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Roaming Rebels
How mainstream transgender appeals to bathroom privacy and equality buy into the sanitization of American spaces and lives.
Brazil’s Black and Tan Fantasy of Whiteness
Brazil’s showcasing of “The Girl from Ipanema” at the Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony demonstrated the extent to which Brazil, and the famous bossa nova song, construct a national story celebrating diversity while also relying on symbols rooted in stereotypes.
Who is the Tall, Dark Stranger there in My Living Room?[1]
In the days when it was a piece of furniture, TV was both the dark mahogany stranger in the house and the loyal companion, both threatening and familiar, something that seemed to control and something that seemed to transport. The mistake people today make is assuming that television audiences of 50 years ago were more naïve than they are today.
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