Victoria Patterson talks about flashpoints and performative progressive politics in South Pasadena.
Essays
Lana Del Rey, Fragile Feminism, and White Fragility in a Moment of Black Lives Matter
Christine Capetola dissects Lana Del Rey's "fragile feminism" and the history behind her social media tirade.
Writing While Black
Laura Warrell shares personal experiences as a Black writer navigating the white world of publishing.
Hamilton is America’s Monumental Epic. That’s a Good Thing.
Pasquale Toscano interrogates the epic lineage of the notable release of Lin-Manuel Miranda's famed musical.
On Photography, Protests, and Citizenship
Robyn Jensen looks at spectatorship and "evidence" of benevolent law enforcement in recent protests.
Hamilton in the Time of Trump
Laurie Winer on the Disney+ release of the hit musical during a time of protest.
What Dickens Would Have Thought About Improv Comedy
Emily Anne Foster relates Middleditch & Schwartz's improv special to the wacky pantheon of Dickens characters.
On Messaging
Alexander Stern explores the frictionless ease of communication in the digital age.
The Working Dead: Reviving the Crowd as a Protagonist
Chas Walker compares the expendability of the crowd in horror films to our current pandemic thinking.
A Roundtable on COVID-19 and The Attention Economy
Scholars on the topic of individual and collective attention convene to discuss the impacts of prolonged social isolation and selfishness on attention.