Hygiene, swimming pools and the French obsession with budgie smugglers
An anthropological analysis of the French obsession with wearing speedos in swimming pools.
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Kirsten Bell
anthropologist, not the actress.
Kirsten Bell
- Apr 3
- 6 min
What snot sub-genres tell us about children's books
The primary themes in children's books as read through the genre of snot stories.
Kirsten Bell
- Mar 13
- 8 min
The snot that we forgot: Part II
An anthropological analysis of the cross-cultural meanings of nose-picking.
Kirsten Bell
- Mar 6
- 7 min
The snot that we forgot: Part I
An anthropological analysis of snot and its historical and cross-cultural meanings.
Kirsten Bell
- Feb 17
- 2 min
'Geeky bum time'
A satiric letter to The Sun about their coverage of my new book and the satiric book ad their article inspired.
Kirsten Bell
- Feb 13
- 7 min
Silent but deadly: Farting across cultures
An anthropological analysis of the cross-cultural meanings of farting.
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