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Using Memes to Extinguish Sexism in Poland

A look at Marta Frej’s feminist artwork

April 12, 2018 • by Aneta Stępień

The feminist memes by Polish artist, Marta Frej, feature women of all ages including school girls, grannies, athletes, and mothers engaging in ordinary tasks. But don’t be fooled, the messages included in the memes are powerful and revolutionary. Sleeping Beauty hangs a ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign, female firefighters ‘extinguish sexism for ...

Using Memes to Extinguish Sexism in Poland

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Not All Rural Republicans Are Created Equal

Why Democrats should be looking to the coalfields

April 11, 2018 • by Meagan Martin

Executive Editor Claire Potter, our normal Purple Wednesday columnist, is off this week; we are pleased to welcome Meagan Martin to Public Seminar in this regularly scheduled slot devoted to bridging political divisions in the United States . Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance was named an essential resource for understanding the 2016 ...

Not All Rural Republicans Are Created Equal

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Roseanne, NFL Cheerleaders, and Instant Pot

Past Present Episode 125

April 11, 2018 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil debate the return of the television series Roseanne, the unfair treatment of NFL cheerleaders, and the sudden popularity of the Instant Pot.

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Roseanne, NFL Cheerleaders, and Instant Pot

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Little House on the Prairie

The contested collaboration between Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane

April 11, 2018 • by Christine Woodside

Sixty-one years ago, Laura Ingalls Wilder, America’s most beloved pioneer and author of the Little House books, died at age 90, ending the long and prickly relationship with her daughter and literary collaborator, Rose Wilder Lane. That awkward relationship lives on in arguments among fans and scholars. A public battle ...

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How We Review Translations

In defense of an endless task

April 10, 2018 • by David Stromberg

How much more are translators faced with the finality of their task! Having deferred authorship to their source, translators still carry the full burden and responsibility of carrying not only the text on the page, but the living choices that an author made using one word, phrase, or sentence instead ...

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OBJECT AMERICA: The Model 500 Telephone

An interdisciplinary reimagining of America

April 10, 2018 • by Pascal Glissmann and Selena Kimball

Telephones are emblems of power for President Trump, key devices for running his hyper-mediated reality TV show presidency. “I have great phones, I have phones -- let me tell you. The technology that we have in this country is incredible,” Trump boasted to Sean Hannity soon after taking office. From ...

Blue Monday

Alabama on My Mind

A blues reflection on Martin Luther King, Jr.

April 9, 2018 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

This past week was the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. King is ever-present in our public consciousness, related to the iconic status he has assumed over the years, and to the fact that his birthday is celebrated as a national holiday ...

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Observing the Social Content of Economic Competition

A report of new findings

April 9, 2018 • by Paulo L. dos Santos

“All that frenetic switching between left and right means something. It’s not random noise. It’s as if you’re flipping a coin. Of course you expect as many heads as tails, but instead you get twice as many heads as tails. So you conclude that the coin is loaded, in our ...

Observing the Social Content of Economic Competition

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Is Fan Fiction Plagiarism or Inspiration?

How derivative works foster creativity

April 9, 2018 • by Kenya Mitchell

Fan fiction (or “fanfiction”), in its most basic definition, is a written genre that uses elements from conventionally distributed work (such as established characters, settings, plots or scenes) to create new works of fiction. Because of fanfiction’s derivative nature, there has been much debate among authors, publishers and those who ...

Is Fan Fiction Plagiarism or Inspiration?

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Older Black Workers Face More Risk in Economic Downturns

March 2018 Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55

April 8, 2018 • by Teresa Ghilarducci

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today reported a 3.2% unemployment rate for workers age 55 and older in March, a rate unchanged since February. For decades, economists have documented that the racial gap in unemployment rates is widest at the depth of a recession and narrowest right before the economy goes into recession. In ...

Older Black Workers Face More Risk in Economic Downturns

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Seeing Is Believing

The Marchers of #MarchForOurLives

April 8, 2018 • by Yvonne M. Vissing

The national and international march for gun safety catalyzed by the Parkland students would be a feat for anyone of any age. But these are teenagers who have triggered a social movement. Although only time will tell what becomes of it, that the young are in charge gives me hope that this movement will stand ...

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March for Our Lives

Rally in Washington D.C. on March 24

April 7, 2018 • by Jo Freeman

Millions of people marched at over 800 US cities in response to the mass shootings that have catalyzed support for gun regulation. The main march in DC was changed to a rally as the expected numbers grew. Instead of marching up Pennsylvania Ave., people packed all the spaces from 3rd to ...