Lost in Translation: The Rhetoric of Nutrition and Starvation
By Cathryn Piwinski On its bright yellow bag, Skinny Pop Popcorn tells the reader in all capital letters that it...
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Irreverent Dancing Bodies: K-Pop Dance Covers, Technologies of Gendered Embodiment, and Queer Space Making in Thailand
By Matthew Lim In 2014, a Thai all-male dance cover group, Next School, took the stage on Thailand’s Got...
“Pushing an Open Door:” An Investigative Report into Ireland’s Marriage Equality Referendum
By Alexandra Taylor On May 23rd, 2015, Irish deputy prime minister and Labour party leader Joan Burton said, “The...
Misplaced Blame in the U.S.-Mexican Immigration Issue
By Kenzi Abou-Sabe The rhetoric that surrounds immigration policy in the United States is largely based on precepts that are...
“Anchor Babies” and Birth Tourists: Birthright Citizenship and the Racialized Politics of Belonging
By Chelsea Meacham The reproductive lives of women of color have long been the site of intense political debate and...
Bushwick is Over: The Contradictions of Gentrification for the Creative Middle Class
By Brenna Darling “One by one, many of the working class quarters have been invaded by the middle class –...