Archive - Hugo Schwyzer

We Are all "Superhuman With Accusation:" On Shiloh Hendrix and Cancel Culture

Nothing a mob does is clean.

May 4 •

April 2025

A Promise Not to Kill Yourself Proves Very Little: a Note on Virginia Giuffre

Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s best-known victims has died at 41. As you may have heard, the cause of death was suicide.

Apr 28 •

The Pope, Easter, and the Kingdom: A Note on the Eclipse of Progressive Christianity

“Pope Francis leaves behind a Church that is moving away from the faith he championed,” writes Elizabeth Breunig in The Atlantic today.

Apr 23 •

What the Killing of Austin Metcalf Tells us About Culture and Free Will

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Apr 8 •

How Old is Old Money?

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Apr 1 •

March 2025

You Don't Need the Mystery: What the Promotion of a Netflix Show Tells Us About Human Nature

The Netflix miniseries Adolescence is this month’s pop culture phenomenon.

Mar 25 •

Mothers, Sons and Confessional Verse: Our Greatest Poet and Her Indicted Son

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Mar 20 •

Born This Way? Race, Desire, and the Compulsion to Match One's Language to One's Longings

The headline in yesterday’s HuffPost reads like a throwback to 2020: Decolonizing My Love Life: What I Learned When I Stopped Dating White Men. For…

Mar 18 •

"Ah, But I Was So Much Older Then:" Monica Lewinsky, Molly Ringwald, and the Right to Reassess the Past.

Monica Lewinsky has a new podcast series.

Mar 13 •

Be Gentle When You Go Where the Grass is Greener

Writing on his Substack today, Jesse Singal reflects on the role cancel culture plays in ideological revolutions:

Mar 7 •

A High School Reunion, and Rethinking the International Order

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Mar 5 •

The Lacrimosa was a Bold Choice: a Quick Oscars Reflection

Three thoughts on the Academy Awards, two of them very brief:

Mar 3 •

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