Pamela Walker Laird: For years I wondered why popular culture cared about claims that someone was self-made, especially because it’s impossible to succeed without access to social capital — that is, ...

Peruse the self-help aisle at your local neighborhood bookstore, and you’ll likely find tomes giving you all kinds of advice. Titles that tell us to “let them” or develop “atomic habits” or offer an ...

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There are over 11,000 videos on TikTok using the hashtag "let them theory" Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work ...

If you’re a reader, and you’re on Instagram, chances are the algorithm has fed you posts promising that “this book will change your life” or touting “five books that made me successful.” These claims ...

We’re not even going to sugar coat it: we’re living through some crazy times. It’s hard not to pay attention to all of the ways communities of color are being targeted by the MAGA agenda, so we ...

Psychologist Daniel Kahneman made an important distinction between what he called the Experiencing Self and the Remembering ...

I first discovered fraternal filmmakers Erik and Carson Bloomquist when I critiqued their breakout feature, She Came from the Woods, for Dread Central in 2023, and I have been a fan of their output ...