Carly Rae Jepsen Empowers Women’s Emotions in a Society That Too Often Dismisses Them
Jepsen gives dimension to wrangling with small but powerful feelings where pop culture would, especially with women, rebuke it.
Sexual Agency and the Political Undertones in ‘Lady Bird’
Despite being a film that doesn't overtly address politics, the sexual power dynamics of Lady Bird resonate in today's news cycle.
The Danger of a Single Book
In her new book, Katherine Zoepf powerfully re-works the narrative on young women in the Arab world.
Stranger Than Fiction: The Power of Prose in Examining Geopolitics
We know literary fiction can make us more empathetic. Can it also be used to raise geopolitical awareness?