Mark Hay
An over-educated ex-grad student turned freelancer living in Brooklyn, Mark Hay has a background in history, sociology, and religious studies / theology. Nowadays he writes about anything under the big tent of culture, faith, and identity—basically anything human beings will fight over. He also has a deep interest in counterintuitive innovations and lesser reported subcultures and is an avid traveler with a special love for Central Asia and East Africa. His work has appeared on many sites, including The Economist's Baobab Blog, The New Yorker Online, and Slate (via Roads & Kingdoms dispatches) and he is a regular contributor at Modern Notion and VICE.
Follow Me
-
Everything You Need to Know About Cooking with Blood An interview with “blood lady,” Elisabeth Paul The Nordic Food Lab's innovative approaches to a culinarily neglected ingredient
-
What We Can Learn From Traditional Arctic Diets On the benefits of fermented blubber and the joys of drinking reindeer blood
-
The Absurd History Of The Intermicronational Olympic Games The Olympic movement for self-declared satirical nations is dead
-
The Beautiful, Bizarre, And Tradition-Saving Nomadic Olympics From horseback wrestling to goat-carcass polo, the World Nomad Games feature the wildest sports you’ve never imagined The World Nomad Games, which kicked off this weekend, celebrate the endangered sporting traditions of nomadic cultures
-
“Am I Disabled?” For Millions, There’s Not Always A Clear Answer I dove into the knotty world of disability identity politics to find out whether my hand tremors and other injuries qualify I dove into the knotty world of disability identity politics to find out whether my hand tremors qualify
-
What Americans Can Learn From the New Dutch Dietary Guidelines It’s time to incorporate sustainability issues into the way we eat as a country.
-
Why the Homeless Need Their Pets According to a new study, those on the street and their animal companions are better off together.
-
How ‘Big Math’ Is Keeping You Down Andrew Hacker, author of The Math Myth, thinks algebra is overrated.
-
How the EU-Turkey Deal Is Impacting an Infamous Refugee Camp in Greece As NGOs like Doctors Without Borders pull out of Moria, reports of deteriorating conditions and confusion paint a worrisome picture.
-
Tribeca Film Festival Can’t Undo the Damage From Including Anti-Vaccine Doc Just giving air to conspiracy theories furthers the twisted logic behind them.
-
Don’t F*ck With Our Eagles Everyone knows that eagles are awesome. But someone or something is killing our national birds.
