Written By Colin Parker Griffiths Edited By Hannah MacDonald Introduction  During the nineteenth century, a significant trend among male European artists was the creation of Orientalist paintings. This catalog of paintings greatly contributed to the European social imagination of the “East,” and worked to cultivate a shared perception of Islamic regimes as exotic and inferior. Orientalist art was thus used to manipulate the Western consciousness … Continue reading How Orientalist Art Serves as a Colonial Method of Control: Representations of Muslim Women in Ingres’ La Grande Odalisque (1814)

Written By Morgan Delva Edited By Carmen Faria Introduction There is no doubt that Drake is the most commercially successful hip-hop artist of the past decade. He has dominated the Billboard charts with every one of his albums or single releases over the past decade (BillBoard, 2024) and is in the top five highest-selling rappers of all time (Lane, 2023). Drake’s extreme popularity has put … Continue reading “I’m Really Living this Hip-Hop Life”: How Drake Embodies the Continuation of Misogyny in Hip-Hop

Written By Sean Martin Edited By Elizabeth Ferris Since its theatrical release in September, Coralie Fargeat’s body horror odyssey The Substance (2024) starring Demi Moore (Elisabeth) and Margaret Qualley (Sue) has polarized audiences and critics alike. Its unflinching approach and piercing satire on body norms, cosmetic surgery, the entertainment industry, celebrities, and aging have sparked a horde of conversations praising the film for its bold … Continue reading Revisiting Horror’s Key Women in the Wake of The Substance

Written By Sam Rabie Continue reading The War of Want: A Battle on Two Fronts

Written By Shoshana Iny Edited By Elizabeth Ferris Introduction  Dishes are cleaned, emails are checked, and couches across America are primed and ready for anxious voters across the country who eagerly wait to learn who will be the next President of the United States. The primary focus of international media and American citizens leading up to Election Day was the Presidential race. As voters lined … Continue reading The Comeback of Choice: How Abortion Rights Emerged Victorious in the US Election

Written By Sam Rabie Edited By Carmen Faria the Bodies artist statement –  The poem is set in a club, immersing readers in an atmosphere of untethered spirit, haze, and euphoria. It paints a picture of individuals moving together in rhythm, creating a unified energy—the bodies. The speaker, a girl, is absorbed in this scene and experiences a moment of enchantment or desire with another … Continue reading Poetry For October

Written By Dina Asadi Edited By Carmen Faria Parasite narrates the class divisions among South Koreans from a perspective that portrays the struggles of its poor protagonists in contrast to the wealth and luxury enjoyed by the upper class. Following the journey of the Kim family as they become employed by the wealthy Park family, the film reveals how economic barriers limit social mobility and … Continue reading An Intersectional Analysis of Class Struggle and Social Inequality in Parasite

Written By Morgan Delva Edited By Anya Labelle Introduction One of the most fundamental realities pertaining to hip hop is the genre’s inseparability from its roots in Black American culture as a radical tradition (Johnson, 2023; Sullivan, 2011). Given this fact, it is crucial to navigate conversations about the genre with this in mind, especially when trying to deconstruct the more problematic tendencies that often … Continue reading “Same Rope you Climb up on, They’ll Hang you With”: How the Demand for Stereotypical Depictions of Black Masculinity Put Misogyny at the Forefront of Mainstream Hip Hop

Written By Shoshana Iny Edited By Nora Malhi “Poor Little Rich Slum”.  In 2012, Indian writer Rashmi Bansal published a book with this title, described as an ode to the success stories of Dharavi’s civilians. Located in Mumbai, India, Dharavi was one of the largest slums in the world. Here, the buzz of lively economic activity juxtaposed children’s cries out for food – having no … Continue reading Dharavi’s Redevelopment Project and its Disproportionate Impacts on Women

Written By Colin Parker Griffiths Edited By Aiya Hyslop-Healy Introduction  Examining Edgar Degas’s depictions of female subjects in his artworks provides a pragmatic way of analyzing the patriarchal gender relations and ideologies of nineteenth-century Paris. The works Dancers In Repose (1868), Resting (1876-1877), and The Tub (1886) demonstrate Degas’ underlying misogyny and illuminate the social conditions of the time period characterized by men’s internal anxieties … Continue reading Deconstructing Degas: The Ballet, Brothel and Bath