Francis Bacon’s Cruel Optimism
"The brushstrokes are somewhat cruel and yet so purely existential that although Bacon exposes cruelty, all I feel is my heartbeat breathing new life into every vein."
Student Work: Criticism
The Chick Lit of Heian Japan
"What might be the import of a literature for and by women in a period when women lacked sexual agency?" Scholarship on the female gaze in the works of Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon
Grimes vs. Del Rey
"There were sensual photoshoots, repetitive interviews, and many asymmetrical haircuts." On femininity, authenticity, and failed categories of rock music.