This essay was a winner in the Art of Writing Fall 2024 essay contest. Students in all Fall 2024 Art… Continue reading Cuteness and Consumption: How Nobuyoshi Araki and Nan Goldin Anticipate Girly Photography as an Antidote in Postwar Japan (an excerpt)
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L’Ecole des femmes: Les Représentations différent du mariage pour chaque personnage
This essay was a winner in the Art of Writing Fall 2024 essay contest. Students in all Fall 2024 Art… Continue reading L’Ecole des femmes: Les Représentations différent du mariage pour chaque personnage
Scalia v. Hercules
Worsham captures opposing interpretative philosophies through the exploration of the landmark decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. The majority opinion… Continue reading Scalia v. Hercules
Podcast Episode 3. OCD: What It Is, What It Isn’t.
An Angry Youth Production Angry Youth is a podcast series for the misunderstood, underrepresented, and disillusioned people of society. So-called… Continue reading Podcast Episode 3. OCD: What It Is, What It Isn’t.
Why Prostitution Should be Decriminalized
Prostitution has long been considered a lewd and blasphemous act. Even as more progressive attitudes have become mainstream, prostitution is… Continue reading Why Prostitution Should be Decriminalized
An Unworkable Crossword Clue with ChatGPT
What happens when ChatGPT — a tool praised for its efficiency and practicality — is used on a “frivolous” task… Continue reading An Unworkable Crossword Clue with ChatGPT
Thinking Outside of the Black Box
In “Thinking Outside the Black Box,” Michael Brand begins from the seemingly innocuous image of a data processing center to… Continue reading Thinking Outside of the Black Box
Taking Comfort in Conspiracy Thinking
In this essay, Vo shows that personal and critical reflection can build on one another to great persuasive effect. Linking… Continue reading Taking Comfort in Conspiracy Thinking
Revisiting Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid, M.A.A.D City: the Broader Effects of Incarceration on African American Communities
Judson’s essay cleverly weaves together readings of three main sources: Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow (2010), Kendrick Lamar’s album,good… Continue reading Revisiting Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid, M.A.A.D City: the Broader Effects of Incarceration on African American Communities
the undercommons: Black ecologies and Atlantic portals
Smith’s powerful essay joins lyrical first-person writing with critical reflection in order to argue “for a remembering of the Atlantic… Continue reading the undercommons: Black ecologies and Atlantic portals