how vampires have matured: comparing Dracula to The Vampire DiariesThe concept of a blood-sucking resurrected being has existed since ancient times. However, only in the last few centuries do we see the…Jun 15, 2024Jun 15, 2024
why Dracula’s a gay feminist (no, those three lady vampires weren’t his wives)Bram Stoker’s Dracula labels the titular character as the dreaded “other” by highlighting the many ways in which Dracula is of a different…Jun 15, 20241Jun 15, 20241
NETFLIX: Black & White Backstage — a lesson in racial and reactionary rhetoric(originally written for Prof. J. D. Connor’s CTCS 464 in Spring 2021)Jun 14, 2024Jun 14, 2024
honesty — a short personal essayAs a child, my biggest fear was disappointing my parents. So I decided at an early age that I would always give them the truth before they…Jun 14, 2024Jun 14, 2024
fragments/loneliness — the black(an exercise focusing on the meaning in a shade without color)Jun 14, 2024Jun 14, 2024
death over a long weekend — a short storyHe arrived in all black, melting out of the shadows like dew off rustled leaves. His steps were soundless, and he waited a long time to…Jun 14, 2024Jun 14, 2024
Hito Steyerl: Heard But Not SeenHito Steyerl’s, How Not to be Seen: A Fucking Didactic Educational .MOV File is a sixteen-minute-long multilayered video. As the title…Feb 17, 2024Feb 17, 2024
A Summary of French MonarchiesWhen the Western Roman Empire fell, Germanic states took its place. Clovis, of the Germanic Franks, seized and defended the land known as…Feb 17, 2024Feb 17, 2024
