A University of Portland theater featured Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse’s “The Thanksgiving Play” this past week, a supposedly “witty” take on white people’s social justice ...

Source: Adobe stock/Infinity/ Used with permission In an age of infinite scroll, pixel-perfect selfies, and dopamine-driven digital lives, many are silently grappling with a deeper existential ...

There's nothing quite as good for your health and well-being as getting good, quality rest. It can work wonders for your body and mind and there's a lot of research around sleep and its importance in ...

Performance and performativity have proved to be highly productive concepts for understanding the social worlds of medieval texts in diverse literary, linguistic and historical contexts. Through ...

The language of the seminar is English, however we strongly encourage contributions that investigate or discuss topics in languages other than English. Selected papers will be chosen for publication ...

This article examines characterisation and symbolism as narrative strategies that challenge anti-LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) cultures in four short stories – Stanley ...

Each year on October 3, fans of the iconic teen movie “Mean Girls” celebrate “Mean Girls Day” with pink outfits and cheese fries. The October date is cinematically significant, since it refers to the ...

A concept that has significantly influenced gender theory, gender performativity enables a more fluid understanding of gender by challenging fixed notions of identity. Poststructuralist scholar Judith ...

In Mean Girls, Lacey Chabert's Gretchen Wieners always wanted to make "fetch" a term for cool, despite the hate that Regina George (Rachel McAdams) had for it. She's finally done it in the best way ...

I read “Middlemarch” for the first time during my sophomore year of college. I didn’t get it. Why would Dorothea, a young and intelligent woman, marry that annoying old man? How could she be so stupid ...

During a campaign rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Gov. Tim Walz paused his speech to help an audience member who appeared to be in distress. Notably, he used the term ope as he realized the situation.