Rachel Fleming
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Past articles by Rachel:
Can anthropology solve big problems? Imagining Margaret Mead’s response to climate change
Climate change is the nightmare that keeps me up at night. The consensus seems to be that the world will be significantly different within my children’s lifetimes. Many places will be uninhabitable… → Read More
Childhood games: What would Margaret Mead say about screen time?
Last month, a New York Post article about video games being like “digital heroine” for kids caused a bit of an uproar. The article describes a young boy losing interest in reading and baseball in f… → Read More
The deviant girl and feel-good feminism: Channeling Margaret Mead in Bangalore
In my field site of Bangalore, south India, I found support among young female professionals for feel-good feminism—that is, messages of female empowerment in pop culture that do not seek to shift … → Read More
Would Margaret Mead tweet? On anthropological questions, social media, and the public sphere
Savage Minds welcomes guest blogger Rachel C. Fleming In my first introductory anthropology class of the year, I spoke a bit about the figures I consider “founding” to cultural anthropology, and as… → Read More