We need a story we can release our pain and anguish on, a story that allows us to reckon with this new coming of the Cold War, and reckon with a Cold War we never really put to rest, without reminding us of our powerlessness and of our guilt. That story is Laika the space dog.
This essay will focus on the mechanisms of establishing these identities and their relation to each other, specifically through the lens of language use and policy.
The South Side of Chicago is known throughout the world for the direct violence that occurs there. However, the direct violence results from the structural violence occurring through institutions and policies that have taken away the lives of thousands of Chicagoans for almost a century.
Dune tells the story of two competing colonial powers warring over a resource-rich planet, one with clear parallels to Soviet Russia, and the other with clear influences of 1950s and ’60s America.
I’ll begin with the tale of a great downfall, a tale that begins with the main character born as a symbol of all that is beautiful in the world who dies a spiritless victim of the world’s greatest faults.
How the Creation of Social Stratification Between Japanese and Black Americans in Los Angeles After World War II Played a Role in the “Model Minority” Ideology
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.
To the plethora of objections "Salò" and "Lolita" multifaceted works of art have encountered, I add one more challenge: Is this artwork really that necessary?