really a visionary, or is it all modern-day myth-making?…

February 15, 2020

Academic Myth Busters

Bria Jones, Georgia Southern University

Four historical myths that somehow became a universal truth.…

September 15, 2017

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