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“Goddamn, What Roast Beef!”: Scientists Are Racist, Too
By Gianna Albaum There’s this great French print that I haven’t been able to get out of my head: three white guys — purportedly anthropologists — are all bent over, peering intently at a n… more →
UCB Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal
"Goddamn, What Roast Beef!": Scientists Are Racist, Too
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wrote 2 months ago: There’s this great French print that I haven’t been able to get out of my head: three wh … more →
Why Reading Makes You Less Racist
wrote 2 months ago: you gotta walk outside your life to where the neighborhood changes — Willing to Fight, Ani DiFranco … more →
Why Reading Makes You Less Racist
wrote 2 months ago: By Gianna Albaum you gotta walk outside your life to where the neighborhood changes — Willing to Fig … more →
Demons, Servants, and Other Representations of Race in the Medieval Era
wrote 3 months ago: What is race? It’s all the rage in academia to talk about the ‘racial implications of th … more →
Demons, Servants, and Other Representations of Race in the Medieval Era
wrote 3 months ago: By Gianna Albaum What is race? It’s all the rage in academia to talk about the ‘racial i … more →
The Case for 14th Century Erotica: Boccaccio and Sexual Economy in The Decameron
wrote 3 months ago: By Gianna Albaum Anyone who has read Boccaccio’s Decameron knows that it is undeniably the erotica o … more →
'Horrible Africa': Imagined Geographies in Italian Libya
wrote 3 months ago: By Gianna Albaum In browsing early 20th century Italian poetry for references to Africa, I came acro … more →
Was God a Vegetarian?
wrote 3 months ago: By Gianna Albaum I can’t stand it when non-religious progressives use quotes from the Bible in … more →
"Are you with your husband or are you lonely?"
wrote 3 months ago: By Gianna Albaum I’ll never forget the first words spoken to me on Turkish soil: “Are you with your … more →
Every Now and Then
wrote 11 months ago: By Gianna Albaum ‘Every now and then’ is a fascinating phrase. In Italian, “da tempo in tempo.” Lite … more →
விஜய் ரசிகர்கள் இசையமைத்து வெளியிட்ட "தளபதி" ஆந்தம் இசை ஆல்பம்!
wrote 1 year ago: தளபதி ஆந்தம் இசை ஆல்பம் வெளியீடு! நேற்று (11-04-2012) மதியம் மதியம் 12 மணிக்கு தளபதி ஆந்தம் என்ற இச … more →
The Secret Code of Literature
wrote 1 year ago: By Gianna Albaum Art is a left-wing practice. There are, of course, the Ayn Rands and the Jorge Luis … more →
Who's Killing Mockingbirds?
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wrote 1 year ago: By Gianna Albaum With the recent shooting of Trayvon Martin, I thought it would be an appropriate ti … more →
Types of Poetry
wrote 1 year ago: By Gianna Albaum Can’t keep all the different types of poetry straight? Neither can I. Here … more →
The United States of Lyncherdom
wrote 1 year ago: By Gianna Albaum “Oh, Missouri! The tragedy occurred near Pierce City … The young [white … more →
Describing Rhyme: How it 'Sounds'
wrote 1 year ago: By Gianna Albaum As a tutor for high school English students, I’m always surprised to find tha … more →
Describing Rhyme: Meter and Syllables
wrote 1 year ago: By Gianna Albaum As a tutor for high school English students, I’m always surprised to find tha … more →
The Next Big Thing: Mercy Killings
wrote 1 year ago: Photo courtesy of Jose Goulao By Gianna Albaum Too smart to be chick lit but too watered down to be … more →
