This text tries to explain the complex relationship between love and joy.

Alissa Lienhard’s video essay views Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, 2017) as a work of ‘slow science fiction’ and investigates the interplay of contemplation, dramatic tension, and slow action sequences in the film.

From chronically online to a baby born with “Elephant Man” syndrome – a woman’s life is turned upside down as she has to reconsider her priorities in life.

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This article examines gender roles and relations in the young adult novel Twilight (2005) by Stephenie Meyer, utilizing the structuralist anthropological theory of the exchange of women as the basis of kinship introduced ...

This short story follows two people while they fight their way through a world that does not lovingly open its arms to welcome them in. “The Game” paints a vision of resistance for those who have always been denied access ...

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Using the Indian Residential School (IRS) system as an example, this paper examines the internet as a decolonial site. To do so, I will draw on decolonial concepts as well as ideas from spatial theory. Through the analysis ...

Autofiction is a literary genre that combines the traditional genres of fiction and autobiography. The three autofictional texts in this section stem from a class on “Autofiction,” taught by Lujain Youssef in the summer ...

As a scholar of film, one can sometimes struggle with writing about film, as one never quite captures on paper what is seen on the screen. One way to overcome this problem is to find new ways to engage with films academically, ...