Cultural Studies

"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil

Landmark Princess
Denmark's most famous landmark, a 100-year-old statue of a bronze mermaid, has a sordid history of decapitation, tourist-baiting, cult reverence, and protest art.
Chantel TattoliAug 3, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Nonfiction
The Dream Redeemed: A Coda to the Same-Sex Marriage Struggle
Don Franzen examines the Obergefell v. Hodges decision which federally legalized gay marriage.
Don FranzenJul 18, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Law
Taylor & Karlie & Lena: The Romance of Celebrity Female Friendship in the Feminist Selfie Generation
Romantic female friendship has made a comeback in pop culture with the television show Girls.
Rachel Vorona CoteJul 16, 2015
Charleston’s Psychic Landscape: A Conversation with Kwame Dawes
Kwame Dawes on the Charleston massacre, the role of poetry during times of tragedy, and the psychic landscape of South Carolina.
DéLana R.A. DameronJul 7, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Poetry
The Rise and Fall of LSD
The history of LSD in the United States, and its strange path from legitimacy to illegitimacy, is a fascinating tale that needs to be better understood.
James PennerJul 1, 2015
- Cultural Studies
“We Are a Bunch of Remittance Addicts”: An Interview with Imee Marcos, Governor of Ilocos Norte, Philippines
An interview with Imee Marcos, Governor of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Magdalena EdwardsJun 20, 2015
- Around the World
- Cultural Studies
Violent Boycotts and the BDS Movement
BDS strategy is an attempt to take Israelis’ freedom of speech hostage, and to use this hostage in order to put pressure on the Israeli government.
Omri BoehmJun 16, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
The Hoodie and the Hijab: Arabness, Blackness, and the Figure of Terror
James Baldwin would not be surprised that the hoodie has become a symbol of racial terror and racial violence after 9/11.
Leah MirakhorJun 6, 2015
- Cultural Studies
The Purist’s Dilemma: Spiritual Pollution in a Modern World
Some segments of the Haredi community have adopted increasingly strict interpretations of Jewish law.
Nomi Maya StolzenbergMay 17, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Religion
Not Loving, Working!
"What is it about my profession, reading and thinking about books, that makes the categories of love and work so vulnerable to confusion?"
Christina LuptonMay 1, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Literary Criticism
The People’s Pope and the Chairman of Everything
On the parallels between the way the Pope and the "Chairman of Everything" have been framed as public figures.
Jeffrey WasserstromApr 28, 2015
- Around the World
- Cultural Studies
Revisiting Gordon Parks’s “Segregation Story” 60 Years Later
To see Gordon Parks's images from "Segregation Story" today is to be left emotionally bereft, to gasp at the facts of an all-too-recent history, to shudder at how far we have not come.
Lilly LampeApr 22, 2015
- Art & Architecture
- Cultural Studies