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Patrisse Cullors' "Stained": A Review
By Kima Jones Patrisse Cullors, a multi-faceted performance artist, shared her installation piece, “Stained,” Saturday night at Highways Performance Space and Gallery in Santa Monica,...
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"Shooting For My Own Hand”: A Review of Brave
By Willa Kirsch-Stancliff and Mason Casper-Milam Merida is the main character in the new Disney Pixar movie Brave. She is a strong-willed female lead and...
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Death of an Atheist Friend: Let the Faith Pimping Begin
The American death industry pimps heaven hard, squeals like a stuck pig about redemption, then tasks the faithful with collecting the bloody dividends. For the...
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Sexual Harassment in a Culture of Misogyny
At least once year, the media highlights the issue of sexual harassment within the sport world. Often focusing on an athlete harassing a member of...
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Blurring the Lines Between Mothering and Teaching
By Amy Hodges Hamilton I rushed into the classroom, organizing my books and notes while welcoming students to class. As I placed my bag under...
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Spinning on Blackness: Wading through the Contradictions of Frank’s Ocean
By Nicholas Brady Those African persons in “Middle Passage” were literally suspended in the “oceanic”… these captive persons, without names that their captors would recognize,...
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Soccer Overturns Headscarf Ban
FIFA, the international governing body of soccer, has agreed tooverturn its controversial ban on the wearing of hijabs during games. The organization instituted the regulation in 2007,...
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South Sudan Faces Severe Health Care Gap
South Sudan is the world’s newest nation, and celebrated its first birthday on Monday, July 10th. The health of its people is in sharp contrast...
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From 'She' to 'It'
Widows in India have a pronoun problem. The estimated 40 million women widows in the country go from being called “she” to “it” when they lose their...
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“Coming Out” To Cash?: Frank Ocean and Social Progression
By David J. Malebranche Last week, social media was set ablaze when Frank Ocean publicly released a letter describing a love experience he had during...
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Open Letter to Obama
Dear President Barack Obama, I hope you don’t mind me addressing you directly. I would like to call you brother, as I am known to...
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Coming Out or Inviting In?: Part II
Part II Recently, increased attention has been given to the notion of “coming out,” the public disclosure of one’s sexual identity. Many people are especially...
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Coming Out or Inviting In?: Part I
Increased attention has been given to the notion of “coming out” recently. Many people desire access into the private, sexual spaces of celebrities’ lives as...
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US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey (Lesson 3 of 3): On Embodiment at the End of the World
From the series introduction: When I first met Natasha Trethewey she was a visiting fellow at Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies and she said...
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Women Ages 50-64 Hardest Hit by Recession
Middle-aged women are by far the worst hit by the recession and spending cuts, according to new research. As well as picking up family responsibilities...
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License to Pimp
When there is talk of workers’ rights and labor laws, most of us have already formed a specific image of the workers in question, and...
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The Heart of SB 1070: Racial Profiling
By C. Alejandra Elenes On Monday, June 25, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling on the constitutionality of Arizona’s anti-immigration law, SB 1070....
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3 Lessons from Natasha Trethewey: (Lesson 2) Making the Archive You Need
(Read Lesson 1 here.) From the series intro: When I first met Natasha Trethewey she was a visiting fellow at Duke University’s Center for Documentary...