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Gender Conflict in Othello
The female characters in Shakespeare's "Othello" are unknowingly thrown into the center of Iago’s villainous plot and used as pawns. How do they combat their circumstances and find power?
My Bed Is a Vehicle
We spend our whole lives going/ to each other’s rooms and then back/ to our own.
Boppy’s Year in Vietnam
Tom Casey’s letters from Vietnam are not merely a historical artifact, but a bildungsroman, the story of a man discovering the limits of his duty and the faults of his country.
The Morbid Nature of Tasers
Why is the use of tasers and stun guns so normalized among urban women? These weapons have been studied in the context of policing, but very little research has been dedicated to the individual use of tasers for self-defense.
The Pill
I soon joined the club of licit pink-pill slipping girls myself, along with the 82 percent of teen birth-control users who rely on the drug for purposes, at least in part, other than pregnancy prevention.
Swipe Swap: The First Ever Free Clothing Exchange
An idea for the first ever free and smart in-person clothing exchange.
Bim Bom, in Other Words
A multimedia collage layering digital artwork, vintage tv ads, and film clips explores my creative process and critiques the representation of women in the mid-twentieth century, all to Astrud Gilberto's iconic bossa nova beat.
The House That Cotton Built
There’s stillness: the whispers of trees and soft winds that make them heard. They’re talking to us; we’ve come to listen. Plantations are vast, empty, filled with invisible souls and their all-too-audible cries; these acres are not that.
“Triggering” Manhattan: The Ethics of Self-Insertion
What are the ethical implications of an artist’s choice to portray their own protagonist in film and television? A comparative analysis of Woody Allen’s portrayal of Isaac Davis in "Manhattan" and Lena Dunham’s portrayal of Hannah Horvath in "Girls."
The Representation of Women in Art and Literature
We’re all taught so well: How can you be your most beautiful? . . . To quiet that voice is not easy.