Culture
Making meaning of people making meaning.
Sex and Coronavirus
In March 2020, a joke made the rounds on the Interweb as more and more U.S. workplaces, schools, and other social institutions asked people to … Read MorePolluted Bodies
Domestic employment requires a unique physical proximity of bodies from different social classes, and often from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. People who might … Read MoreGaming on Romance
June goes into detail about how Mordin broke her heart. She reminisces about the surprise and shock that she felt when he told her that … Read MoreAfrofuturism and Black Panther
Myron T. Strong and K. Sean Chaplin on the liberatory potential of Afrofuturism. Read MoreFlat Rebels
In recent years, dozens of breastless women have appeared, topless and proud in major publications, including People, Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, CNN, Glamour Magazine, … Read MorePlaying Foreign and Building Community at Deer Park
Japanese Village and Deer Park operated from 1967-74 as part of the growing Orange County, CA amusement corridor, anchored by Disneyland. “Deer Park,” as it … Read MorePrison Tourism in the Era of Mass Incarceration
In 2017, The World Travel Awards named Spike Island, a former fortress and prison located on the southern coast of Ireland, Europe’s leading tourist attraction. Read MoreAsian Americans, Bamboo Ceilings, and Affirmative Action
Asian Americans are popularly recognized as successful academic achievers, to the point of stereotype. Over half of Asian American adults have a bachelor’s degree or … Read MoreThinking Caps
This Spring, an annual fashion trend will return to the campus of California State University–Long Beach. As the familiar sounds of “Pomp and Circumstance” carry … Read MoreD is for disaster
A 6-year-old boy in Buras, LA sits down with his father to read Patti the Pelican and the Gulf Oil Spill. Buras was devastated … Read More