Wed. January 30
The Daily Scene
via The Atlantic
Just How Much Is Sports Fandom Like Religion?–The Atlantic
Pro sports teams are like what religion and sociology scholars call “totems”—symbols of greater entities that communities gather around for identity and unity.
Just How Much Is Yoga Like Religion?–Time
Yoga does the body good, and according to a new study, it may ease the mind as well, helping people overcome mental illness and depression.
Tina Fey’s Mean Girls Is a Classic–Guardian
Only last week Amanda Seyfried, in the news for Les Mis, said that Mean Girls was her “best work”. What is the secret to the movie’s success?
Just One Year Until Superbowlmageddon–WSJ
Though you are going to be anxious about crowds and traffic and noise and just the very un-New York concept of large-scale organized group fun, you are going to be curious because, well . . . Super Bowl. It is a great American bacchanal, and on Feb. 2, 2014, it will be here in New York.
Should We Defend the Manny?–Slate
Parents are reluctant to hire men to care for their kids.
