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By: Samantha Schexnayder 鈥淓ugenics in the United States: The Forgotten Movement鈥� Eugenics as a concept has been around for ages and has continuously evolved in its execution over time. Thinkers such as Plato and Galton as well as leaders such as Hitler have all supported the use of science to improve the human race. Some […]

By: Rebecca Beyer and Victoria Battaglia Innocence and Imagination: Joseph Addison鈥檚 鈥淧leasures of the Imagination鈥� and Alexander Pope鈥檚 鈥淓loisa to Abelard鈥� Joseph Addison鈥檚 philosophical essay 鈥淧leasures of the Imagination,鈥� published in The Spectator (1712), takes a wary approach to the imagination. According to Addison, if employed properly, the imagination can be a means for one

By: Lillian LeCompte 鈥淒isability Studies Possibilities in Burton鈥檚 Edward Scissorhands鈥� Weird bone structure, exaggerated body features, and dark imagery all permeate the work鈥攍ive-action or animated鈥攐f one of today鈥檚 most prolific filmmakers: Tim Burton. In every full length and short film he creates, the man鈥檚 obsession with depicting the body in as strange a way as

Angel Chaisson Unlearning 鈥淐ompulsory Heterosexuality鈥�: The Evolution of Adrienne Rich鈥檚 Poetry             Adrienne Rich (1929-2012) was an American poet and essayist, best known for her contributions to the radical feminist movement. She notably popularized the term 鈥渃ompulsory heterosexuality鈥� in the 1980鈥檚 through her essay 鈥淐ompulsory Heterosexuality and the Lesbian Experience,鈥� which brought her to the

Sadie Andras 鈥淥h, She鈥檚 a Gold Digger鈥�:  The Objectification and Commodification of Black Women in Contemporary Culture             Black women in the United States have continually been objectified and commodified because their skin color and gender. Both darker skin tones and women are considered 鈥渟ubordinate鈥� in our society that notoriously 鈥渃ategorizes people, things, and ideas

By: Lillian LeCompte 鈥淒elving into the Mind of Faulkner鈥檚 Darl Bundren鈥� There is no question that William Faulkner disregarded the boundaries and methodologies of 鈥渟tandard鈥� writing and very well deserves his place being praised as one of today鈥檚 greatest modern writers. He did not know how to write a 鈥渘ormal鈥� book. As I Lay Dying

By: Krista Butts 鈥淎 Modernist Home for Holly Golightly: From Fabricated Glamour to Functional Minimalism鈥�             Blake Edwards鈥� 1961 film, Breakfast at Tiffany鈥檚, which is based on Truman Capote鈥檚 novella, tells the story of Holly Golightly, a girl trying to establish a glamourous identity in order to endure in the treacherous setting of New York

By: Hannah Sisk Reynolds In literature, comparing plots and characters is relatively easy. However, to conceptualize an aspect from a genre based upon three distinct works is more thought-provoking. Though the three captivity narratives discussed herein occur during different time frames and are acted out by different tribal groups, there are blatant similarities among them.

By: Tabitha Mire 鈥淎 Review of Sue Taylors article, 鈥楾he Artist and the Analyst: Jackson Pollock鈥檚 Stenographic Figure,鈥� and Pollock鈥檚 Struggle for Originality鈥� Jackson Pollock鈥檚 Stenographic Figure (figure 1) was groundbreaking for American art in the 1940s. The visual interpretation of the subject of Pollock鈥檚 Stenographic Figure, made in 1942, has left art historians and

鈥淕old and Wit: Congreve, Jonson, and The Evolving Ideal of Women鈥� By: Caitlin E Jones In 1711, Joseph Addison makes a startling claim in his article, 鈥淭he Aims of The Spectator鈥�:鈥渢here are none to whom this paper will be more useful than to the female world鈥� (2646). The article entreats readers to educate themselves by