Society & Culture
Beloved Though Befallen
In 1950, Wellston's population was 9,396. By 2010, this number had dwindled by two thirds.
Policing Past Body, Mind and Heart
Writing on the wall: Theatergoers make their statements at the Dellwood Community Center for “Every 28 Hours.” It is possible that I am the only person I know in the Washington University community who knows Ferguson moderately well. By that I mean, I knew it before Michael Brown, and I came…
Post-Apocalypse Aesthetics? A Pruitt-Igoe Walking Tour
At the edge of Pruitt-Igoe, a housing development long gone, but long since remembered. (Credit: Stephen Hobbs) “This is, genuinely, my idea of beauty. This is life after cities. This is life after humans.” We are staring at 57 acres of overgrown wildlife comprising the former Pruitt-Igoe, one of the…
Gate Debate: Forest Park & the Power of Peripheries
St. Louis's Forest Park: The distinction between entry markers and gates is not always academic.
“Grown In The Light”
"Grown in the light from which we all come, they made the most powerful of drinks."
“Let’s Talk About Super Nits”
"From the CDC's Report On The Drug Resistent Head Lice Epidemic, 2019."