Category: Writing
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Hashtags as Hegemony: What #JusticeForJohnnyDepp Teaches Us About Justice, Gender, and Power
Introduction John C. Depp, II v. Amber Laura Heard (CL-2019-2911) was a civil defamation trial which took place in Fairfax County, Virginia from April 11th to June 1st, 2022. Every moment of the trial was live streamed on YouTube, attracting millions of viewers and garnering unprecedented amounts of social media commentary across many platforms. American…
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Book Review: “Sexing the Body” (2000) by Anne Fausto-Sterling
What is the difference between sex and gender? How does modern science inform and inhibit our understanding of the concepts of sex and gender? Above all, why do the answers to these questions seem to define – and challenge – the fundamental structure of modern society? These quandaries form the basis of Anne Fausto-Sterling’s prolific…
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Pornography in the Digital Age: A Brief Overview
Introduction – Pornography is Everywhere and Everything The technological innovations of the past 30 years have created unprecedented, exponential opportunities to both produce and consume pornography, and the consequences continue to reveal themselves. As smart technology and the Internet infiltrated everyday life, so too did pornography. In many ways, pornography itself has become mainstream, though…
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Albert Einstein’s Cosmic Religion
Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955 at the age of 76 in Princeton NJ. He was cremated that same day and his ashes were scattered along the bank of the nearby Delaware River, before the news of his death had even reached the public. Einstein had insisted that his ashes be scattered “so that…
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The Economics of Slavery in 18th and 19th Century America
The legacy of slavery in America is a complicated and contentious one. From a social perspective, the consequences of slavery continue to unfold, and American society continues to grapple with modern echoes of the racial schism upon which the country was built. From an economic and historical perspective, there is still much debate among scholars…
Olivia Alphonsine Zivot 