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Join the Third Factor editorial team!
Third Factor Magazine is seeking volunteer editors to help develop content for the website. We are delighted to consider any interested candidate, but because of the nature of what we can offer our editors, this opportunity is likely to be particularly suited to undergraduate or graduate English or creative writing majors with an interest in […]
Third Factor Goes Bimonthly
Greetings, readers! If you’ve paid close attention to when we’ve been releasing new issues, you’re probably wondering where Issue Five is, since on our monthly schedule, it would have been published a few days ago. What’s happened is that we’ve made the decision to publish bimonthly issues instead of monthly. It comes down to a […]
Indigogo Launch Campaign Smashes Goal
We here at Third Factor are delighted to announce that we surpassed our magazine launch fundraising goal. Our campaign at Indiegogo, which closed on September 4, raised 133% of our goal. This means we’ll be able to pay for some artwork, special features, and other one-time expenses. To all of you who chipped in, thank […]
Want to write for TF? Pitch us!
Third Factor‘s cadre of writers is small but growing. In addition to Jessie and Chris, we are delighted to have a small group of licensed therapists and educators lined up to write for us, including an expert on positive disintegration, an expert on giftedness, and a counselor who is new to the theory but has […]
Introducing the Third Place, our discussion forum
According to American sociologist Ray Oldenberg, a third place is a social environment that’s separate from home (the first place) and work (the second place). Oldenberg notes that third places—which include cafes, libraries, churches, clubs, parks, and the like—are important for civil society, democracy, and civic engagement, according to the relevant article at Wikipedia. In […]