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Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

Donald Trump vs. Vasco da Gama: A Meditation on Ignorance and Hot Explorers

Upon perusing Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind recently, a Gabbler member came across the idea that the admission of ignorance (the very foundation of the scientific method!) and the subsequent search for answers is what led to modern day science, exploration, technology, and just pretty much all the great things about human intelligence that

Wednesday, April 29th, 2015

Welcoming Back the Noble Thunder Lord: Brontosaurus is Real, Bitches

Earlier this month, a study revealed that the Brontosaurus, long believed to be the same dinosaur as the Apatosaurus, was in fact its own genus. To celebrate getting back everyone’s favorite Kimmeridgian age creature, The Gabbler tracked...

Thursday, January 22nd, 2015

“You’ll Die If You’re Not Enthusiastic”: Inside the Woes of the Exclamation Point

We live in very exclamatory times. Thanks to the internet, we have a ton of outlets for our enthusiasm, most commonly expressed by the use (and overuse) of the exclamation point. But have you ever paused to...

Friday, December 5th, 2014

The Gabbler Meets #Gamergate (Finally!)

When Gamergate happened months ago, we knew we had to get on the inside and interview a gamer to get the real story. Unfortunately, all of our attempts to find a gamer on Reddit or 4chan resulted...

Monday, July 14th, 2014

Her Rakish Earl: A Deputante’s Obsession (With Romance Novels)

Summer time and the readin’s easy! For years, Americans have basked in the sun’s glow with “beach reads,” basically an excuse to read romance novels filled with explicit sex scenes in public because the ocean is nearby...

Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

Post-Olympic Sochi Gets All Excited About Russia

Just weeks ago the resort town of Sochi was center stage, hosting the Winter Olympics. Now, with the close of the Paralympic Games, its time in the international spotlight is up—until 2018 when it hosts some World...

Monday, January 27th, 2014

Falling in Love With Cupid: an Interview

Ah, Cupid. Our favorite Greek god of erotic love, desire, and affection. With Valentine’s Day (Or for us single ladies, Galentine’s Day – thank you, Leslie Knope!) quickly approaching,  we at The Gabbler thought it appropriate to...

Wednesday, December 4th, 2013

The End of An American Girl Era

For many of us, American Girl Dolls were staples of our childhood. Whether you preferred the spunky Revolutionary War-era Felicity Merriman, the brave Civil War-Era Addy Walker, the kind Swedish immigrant and Western settler Kirsten Larson, the lovely...

Wednesday, October 30th, 2013

Fifty Shades of Disgusted: an Interview with My Library Copy of Fifty Shades of Grey

The whole internet is buzzing with the latest casting news for the highly anticipated movie version of Fifty Shades of Grey. So The Gabbler decided to go behind the scenes and interview the book behind the craze....

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