Stephanie Bastek

Stephanie Bastek is the senior editor of the Scholar and the producer/host of the Smarty Pants podcast.

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Totes Adorbs

A philosopher digs into the subversive meaning of “cuteness”

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday May 10, 2019

Little Boxes, Big Ideas

Looking to America’s history of experimental suburbs to solve the housing crisis

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday May 3, 2019

“Making Books Is a Countercultural Act”

A glimpse into the inner workings of a polyphonic publishing house

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday April 26, 2019

The Ten Commandments of Bible Translation

Robert Alter talks about capturing the art of the original Hebrew

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday April 19, 2019

Daughters of War

Writing women back into battle

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday April 12, 2019

Not Ready to Make Nice

Meet Lillian Smith, forgotten southern radical

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday April 5, 2019

The Man Who Changed the Face of Spring

How an English eccentric saved Japan’s cherry blossoms—and spread them around the world

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday March 29, 2019

White Like Me

How a photograph of a young girl transformed a movement

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday March 22, 2019

A Woman’s Place

White female slave owners in the South were just as deeply invested in the institution as their male counterparts

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday March 15, 2019

The Backdoor to Equality

Alternative arguments for fair treatment

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday March 8, 2019

Kinship and Contradictions

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday December 13, 2024

Overconsumed

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday November 29, 2024

American Horror Story

By Stephanie Bastek | Thursday October 31, 2024

The Writing on the Wall

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday October 18, 2024

This Woman’s Work

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday October 4, 2024

Queen of the Night

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday September 20, 2024

A Toothsome Tale

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday September 6, 2024

A Rebel to Remember

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 23, 2024

Going for Gold

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 9, 2024

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