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Andrew Skabelund

Andrew Skabelund and his family are aspiring subsistence farmers in central Utah. He holds a PhD in African History from The Ohio State University. You can find more of his work on The Worthless Professor on YouTube as well as at Worthless Thoughts, which he co-writes with his wife.

Articles by Andrew Skabelund

America’s Failure to Achieve Posture Perfection

Determining the exact role of posture is impossible, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t important for general human health.

Modernity is a Dirty Diaper

Modernity has become permanently liquid; it no longer seeks solid replacements to the pre-modern world but finds greater value in transience, not just of institutions and things, but of human…
November 1, 2023

Grandmother’s Wisdom

When I hear some folk wisdom that I would have previously dismissed as backwards or ridiculous, I now look for the guardrails it establishes and what they might be protecting.