Ancient Greek: -λογία

Medieval Latin: -logia
French: -logie

-logy: A subject of study or interest; A branch of knowledge; A science.

Lotus-Eaterology:

A field pertaining to the study of lotus eating. Eating the narcotic lotus plant is said to induce a peaceful, apathetic, dreamy, and languorous state of mind and being. In Greek mythology, Odysseus and his crew happened upon an island of "lotus-eaters", some fell into the ethereal trance of the lotus but Odysseus forced them to swallow the hard red pill and dragged them back to the ship of reality.

And so I says to Mabel, I says... little Bobby-John has been dewdropping under the guise of pursuing a PhD in Lotus-Eaterology.

Lotus-Eaterology by ra ramses April 18, 2018

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Critical Ethology

The application of critical theory to the study of animal behavior—examining how assumptions about nature, instinct, and hierarchy in ethology reflect human social structures and power relations. Critical Ethology asks: Are animal behavior studies projecting human social norms onto animals? Do concepts like "dominance hierarchies" naturalize human inequality? How does the choice of which animals to study and which behaviors to emphasize reflect cultural biases? Critical Ethology doesn't reject ethology; it insists that studying animals is also studying ourselves, and that we should be aware of what we're projecting. It's ethology with the mirror held up to the observer.

Critical Ethology "They studied wolf packs and found 'alpha males'—then used that to justify human hierarchy. Critical Ethology asks: did they find nature, or did they find what they were looking for? Later research showed wolf packs are families, not dominance contests. The science reflected the society, not the other way around. Critical Ethology keeps us honest about what we're projecting onto animals."

Critical Ethology by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

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