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The life changing magic of (LGBT+) stories – Charlie Rose Crimston, Michael Thai, and Fiona Kate Barlow

In support of Pride Month chapter authors and editor of The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Prejudice discuss the [lack of] presence of LGBT+ characters in film, television and games.

Michael Thai, Charlie Crimston, Fiona Barlow | 13 Jun 2019

Mental Health Providers’ Duty During the Measles Outbreak

The current outbreak of measles across the United Kingdom, United States, and other industrialized nations has given rise to bitter conflict about vaccinations. Mental health providers may not intuitively...

Kristin H. Kroll | 8 Jun 2019

Nuclear Weapons: Still a Threat to Public Health, and Growing

Lead editor and an author of 'Preventing War and Promoting Peace', William H. Wiist, outlines his argument on why nuclear weapons are a growing threat to public health and suggests roles for health professionals in advocating reduction of nuclear weapons.

William H. Wiist | 7 Jun 2019

The Promise of Early Franciscan Theology

For generations, early Franciscan theology has suffered either from relative neglect or from various narratives—partly responsible for its neglect—which have tended to downplay its significance. One...

Lydia Schumacher | 7 Jun 2019

The Promise of New Sexual and Gender Identities for Young People – Jen Gilbert and Sharon Lamb

In support of Pride Month, editors of The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development, Jen Gilbert and Sharon Lamb discuss how the sexual development of children and youth has changed in response to shifting cultural norms.

Jen Gilbert, Sharon Lamb | 7 Jun 2019

Social Change, Animal Rights, and Incarceration

It is widely known that the American criminal justice system is uniquely punitive, and that the harsh carceral and collateral impacts of tough-on-crime policies have disproportionately burdened the poor...

Justin Marceau | 6 Jun 2019

Who will date a trans person? – Karen L. Blair

In a recent study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 87.5% of the participants chose only cisgender people and excluded transgender and non-binary individuals from their hypothetical dating pool. This blog, written by chapter author of 'The Intimate Relationships of Sexual and Gender Minorities' from The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships, 2E, looks at why...

Karen L Blair | 4 Jun 2019

Myths about Gay Men – Philip Graham

Author of Men and Sex, Philip Graham, explores common myths about Gay Men to support Pride Month 2019. Visit www.cambridge.org/pride2019 to find out how Cambridge University Press are supporting Pride 2019.

Philip Graham | 3 Jun 2019

Seeing What Isn’t There: False Positives in the History of Astronomy

In this post Todd Timberlake author of Finding our Place in the Solar System, 2019 examines two different 'false positives' in the history of astronomy, discussing why they occurred, and how these false observations were eventually discarded.

Todd Timberlake | 3 Jun 2019

The Pragmatics of Institutional Development: Legal Transplants in East Asia and Oceania

Despite the current trade war, this year the regional economy of Asia and Oceania is likely to contribute for over half of the global economic grow. With China leading the way, as one of the largest economies in the world, there are indications that legal systems in the regions are preparing for a new wave of legal reforms. Legal Transplants in East Asia and Oceania report on these legal reforms in two distinctive ways.

Vito Breda | 31 May 2019

Has Religion a Future?

Though religious affiliation is declining in Western Europe, religion is a powerful and dangerous force in the modern world. In 1997 Samuel Huntington, in ‘The Clash of Civilisations’, argued that...

Keith Ward | 29 May 2019

Writing the Economy of Nature

The concepts of ecology and political economy did not exist in the seventeenth century. Political economy would not formally develop until the eighteenth century when writers like Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus,...

Peter Remien | 24 May 2019