Identity Theory is a webzine of literature and culture, founded by University of Florida graduate Matt Borondy, established in 2000. Identity Theory is a non-profit website with substantial readership and a staff of over a dozen volunteers, including Robert Birnbaum. It offers author and band interviews, fiction writing, artwork, and reviews, with a moral slant shown by its commitment to social justice.
Its roster of over 200 interviews includes authors Jonathan Ames, Azar Nafisi, Howard Zinn, Christopher Hitchens, James Ellroy, Ethan Hawke, and Chip Kidd, plus members of the bands Sleater-Kinney and Animal Collective.
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“The adolescent does not develop her identity and individuality by moving outside her family. She is not triggered by some magic unconscious dynamic whereby she rejects her family in favour of her peers or of a larger society.... She continues to develop in relation to her parents. Her mother continues to have more influence over her than either her father or her friends.”
—Terri Apter (20th century)
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—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)