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by Kathryn Utke “…And all he had to do was die.” : Aaron Burr “Hey, that’s a lot less work.” : Alexander Hamilton. “We…
by Dee Emm Elms “This is the beginning. This is the day. You are watching the unfolding of one of history’s great adventures.” Those are…
By Laura Harker Our horror culture is made up of only a handful of archetypes that crop up again and again in different guises. Zombies…
by Neyat Yohannes Entering from stage left: a svelte, 5’2’’ young woman resplendent with the archetypal accouterments of a Southern Belle: “Denise, welcome back. How…
by Valerie Hawkins The Eurovision Song Contest is a long-running music competition among the nations of Europe, begun in 1955, where neither disco nor the…
by Constance Grady On that one TV show with the pretty dead white blonde girl, there are two recurring images. The first: a portrait of…
by Annabelle Paul Until recently, when people thought about “women’s wrestling” one of the last things they actually thought about was women wrestling. That’s…
By Erin Blakemore Stifled, uplifted, reclaimed, there is threat and possibility in the sounds made by women. Even among feminist figures, the temptation to criticize…