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Community Roles for Young Persian Jews
In November 2018, 250 mostly Iranian American Jews gathered at the Iranian American Jewish Federation for a first-of-its-kind program: the...
Read moreIt is an expression of ritual purity and the caste identity by dominant caste Hindus.
Menstrual taboo is a challenge for women in Indian society as we are an unequal and diverse society. But, menstrual taboo...
Read moreFaith Isn’t Taboo Anymore: Brands Take Note
When Chick-fil-A announced in late November that it would stop donating to faith-based organizations, I was confused. After all, just six...
Read moreCancer survivor says christian taboo.
Now cancer-free, the 23-year-old wants to highlight the lack of awareness and dangerous taboos about cancer that still exist in...
Read moreThe 3-letter word that’s still taboo in the spring of his career.
Now cancer-free, the 23-year-old wants to highlight the lack of awareness and dangerous taboos about cancer that still exist in...
Read moreThe Catholic Church uses its three I’s
The Roman Catholic Church allows only men to be ordained as priests and women have traditionally been consigned to the...
Read moreThe Taboo of Not Fasting in the forbidden zone: Inside the Saudi cultural awakening.
There’s a growing taboo in our society around the religion of Islam. Beyond the threats of violence, the taboo is also...
Read moreThe church’s concern with these issues is not new.
While the church became a welcome space for her to express her heritage, the community didn’t necessarily prove a comfortable...
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Breaking The Silence
Breaking The Silence uses machine learning methods to understand what are the contemporary taboo topics. It aims to highlight and bring to focus what topics are currently discussed as taboos. The generated summarizations underline the different topics discussed at different times and additionally the arguments for the creation, maintenance, or destruction of a taboo. Learn more.